I found it!

Ever since seeing Rachel McAdams at the premier of her movie "Morning Glory," I have been keeping my eye open for her lip color.

Do you blame me? Look how gorgeous!























(Not to mention, I wouldn't mind my hair looking EXACTLY like that. Sadly, not on the makeover toy, haha.)

Such a natural but fun pink. Love!

At Ulta today, I checked out some new colors from Maybelline's Color Sensational line, and behold~ Pink Satin!



































And on:



































How great!!!!

This makes me so happy. =)

What lip products are you loving right now?

Until next time--
~Beauty Maven

Red: Part 1/4 -- Red Lips!

Hello all!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!! I'll tell you about mine tomorrow~ for now, I want to share some red lip colors for my lover reader Emily!!

Ok, so every girl needs red lipstick, right? Maybelline claims that their color "Red Revival" from the Color Sensational line is the "#1 Red" on the market right now. Let's take a look!













As you all know, I am a big fan of the Color Sensational line, so I was excited to try this shade! When I got this, they had a BYGO-free so I also got "Park Avenue Peach."

Swatch:
Park Avenue Peach and Red Revival




















Bare lips:















Park Avenue Peach:












Red Revival:












Park Avenue Peach is a good peach shade, but I didn't fall in love with it.
Red Revival, on the other hand, is a GREAT blue-based red!! I would definitely recommend it, especially since it's on the deeper side of red instead of the normal fire-engine BRIGHT reds that are out there. Thumbs up!

The ONLY "ehh" I have with these colors it that, for some reason, the red ones seem like the formula isn't as creamy. It took just a little bit to get them on perfectly aka they didn't just 100% easily glide on. Odd! But that also gave them really spectacular staying power, so maybe that's it? I wonder if maybe mine were just messed up?? lol!

Approved! Great red, Maybelline!

What do you think, Emily?? Also, another good red is Revlon Red-- I have heard, at least ;)

Until next time~
--Beauty Maven

Estee Lauder: New Lip Collection

Hello!

The other day I went into Dillard's to get some new colors from the Michael Kors for Estee Lauder line, (gorgeous pinks and corals!), and sadly the ONE lipgloss I wanted was sold out! Aww. But then the new Hydra Lustre Lipstick LOVE and Kissable Lipgloss display caught my eye-- 12 new super girly colored lipsticks. Yay!

Then I committed a beauty maven sin-- I purchased a color without trying it out first. No! The coral was just a little bit too bright for my liking.. it looked a little funny against my skin tone. You'll see!

So let's take a look at these... the colors I have are Coral Kiss (both for the lipstick $19.50 and gloss $18):

The Lipstick has "L<3ve" written on the side- cute! Which makes up for the old lady packaging..
















The color wears well but is a little on the dry side.

The lipgloss has cute packaging, too!



























Lipgloss:














Lipstick: (sorry for the blurriness..)













Lipstick + Gloss:














(See?! Looks like the flash is messed up but this really is the color!)

It has a non-sticky feel and a semi-mango scent. However, as with many glosses, it really doesn't have much staying power. If you're interested in one of the glosses, I'd get the corresponding lipstick just to make sure the color stays put!

I signed-up for a make-up consultation with their visiting make-up artist next week, so I think I'll try out another color and/or return this =\ I really want to like it!

What do you think of this new collection? Love it? Not impressed? Gonna check it out? Lemme know!

Until next time~
Beauty Maven

Review: Maybelline Color Sensation Lipstick and Gloss

Thursday... this week has flown by!

Up for review today is Maybelline's new Color Sensational Lipstick and Gloss.

The Claim:

Why You'll Love It
Fall in love with color, all over again:

• Crisper color from pure pigments
• Creamier feel from nourishing honey nectar
• Lipcolor so rich, so stunning… it’s sensational
• 48 Captivating Shades

Which, they do have an amazing range of shades! I have about 5 lipsticks and 2 glosses from this line already. =) The tubes are color-coded in 4 shade ranges: Reds, Pinks, Plums, and Nudes. Look at the adorable packaging!!





















The colors I am playing with today are the lipstick in Pinkalicious and gloss in Cranberry Cocktail.






























This lipstick is AMAZING! Moisturizing, makes my lips feel plush, and doesn't bleed --- and if it does for you, they have a matching lipliner! Whoo! And the gloss is amazing, not sticky, and pretty even on it's own because it has a lot of pigment as well. Maybelline got it right with this line!!

Now, I was never a big lipstick wearer. Only for costumey things, for which I'd wear an extreme color like hot pink. With my new job, I wear a black suit and I decided my pops of color would come from jewelry and make-up. This is when I decided to try some lipstick! And it took me a while to find one that I liked... and I'll tell you-- this is it!

AND! A lot of times you can find it for just $5.00 at Wal-Mart or buy-one-get-one-free at Walgreen's. You can't fail, haha!

What do you think? Have you tried this? Will you? Do you wear lipstick or are you purely a gloss girl? Leave me some thoughts!

Until next time~
Beauty Maven