Lisa Eldridge Lip Gloss and Lip Pencil in Blush

Hey loves!

I have mentioned before that my favorite makeup artist is Lisa Eldridge. It has been more than a decade and I still love her skills the most. That being said, I am also a big fan of her makeup. As soon as she announced that she's producing makeup, my fan girl self was so excited and immediately bought the first few shades as soon as I can order it.

She has come out with more products now. Unfortunately I can't buy everything, but I wanna try each kind as much as I can. Some of the products I bought but with just one shade are the lip gloss and lip pencil.

Lisa Eldridge Lip Gloss and Lip Pencil in Blush

NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Cruella

Hey guys!

Here's part two of my NARS Lip Pencil set (Sephora Beauty Insider set) post.

Yesterday, I posted about the other half of the gift that Liz gave me for my birthday two months ago. So today, I'll be sharing the swatches of the other half...

NARS  Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Cruella

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I received the Sephora Beauty Insider which contains two lip pencils from NARS—Rikugen and Cruella.

The NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Rikugen has the simpler and easier to wear warm pink shade. The Cruella shade, on the other hand, is this very bold, matte, cool-toned, red lipstick that I think is becoming a new favorite lip color of mine...

But first, here's a photo of the back of the box containing the products' ingredients list and other important details:

So... yeah. This is becoming a favorite red shade along with MAC's Ruby Woo. I love cool reds because they compliment my warm skin so well and they give you that sophisticated look.

The lip pencils are in deluxe sizes though and I'm pretty sure that ones I run out of this, I will most probably buy a new one. :P I just don't like that I have to sharpen it. Do they have lipstick tube versions? :P

Here's a closeup of the pencil...

And the swatch on my hand

See! Pretty right? It's darker than Ruby Woo and I guess Ruby Woo is a little cooler in tone... but both are equally gorgeous of course!

Here's how Cruella looks on my lips!

I'm in la-la-la-LOVE! 

I adore this color and I'm so happy that Liz gave this to me. Yay! It lasts long but it can be drying though so I sometimes put a layer of a matte lip balm underneath. :)

And that's all for this post. What are your thoughts on the NARS  Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Cruella? Do you like wearing this kind of shade of lippie? Do you know other dupes I can check out?

Cheers,

DAWN

NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Rikugen

Hello loves!

I celebrated my birthday last September and my best friend (and co-Peachy Pink Sisters Blogger), Liz got me awesome presents! One of the items included in her gift was a set of lip pencils. I'll be sharing with you the swatches of one of them...

NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Rikugen

The set I was talking about is this Sephora Beauty Insider. Liz got it as a freebie gift during her birthday (last April) because she's a Sephora Beauty Member. 

It was sent to her aunt's address in Canada so it took months for her to receive it because she had to wait until her aunt visits the country.

So this Beauty Insider set contains two NARS lip pencils in deluxe sizes. Even though this was a gift for Liz, she thought that I would love them better because... well, I LOVE lipsticks! And Liz loves me! HAHA! (Thanks, Liz!)

You can see on the photo above the ingredients per lipstick and their shelf lives.

The shades included are Rikugen and Cruella. For today, I will post the swatch of Rikugen. :)

Rikugen is included in the brand's Lip Satin Pencil Range.

It has a creamy, soft, warm pink shade.

Since it is a satin lippie, don't expect a heavily pigmented color unlike the usual ones I use. The coverage is light-medium but it can easily brighten up my lips and the whole makeup look!

There is a soft shine finish to this which is probably from the ingredients that help moisturize the lips unlike when I compare this to matte lipsticks that can really dry my lips up.

I love this lip pencil because of how wearable it is. I can label this as an everyday lip color and I can pair this with a simple look or a sexy, smokey eye makeup. :)

What are your thoughts regarding the NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Rikugen? 

I'll post about the other lip pencil included in the set tomorrow!

Cheers,
DAWN

Liz's September Haul Post

Good day ladies,

It's been a while since I've gone out shopping and the first few things I buy are actually gifts for other people. Two of them I can't post yet since I haven't given them out yet. But anyway, here are things I've bought over the past month.

Bought Dawn's gift from The Body Shop, their Vitamin C face mist.

The Shu Uemura is actually a gift from a friend who went to Japan.

About 3 years ago, I bought myself a gold one from Sephora during my Canada trip. You can check that one out along with our mini review by clicking the link. I signed up for a Sephora card and this year's birthday freebie was this Nars lip pencil/lipstick.

Good thing one of aunts there, who always picks up my birthday freebies, had a friend who came back for vacation this year. I often see notifications from Sephora about my freebies and their current on sale items. It does frustrate me so much that there isn't any Sephora store in the Philippines and that they don't ship here.

I had been eyeing a lot of their Sephora favorites sets to give as gifts to friends since they're a lot cheaper than the gift sets locally available in Beauty Bar shops. But then again, there are a lot of other web based stores with a wide selection of make-up items that ship locally, like Zalora, they even have promotions and discounts which are surely budget friendly. You can click the link (store name) to visit their sites and browse.

And here, I finally bought something for myself. I've been attending Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes in the past month and my knees are getting scraped by the uniforms. To prevent further injuries, I bought these knee pads at Trinoma's Landmark store.

Not included in the pictures are the gifts I bought for my mom and my sister. I bought my sister a cookie scooper, which looks a lot like an ice cream scoop. As for my mom, I bought her something to keep our oven clean, so she doesn't have to clean it as often.

This is such a measly haul post, but one I am quite proud of since they come from my "salary". I hope in the future I may be able to post more hauls.

Cheers,

LIZ

No7 Precision Lip Pencil in Nude

Hey loves!

I was supposed to do some school work for the whole weekend but ended up doing nothing... well, I did get to watch two Cinemalaya 2014 films... so I guess I still did something productive... But anyway, I'm still in "lazy mode" so I won't be doing a long post for tonight. But that doesn't mean it's nothing special. :D

I'll be sharing with you a swatch post of a product that I've been wanting to have for more than a year now. I kept seeing this product in the videos of my favorite Youtube Beauty Guru, Lisa Eldridge. In fact, she named this as one of her favorite lip pencils for natural or nude looks, and she recommends it for those with light-medium skin tones (like me!).

No7 Precision Lip Pencil in Nude

I bought it at Target when I was in L.A. last June. It was around $6 I think...

This is also the first product that I have tried from the brand. I hope this will be available in the Philippines soon. :D

I've seen the brand's Precision Lip Pencil as a pencil and not like this which is a twist-up/retractable one. I'm not sure if they've phased the pencil out or if they sell them in both ways.

Here's a close up of the product.

Swatch on arm

The product lined on my lips

It is so close to my lip color that you can hardly see the difference. I don't really use lip liners since I find my lips well-defined already but I really like this particular color, especially when I use it all over my lips.

when used as a lip color

It's matte and nude! My favorite kind of lippie (besides a matte red one). It can be drying though so it helps if you have a non-glossy lip balm underneath.

And there you have it. A really good products that's inexpensive. I do recommend this, a lot. I think it suits Filipina skin really well!

Cheers,

DAWN

NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Lodhi

Hey dears!

Here's a quick swatch post for tonight!

It's all about the...

NARS Satin Lip Pencil

This was given to me by my best friend, Rica, when I visited her in LA last month.

The shade is Lodhi.

I was so happy to receive this because it's peach! And you guys probably know how much I LOOOOOVE peach. :D :D :D

Here's a close up.

A swatch on my hand.

And on my lips.

This lipstick is creamy and moisturizing. I love how it looks on my lips though there are times when it piles up on the lines of my lips. It's pigmented and can last for 3-4 hours. The only thing that I don't like about this (or other NARS lip pencils for that matter) is that you need a sharpener to get more of the product. Too much hassle for me. :P

So what do you think of Lodhi? :D

Cheers,

DAWN