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1. YSL ROUGE VOLUPTÉ

in Forbidden Burgundy

They’re finally at Rustans and retail for Php1500+ (I forgot the exact price). I got to swatch them and I swear: they’re the best lippies ever! Other bright colors to checkout: Provocative Pink and Rose Culte. More lip swatches over Temptalia’s entry.

2. Best of benefit: sexy stash

The purrrrfect stash for the bad gal on the go. Not bad for $58 (acutal value’s $75).

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Dear Santa,

I’m sending my Christmas wish list over early for hassle free shopping!

1. Everything in outfit #2 (middle) plus patent jacket in outfit #3 (right)

Both the vest and jacket are from Zara. Image lifted from this month’s Marie Claire Philippines.

2. YSL TOP SECRETS Flash Radiance Skincare Brush

With a single brush stroke, signs of fatigue are erased, and skin is left feeling velvety smooth and fresh with radiance! This high-performance formula combines all the benefits of a skincare product with the precision and ease of a brush, the silky and comfortable texture glides over the skin, leaving it feeling incredibly fresh and invigorated.

A blend of energizing active ingredients combine the Grain of Paradise extract with caffeine to erase signs of fatigue. On the skin’s surface, light-reflecting micro-pigments are able to capture and diffuse light, to reduce skin imperfections and boost radiance.

A seaweed derived sugar forms a veil that maintains moisture on the surface of the skin and protects it against external threats.

Wheat proteins combined with sugar extracted from oats and a silcon elastomer allow for the formula to quickly smooth fine lines, leaving it feeling soft and velvety. Source.

I was madly in love with Bare Escentuals’ bareVitamins Prime Time until I got to try this. Not only did it make my skin look better under MMU but also made application super easy (skin’s ready about 2minutes after application). I got my last brush from Rustan’s about 4 months ago for nearly Php3000. Hope the price tag hasn’t hiked up yet!

3. The Charm Travel Pro Brush Set

I have enough brushes to make a broom to sweep the house but I can’t resist this set! I got my hands on them two weeks ago and they’re too soft, too soft. Definitely of PRO quality. Best part? They’re shorthandled! I don’t have to cut the handles to make application really close to the mirror easy! Totally a steal for only Php1500 or US$38 (pre-buy rate) at Beauty and Minerals.

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Thanks to Temptalia’s gorg swatches, YSL ROUGE VOLUPTÉ ($34) has been haunting me like crazy! I had some spare time last Sunday night so I dashed off to Rustan’s to check if we have it here already. As usual and unforch, we don’t have it yet. Good news though’s that I met YSL’s Pure Lipstick (Php 1350).

Ugh.

Love. At. First. Swipe.

The lippies are totally luxe. They’re super pigmented, smooth, non-drying, and lasts pretty decently (about dinner and 3 drinks). I went out with 19 (very pretty fuchsia pink!) and lemming for 3 more shades:

Under fluorescent light, no flash

31’s perfect for a laid back weekend look while 141’s a great face brightener at work. 49’s definitely not for the fainthearted. It’s something that I’d probably wear during a girl’s night out where there’s lots of camwhoring (you would too, right?).

So are these lippies really, really worth it? YES.

ps. Am tryna work on this delish template for SwipeSomeGloss reason why you’re browsing ov’r this simple, two column template. *wink*

Touché Éclat virgins should take advantage of this:

While mascara mavens (like me) should watch out for this:

See you all at the counters!