More Black Lips

I cannot get enough of MUFE's new black lipgloss. I just love how it changes the texture of black lipstick without taking away from the color. The only problem that I have with looks like these is feathering. They eyes and the blush are different from the last post. Also the lipstick that I used is Mac's Black lip mix this time.







Note to self: I really shouldn't wear this color out for drinks unless I have a straw.

Black Gloss Swatches

I just had to post this today! I went down to my local Sephora and picked up MUFE Metal Lab 00. Talk about a gorgeous black gloss! This is exactly the kind of black gloss that I've been looking for. I like it more when worn over black lipstick, but it's one of my favorite combos now.

Gloss alone:




Gloss over black lipstick:




For a comparison with Wrong Spell over Black:

Collection Remix: Naughty Nauticals

This collection from May 2008 was inspired by colors traditionally worn by sailors with a resort twist. Most of the eyeshadows and quads focused on cool eyes with a glint of gold. While most people were fawning over Bell Bottom Blue and Mutiny pigments all of my attention was on Port Red.

Ring the Alarm: It's Hourglass Siren

I just got my hands on the famous Hourglass Siren. I have never seen a lip gloss like this. I knew I had to have it when I saw it on Temptalia and even though I was first a little iffy because of the price, when I put it on I knew it was worth every penny.





This gloss is really opaque (I'm not wearing a lip liner or anything)! This is a very yellow based red, which I love. As you can tell this red has much more of a metallic sheen to it whereas Cult of Cherry gloss is more of a pearly red (in my last FOTD). I can't wait to try this over Port Red!

Got the Blues Again

So today I was going out to dinner with my friends so I decided to do something fun. I think this also saves me from the Peacocky collection! :)

Wrong Spell

Wrong Spell and Black lipstick:





Wrong Spell alone:



I only bought one thing from Venomous Villains "Wrong Spell" because (in addition to being underwhelmed) I am holding off for a Tartan Tale. I was invited to the TT launch party near me and I am really excited to all of the different products. I will be sure to upload pictures after I go and give a small review.

Temperature Rising

Today the UPS man came by with a box for me :D It had my Orange Lip Mix and Temperature Rising (orange lip pencil). Needless to say I was excited and wanted to try it out right away.

I know that orange is quite bold for a lot of people, but to tell you the truth, I was first captivated by lip colors in a Vogue that I bought in fall of 2006 that had a neon orange lip with what I later identified to be a golden yellow sheen in the middle of it.

One thing I really do have to say about orange is that if you're not careful you might look like you lost control of yourself in a bag of Cheetos. Like this:

Temperature Rising alone


Temperature Rising with red gloss


Temperature Rising with luster finish coral lipstick and orange coral gloss


Temperature Rising with coral pink lipstick and coral gloss


Temperature Rising with fuchsia pink lipstick and fuchsia pink gloss


Temperature Rising and Orange Lip Mix


Temperature Rising and Orange Lip Mix with pink and gold contouring (next time I will skip the pink and opt for red).

To the Beach Blues

So I'm only adding these swatches because Wangie asked me to (I was only planning on sharing them in a locked space before). This is a teal look I made using some of the new products from Mac's To the Beach collection, namely Float on By and Flurry of Fun (Uh-Maize-Ing color). I also used a solid blue (Royal Wink) and Black with this look. This reminds me a lot of my expectations from Blast 'O' Blue (C-shock).







Here I was earlier in the day w/o Royal Wink.



I really had a lot of fun with this, but I don't plan on me posting things like this too often.

Fast update

Wow, it's been almost a month. Things have been very busy which is good. I'm very excited about all of the projects/assignments that I've been working on. Unfortunately that means that things have been piling up makeup wise, and I have to do a photo dump after I've already forgotten all of the things that were used. So this one is from about a week and a half ago (sushi night).




I aslo have some swatches of colors that reminded me of spring so... have at it :)






This one was done with Lollipop Loving. I remember that much.



Other than that, I'm planning on getting my hair dyed again soon. I can't wait. I'll either go full on purple or stick to the red violet.

V-Day Lips

Keeping in theme with Valentine's Day aka SAD (Single's Awareness Day), here are some pink lip swatches.


Yellow-Pink Lip Liner
Midtone Blue-Red (read pink) Lipstick

With Coral-Pink Gloss


Yellow-Pink Lip Liner
Coral-Pink Lipstick

With Coral Gloss


Yellow-Pink Lip Liner
Pink-Fuchsia Lipstick

With Hot Pink Gloss


Red Lip Liner
Pink-Fuchsia Lipstick

With Blue-Pink Gloss

Dead Red

There are two things to remember when buying lipstick.
1) Lip Liners
2) Lip Gloss

The reason why I say this is because maybe you don't think that a lipstick is so great until you try it with the matching gloss. Or maybe, you think the color in the tube is beautiful, but it doesn't come out right with your skin tone because you're not using the correct liner. Now this won't always be the case. It could be that some lipsticks just aren't for you which is perfectly fine. But maybe you can find new and exciting things by altering any one of these two variables. Take this for instance:


Remember, this was the bright red look I made over the weekend.

Now what if we try the same lip liner and lipstick combination with a slightly darker gloss?



These two are a nice pilot because neither of these two glosses were too opaque, but you can still tell there is a noticeable difference.

Now let's try using a different lip liner with the same lipsticks and glosses as are in #1.



Immediately by using this new lip liner, you have been able to get a different look and when you diffuse the color of the liner into the lipstick, you can see a range of potential shades, like burgundy, that can come from this new shade.

Now let's try shaking things up. I love wearing black lips. I hardly do it anymore because I want to play with other things, but I do love them. Here is an example of the same dark lip liner above as in #3 with black lipstick on top.



If this is too intense, remember, you can always take a gloss and alter things. So let's take the dark red gloss from #2 and put it over this black.



You still keep the vamp, but you have more dimension and something that might be over all much friendlier to your skin tone.