Name: MAC Satin Lipstick in Pink Nouveau Date Purchased: Feb. 2013 Grade: A Notes: The end of one series means the resumption of another! It’s time for an installment of my Lipstick Chronology. For the past few months, I’ve been reviewing my lipsticks and lip glosses in the order in which I bought them. I… Read More Lipstick Chronology #22: MAC Pink Nouveau
(Three questions of balance, actually.) In my review of NARS Lhasa, I mentioned that I have several under-the-radar beauty staples, products I use so often I’ve stopped thinking about them. I thought I’d follow up on that post with a review of another product I use almost every day: NARS blush in Mata Hari, a… Read More A Question of Balance: NARS Mata Hari
Name: Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Raspberry Pie Date of Purchase: Summer 2012 Grade: B+ Remember the rapturous hype when Revlon released its Lip Butters in late 2011? More moisturizing than a lip balm! More pigmented than a sheer lipstick! Burn all your other lipsticks in a colossal auto-da-fé, these are the only ones you… Read More Lipstick Chronology #12: Revlon Raspberry Pie
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
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
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 Moon Drops Lipsticks in Orange Flip and Persian Melon Date of Purchase: April 2011 Grade: B- Notes: I’m painstakingly, ploddingly moving my Tumblr posts onto Blogger, which means that several of these posts will feature my old hair (which got pixied on January 30) and less-than-ideal lighting. Not that a month of beauty… Read More Lipstick Chronology #2: Revlon Orange Flip and Persian Melon
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