Name: NARS Sheer Lipstick in Flamenco Date of Purchase: Feb. 2012 Grade: A Notes: NARS was the first beauty brand I fell in love with, and it remains my favorite to this day. (That said, my experience is limited; with the exception of two YSL lip products and two Chanel nail polishes, I haven’t made… Read More Lipstick Chronology #9: NARS Flamenco
Name: Laura Mercier Sheer Lipstick in Bare Lips Date of Purchase: Late 2011 Grade: B+ Notes: Bare Lips was my first high-end beauty purchase, and my first purchase—though, sadly for my grad-student wallet, not my last—from the Bluemercury a few blocks from campus. Unfortunately for poor Bare Lips, it’s become linked in my mind with… Read More Lipstick Chronology #8: Laura Mercier Bare Lips
I’ve been accused of owning a lot of nail polish. Those built-in shelves are the best part of my apartment. (The mice are the worst.) We often hear about the dangers of impulse buys and the benefits of looking at swatches and reviews before committing to a fancy bottle of nail polish. But the polishes… Read More Mini-Review: Essie Stylenomics
Name: MAC Lustre Lipstick in Capricious Date of Purchase: August 2011 Grade: B Notes: Capricious was my very first non-drugstore lipstick, purchased from the MAC counter at the Nordstrom near my old high school in San Francisco. (How’s that for a panoply of prepositional phrases?) Capricious has a lustre finish, which means that it’s glossy… Read More Lipstick Chronology #7: MAC Capricious
Name: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Cherries in the Snow Date of Purchase: August 2011 Grade: A Notes: It’s snowing! I didn’t plan for this post to intersect with Winter Storm Janus, but isn’t it nice how that worked out? (Addendum, a month after writing the post: If I’d reposted it on blogspot yesterday, or… Read More Lipstick Chronology #6: Revlon Cherries in the Snow
Name: Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Soft Nude Date of Purchase: September 2011 Grade: B+ Notes: This was one of many Tumblr-induced lipstick purchases at the CVS across from campus. That summer, I’d kept coming across images like this one, from Creatures of the Wind Spring/Summer 2012: Now, if I asked you how you’d replicate this… Read More Lipstick Chronology #5: A Tale of Two Undertones, Part 2
If you happen to run into Adorned, a limited-edition lipgloss from Revlon’s holiday collection, please treat yourself. I’m very much not a gloss person, but this stuff is as pigmented and long-lasting as a liquid lipstick. It’s a stunning fuchsia color with matching shimmer, and I think it’s worth owning just to look at: I… Read More Mini-Review: Revlon Adorned
From Sleep and Water, a wonderful Australian beauty blog I just discovered. I would love to see other people do this—seriously, I never get tired of hearing about lipstick. 1. How many lipsticks do you own? 49, plus five glosses. I plan to get rid of about ten lipsticks after I finish my chronology. 2.… Read More Lipstick Tag!
Name: Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Fuchsia Date of Purchase: May 2011 Grade: A Notes: Just over a year ago, I went into town for some post-Thanksgiving shopping. I was wearing one of my first high-end beauty purchases: YSL Glossy Stain in Rouge Gouache, a bright pink-based red. A middle-aged saleswoman with a Jersey accent complimented… Read More Lipstick Chronology #4: A Tale of Two Undertones, Part 1 (Revlon Colorburst Fuchsia)
Name: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Mauvy Night Date of Purchase: June 2011 Grade: A- Notes: I promise that this tumblr will stop being a Revlon blog very soon; I just bought a lot of Revlon lipsticks in my early days of makeup collecting. No regrets, though. Drugstore lipsticks are great for figuring out what colors… Read More Lipstick Chronology #3: Revlon Mauvy Night
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