Posts Tagged‘Lipstick’

Favourite Five: Bold Summer Lip Colours

Best summer lip colours

Dior Addict Extreme in 536 Lucky Hands down, my favourite bright lipstick of all time in my favourite formula of all time. Dior just nail it with lipstick and although frighteningly expensive, they bring me so much joy that I don’t even mind eating baked beans for a few weeks after buying one. The beauty of this is that it’s extremely buildable, so you can wear it as a sheer wash of berry-coral or build it up for a full whack of glossy, glorious colour. The colour is extremely flattering (and I think would suit a lot of skin tones),…

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The Payday Treat: Chanel Rouge Coco Lipstick in ‘Adrienne’

I will lay the blame for this firmly at the feet of Anna and Lily (we’re on a first-name basis now). I first heard about the new Rouge Coco lipsticks during one of Lily’s recent weekly vlogs, where she and Anna were flown to Paris to visit Coco Chanel’s apartment (where did it all go wrong for me, I ask you) and to learn more about the lippies. The range comes in 24 shades and each colour is named after those who knew Coco Chanel best – her friends, lovers and muses. I was immediately drawn to the shade ‘Adrienne’, an…

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Thanks, Back to MAC!

I’m sure that Jules and I have mentioned the Back to MAC Program before, but for those who don’t know, it’s an initiative by MAC  to encourage the recycling  of their empty products. So, if you take 6 empty MAC products to any MAC counter or MAC Cosmetics online, you’ll receive a free MAC lipstick of your choice. Sweet deal or what?!  I recently saved up enough empties to cash in and get a free lipstick, and I decided on ‘Vegas Volt’, a brightened orange-coral with a creamy, opaque finish (it’s an amplified creme formulation). It immediately went onto my lust…

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New Lipstick Love

New Lipstick Love | All Dolled Up

I finally got my braces off a couple of weeks ago and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am with my beautiful new smile! I also had them whitened so they’re basically the most perfect-looking teeth you’ve ever seen (but not in that fake, Hollywood kind of way) and I’m ready to show them off. To celebrate I bought a few new lipsticks and here they are: Maybelline ColorSensational Vivid in Vibrant Mandarin & Vivid Rose I’ve been waiting patiently for these to arrive in SA after seeing all the overseas beauty bloggers talking about them, and was thrilled…

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Camilla’s Top Five Lipsticks

In my opinion, the defining moment for when a girl becomes a woman is when she chooses lipstick over gloss (you can quote me on that). Don’t get me wrong, gloss has its place, but I find lipstick much more sophisticated and ladylike, and I find the act of applying it incredibly comforting – it somehow makes me feel more prepared to face any challenges that may come my way. I’m not a huge fan of bright, bold colours as they rarely suit me, so the colours in my top 5 are more pink-toned and neutral. So without further ado,…

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MAC Impassioned vs. Bourjois Rouge Edition 11

Bourjois Rouge Edition no. 11 (L) and MAC Impassioned (R)

There few products that brighten up the face quite like a bold, fuchsia lipstick and MAC Impassioned has long been my favourite of these. The Amplified (i.e. highly pigmented) formula is smooth and creamy and the colour is as opaque as they come. It’s one of the best lipsticks in my collection and one that I wish I wore more often. I noticed the other day that I had another bright pink lipstick that was very similar and I thought I would compare them. It’s Bourjois Rouge Edition lipstick in no. 11 “Fraise Remix” and the colours are indeed quite…

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