E.L.F Luscious Liquid Lipstick - Baby Lips

Let me start off by saying that I love liquid lipsticks, but unfortunately this isn't one.

Baby Lips is a sheer nude pink dotted with light pink shimmer. Now when I say sheer, I really do mean it! Hopefully you can tell from the swatches.

The fact that this is a sheer 'lipstick' doesn't mean that it's not good. The formula is very nice, it goes on evenly and you can build up the colour somewhat. It's not sticky, which I love but also means that this isn't a laster but the thing I found really great was that it truly does make my usually very dry lips feel moisturised. 

The Liquid Lipsticks come in a click pen with sponge applicator and you get 0.05oz/1.5g for £1.50

Swatches -

Lip Swatches -

Overall I would reccomend this to anyone who likes a sheer, glossy coverage on their lips and who can benefit from the moisturising properties.

First E.L.F Haul!

I've been meaning to try out eyes, lips, face for ages but have only just gotten around to putting an order in. I ordered on monday midday and these arrived today (wednesday).

I've been playing around with them a little but will do full reviews of everything over the next few days.

ELF Shielding HydroTint SPF 15 - Ivory & Light Beige

ELF All Over Cover Stick - Apricot Beige (fair)

ELF Luscious Liquid Lipstick / Moisture Care Lip Colour - Baby Lips

ELF Waterproof Eyeliner Pen - Black

ELF Professional Eyeshadow Brush

ELF Studio Powder Brush

All for a grand total of £12.50 from www.eyeslipsface.co.uk

Barbara Daly : Innocent Lipstick

I'm a little in love with the Barbara Daly range.... Can you tell?


I've heard about this product via the blogging world and have been trying forever to get it. Every time I went to tesco they had every other shade but this one, which I guess is a testament to how popular it really is. So, is it worth the hype?


PRICE - £5.00 for 3.5g


AVAILABILITY - Any Teco which stocks the BD range, but again this one seems to fly off the shelves!


COLOUR - A light beige pink with golden shimmer.

PERFORMANCE - Innocent comes out as a light glaze of colour, much like Hue lipstick it gives the lips a subtle pink glow but with a little more oomph and some shimmer mixed in for good mesure. It feels very moisturising which is nice for my poor dry lips but the sheen means it wont last for very long, maybe an hour or two.

PACKAGING - As with all BD products a shiny black case with the bd logo is standard. The tube is a thin but sturdy plastic and pleasingly the lid stays securely on!


OVERALL - I do really love this lipstick even though the staying power isn't the best. Great colour, great price and great performance. What more could you want?

Innocent arm swatch

Innocent Lip swatch

Barbara Daly : Easy-On-The-Eye Pens

I guess after the launch of Ellis Faas liquid makeup pens have become the new thing, but thankfully I don't have to fork out over £20 because Barbara Daly at tesco has a range of eyeshadow pens too!


Easy-On-The-Eye pens were one of the first things I wanted to try out from the BD range even though I have never really been a fan of liquid eyeshadows. My first purchase was hazel, a gorgeous warmed mid brown with gold reflects shot through. I took it home, tried it and loved it so much I popped to Tesco to get another in Calico.


COLOURS - The colour choice isn't the greatest - Calico a soft gold, Hazel a mid brown, Otter a dark brown and Willow a silver with green running through it.


PRICE - £6.00


AVAILABILITY - Not all Tesco's stock Barbara Daly any more so it's a bit of a chore to find. Check out http://www.barbaradalymake-up.co.uk/ for which one's do. The list seems pretty reliable.


PERFORMANCE - Now here is the key part. When I think of liquid eyeshadows I think: uneven, runny, creasing and poor lasting power. However these are stunning examples of how a liquid eyeshadow should be. Let me clarify by saying these apply glossy but dry to a semi-matte texture. They are a dream to blend and go on very evenly (I prefer to apply with the pen and blend with my finger or a brush). And staying power? They last! And no creasing hours later!


PACKAGING - My only gripe with these pens is the way they despense, rather than shoot up through the centre of the brush the colour comes out to the base at the side. This doesn't bother me too much but everything has to have a negative right!
The slick black casing is also nice to carry around in a handbag/makeup bag and the clear section makes it easy to grab the colour you want at a glance.

calico, Hazel

Calico, Hazel - sheer & thick applications

Pixi Eye Beauty Kit - Mirage for only £3.99! (swatches & review)

I'm not sure what, if anything, is happening to pixi cosmetics but alot of products seem to be cropping up on discount sites and ebay. I bought my eye beauty kit after cosmetic-candy.com blogged about a site selling a good deal of the brands products - www.directcosmetics.com


A couple of days later this arrived in the post

Pixi eye beauty kit in Mirage

 The set comes complete with a double ended fluff & eyeliner brush

The palette is the size of a credit card complete with a mirror in the lid. The brush is better than the usual supplied with eyeshadows. The packaging is a matte white plastic which is sleek, but very thin when the lid is opened and I fear a heavy hand could easily break it.

The shades are a pink brown mix, with a nice mixture of light and dark shades.

All the shadows have gold shimmer running through them and are very soft to the touch. As you can see from the picture above the embossed pixi doesn't last too long.

The packaging states that these are silky and sheer, which is true and when picking up the shadows it's important not to grab too much as you may end up with lots of glitter under the eye - sexy!

Also incuded is an eye primer and what I presume to be a concealer ( the packaging fails to make any refrence to this 8th product. Maybe that's why they have been massively reduced from the £18 rrp)

It's nice to have these two extras included but due to the glitter content of the shadows the creams tend to end up a bit glittery themselves.

Swatches

My two favourite shades are bottom middle, a lovely muted pinky purple and

top right, a browned purple that reminds me of beauty marked but without the glitter.

Verdict? This a lovely palette... for £3.99. I could never imagine paying a full £18 for this. It's a nice throw in your bag or take away for the weekend sort of item but I doubt this will get constant use. That being said anyone who is interested in these sorts of shades or who wants to try out pixi this is a good starting point and there are other shades which I would like to try.

Check out www.directcosmetics.com for other pixi products