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Lipstick Love

I am in love with a new lipstick. Now I am usually a gloss girl, but I just might consider being a convert! The great things about this lipstick: the colors, the feel, the cost (available at Drugstores! gasp!) Honestly, I can't find anything wrong with it, and I have to say that is rivals my MAC and Dior and YSL Lipsticks. Yeah, it is that good.
Okay, so what is it?
Max Factor Vivid Impact Lipcolor
I can't tell you how amazing it is, well maybe I can. Consider this: I bought one tube from Ulta and 3 hours later I went back and bought 3 more! It is that good.
The colors are so smooth, perfectly pigmented, sleek, moisturizing and it lasts! I wore the first slick from my first tube through 2 lattes and lunch. Impressive.
So let's get to the colors I bought.
#04 Pin-Up Pink: A creamy, dreamy pink that I bought because I wanted delicious lips like my friend Dollbaby. :) It is not too bright, not too light, not too baby pink. It is my new favorite for a petal pink lip.
#28 Rose Rage: A creamy mid-tone rose that looks great on my lips. It is very close to my natural lip tone and looks great topped with a gloss.
#24 Ms. Terious: A great nude/natural lip. Looks great topped with a gold gloss.
#48 Bitten: A beautiful plummy wine color














Give me congrats for doing my first swatches!!

"ulta"mate pink

I love limited edition lip garb like nobody's business. I feel so special every time I pull out a tube and gloss my lips and someone says "oh that color is great! Where did you get it?" My reply? Limited Edition bitch! So I always pick up anything L.E. Right now at Ulta, Stila Lipglaze in "ulta"mate pink. It comes in the click pen like applicator that most Stila glosses comes in. Smells like bubblegum, it is the perfect sheer pink pearl and looks simply divine on my lips. And in fact I think it would flatter any skin tone. Downside? $22 a pop. Now in this ecomony that is some big clams to shell out, but this oh-so-lovely color is worth it. Now if Stila would just make it regualr.

Answer: Celebrity Lips

It's Katie Holmes! The pic is from the Independent Filmmaker Project 30th Anniversary party in New York April 25, 2009. She looks great!

Want Katie's lips? Well you can't have them, but you can recreate the look!
Try:
MAC Lipstick in Brick-o-la
Liner: MAC Soar Lip pencil
Gloss: MAC tinted Lipglass in Pop Mode and MAC dazzleglass in Goldy rocks.
Not exact, but very lush and lovely! I tried it and it is perfect for date night or, ummm....hosting the Independent Filmmaker Project 30th Anniversary Party...

Celebrity Lips

Who's lips are looking fierce?

Recession Beauty

Looking for a cheap substitute for your favorite lip gloss during tough economic times? Try this instead of that!

MAC Lip Glass: $16 a tube, at MAC
Wet N' Wild Glassy Gloss: $2.99 a tube, at drugstores
Both give you a glassy, glossy, wet look. Perfect over your favorite lipstick or on bare lips. Similar texture, same look... no one will be able to tell, except your pocketbook. :)

Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle

MAC and Double Dazzle Collection is the newest spring and summer offering from MAC. Lips certainly dazzle with this gloss. It is available in 18 shades, and 7 of them are new. If you want to check these out---go to your local MAC RIGHT NOW! I went the day after release and they were sold out of many, many colors. What did I pick up? Utterly Posh - Mid-tone orange with pink and gold pear and Bare Necessity - Carmel apricot with red and gold pearl. Both are gorgeous, MAC dose nothing wrong! The color is great, the glitter/shimmer is fine but visible. For me, it is not daily gloss...it is something fun to slick on your lips when you go out with the girls. It has a young and flirty feel. I would not wear it on a date...I think that sparkles on your lips may scare your guy or send him the wrong message, if you know what I mean.
If you are adventurous and can't live with out a little Dazzle in your life, pick up the new MAC Double Dazzleglass. Retails for $18 a tube.
If you check it out, let me know what you think!!

From the MAC press release:
All you need is Love… Lips and Lashes! Summer simplified for the modern makeup minimalist. Double Dazzle will daze the closest competition with colour-changing, light-reflecting pearl-shine lips; paired with a new formula for the ultimate in voluptuous lashes, et voilà! Lips lead: seven new Dazzleglass shades bring the scintillating selection up to 18! The flotilla-of-lights formula imparts the pearl combination with mega-glisten shine, creamy comfort and the subtle sensation of vanilla. Lashes follow: multiplied, volumized, utterly glorified by our newest eye innovation…This sly new small-and-mighty brush has been developed to capture and emphasize each and every lash. Lips, Lashes, Lovers…Look out!