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

Swatch Fest! Ritika swatches her 5 favorite Neutral eyeshadow trios and quads!

Ritika shares her 5 favorite neutral everyday wear eyeshadows,all shades are perfect as an all over lid color or can be combined for a dramatic effect.

Ritika is NC 37 in MAC for swatch reference

 

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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! Ikya swatches her 5 favorite MAC Blushes

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 (to Pooja and many of you, I'm sure) 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!

PS: Everyone around me is suddenly getting married and there are gazillion posts planned for that too. Pooja has promised to find me a young dapper Fauji and If I'm found single after 2 years you know know whom to blame!
(Editor's note- I'm working on it Iku, I'm working on it ;)

Editor's Note-Ik has shared 5 must have blushes from MAC which will work on most Indian skin tones.Fleur Power. Frankly scarlet and Bite of an Apple are uber tempting

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

Swatch fest! Shikha dazzles her Urban Decay and Physician Formula kohls-Its time to pick your favorites

I am Shikha from Dress and Makeup blog http://dressnmakeup.blogspot.in/. I work in an IT company and starting blogging as a hobby, exploring this beautiful world of makeup. I am still amateur when it comes to eye makeup and get inspired by all beautiful EOTD, DOTD, LOTD (still learning blog lingo).

This is first time that I am participating in any blog completion. So here is my entry in 'Swatch-It, Win-It Contest' with my favorite 5 eye liners.

1. Physician Formula Shimmer Black

2. Physician Formula Espresso

3. Urban Decay Radium

4. Chambor Blue Dazzle

5. Lakme Glide On Peacock Green

Swatch fest! Apoorva shares her 5 favorite neutral lippies,perfect for the Corporate Divas

Hey people!

This is Apoorva I'm a newbie beauty blogger from Hyderabad. I was a tomboy but now I'm a girl who loves all the chic and nude lipsticks.

I blog at ❤☆ I Diva ☆❤

I love matte shades and they occupy most of my vanity. Here are the swatches of my current favorite lipsticks.
I have put two pics of the swatches in natural light and in flash light.I have MAC NC 44.5 skin tone.

The Swatches from left to right.

1.Colorbar Velvette Matte Lipstick in Pretty Please.

2.Avon Simply Pretty Colorbliss Sparkles Lipstick in Amber Glitters

3.Maybelline Colorsensational Moisture Extreme lipcolor in Forever Plum.

4. Face Go Chick Lipstick in Fig

5.Colorbar Velvette Matte Lipstick in Pure Innocence.

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

Swatch Fest! Niesha shares her 5 favorite jewel toned eyeliners

Bored with your Black kohl? Need some makeup-shakeup? 
Glam up your eyes, with these colorful crayons! Niesha shares her 5 favorite jewel toned eyeliners, wear them alone,or use them as a base these eyeliners will bring the perfect op of color and glam up your eye makeup looks

Swatches from left to right

• Colorbar I define pencil in Indigo
• Faces canada eye pencil in Metallic brown
• Lakme glide on eye color in Aqua Green
• Faces Canada eye pencil in dark green
• L'Oreal contour Kohl in Aquatic blue

Swatched on fair-medium skin tone

Swatch Fest-Babita shares her 5 favorite neutral lipsticks

Hi beauties,

Here are my favorite lipsticks and lipgloss swatches. I love to wear these lipsticks/lipgloss with Smokey as well neutral eye makeup. I wore these shades on lips one by one and clicked the picture. I have numbered the shades so as you guys easily relate the color with the products. So tell me how my lips are looking with these shades???? 

Note-My complexion is medium fair.

Product 1   -Revlon Color Stay Overtime Perennial – Lipgloss

What I like –     very pretty color

                        Stay very long

                        Lips looks very beautiful

                        Day and night wear

What I dislike – pricey

                        Feel sticky without transparent gloss

                        Smell chemically

                        Very very difficult to remove without makeup remover

                        (I have found the magic with Vaseline petroleum jelly and voila!!!)

Product 2   - Maybelline Water Shine Liquid Diamonds 10 Pink Ruby – Lipgloss

What I like –    Decent Price
                        very pretty color

                        Good staying power 2-3 hrs (I can expect only this from lipglosses)

                        Lips looks very beautiful

                        Day and night wear

                        Smells good

What I dislike –        None

(Editor's Note- Love you lip swatches B! Revlon Colorstay Overtime Perennial looks fabulous on you!)

Product 3   - Colorbar 030 Greek Godess – Lipstick

What I like –     very pretty color

                        Lips looks very beautiful with skokey eyes

What I dislike –        Feel little heavier on lips

                        Suitable for fair/medium fair skin tone.

                        Have to wear with lip liner

Swatchfest! Lee shares 6 of her favorite eyeshadows

Hello Beauties,

I LOVE doing up my eyes so it was pretty easy for me to decide what I wanted to swatch for IBC'S Swatch It-Win It! contest.

Here are the eyeshadows I totally LOVE. I’ve swatched 6 eyeshadows as no eye makeup is complete without a highlighter so Ive included the eyeshadow I love highlighting my browbone with. Enjoy <3

(Editor's Note- Lee these are some of the nicest swatches I've seen! Great Job!)

All the eyeshadows are swatched twice and without a base.

Colorbar 04 Gorgeous Gold

A frosty lemon-ish gold shade.  It is the perfect highlighting shade I have come across.

Colorbar 04 Really Rose

A frosty baby pink eyeshadow. It is also a good dupe of Mac Swish :D

Swatch Fest-5 Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipsticks swatched!

Poorna shares her love for the Colorbar Velvet Matte lipsticks with swatches of her 5 favorite shades.
One of the best lipsticks at a super pocket friendly price of Rs 250/- a piece the Colorbar Velevet matte lipstick come in a wide range of shades from perfect nudes like Bare to Hot oranges like Obsessed orange.
All Colorbar Velvet matte lipsticks leave a deep pink stain and the shade lipstick has an average wear time upwards of 5 hours!

Shades from Left To right are- Colorbar Velvet Matte Iced Tea, Diva, Obsessed Orange, Pretty Please and Naked Pink

All swatches on medium-dusky Indian skin

Swatch Fest-5 Colored eyeliners you need to rock this Diwali!

Poorva shares her 5 favorite colored eyeliners which are perfect for this Festive season. 
 Swatches from top to bottom

• Maybelline Ultra liner brown
• MAC eye kohl Tarnish
• Faces long wear eyeliner Navy Blue (Editor's note- My personal favorite Navy eyeliner)
• Maybelline Eyestudio vivid and smooth eyeliner Olive
• Colorbar iGlide eye pencil Prunella

 All liners swatched on  Indian, fair-medium skin tone.