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Question: are you a dog or a cat person? If you said the latter, embrace your catloving ways and add these cute lipsticks from Paul and Joe to your cat collection! The lipsticks are part of Paul and Joe’s Fall/Winter 2010 makeup line, and come in 3 colors: Pink Beige, Pearl Orange and Exotic Pink. And exotic these lipsticks are! And a bit weird, but we love anything crazy and cool here at Beauty Fool and don’t judge….
Will you be getting a cat lipstick anytime soon? ;)
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Hands up who dares to admit that sometimes they just want to lick your lipbalm off, because it smells so damn good?! (Guilty….) Well, The Body Shop has caught on to that little guilty pleasure of ours and have released Delipcious, a range of tinted lip balms and sheer lipcolor that not only smell good, but are good for your lips.
The Delipcious range are made from 100% food grade ingredients, which mean they are packed full of antioxidants and vitamins. Made of naturally-derived ingredients, the lip products also contain natural food flavoring and fruit seeds oils. Oh yes, and the products smell like fruit candy. Yum.
I was given a chance to play and learn about the products at a recent media launch, and was throughly impressed – and will totally admit that I judged it by it’s packaging. It’s so slick and classy, yet so adorable with it’s little girly details. I couldn’t wait to try them out at home, and honestly, I have no complaints when I did.
The tinted lipbalms are as good as all The Body Shop lipbalms, and gives a sheer hint of color and shine. I really liked it. It smells SO good that it’s tough avoiding trying to lick your lips…. But seriously, I don’t have much to say – it just does what it’s advertised to do, which is the only thing a customer can ever want: Soft, smooth lips with a hint of color. The lipcolors are my favorite, though. It gives enough color as a lipstick but without that “made up” look, so that already makes it a winner in my books! The colors look totally natural and is really moisturizing and sits comfortably on your lips. It’s perfect, really; and slowly becoming my favorite lip product when I want a bit more color than lip balms.
The only thing I want in these lipsticks? MORE COLORS! Pretty please, The Body Shop? Other than that, it’s an excellent product, highly recommended. I can see this as being a permanent ‘cult’ product of The Body Shop and can only hope so, so that they can expand the range to more colors. ;)
Have you tried out the Delipcious range? They are available at all The Body Shop outlets at their makeup display, so if you get a chance, do check them out! :)
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As we witnessed on my best friend Christine in her recent guest review (and the photo above) black lipstick can seriously change your look. She looked so sweet in the brighter lip colors and then you get to black and she instantly looks dark, brooding and dangerous. (Death stare included.)
Two years ago, black lipglosses were everywhere, with big brands like Lancome and YSL releasing black lipglosses. The products weren’t meant to produce solid black color, though, but was made to be layered over your normal lipstick to give that certain edge.
I thought the lipglosses looked really cool in editorials but I didn’t think it was too wearable for real life. The lipglosses from both brands got a lot of press and I saw them all over the magazines, but I don’t think it caught on to shoppers because the glosses mysteriously disappeared soon after! MAC also launched black lipstick in one of their billion million many collections last fall, but I’m not sure how they sold. (Honestly though – I adore MAC but I really can never keep up with their collections!)
So for the Crazy or Cool feature this time around, I’d have to say black lips is a ‘crazy’ for me. They look amazing in fashion editorials but like a lot of other crazes, it looks better in fashion than real life. ;)
I’d like to know what do you think – can black lips ever be broken out of the goth/halloween stereotype? Would you ever sport black lips?
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I have never been so excited to try out and do a review like Organic Island’s Shell Lip Balm – when the lovely ladies approached me to submit a sample for review, all I thought was, “Oh, I don’t know, is the sky blue?!” I love all things beach-related and as I shared last year, all I want to do is go to the Maldives, so it was a big yes from me! This Australian company, Organic Island and it’s Shell Lip Balm perfectly captures my love for the beach and of course, makeup.
And get this – the shells are 100% real and are not in any way man made (!!). The shells are filled with 100% natural, Australian made lip balm consisting of the finest ingredients including natural oils, Vitamin E, fruit and plant extracts and fruit butters. The lip balm boasts ingredients such as Jojoba Oil, Coconut Oil, Mango Shea Butter and Macadamia Oil for ultra soft and smooth lips.
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Sigh. I guess I don’t really even need to write anything because the title says it all…!
Anyway – if you have a favorite eyeshadow color and you want it as a lip color too, (and in a short amount of time) here’s something you can do. First, rub some eyeshadow on the back of your hand. Dip your finger in some Vaseline and mix it with the eyeshadow so the two blend. Ta-da! Your new favorite lipgloss.
This is especially useful for those who want more ‘out there’ lip colors that are usually easier to find in eyeshadow form. Whether you wat to experiment with bright purple lips one day, bright orange the next, mixing Vaseline with your eyeshadow really works! (Granted you have a lot of eyeshadows, of course.) If you want even more sparkle you can even add glitter to the mix, like the girl in the photo above.
Have you ever tried doing this with your favorite eyeshadow color? :)
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This is a guest review from my best friend, Christine. I have heard so much about Lime Crime (not good stuff, I’m afraid) that I wanted to see the products out for myself. Since the brand just launched in SpaceNK around England, I asked Christine from London to try them out and do a guest review, since I trust her opinion fully! Enjoy…
So I went down to Westbourne Grove to SpaceNK to check out Lime Crime makeup at Renee’s request. We always talk about makeup and she always tells me the latest to check out so this wasn’t too much trouble for me, since there’s a SpaceNK near my university. Anyway, I didn’t have much time to look at the display because I was rushing in to get some swatches. My first thoughts is that it’s not really my style, but it does look like a fun, young brand.
But when I got into the store and checked out the lipsticks itself, my thoughts weren’t too great. My first impression is that the colors are not wearable at all, and as you can see from my swatch, there are a few nice ones, but they wouldn’t suit me. If you’re into bright colors though, this might work – although I have to ask, who wears bright blue, or black lipstick?!
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Want lips so red you can literally stop traffic?! Maybe not, but there is a trick to having super, sexy red lips that last hours upon hours.
This trick is so simple to do, yet no one ever thought of it (at least I didn’t until a few weeks ago!)
For super red lips, apply a red lipstain underneath your red lipstick. When your lipstick color starts to fade, the lipstain will still be there, providing enough color for super-red lips.
And that’s it. Simple, no? :)
Do you like sporting red lips? When do you ‘wear’ red lips? I know I asked this before, but what do red lips mean to you? Personally – red lips is all about class and sophistication for me, so I tend to sport red lips at more “dressy” and formal functions.
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