Swatch of The Day - Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm

Hello! It's been a long time! I have missed blogging. My work life has been quite hectic.

Today I bring you swatches of two new Matte Balm from Revlon's Colorburst line. I have quickly fallen in love with these lip balms. It's hard for me to pass up matte lipstick and when I saw that they had a purple one I knew I had to act fast! Today I bring you swatches of Sultry and Shameless.

Sultry

Shameless

» Price -  $9.98 (I paid at CVS which is a lot higher than other places such as Walgreens, Rite Aid)

» Availability - Drugstores

» Overall Rating - Love! These are very reminiscent of the Tarte Lip Surgence Matte Lipsticks. They are retractable and have a soft peppermint taste. Easy to glide on, nourishing and great pigmentation. Sultry is a perfect everyday color that you can pair with any eye look.  Shameless is a vibrant purple that has been hard for me to find for a drugstore lipstick. I did have to layer it a tad bit around the center of my lips to even it out. I can not wait to collect all of the colors. I have been reading from various places that these are permanent which makes me really happy! I recommend finding the best price around your local drugstores before buying these.

Review - Melt Cosmetics By Starlight

(L-R: MAC Cosmetics Seductive Intent, OCC Lip Tar Belladonna, MAC Cosmetics Strong Woman, Melt Cosmetics By Starlight, MAC Cosmetics Heroine)

» Price -  $19

» Availability - Melt Cosmetics

» Overall Rating - I have come to the conclusion that I have a slight obsession with purple lip products. It's quite difficult for me to pass up any new purple lipstick. This lipstick By Starlight is from a new brand called Melt Cosmetics. It was co-founded by celebrity makeup artist Lora Arellano a.k.a Loreleicakes on Instagram & Dana Bomar. The price is bit on the higher-end side and the shipping is high ($7+ ouch). They are a new business so hopefully overtime their shipping costs can go down. Now on to the actual lipstick. By Starlight is described as an ultra-matte, radioactive purple. It distributed evenly across my lips and the color was a beautiful purple! It is very vibrant and not like any purple lip product that I own. For being described as ultra-matte this lipstick was non drying. It lasted a few hours with minimal fading. It did not last during my meal but I have only come across a few lip products (lip tar,velvetines) that can stay untouched during meals. This is definitely a unique purple and gets a high rating from me for it's pigmentation and staying power! I am tempted to try more colors but I will wait till they (hopefully) lower their shipping costs.

Mini Drugstore Lipstick Haul

Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you all today a few swatches of some new lipsticks that I have recently picked up. I picked up some of the new Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids and a Wet n Wild MegaLast Lip Color.

Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids - I picked these up at ULTA because they were having an awesome sale which was buy one Maybelline product, get one 50% off. I first bought Brazen Berry but fell in love with swatches of all of the other colors that I was finding. These lipsticks definitely have high impact color. I was expecting Brazen Berry to show up a bit more purple on my lips but still loved the final result. The other two that I picked up was Shocking Coral (Left) and Vibrant Mandarin (Right). Both of those color looked true to their color and applied smoothly. If you are looking for a vibrant lip color at a reasonable price I highly suggest that you check out these vivids!

Wet N Wild Megalast Lip Color - I have reviewed these lip colors in the past and instantly fell in love. When I found out that Rite Aid was having a sale which was 40% off different brands which included Wet N Wild, I took that opportunity to stock up! I love dark lip colors so I was immediately drawn to Vamp It Up. It is a deep plum color that makes a statement. I love how it glided across my lips and did not require any layering. The color lasted all day with minor fading towards the end of the night.

Brazen Berry

Shocking Coral

Vibrant Mandarin

Wet n Wild Megalast Lip Color in Vamp It Up

Vamp It Up

MAC Strength & Aprés Chic Swatches

Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you all some pics and swatches of a few things that I picked up from MAC Cosmetics newest collections. I bought two lipsticks from their Strength Collection and one MSF from their Aprés Chic collection. 

I am in love with the two lipsticks that I got from Strength. The lipsticks launched early online so I was able to place an order right when it came up. Strong Woman is described as a bright violet. The second I put this lipstick I fell in love. It is a gorgeous violet color that has me so excited to wear it out. This is one that I am regretting not getting a few backups of. Party Parrot is described as a bright red-pink and it is a strong vibrant color. I was super bummed that I missed this lipstick when it launched with a previous MAC collection. It is definitely a statement lip and has just the right amount of red and pink. 

The Mineralize Skin Finish that I bought from Aprés Chic was Stereo Rose. I love MSF and Stereo Rose was definitely one that I needed for my MSF collection. Stereo Rose is described as coral with golden/bronze shimmering nuances. I love coral blushes but this one is a perfect mix of coral and gold. 

Stereo Rose

Party Parrot

Strong Woman

MAC Taste Temptation Lipsticks

Hey everyone! I wanted to post some swatches of the two lipsticks I got from the MAC Taste Temptation Collection. Macy*s was having an early preview event during Black Friday. I picked up two of the mattene lipsticks, Seductive Intent and Night Blooming. Both of these colors are absolutely gorgeous. Seductive Intent has to be my favorite because this color is perfect for Winter!

MAC Taste Temptation will be sold online on December 6 and in-stores on December 13.

Seductive Intent

Night Blooming

Face of The Day - Belladonna

Hey loves! This is my 100th post! So excited. I love this blog so much! Here is to many more posts to come! So in the previous post I showed you all my amazing new lip tars that I got from LeCosmetique.com. Here is a look I did using Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in Belladonna. So obsessed with this color. I would definitely have no problem wearing this color out. You can also mix it with Ophelia lip tar to create a more softer purple look! 

Face
L'Oreal Magic Perfecting Base
Benefit Stay Don't Stray
MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC25
Nars Orgasm Blush
MAC Petticoat MSF
MAC Lightscapade MSF
MAC Fix +
Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion
MAC Spiked Eyebrow Pencil
Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eyeshadow - 118r
Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eyeshadow - 119r
Inglot Freedom System Rainbow Eyeshadow - 114r
Inglot AMC Gel Liner #77
Ardell Eyelashes #120
Lips
Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm in Lemon & Chamomile
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in Belladonna

Shopping Goodies - MAC Chenman Love and Water

Hey everyone! I am in love! So a few weeks back MAC released the Chenman Love and Water collection. I saw it up on the MAC website early but I usually like to swatch before I buy so I called my local counter to see if they were doing pre sales on this collection. They said that they were but they were already sold out of the lipsticks! I found some gorgeous swatches on Temptalia.com so I decided just to order it online. I was so happy that I did because it was sold out a few hours later!

These lipsticks are gorgeous. Force of Love is definitely my favorite. It is a matte finish which is major love! This color definitely lives up to it's hype. I am sad that I did not buy backups of this color. It is definitely a statement lip color! Budding Love is a pale lavender that goes on quite sheer at first. It took some packing on to start seeing it on my lips. With a good base I feel like this color can really stand out.

(Left to right: Budding Love and Force of Love)

Budding Love

Force of Love

Nails of The Day - Essie Nice is Nice

I immediately fell in love with this color when I was shopping at Ulta the other day. Nice is Nice from Essie is such a girlie purple that was perfect for a nice summer weekend away from the city. I am starting to really love using Essie nail polish. They have such beautiful colors and it doesn't take a lot of coats to make the colors stand out.

Where to buy - Ulta

Nails of The Week - OPI Pirates of the Caribbean

Ahoy! I had an extremely busy and stressful week last week. Zoe came down with a scary fever so we were in and out of the hospital. She is doing much better now thank goodness. I was really stressed out and during my down time usually when she would finally take a nap I would just sit down and paint my nails. I went through all of these colors in a week and decided since I was changing them like crazy I should feature the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean collection. Love all of these colors and if I had to chose a favorite it would probably be Mermaids Tears. Soo many compliments on wearing that color!

Planks A Lot

Sparrow Me The Drama

Mermaids Tears

Where to Buy - Ulta

Nails of The Day - OPI Significant Other Color

OPI's Significant Other Color is a really pretty iridescent polish. A purple mixed with pink and gold reflects that is sure to catch peoples attention. I got this color from the promo that Ulta had going on the other day. My boyfriend said that he does not like this color on me. Hmm I guess he just chose a new color for me to sneak and paint his toe nails with when he is sleeping.

Where to buy - Ulta

Shoppping Goodies - Ulta

Ahhh so I caved in and bought the Urban Decay Naked Palette. It took a lot of thought and after many swatches I realized that I wear a lot of these color on a daily basis so this is a perfect palette. It also comes with a cute travel size Primer Potion which is always a plus. I also took advantage of the Buy Two Nail Polish Get One Free offer that Ulta has going on. The colors pictures from right to left are Princesses Rule, Cozu-Melted In The Sun, and Significant Other Color. I can not wait to try them all on! Of course they will be featured on my nails of the day some time in the future.

I am making Zoe a really cute Hello Kitty Easter Basket and I can't wait to post pics of all of the baskets she got from her Grandparents! I want to make sure that I make every holiday extra special for her! I hope everyone has an amazing Easter! -xoxo Shannyn

Where to buy - Ulta & Sephora

Nails of The Day - Zoya Faye

Quick post! I took this quick snapshot of my nails from my phone because I know I wont have a chance to take a pic before they start to chip. I really do love Zoya nail polish. I got this color in their Buy One Get One Free Sale! Oooh which reminds me that I need to post pics of all of the goodies that I got from that sale! This color is called Faye and I like to describe it as a purple sherbet color! I am trying out a new top coat. It's from a brand called Seche Vite and I heard a lot of good reviews so I am giving it a try. So far so good. I have a bad habit of using my nails to open everything and I know that is a big no-no in basic nail care. Ugh I caught a cold and I have a hectic schedule this week and I am really not looking forward to this. Ok Zoe is trying to use the keyboard as her personal piano right now so I guess that is a sign to cut this short.
-xoxo Shannyn
 
Where to buy - Zoya

Nails of The Day - OPI Funky Dunkey

I love this purple! It is from OPI's Shrek Collection and it's called Funky Dunkey. I love that it's not too intense and I can pair it with a lot of outfits.


Where to buy - Ulta