Review: Burberry Beauty Lip Mist Natural Sheer Lipstick in Oxblood

I bought this on a whim a few months ago when I was out shopping with my girlfriends. It was after brunch and being in a happy mood...it led to a lot of unnecessary spending.

 
The packaging: This comes in a rectangular, dark silver tube with the Burberry print etched into the cap. The print is actually stamped into the lipstick itself also! The cap is magnetic, which earns so many points in my book. 

The scent: This smells of the classic lipstick smell. You know how our mom's lipsticks used to smell? If you hate that scent, this lipstick will bother you. However, the scent quickly goes away after applying.

The product: Oxblood is a sheer burgundy/plum shade. It goes on smoothly without tugging at lips. It is a sheer lipstick, although you can build up the color a bit. It lasts for 3-4 hours and left a slight stain on my lips. Dark lipsticks are making an appearance this Spring/Summer, so this one actually may be thrown into my rotation earlier than Fall this year. 

Cost: $33

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Review: Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Lip Liner in Pillowtalk and K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in Bitch Perfect

I was trying to resist buying anymore lip products, but then Charlotte Tilbury launched in the US...and with names like Pillowtalk and Bitch Perfect, I just couldn't help myself.

The packaging: All of CT's products are a rose gold hue which makes every one of these products look so beautiful. The lip liner comes in standard lip liner form. It's a pencil, and you will need to sharpen it. The lipstick comes in a standard tube but has ridges - very old school glam. 

The scent: No scent detected with the lip liner, but the lipstick smells similar to MAC or LORAC products - a slight, sugary cotton candy scent. It doesn't linger though.

The product:

Pillowtalk is a pinkish-nude. It pulls more pink on my lips, but it's a great liner to use with most lipsticks - no matter what the shade. It glides on somewhat smoothly, but can tend to feel drying after a short time. Wearing the liner alone will get you about 4 hours of weartime, but will dry out your lips. 

Bitch Perfect is a light muted coral with pink undertones. On my lips, it pulls pinker. It glides on somewhat smoothly, but I didn't find this to be creamy as others have said. After a couple hours, my lips definitely felt dry. Wearing this alone gave me about 2-3 hours of weartime. With Pillowtalk under it, I got about 4-5 hours of weartime. 

Bitch Perfect layered on top of Pillowtalk

Cost: Pillowtalk is $22, Bitch Perfect is $32

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Review: Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Shine Sculpting Shine Lipstick in Baby Cashmere

Do you ever think to yourself, "wow. This would be a great name for a stripper or a small baby kitten?" when you're looking at makeup products? Well...here's a great one for you - Baby Cashmere.

The packaging: This lipstick comes in a very sturdy case with a magnetic top. I'm all for more lipsticks coming with magnetic caps...makes it dummy-proof for people like me who always manage to somehow not close lipsticks all the way. 

The scent: No scent detected.

The product: Baby Cashmere is a lighter brownish-pink shade with a bit of shine. It goes on smoothly with a light creamy texture. The color is buildable, but never really gets to full opacity. It lasts about 3 hours on lips, but it's so easy to reapply that the wear-time doesn't bother me. This shade definitely is a MLBB color.

The cost: $30

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Review: Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Beso

Do any of you read Blair Eadie's blog Atlantic-Pacific? She is so beautiful and puts together the most amazing outfits...and also rocks the reddest lips around. When I saw that she wears Stila's Beso, I knew I had to go out and try it for myself. 

The packaging: This comes in a standard lip gloss tube, but it's slightly bigger. There's a doe-footed applicator, but I liked using my own lip brush instead for better control. 

The scent: There is a slightly vanilla scent to this.

The product: Beso is a true blue-based red. It's a showstopping shade. Every time I wore this, people actually stared. Not at what I was wearing and the rest of my face - just at my lips. This went on smoothly and had a creamy feel. It took about a minute or so to actually set, and then after that...it would not come off. I drank, I ate, I rubbed...and nothing. It's staying power was almost scary. It lasted a whole day and probably would have lasted a lot longer, but I had to go to sleep so I scrubbed and scrubbed until it came off. It wasn't very hydrating, so I did have to apply balm every couple hours to save my dry lips. 

This liquid lipstick was very similar to Giorgio Armani's Lip Maestro, so I ended up giving this to my cousin, but it is definitely worth buying since it's $10 less than Armani's version.

Cost: $22 - a total steal for such a great product!

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Review: Bite Beauty Luminous Creme Lipstick Duo in Poppy and Scarlet

My lipstick drawers are slowly being overtaken by Nars, YSL, and lastly Bite Beauty. Who doesn't love Bite Beauty? One of these days, I'm hoping to make it to their Bite Beauty Lip Lab so I can make my own custom shade, but until then...I'll just keep buying up their already-made products.

The packaging: This is one slim tube with a lipstick at each end. It's fairly small and slim, but it's great that you can carry around two lipsticks at once. 

The scent: There is a slightly floral scent to these lipsticks. It doesn't last long after applying, but it is there.

The product:

Poppy is a bright almost strawberry-red shade. It went on smoothly, was fairly hydrating, and lasted about 4 hours on me. I've noticed that on other bloggers, Poppy looks more like a true red, but on me, it definitely leaned towards a pinkish-red.

Scarlet is a lighter oxblood shade. It too went on smoothly, had a very creamy feel, was fairly hydrating, and lasted about 6 hours on me. This left behind a stain, as most darker lip products tend to do. 

Cost: $12

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Review: Laura Mercier Rouge Nouveau Weightless Lip Colour in Sin

I already have these Rouge Nouveau's in Sexy and Mod, but couldn't resist adding another one to my collection...so here's Sin!

The packaging: This tube comes in its own box, and it's a slim, deep plum colored tube (Laura Mercier's signature packaging color). The product feels good in my hands and is easy to hold while applying.

The scent: No scent detected.

The product: As in the previous reviews for this line, this lipstick goes on weightlessly. It surprises me each time I apply this because I can't even feel it going on. Sin is a sheer plum shade, and it leaves a very sheer plum/blackberry shade on lips. It was not hydrating at all, and actually my lips felt pretty dry after a couple hours. The shade lasted for about 2-3 hours before I had to reapply. This is definitely a great shade to start with if you want to get into the oxblood/burgundy trend, but don't want a full coverage lipstick.

Cost: $25

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Review: TONYMOLY Kiss Lover Style Lipstick in Red Bikini (RD04)

Out of all the lip products I saw at TONYMOLY, I knew I had to grab a lipstick to test, but there were so many color choices and product choices. I figured I would start off with a lipstick and then go back and pick up a stain or gloss at another time.

The packaging: This came in a black and pink box. The lipstick is housed in a slim standard lipstick tube. Both the tube and the cap are black. 

The scent: No scent detected.

The product: Red Bikini is misleading as it is nowhere near a red shade. It's more of a bright, orangey coral shade. I'm not complaining about the misleading name though because the more coral lipsticks, the better! This went on smoothly without tugging, but the color was slightly streaky. 3-4 swipes gave almost complete coverage, but I had to go back and reapply in streaky areas. It was lightly hydrating and lasted about 3 hours. 

My only gripe with this lipstick is that upclose, the streakiness is pretty obvious. 

Cost: $12 at UO

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Review: Biguine Rouge A Levres Color & Care Lipstick in Red Carmine (08)

This product one of the other lip products that my friend S picked up for me in Paris. I had never heard of the Biguine makeup brand, and I don't know where you can buy this in the US. The only places that I've been able to find these are on Amazon and Ebay. If anyone knows other places to buy this line, let me know!

The packaging: Being a drugstore brand, there is nothing fancy about the packaging here. This comes in a standard lipstick tube and the cap extends the entire length of the tube. The tube is a gunmetal gray, while the cap is clear. 

The scent: There is a sweet floral scent to this product, but it doesn't linger on lips.

The product: Red Carmine is a sheer red with pink tones. It goes on very sheer, but can be built up to a semi-transparent shade. It went on incredibly smoothly without tugging and was hydrating throughout the time I wore it. It lasted about 3 hours on me, and reapplication was easy. I absolutely LOVE this product and shade. It was so easy to swipe on (even without a mirror), and gave my face a very healthy glow. 

Cost: Unsure since I can't find these available online?

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Review: Bourjois Rouge Edition Lipstick in Rouge Jet Set (13) and New Effet 3D Lipgloss in Fuchsia Excentric (57)

This and the following post are products I should have reviewed in June, but I kept forgetting to do so. However, the good news is that I have tested these out for almost 3 months, so there's that at least! My best friend S picked up these Bourjois products for me when she was in Paris since they're considerably cheaper there. I had never tried any Bourjois products before, so I was pleasantly surprised by these. I'll review the Bourjois lipstick first, and then the gloss.

Bourjois Rouge Edition Lipstick in Rouge Jet Set (13)

The packaging: Since this is a drugstore brand, there is nothing fancy about the packaging. This comes in a standard lipstick tube. The bottom is clear so you can see the color of the product. The cap does tend to be harder to pull off than other tubes, but this is a very minor complaint.
 

(L to R): Rouge Edition in Jet Set and New Effet 3D Lipgloss in Fuchsia Excentric

The scent: Very faint floral scent, but undetectable on lips.

The product: Rouge Jet Set is a bright red with slight orange undertones. It is quite creamy and glides on smoothly without tugging. 2-3 swipes gave me full opacity. This shade tends to feather, but can be fixed by lining the lips beforehand (I favor clear lip liners). This product lasted about 4-5 hours on me, but did transfer a lot during eating and drinking. 

Cost: $20 in the US (Urban Outfitters carries the Bourjois line)

Bourjois New Effet 3D Lip Gloss in Fuchsia Excentric (57)

The packaging: This comes in a standard lip gloss tube. The applicator is a brush applicator. The cap is silver while the tube is clear so that you can see the color of the product. 
 

(L to R) Rouge Edition in Jet Set and New Effet 3D Lipgloss in Fuchsia Excentric

The scent: Very perfume-y scent. It tends to linger for awhile on lips. I'm not sensitive to smells, but this gave me a headache the first time I wore it. 

The product: Fuchsia Excentric is a bright fuchsia that leans heavily on the pink side. This gloss went on with almost a thin buttery consistency. It wasn't sticky at all throughout the entire time I wore it, which was a huge surprise. My natural lip color tended to peek through here and there since this is semi-transparent, but it wasn't unflattering. This lasted about 2-3 hours on me, but reapplying was simple. 

Cost: $16.99 in the US (Walgreens carries this). This is definitely a lip gloss I would recommend!

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