A little beauty haul to kickstart the holiday season!

So I've been MIA from blogosphere for ages ...With a killer work schedule I haven't had a breather in months...but today after aeons I decided to finally dip my toes and test the waters of beauty blogging ;) 
I've been hopping around like a happy bunny today, it was a day full of pampering for me. A day at spa and a new hairdo later, it was time for some shopping and apart from the usual suspects of some new clothes and shoes I indulged in a bit of makeup :) 

My entire MAC collection! :)

Hey Girlies! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, I had a pretty wonderful relaxed Sunday.
After a really long time I decided to re-arrange my vanity case.One thing led to another (like it always does..)pretty soon my de-clutter & organize mission faded in to oblivion and I started playing with my makeup :P

If you looked at the pic below and thought I was showing you some latest limited edition collection launch pics from MAC, dahlings you are so wrong! That's my entire MAC collection in all its glory! :D

As I lined up all my MAC makeup and fawned over my pretty juicy MAC lippies, it suddenly struck me Gosh! I really have accumulated a whole lot of MAC!! 
Two years back if somebody would have told me that I'd be forking out a 1000 bucks on a lippie, my frugal heart would have yelled expletives & done violent somersaults!!
Over the course of past 2 years I turned from somebody who wouldn't splurge on higher end stuff but hoard drugstore brands,to somebody who loosens her purse strings on MAC.

NO, I haven't hit the jackpot or married a Sheikh of any Fascist regime. I still have a whole long cost-benefit debate in my head before splurging at MAC counters, but now I realize I'm better off buying one good quality product I love and will use than 2 drugstore lippies which will gather dust on my dresser. I plan my MAC purchases for months & only pick up stuff I would actually use regularly.

 

 

A closer look at the goodies! :)
The boldest MAC lippie in my stash Impasssioned, Its bold bright and very naughty.Perfect for spring summer season.

MAC Ruby Woo, my favorite retro red lippie.If there is one single lippie I could carry to my afterlife, Ruby woo it is!

MAC Creme in your coffee- My very first MAC purchase, I waited for over 6 months before splurging out on Creme in your coffee, totally love this baby for everyday work wear.

MAC Viva Glam VI, a pearlescent terracotta sheer lippie, totally adore this one and I've worn mine out :)

ESTÉE LAUDER INTRODUCES VIOLET UNDERGROUND

ESTÉE LAUDER INTRODUCES

VIOLET UNDERGROUND

BY TOM PECHEUX, CREATIVE MAKEUP DIRECTOR, ESTÉE LAUDER

“We created a dramatic fashion look with a touch of fantasy. Inspired by glam rock, women can play dress up with color and become a character that encompasses mystery, opulence, sex and confidence.

It can transform her world.”

Tom Pecheux, Creative Makeup Director, Estée Lauder

Introducing a new multi-dimensional, limited edition trend collection, Estée Lauder Pure Color Violet Underground.  Inspired by multiple cultures, styles and textures, this collection is the ultimate fusion of high style and street chic.  The makeup in Pure Color Violet Underground takes glam rock to a new dimension with a fantastical aesthetic revolution of deep, vibrant violet and fuchsia tones.

Clinique Chubby sticks-Have a kiss of color!

Have a Kiss of Colour!

Make lips the main attraction for Valentine’s Day by layering textures, adding dimension and a gentle iridescence. Get lips all dressed up and ready to shine for Valentine’s Day with luscious shades of Pink and Red.

Clinique’s Global Colour Artist Jenna Menard explains how.

MAC Marilyn limited edition lipstick Charmed I'm sure

Imagine if the ultimate retro siren -Marilyn were to be a lipstick what would she look like?
Hmmm... no need to rack your brain my lovelies, MAC did all the intellectual heavy lifting for us.
Charmed I'm sure a matte true red is the essence of a DIVA!

I waited for the Marilyn collection launch for months and when I finally spotted the range,I couldn't take my eyes of Charmed I'm sure. Its the perfect demi matte texture, creamier than MAC Ruby Woo.Its a true red which stuck the perfect balance of yellow and blue. Its got a hint of blue which gives it a slightly cooler look.Its a surprisingly versatile color which works well on a range of complexions.

MAC Marilyn collection lippies come in a glossy black tube with Marilyn's monochromatic image and red signature emblazoned on the lipstick cap.The outer sleeve of the lipstick case also has the same Marilyn image and the glam packaging was a major draw for me.

A little MAC Marilyn sneak peak & some more MAC;)

The newest kids in my Vanity care which are giving a nervous to my other occupants of my vanity case are these babies from MAC :)
Two pieces from MAC Marilyn collection are the Pièce de résistance of my vanity, I cant stop gushing over Charmed I'm sure,I'm so charmed by this little vixen o f a shade, I think I'll even wear it to bed ;)
The MAC Rapidblack penultimate eye liner is what the perfect winged eyeliners are made of  and creates the inkiest slinkiest black lines.

MAC Marilyn collection-Charmed I'm sure- droool isn't she a beauty :)

Ellis Faas Creamy Lips-'Ellis Red' LC 101 Review and lip swatches

A few months back I posted about my meeting with Ellis Faas,Celebrity Makeup Artist who has worked with the world's most pre-eminent fashion designers, photographers, stylists, hairdressers and models & has been featured in top magazines in the world. Ellis has worked for make-up brands, such as Clinique, Lancôme and MAC Cosmetics – and she was asked by L'Oréal to create a make-up line for their skin care brand, Biotherm.

Ellis decided to put her insight and technical expertise to use while creating her own makeup brand-'Ellis Faas'.Today I'm reviewing a beautiful lipstick from Ellis's range its called Ellis Faas Creamy lips.
It is a long-wear lipstick that provides pure colour, and a shiny finish that lasts overtime. It gives superior comfort both in application and on lips. Plumping actives improve hydration and smooth your lips.

Ellis Red a.k.a. LC 101 is a rich sumptuous color,this blood red lipstick transcends age and color and is universally flattering. This is a retro shade and an Ellis Faas cult classic.Its “Human Colour” and therefore suitable for each skin tone, age or style.

For classic definition: the texture of this highly pigmented, covering lipstick gives great definition to your lips, both as a fully covering shade, but also as a mere stain. ACTIVE INGREDIENTS - Vitamin E (Tocopherol), Candelilla Wax, Prune Seed Extract.


It has No scent. No taste. No parabens. No animal testing.

How to apply-Use Creamy Lips with the spongy applicator first by painting the lips with just a small amount of lipstick, then fully load the applicator to fill inside of the lips. Creamy Lips is also great for a more stained effect: just load a tiny bit of the lipstick onto the applicator, apply and blot for a matte stain.

Swatch Fest-Ikya Swatches her 5 favorite bright MAC Lipsticks

I am Ikya and I write the blog MAKEUP MONOLOGUES (www.makeupmonologues.com), an Indian beauty and Lifestyle blog; when I'm not busy playing 'bob the builder'. I blog about, well, you know, makeup (shocker!), tips and tricks I discover here and there and ramble about my very happening (not) life! 
A proud Co Army Brat  l post about the very happening (really) life of an Army Brat once in a while! I LOVE animals and bright lipsticks, I can't dance to save my life, I love talking at length about myself (which is WHY I blog!) and THAT'S about it!

Here are my 5 favorite MAC's bright lipstick,from left to right,swatched on medium skin tone.

• Viva Glam Cyndi
• Ruby Woo
• Vegas Volt
• Impassioned 
• Crosswires

Swtach Fest! Pragnya shares her 5 favorite face brightening lispticks

Hi everyone,

My name is Pragnya. I loovee lipsticks. I love how they brighten up my face and my mood any day. My skin tone is medium to light.

Here are the lipsticks/lip gloss I love to death and love wearing every other day  

       Lakme enrich satins shade 651 : it is my most used and abused shade (you can see from the picture J )

      when swiped once it’s a neutral light pink but gradually stains a little which is very face flattering.

5.       Maybelline Colorsensational  Moisture extreme lipcolor in chestnut B41 : a very nice nude pink with slight mauve undertones. Great for every day wear.

4.       Maybelline Colorsensational  Moisture extreme lipcolor in buffB42 : it is a very nice pretty shade having hints of peach and pink

Revlon Colorburst Lipbutter Red Velvet review,swatches

Revlon Colorburst lip butter 'Red velvet' is a its a super luxe and sensuous oxblood color perfect for the Autumn-Winter season and is currently trending the runways.

Now Girls,don't get your PETA-panties in a bunch, contrary to what your first thought might be about oxblood-it being... well-'Ox' blood!, it isn't actually supposed to have any such gory origins. 
Oxblood refers to a dark brownish red shade, which resembles dried oxidized blood, hence the name 'Oxblood'.

Revlon Colorburst lipbutters with the goodness of hydrating mango, shea and coconut butter formula boosts lip moisture by 156%
Pampering gel formula provides super charged hydration and glides on lips buttery smooth
  
Red velvet lipbutter has a sheer balmy texture,one swipe creates a hint of sophisticate color ,but swipe it on 3 times and it will give you bold and striking glossy sheeny dark oxblood shade with a hint of burgundy.Thankfully there is no shimmer in Red velvet lip butter and it makes it look very classy.This shade will be perfect for medium to dusky skin tones.

Packaging of Revlon Colorburst Lip butters follows the same design family as the diamond pattern we have seen on the colorburst lipstick and lipglosses.The tube is metallic and the outer casing translucent plastic in the same shade as that of the lipstick,there is also a clear window on top and color coded sticker at the base to help you spot your lippie in a jiffy. The packaging is pretty, albeit a bit flimsy.

The colorburst lipbutter lasts for around 2  hours on my lips after which a it fades away with a nice burgundy reddish tint and a hint of glossiness on my lips.

The pricing- In US these are priced at approx $ 7.5 (varies from store to store) though usually you can snag them on a BOGO (buy one get one offer), no such luck for makeup addicts in India we have to fork out Rs 600/- bucks a piece.
The quantity we get in each of these lip butter tubes is also incredibly low at just 2.55 grams,considering these are balmy textured lippies with low wear time, and need for frequent reapplication,there is a very good chance of finishing these up pretty quickly.

Revlon Red velvet lip butter single swipe on NC 45/dusky pigmented lips

 Three swipes, the shade looks much more intense and has a hint of burgundy which my camera is not picking up in the pictures.

Revlon colorburst Red Velvet,its a classy red when worn sheer.It looks very chic and sophisticate oxblood red when you swipe it on 3 times.
Medium to dusky toned Divas would totally rock Red Velvet.Highly recommend it!

You can buy these online now from www.medplusbeauty.com

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Swatch Fest! Neha shares her hottest Red & Magenta lipsticks from MAC and Inglot

Neha M, shares five of her most loved lippies they range from pinks to reds and magenta too!

 

"I love bright colours but I also like lipsticks that you don't have to think before grabbing for an outing. So here we go:"

1. Faces Satin Matte lipstick in Magenta - A bright hot pink with magenta tones

2. Inglot Shade 126 - A blood red with high sheen

3. Inglot lipstick shade 236 - A light mauve shade with high sheen

4. MAC Retro Matte Ruby Woo - A true, classic Hollywood red; very matte

5. MAC Matte Heroine - Limited Edition; a unique purple shade with heavy tones of magenta

Faces Satin Matte lipstick in Magenta Lip swatch

Inglot 126 Lipstick swatch

Inglot lipstick shade 236 swatch

Swatch Fest! Rmyah shares her 5 favorite nude lipsticks

I'm Rmyah of rmyah.blogspot.com, I'm a shoppaholic, which I realised very recently...if I have a thousand bucks in hand, I'd come and ask you for a thousand more and spend it all on cosmetics :)

Crazy that I am, I know how to value your craziness too :D

These are my five favorite nude lippies which I simply cannot do without.

Maybelline Watershine lipstick shade 56-Sweet Wine

Colorbar Velvet Matte lipstick shade 78V-Creme Cup (Editors Note-My personal favorite peachy nude shade!)

Maybelline Color Sensational lipstick shade 145-Plaza Pink

Maybelline Color Sensational lipstick shade 215-Totally Toffee

Maybelline Color Sensational lipstick shade 235-Warm Me Up

Editors Note-These have to be the cutest swatches ever!! full marks on innovation Rmyah!

I am NC40-42 depending upon the season :)

Swatch Fest-Shruti shares her 5 favorite lipsticks

Shruti is a Bangalore based food blogger extraordinaire,An educator and a homemaker.With a keen eye for Fashion and makeup,Shruti dons many hats with elan. 
She has an awesome repertoire of Indian gourmet delights to easy snack recipes for beginners.Hop over and check out Shruti's awesome recipes at her blog
http://shrutisrasoi.blogspot.in/

Shruti shares her 5 favorite lipsticks

1. Oriflame Beauty Power shine (Cocoa Burst ) : Brown shade with glitters in it. Lovely shade for the evening parties.

2. Cover Girl  (Bistro Burgundy): Lovely pinkish brown shade for all the skin tones.

3. Oriflame love lipstick (Love Ruby): Maroon Red shade suitable for all the skin tones.

4. Oriflame Triple Core Lipstick (Ravishing Rose) : Perfect Nude shade for all the occasions.

5. Oriflame Giodrani Gold Ruby Lipstick (Divine Red) Prefect Bright red colour for the candle light dinner.

 

 All swatches on Medium NC 42 skintone

Swatch Fest! 'Little Miss Sinner' Shanaya shares her love of super bright lipsticks

Heya everyone :D
Im Shanaya From Mumbai, a Newbie blogger by day and a DJ by night.To know more about me check out my blog - http://littlemisssinner.blogspot.in/

I love Matte Shades and more than that i love pop of colors :P These are my all time fav shades. I have a medium skin tone.

Swatches from Left to right.
Maybelline The Jewels in 591 Amethyst Ablaze.
Revlon Super Lustrous in 677 Siren (Editor's note- I've been hunting for Siren everywhere, both the lippie and nail polish are awesome shades)

Wet and Wild in 967 DollHouse Pink
Maybelline WaterShine in B24
NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Addis Ababa.

swatches in natural light, on fair-medium skin

My Diwali Haul-Loads of makeup and some trinkets!

Diwali week, is the perfect excuse for makeup crazed women like me to shop, without a care...that is, until you see your credit card statement *booo that gives me jeepers creepers!*

I wasn't really planning to haul this much stuff, but well with the juicy sales & offers going on one thing led to another and I ended up hauling 4 new lippies a blush trio,a nail polish and a few trinkets..I also hauled tons of skincare and bath and body stuff... which well I'll review as and when I get time..for now lets just take a moment and ogle at the awesome super drool worthy colors here! I picked tons of corals, hot pinks,red and orange shades..

 Sleek Makeup Blush By 3 palette- Pumpkin

Love how va va voom these blushes are :D

Revlon Super Lustrous Cherries in the snow lipstick

Swatch Fest! Chandana gives us an exclusive Sneak peak in to the lipstick stash of a Teacher!

Remember those school days, when we would all fawn over our Hottest most stylish teachers! 
Think back to the likes of Sushmita Sen (in "Main hu naa") and Chitrangada Sen (in "Desi Boyz"). 

In my Convent, Teacher's Sarees and blouse designs,their hair-dos and lipsticks were as much matter of hype,gossip & giggles amongst us Girls, as the latest Teenage hearthrobs.
Well its time to bring back those memories 'coz or very own tylish ex-teacher Chandana T. gives us a sneak peak into her lipstick stash.
All those interested raise your hands and say *Present Ma'am*

 

"Here is a collection of 5 lipsticks I use very often. I adore these shades because all these are well suited for all Indian skin tones."

-          Lotus Herbals Floral Glam Lipstick – Almond Rust

-          Street Wear Luscious Lips Lip Color – 05 Pink Wood

-          Estee Lauder Signature Lipstick  - L76 Pink Kiss

-          Revlon Colorburst Lipstick – 075 Peach

-          Revlon Colorburst Lipstick – 035 Blush

Swatch Fest-Dollie shares her favorite shimmery lipsticks and glosses

Dollie loves a hint of glint on her lips and she shares her 5 favorite shimmery lipsticks and glosses.

Editor's Note-I'm lusting over Peach parfait and Chanel Metore, both shades looks tre`s chic!

 

Revlon Colorburst lipbutter Candy Apple review and lip swatches

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter Candy apple is one tarty shade!

The most exciting drugstore lipstick launch on 2012 have to be the Revlon Colorburst lipbutters!!These juicy Buttery Balm with Shiny Color give you baby soft, healthy glowing lips

With the goodness of hydrating mango, shea and coconut butter formula boosts lip moisture by 156%
Pampering gel formula provides super charged hydration and glides on lips buttery smooth

These Revlon colorburst lip butters have a gel like texture and remind me of Dior Addict lipsticks, with the same hydrating glaze like texture and burst of color!
I had my eyes on this baby when these were first launched in USA and I had been over the fence on whether order these online from ebay.Finally when Revlon India officially launched these on 15th Oct'12 there was a virtual stampede by Girls to get their paws on Revlon Colorburst lip butter.
I gave in to my colorburst lipbutter craving on Diwali and did a Red lippie and polish haul from Revlon! Haul pics coming up soon! ;)

Swatch Fest! Tej shares her 5 favorite pink and plum lipsticks for Fall-Winter

Tejinder is a fellow lipstick addict,originally from Punjab she is now based in UK, she is an aspiring beauty blogger who is full of zest of life and vanity filled with bold and peppy lip colors.  
Tej shares her 5 favorite Pinks and plums perfect for the Autumn Winter season.

swatches on fair-medium Indian skin
shades from left to right

Product name : Colorbar Pink n Me lipstick

Product name : Colorbar Rougemarie Lipstick