Make Up Wishlist #1

Hello my blooming buds!

I have so many beauty products that I want to try out, but don't have the extra money to purchase them. I'll keep a little list of them here and hopefully you guys can give your opinions on them.

1. Maybelline Full N' Soft Waterproof Mascara: I've read a lot of reviews about this mascara and although I love my Falsies Flared mascara, when I actually do wear mascara, I should try to branch out to find better.

2. Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Powder in Translucent: I just love the packaging of this powder with the little hearts! The translucent color would probably make a good highlighter.

3. Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains: I want a few colors from this line. The swatches I saw look so pigmented! I've always wanted to try something that's similar to Clinique Chubby Sticks.  

4. NYX Mosaic Powder Blush in Love: This looks like such a lovely coraly peach color that might look really good on cheeks. 

5. Ecotools Flat Foundation Brush: I've been using those make up sponge wedges to apply my liquid foundation and I need an affordable, but good quality foundation brush. I've heard good things about Ecotools brushes and I've been dying to try them out. 

6. Mac Lipstick in Vegas Volt: I have never used a Mac product before and I think I could only really get into their lipsticks. This shade is supposed to be really close to Revlon's famous and sadly discontinued Strawberry Suede.

7. Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Blissful: I've swatched a couple of these blushes in store and they were super glittery. I'm hoping that Blissful isn't really glittery.

8. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Liner in Black Ink: I love gel liners and I think the Maybelline one is my favorite since it doesn't dry out as much as the Loreal Laquer one. I've been wanting to try this high end one to see the different between it and the Maybelline. I have really oily lids so I hope it's a lot better.

What are the beauty products on your wishlist?

Buh-bye xo

Lip Glosses Review and Swatches || Itching to get more

Hello my blooming buds!

I'm not a big fan of lip glosses, but sometimes I do like to wear it. I just hate when the wind blows my hair into my lips and then blows again so that it touches my glasses, leaving thin lines of lip gloss in my vision. Trying to wipe them off is such a pain too. Any who, here's the four lip glosses I own.

From left to right: Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss in 010 Shine City, C. O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint in No. 1641 Magenta Mint, Urban Decay Lip Junkie in Naked, Stila Lip Glaze in Joy.

Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss in 010 Shine City SPF 15: This is a clear gloss with shimmers in it. It smells like a combination of candy and coffee to me. It has a nice doe foot applicator that makes it easy to apply. I love how the packaging seems high end. I'm going look for this in the color Kiss Me Coral to match my lipstick!

C. O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint in No. 1641 Magenta Mint: This is my all time minty lip gloss! It gives a sheer magenta color while giving you a super tingly mint feeling. This says that it's mint infused to give you fresh breath, but it really doesn't unless you're constantly licking your lips. The applicator is in a slanted lipstick shape,but hard plastic, at the end of the tube. You just squeeze out the amount of product and apply. 

Urban Decay Lip Junkie in Naked: This is another minty lip gloss that came with my Naked2 palette. It looks like a really dark browny mauve, but comes out very sheer. This claims to cool and plump your lips. I don't see the plumping, but it does cool them. It has the same applicator as the Mentha Lip Tint above.

Stila Lip Glaze in Joy: I got this as part of a gift bag for Christmas. I found out that this is part of the Christmas set of lip glazes by Stila, and since my name is Joyce, I was given the color Joy! This is a lovely light hot pink that I like to wear during the winter and spring for a girly look. It's a click pen with a brush tip to make application precise.

Got any lip glosses you recommend for a mint lover?

Buh-bye xo

Lip Balm Review & Swatches || I may have a lip balm problem...

Hello my blooming buds!

Continuing on with showing you my collection of beauty products, I bring you my lip balms! I love lip balms for their moisturizing properties, SPF, and sheer colors. The best thing about tinted lip balms is that you don't have to be precise in application to get a great color! I carry four lip balms in my purse at all times for variety on the go! I didn't do lip swatches since there were so many and my lips were so sore after just the lipstick swatches.

From left to right: Maybelline Baby Lips in 10 Peppermint, Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment, Jolly Rancher Apple Lip Balm, Softlips in Winter Mint.

Maybelline Baby Lips in 10 Peppermint SPF 20: After buying my first Baby Lips (Peach Kiss), I wasn't all too impressed enough to buy another one, but my friend from university was totally loving the Peppermint Baby Lips. I do love a tingly mint lip balm so I caved in and bought it. That was when my love for Baby Lips blossomed! I love the feeling of minty lip products and this one applies like butter and feels light on the lips.

Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment SPF 15: I got this one as a part of the birthday gift from Sephora. I have not felt a lip balm like this before! It feels like a waxier version of a chapstick, in a really good way. It's lemon scented, like most of the line, which I like. It does feel a bit heavy, but it's like I can feel the good that it's doing for my lips, like a face mask for your lips. The full size is super pricey so I wont be actually purchasing this when I finally run out.

Jolly Rancher Apple Lip Balm: This one was bought when I was in that green apple loving phase (I do still love green apple flavored things!). There's no sheen to this at all so it stays looking natural. Of course there's no real benefit to wearing this as it is more for novelty.

Softlips in Winter Mint SPF 20: I bought this as part of the limited edition winter collection. I love mint so I caved in an bought this and the vanilla one (I have no idea where it went). It's very soft so you don't have to push down too hard when you apply it. That little nub sticking out of the tube is all that's left. There's really not a lot of product in there. This is a sweet mint flavor that I love. I'm not too sure if this comes out every Christmas season since I bought this ages ago.

From left to right: Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Pink Blossom, The Body Shop Delipscious Tinted Lip Balm in Watermelon Crush, Fresh Sugar Rose Lip Treatment, Clinique Chubby Stick in Super Strawberry.

Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Pink Blossom: This is my one and only Burt's Bees product I have and I love it. I do want to get more colors in this line, but they are pretty pricey for drugstore lip balms. This is a lovely sheer pink that almost leans mauve. It's a standard lip balm texture, which I have no problem with.

The Body Shop Delipscious Tinted Lip Balm in Watermelon Crush: I saw that the Body Shop was having a clearance sale so I decided to pop in and have my first look at the place. I went immediately for the tinted lip balms they had. These are discontinued, but they have another Delipscious line of sheer lip colors still on their website that are on clearance. I got this one because of the cute baby pink color. This was when I learned that baby pink colors like this are a big no no for lip balms. This accentuates every wrinkle in my lips and the milkiness of the formula make it SUPER smushy. When you twist it up, it wont twist back down. I really hate it the darn thing. It does smell fantastic, like watermelon candy.

Fresh Sugar Rose Lip Treatment SPF 15: This is just like the clear version in smell and texture that I mentioned above except with a nice sheer pink tint. It's a "barely there" color that's easy to wear for tinted lip balm beginners.

Clinique Chubby Stick in Super Strawberry: I love colors with the word strawberry in them! This has a great color pay off and like all Clinique products, it's unscented. This is one of the four that I carry in my purse at all times. I love the twisty pencil packaging on this. I haven't tried any other lip balms in this sort of packaging before, but I might have to try them after this success with the Chubby Stick.

From left to right: Revlon Lip Butter in Red Velvet, Maybelline Baby Lips Electro in 85 Oh! Orange!, Maybelline Baby Lips in 30 Peach Kiss, NYC Applelicious Glossy Lip Balm in Big Apple Red, NYC Applelicious Glossy Lip Balm in Applelicious Pink

Revlon Lip Butter in Red Velvet: After hearing all the rave about the Lip Butters when they first came out, I went and bought my first one! I didn't own any red color lip product so I gathered some bravery and bought Red Velvet. I love how opaque this is! Like the Burt's Bees tinted lip balm, I have not bought another one because I feel that it's pricey for a drugstore lip balm. I will go out and get another once the hit of buying textbooks has died down. The texture is like thick butter and it smells like a cake with caramel.

Maybelline Baby Lips Electro in 85 Oh! Orange!: I really hope that the Electro line of Baby Lips is permanent! Since I'm still on my orangey coral kick, I chose to try out Oh! Orange! first to see if the formula was changed at all. It's pretty much the same and the color really shows! It's still sheer so on your lips it doesn't look like you painted your lips orange. It smells like artificial oranges too. I really want to get more of these! These are so affordable and great for your lips!


Maybelline Baby Lips in 30 Peach Kiss: This will probably be the only disappointing Baby Lips I will have bought in my lifetime. I was looking for a nude lip balm so I got this one. It smells great, but there are shimmers in here and it has that milkiness that brings out your lip wrinkles.


NYC Applelicious Glossy Lip Balm in Big Apple Red: Another affordable lip balm here with great color pay off! This was the first one I bought after walking through the make up section at Walmart. The cute apple shape that goes through the middle of the stick of lip balm is so adorable! These even smell like apples too! Big Apple Red is a sheer jelly looking red. I would say that these feel like the Maybelline Baby Lips.


NYC Applelicious Glossy Lip Balm in Applelicious Pink: A couple days after buying Big Apple Red, I bought Applelicious Pink. This is a hot pink, almost fuchsia color. It has the same texture and smell as the Big Apple Red.

Well that was a handful! I hope you enjoyed this mega review. Up next are the few lip glosses I have!

Buh-bye xo

Lipstick Review & Swatches || The Collection So Far

Hello my blooming buds!

I've got a small collection of lipsticks so I thought I would share all of them with you in one go. It's still image heavy so get ready for this!

From right to left and bottom: NYX Matte Lipstick in Strawberry Daiquiri, Shiseido Advanced Performance Lipstick in 108 Mauve Breeze, Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in 070 Airy Fairy, Rimmel Lasting Finish Matte by Kate Moss in 109, Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in 750 Kiss Me Coral, NYX Slim Lip Pencil in 824 Orange.

These are my bare lips. Dry, uneven, chapped, dead skin covered, mismatched colored, and all.

NYX Matte Lipstick in Strawberry Daiquiri

I've heard many raves about NYX lipsticks and decided to give it a try with a matte one. This is a strawberry pink that is more flattering with those that have lighter skin. I find this color to be great for an everyday look, but it's also very drying. My lips are already dry so this accentuates them. However, it looks great with a lip balm under it. I'm not a fan of the packaging on these. It has a really cheapy feel. I'll have to try the NYX black label and round lipsticks in the future.

Shiseido Advanced Performance Lipstick in 108 Mauve Breeze

I found this gem in my mom's make up cabinet of forgotten-ness. This isn't so much mauve as it is pink, but this shade is my perfect natural color so it's great for everyday wear. This is also incredibly moisturizing and is light weight on the lips. Sadly this is a discontinued line for Shiseido so I will be using it with care!

Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in 070 Airy Fairy

This is another discontinued lipstick from Rimmel. Airy Fairy is a shimmery pink nude which looks best on lighter skin folks. I personally don't like the formula of this since it accentuates the dead skin and dryness of my lips, but I do love the color.

Rimmel Lasting Finish Matte by Kate Moss in 109

I've been eyeing this one for a while since I heard that it was supposed to be a close dupe for Revlon's Matte Lipstick in Strawberry Suede. This is a brighter version of the NYX's Strawberry Daiquiri, though more coral. This isn't as matte as the NYX lipstick, but this is more moisturizing. I really love coral colors and the packaging of this lipstick. It makes it feel like a high end lipstick.

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in 750 Kiss Me Coral

This is my all time favorite lipstick that I own. It's a bright orangey coral with a creme finish. I've been wearing this out a lot lately on it's own or mattifying it (I'll do a little tutorial on that soon). This picture doesn't do it justice on how bright and fun of a color it is. Even though the fall is fast approaching, it's always a summery weather in Hawaii so pulling off this color is a breeze!

NYX Slim Lip Pencil in 824 Orange

I was wondering whether or not to bother with a lip liner, but I decided to try it out since I have some bright coral lipsticks that need a bit more precision. This is a perfect match to Revlon's Kiss Me Coral and goes well with Rimmel's 109. It applies smoothly and has a matte finish. This is not an automatic liner so you will have to sharpen it. I'm glad I got this lip liner because I can wear it on it own for a super light weight feeling.

There goes my lips! They're a bit red and swollen from all these swatches. If you've got suggestions of coral shade lipsticks, let me know! I'm always on the lookout!

Buh-bye xo