Nars Lipgloss in Easy Lover

The weather here in the big apple has been a fickle mistress lately and I just can't stand it. I'll just chill with pitcher of Sangria one day, then slurping chicken noodle soup the next day. Just so you know, only my feet, hands and the tip of my nose get extremely cold whenever there is a cold snap in the air and I hate it. Goodbye summer and curse you fall. Surprisingly enough, fall is my favorite season because I can get a bit more creative with everything ranging from food to clothing. I also love the different scents of fall.

The stand out product for me this summer has to be the Nars Lipgloss in Easy Lover. It is pricey at $24 and this is one of those products that I want to repurchase but shouldn't because of the high price tag.
It looks hot pink with a blueish sheen to it in the tub but do not let this deceive you. The lipgloss comes in typical Nars-ish packaging with what looks to be 8g of product. Searching for the amount of product almost made me go cross eyed. Warning : The print is extremely small. I managed to get this in a set for a really good price long ago, but sadly the set is no longer available.
See how bright that looks! However, if you're looking for a strong hot pink gloss, look elsewhere.

This lip gloss is extremely sheer, but that's the charm. Easy lover gives a nice flush to the lips and tends to brighten up my whole face. For some reason, whenever I apply this gloss, my skin looks younger and clearer. The doe foot applicator makes application easy while the lipgloss tends to be a tad bit sticky. Usually I don't like sticky glosses but for some reason, I really like the texture and feel of this one. It doesn't feel liquidy but feels dense and I gives off a high gloss shine.

See how bright and pink my lips look! My natural color is a nice mauve, but for some reason, this gloss tends to make it more lighter and pink. I lurve this so much and it's perfect for those who want a sheer pop of bright color on the lips.

By the way, my mother told me this tip for getting rid of cold hands and feet. She used to be the same way until she got pregnant. The cure cold hands and feet, according to my mother, go get knocked up. Geez, between her and my grandmother, it's a miracle I didn't end up being a troubled teen mom.

Lip Products Galore

I finally managed to dig up the camera from the dusty corners of my room and took some pictures and came back with a giant overall review. I mentioned previously about my Etude House order and while I did get a couple of products, my main purchase were on lip products. I really don't know the name of the colors because it isn't printed on the label from my poor interpretation of the Korean language. Oh, I also included a picture of my Loreal lip gloss from a previous review as well. On top of the Loreal lip shine in tenacious, then the lower left is the Etude House Juicy Pop tube, then the 55 Lip Chu, and finally the Peach Water Gloss in Strawberry Milk. I love all of these, each for a different reason. None of these have a offensive scent, but they all smell sweet. Now on to the explanations.

As you can see the Loreal Hip is pigmented as hell and on the side of it I dabbed a spot of it, then rubbed it out. It is still bright and pigmented. The Juicy Pop is a bit glossy and watery, a light glossy red but not really shiny. None of these glosses are really sticky but last a reasonable amount of time. The Lip Chu is brighter, more of a stain, not really glossy and when blended out, it just brightens up the natural shade of my lips. Finally, the Peach Gloss, once again tastes like the 2% Korean peach beverage. I don't know if the default smell of peach is this, but almost all of the peach products I have come across in Korea smells just like this. This gloss has tiny fine glitter mixed but is really unnoticeable and doesn't feel gritty. I have fairly pigmented lips but this covered them nicely. It feels light on the lips and I love this gloss.

I use these lip products for different things, like on a normal day I would just out a tiny bit of the Lip Chu, but when going for a glossy but sheer look, I would pick up the Juicy Pop. These would last me a long time, so I don't think I'll ever get the chance to repurchase before my attention wanders off to a different product.

Whenever I mention a peach 2% drink, this is the product that I am talking about. Try it out and tell me that this isn't the default scent for all peach type products coming from Korea. If you say that it isn't, I'll blatantly call you a liar.

Hip Shine Lipcolor

Picture courtesy of drugstore.com
My camera has done a disappearing act so no pictures until I can find it, but as you may know, some Loreal products are on 75% at Cvs. So where did my normal walking routine take me? Damn straight to Cvs. I didn't get much especially in the lip department. Why the hell doesn't Loreal seal their lip products. Guaranteed 100% of the lipsticks wrer tampered with. The only treasure I found was the Hip lip colors. Don't mistake these for the tube squeeze glosses. They come in tube with a doe foot applicator and it is a lipstick in a bottle. I managed to get turbulent, which is a deep, rich cherry red, and I thought that this gloss was going to be sheer. I love the light just ate a cherry pop look on my lips and was totally blown away by how wrong I was. It looks like Nyx's lipstick Electra, but a deeper red with a high shine. Don't let the crappy photo fool you this is a intensely pigmented with only a little bit needed for color. No need for slathering on like you would a lip gloss. Best part is that this could also act as a stain, because it leaves a rosy color or lightly applied for a rosy tint.

I'm a bit behind on reviews because I still haven't shown the Sephora stuff or a lot of the Etude House stuff that I got from last time. Honestly, I feel that I have too much and just might start downgrading and just stop. Argh, too much. Hi, my name is ___, and I have a makeup addiction.

Fyrinnae Review

Sorry for being away, but yay.. I'm back. No excuses, so lets jump right into it. I got 2 blushes, two highlighters, one oil control powder, and four lipglosses and they are all in sample size. First off the blushes and highlighters,

From L to R: Yellow Highlighter, Pink Highlighter, Charm Blush, and Enchant Blush

With Flash, they all give off a high sheen and there are tiny sparkles in the blushes and the highlighters that I adore. Since I like a matte foundation, and prefer to choose where I like to have a sheen to my face, I tend to go for shimmery blushes often. I didn't really didn't care for the highlighters too much, because they weren't anything special, but the blushes are what really impressed me.

No flash. In the container, I thought they were matte, but upon clearer inspection, it had pink sparkles for the Charm blush, and orange sparkles for Enchant. They are some of the most gorgeous colors that I have, and I would totally repurchase them again in the full tub. I dust Charm on lightly on my skin and it gives me a light pinkish lavender "dolly" look. They last for a long time, and my sister has been taking Charm and using it as an eyeshadow instead. As for the oil control one, I haven't tested that out thoroughly and will tell you if it works out well.

As I mentioned before, the lipglosses are what gave me a bit of a problem, highly pigmented, they have a scent but its different for each lipgloss and none of it is offending. But believe it or not, the highly pigmented part is what gave me a problem.

From L to R: Visual Kei,Pink Guitar,Lollipop Pop, Mega Hold, and Romantique

Imagine having Romantique on your lips exactly how I swatched on my hand, and not sheered out. Yikes! They are not sticky, slides smoothly, no chunky glitter, long lasting and bright. What I do is take a neutral brown color, like Nyx's Thalia or Champagne and apply this over my lip gloss. It tones down the bright colors and makes them more wearable.

This is Visual Kei mixed with Champagne lipstick. I put the lip gloss on the bottom because f I apply it on top, the Visual Kei will overpower the Champagne, and you will get a different brighter color than when you do the opposite. More wearable than ...
this. Don't let the flash fool, you. It is crazy bright on my skin and not to be worn alone in the day for work. It reminds me of Milani In Vogue, minus the fuschia glitter.

Overall, Fyrinnae is a company that I would definitely go back too, especially since I can try samples along with the low shipping costs. The website states to wait 22-28 days but I only waited two weeks, and it is not mass produced one size fits all. You can read more about the company, on their website, and they sent me a sample of a eyeshadow that I will not review since I didn't buy it. But I plan to repurchase their blushes and try out their eyeshadows really soon, so watch out for that. But until then, the next review will be...

Smashbox

Whee! Bargain Alert! GO! Sign up at Smashbox and get a free birthday kit. Along with free shipping, I got a lots of cute samples. I got the big tube of lipgloss for 10 dollars, but other than that, everything was free with free shipping. Sample of primer, Lash DNA, O-gloss along with the eyeshadow w/liner, and the lipgloss as the birthday gift.

The lip gloss is tiny. I think more went into making the packaging and shipping, instead of my actual order. The red lip gloss looks disappointing and will try it out before any further comments, but the mini lip gloss in Pout is beautiful and would totally considering buying that in full tube.

Milani 3D Lipgloss in In Vogue

It is cold here in nyc today, and for several weeks it has been snowing and raining. It may not look much but I can’t wait for winter to end. Only thing that keeps me going is imaging sipping a margarita on some tropical beach, with nothing but sun and beach boys. Sigh, then I wake up and look outside.




Noooo. I managed to get my ass out of bed and to a Cvs and pick up a birthday card and this Milani 3D Glitzy lipgloss, In Vogue.


Excuse the nails, I was extremely bored. I still haven’t found my perfect shade of red lipstick, so instead, I tend to lean towards buying sheer red or neutral lipglosses instead. Like my favorite red lipgloss Revlon’s Cherries in the Glow, I was expecting sheer pigmentation with bits of fuchsia glitter. So immediately I get in the car and try this on, and I quickly find myself reaching for a tissue to wipe it off. This color is bold like "Ah! what the hell are you wearing I could see only your lips from two blocks down" bold. Extremely pigmented, hot pink rather than red, and unfortunately, too bright for me to put on directly from the tube. I have to put this on my finger and blot this on to my lips for me to make it wearable, because what you see is what you get.


Now maybe I’m just a wuss when it comes to color, but for anyone else who likes extremely pigmented bright lip glosses, this is definitely for you. I just tend to prefer sheer or natural looking lips, so back to the drawer for you.