Product Spotlight: Lancome Cover Fever Lipstick in Rose Tempest

Bonsoir loves~

I'm starting a new series that features limited edition or discontinued items.  I am an absolute sucker for limited edition items so I usually fall into cosmetic company's marketing traps, haha!  I have a small collection of such items that I love dearly so it would be a shame not to talk about them!  In this sense, my "product spotlight" series are essentially reviews of these products.  These may be useful if you run into them on ebay or at your local CCO. 

I'm not too much of a lipstick person, mainly because I don't like going through the trouble of reapplying it all day long, and I don't want to be caught with blotchy color on my lips in case I don't remember to reapply.  However, I really do love how the lip color pulls a look all together and makes it look truly "finished."  Lancome's Rose Tempest has been doing just that for me.  I've been using it a lot lately for my blue and green based looks, and the warm pinky nude does a fab job of complimenting those colors. 

Metallic Holiday Look

As much as I love writing in block text, I think my ramblings are a lot more readable if I break it up a bit.  

Packaging:
This lipstick packaging seems to run a little bit shorter than most brands of lipsticks, but the amount of product is roughly the same as most lipsticks.  There is 0.14oz (4g) of product inside the tube, just a touch more than MAC lipsticks.  The packaging is rectangular and features mirrored surfaces with the exception of two reddish purple tinted sides.  You could totally use the cap as a mirror while applying the lipstick.

 Size comparison.  Featured from left to right: Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick, Lancome's Rose Tempest, MAC Viva Glam Lipstick

You're bound to get a lot of fingerprints on this baby if you reach for it as often as I do.  But that's not a biggie for me.

The 5 Senses:
As I said before, this is a gorgeous warm pink, a bit like a nude but with a burst of pink color.  I love how this is not Lady Gaga bright, and is perfectly wearable while still brightening.  Looks great with any neutral look, but I especially love it with blue and green eye looks.  This lipstick has a cream finish, and applies very smoothly.  It will set into your the lines on your lips, but it's nothing a little blotting can't handle.  I usually just swipe it on once and blot very lightly.  Love the smell of the lipstick.  It has a light berry scent to it which makes applying this lipstick a real experience.  I'm happy to report that the product itself is tasteless, and when I do taste anything it will be the day when this lipstick goes bad.  That probably won't happen because I really love it and aim to finish the whole thing.  Its lasting power is not too amazing, as it is very creamy, but it will hold for a good few hours without eating or drinking before another application is necessary.

My bare lips

Rose Tempest, no blotting

 With flash: Swatched once on the left and 4 times on the right

Without flash

Overall thoughts:

Love this lipstick.  It's creamy.  It smells good. I can swipe it on and run out the door.  This was actually the lipstick which got me into higher end brands of lipsticks, because I once told myself that drugstore lipsticks would be sufficient for me.  I still love my cheap lippies, but there is something about putting on a high quality lipstick that I really love.  Call me shallow.  I don't know what I'm going to do when I run out =(

Anybody else out there stuck on a lipstick that they can't replace? Tell me about it! Misery loves company!

Cheers,

Janny

P.S. I know my reviews can get kind of lengthy.  Please let me know if you prefer short, concise thoughts in bullet form. Thanks!

End of blogging hiatus and updates (picture heavy!)

Hey babes~

I extended my hiatus a bit, because I've been more emotionally high than I had expected.  I had originally wanted to continue focusing on my blogging and tutorial making during my trip, but when you only see your significant other twice a year, it's usually difficult to focus on anything else.  That will be a story for another day.  I did go on many cosmetic "quests." I had been greatly anticipating this trip not only to see my beloved but also because there are tons of brands available in the Canada but not in the U.S. (or very difficult to access). These brands included Gosh, Quo, Lise Watier, Annabelle, and Inglot.  I did not purchase nearly as much as I wanted to due to mainly budget restraints, but I did plenty of goodies...for now.  I went to MANY different stores in search for the Lise Watier Diamond Palette which was part of their holiday collection, but it had apparently sold out within a week and impossible to find anywhere.  I looked at mainly the eyeshadows in their collection, and I really regret not taking a better look at their lipsticks which look absolutely beautiful.  I picked up a gloss from Quo, and was gifted a small eyeshadow palette from my boyfriend's younger sister.  I also picked up an interesting bronzer from Gosh, and some items from Marcelle.  My biggest splurge was at Inglot, which I will be doing a very extensive video and blog on.  I wanted to grab some things from Annabelle as well, particularly their eyeshadows, but they weren't nearly as pigmented as I had expected.  I wanted to pick up some eyeshadows from some of the other brands as well but they were colors I already owned.  I'll have pictures and swatches of everything coming up very soon.  For now, I have a few pictures from my trip to share =)

Sadly, I didn't get a chance to check out the shops that you do see, as they were taken way after the shops closed.  Most of the pictures you see are from Downtown Montreal, Quebec.

Back to the topic of makeup blogging: I know I had promised certain videos, but I severely lacked time and my initial models for the makeup tutorials decided otherwise.  I'll work on being more persuasive, but currently the makeup tutorials for middle aged women and teens are out, as well as the makeup look my boyfriend was supposed to do for me.

I am utterly exhausted, as I still have not completely recovered physically and emotionally from the trip.  I hope you are all doing great in light of the holiday season, and I'll talk to you all very soon.

Best,
Janny

P.S.  I am currently on a huge spending ban due to financial constraints.  Besides gift shopping for others and items that I will actually need, I am absolutely NOT ALLOWED to buy anything for myself (especially makeup!).  If you hear about me buying something or see me feature new purchases in a blog, make sure you flog me for it.

Finals = Blogging Hiatus

I am sad.

I'd really rather much be blogging or making Youtube videos.  Instead I have 2 papers (15 pages total) and 3 finals to take between now and Wednesday.  Then I have to finish packing and hop onto a shuttle at 7:30 in the morning to fly out of the country the next day.  Of course, as the queen of procrastination, I have yet to start on ANYTHING.  Can you say "I'm screwed?"  Also, I spent about 40 minutes trying to make the best out of my craptastic lighting to take pictures of lippies and swatches....and I can't freaking find them. Poop.

Well, the good news is, I will be making videos during my vacation (which I am sneaking off to without my parents knowing by the way or they would kick my butt).  Blogs/Videos coming up include:

-A makeup tutorial.....featuring my boyfriend as the makeup artist and me as the model
-Teen makeup tutorial/tips
-Middle age women makeup tutorial/tips
-November Favorites (Yes! In mid-December! Or later if I end up not bringing the products with me LOL)

I considered doing a Sephora F&F Haul but that was 2 billion years ago.  There is one blog/video that I am super freaking duper excited to do, but it's a surprise!  I get all jittery and giddy thinking about it!  I'll see if I can somehow work a giveaway into it!

Paper time. =(

Folica Private 48 Hour Sale!

ATTENTION HAIR TOOL JUNKIES~

This sale is seriously for you! Once or twice a year, folica.com has these seriously amazing sales where they bundle some products together and sell them together at one amazing price!  There is free shipping and no tax on all of these bundles.  I actually got my straightening iron during their last sale, along with a mini iron and a comb for $99.  This sale is only going on for 48 hours so check it out and grab some hot tools while you still can!

You can only access the sale through this link: http://www.folica.com/features/private-sale?s_cid=113010_PrivateSale_EC_email&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=PrivateSale_EC_&utm_campaign=Email_12_02_10

Happy shopping! 

In the name of procrastination....

So I have tons upon tons of reading to do right now, but of course, that's always the best time to do random stuff.  For me, I just went through some old pictures and found some pictures that my old roommate took of me when I was attempting an awesome makeup look.  Not that it was actually awesome but I tried, ok?  My former roommate (and childhood friend) had just recently invested in one of those ridiculously sexy Canon cameras, and was testing it out on me.  Just thought I'd share some of them.  But please don't mind the hair.  I was trying out bangs at the time and they're impossible to clip up and out of the way.

The finished look?

 Yeah yeah I know. Why so serious?

Not my best work but it was a whole lot of fun. Back to work I go!

Skinniegenes Giveaway!

Hey ladies and gents!

Ms. Jenny is giving away these beauuutiful lipglosses!

Check out her blog to enter!

Inglot Metallic Holiday Look (Guaranteed wearable!)

Hey ladies and germs!

Here's a tutorial I did last Wednesday for a fun, festive holiday look!  Super duper easy to do and not over-the-top bright. I used mainly Inglot colors for the main look, but unfortunately, they are hard to access in the United States.  In fact, there are currently only two stores, one in Las Vegas and one in New York City.  I believe this brand is popular everywhere else except the U.S. which does not make sense.  I'm totally in love with the eyeshadows, and will get more whenever I have a chance for sure!  Since the specific shadows I used are hard to find here, and because I can't lift the eyeshadows out of the palette to see the names, I have included some pictures and swatches of the main colors I used.  Enjoy!

Face:
-Smashbox Foundation in L3
-CoverFX Setting Powder in Light
-The Body Shop Cheek & Face Powder in Berry (Limited Edition)
-Tarte Mineral Bronzing Powder in Park Ave Princess

Eyes:
-Sonia Kashuk Brow Kit (Darkest Shade)
-UDPP
-Inglot Eyeshadows
-Lancome e/s in After Dusk
-Wet n Wild e/s in Brulee
-UD 24/7 Eyeliner in Zero
-L'oreal Extra Collagen Mascara

Lips:
-EOS Lip Balm in Summer Fruit
-Lancome Color Fever l/s in Rost Tempest
-Stila Plumping Lipglaze

These Inglot shadows were swatched over moisturized skin with a brush.  I used the gold, green, and purple.

With flash...

Without flash...

The colors are a lot more vibrant in person.  My noobiness and lack of good lighting keeps me from capturing the eyeshadows at their finest.


That's all for now folks!