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01
Sep

You feeling the BER chill?

Not yet? Hmmmm since it’s already September and we’re supposed to get warm and cozy with our hot cocoas and empty wallets (courtesy of MAC as usual), lemme pull out these icy cool babies from the MAC Chill collection* to lower your temps down:

Penultimate eyeliner in RAPIDBLACK
Thanks again to Lushiousbabe for the photos!

Am positive these babies esp. the eye shadows and the Frozen Dream lip glass will be gorg and very wearable for both cool and warm tones. No news about the staying power of the Penultimate liner but if it glides as easily as that of Chanel’s Automatic Liquid Eyeliner and stays on forever like Powerpoints then expect me to cart in two pieces in. Release date’s a day after Christmas in the US and Canada. No news yet if it’ll reach Manila.

*Preliminary color story

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06
Aug

The Swiper’s 411 on red lipsticks

Readers Gn. & Crissy are definitely not alone. I bet that most of you are still either confused or on a hunt for that perfect red lipstick. The key to this hunt’s to know the basic color rules first:

All Skin Tones: Primary red with absolutely zero color base.

I haven’t found the perfect primary red lippie yet.

Cool Skin Tones/Pink Undertones: Plums, berry red, blackberry red, blue red (excellent teeth brighteners!), brick red, and pink red.

My fave blue reds (I’m addicted to them!) for cool tones: NARS Scarlet Empress, MAC Red, MAC Ruby Woo, and MAC Russian Red.

Warm Skin Tones/Yellow undertones: Golden, brown, orange, tomato reds.

My fave reds for warm tones: MAC Chili, MAC Spice It Up, NARS Shanghai Express, NARS Heat Wave (orange red, one of my HG bright lippies), and NARS Gipsy.

Gn. asked:

What’s the difference between a matte and satin finish?

Most companies just classify their lipstick finishes into three categories: matte, satin, and sheer. Matte has zero shine/gloss but lots of color, satin’s got probably 70% of color + 30% gloss, while sheer appears like a color stain on your lips that’s topped with shiny, thin glaze. Lipstick master MAC has this awesome cheatsheet on their lipstick finishes:

AMPLIFIED CRÈME Ultra-creamy. Quietly shiny. Colour-packed! Hi-res: hi-impact.
–> A personal fave! Checkout COSMO if you can. It’s a MLBB (my lips but better) for someone in between NC30-NC40 (like me!).

FROST Excellent colour payoff with medium to high frosted shimmer-and-shine finish.

GLAZE Low-colour impact with sheen-style finish. Glazes the lips, makes them shine!

LIP TREATMENT Colour-free. Texture-free. Provides natural healthy-looking lips.

LUSTRE Demi-sheer with wet-look lustre finish. Very slick. Makes lips look soft, smooth, ultra-moist.

MATTE Pigment rich with intense colour pay-off. No-shine, all matte finish.

SATIN Colour-rich. Soft satin, semi-matte finish. Conditions while adding intense colour.

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20
Jun