Neutrogena MoistureShine Gloss in Berry Fit color 400
$7.99
After leaving my favorite bar last night, on my way home, I stopped in to get some Diet Coke, the other nectar of the g-ds. Nevertheless. I was walking the aisles of CVS when I decided I needed a lip gloss. Continue reading
RMS Living Luminizer
$38.00
More info HERE
The theme this week unintentionally seems to be ‘things you did not know you needed until you have them, and then you realize you can’t live without them.’
This is one of those things. Continue reading
Korres Pomegranate Mattifying Pore Minimizing Skin Perfecting Primer
$33.00
More info HERE
Primer is one of those things, that you don’t really think you need. I mean its an extra step in the whole process, but what it promises might be worth that extra 15 seconds. This is the only primer I have found that does not have dimethicone in it, a chemical that aggravates my acne prone skin almost immediately. Continue reading
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Pro Picks Lip Tar
$49.00
More info HERE
What the F is Lip Tar?
I had seen this stuff and written it off as super cheap and not worth my time.
Then, after some happenstance. I changed my tune. All of a sudden I was on Sephora online and OCC’s website trying to pick a color. And then I came across this set. And bam, decision made, I had a coupon for Sephora and free shipping etc. so I think each Lip Tar worked out to be something like 8 bucks a tube. Totally worth it. Continue reading
Limited Edition Bobbi Brown Creamy Color for Lips & Cheeks
$20.00
More info HERE
I love lip products. Clearly. So when a lip product comes out that promises a hint of color that says my lips just look like this normally, not overdone but balanced perfectly between subtle and obvious, I am hooked. Continue reading
Tom Ford Lip and Cheek Stain in Tainted Love
$48.00
More info HERE
Enter my favorite activity, going out to eat with my high school girlfriends and immediately upon seeing them asking them if I can look into their purse. Well, this time, it was not so immediate After a delicious birthday dinner for our friend Sarah (Congrats BTW!), I asked my friend Chrissy if I could look in her purse, she obliged, but this time instead of letting me explore, she pulled out this square lipstick case and was like “You have to try this, your gonna love it.”
I took the luxe tube from Chrissy, and in the small cramped bathroom of a NYC restaurant went to town. I instantly knew it was Tom Ford by the imprint in the product and got really excited. I put it on, and it was as Chrissy had warned me, the most perfect universally flattering color ever. I was in love. The color, just slightly burnt brick, a really subtle red whose texture is not glossy but rather leaves a nice scheen to your lips. It was also completely moisturizing like a balm. The most luxurious tinted balm ever.
I kept putting it on, and then Chrissy told me I could use it on my cheeks too. I had just powdered my face so I needed a little something and this too was the perfect color for my cheeks. Just a nice healthy flush, nothing special, but nothing overdone. I love a multitasking product, but so often, the color just does not work on one part of your face. This one at least for me worked really well. I tend to have a reddish face so I sometimes shy away from blush because in my head I think it makes the redness worse, but this really just made me look healthy.
Chrissy then delivered the worst news: It was limited edition. Chrissy, being smart, bought two and told me if I could not find it, she would gladly give me one. I have such smart and nice friends. As soon as I could steal a moment away from the group I took out my iphone and searched for it. I found it at Neiman Marcus, and, I may have bought two and I could not be happier every time I pull it out to put it on.
*Above image used without permission from HERE
So, I am in a bit of jam. I have my little cousins wedding in one hour, and my hotel room is not ready. Ugh, like a Girl Scout or MacGuyver, here are the products I am about to use in the hotel lobby to get ready!
A dash of eyeliner (maybe, it is the afternoon)
Also, CONGRATS Colleen & Shawn!!!!!
Wild Rose Moisturizing Lip Butter Glaze
$14.00
More info HERE
This stuff gets so much hype and people tend to flip over these little tubes and pots. As a lip product junkie I too drank the Kool Aid after my friend Sabina had been toting her Guava one around and raving about the brand in general.
For the moisture part, these do the trick, they are just the right level of thickness without being gloopy. Which avoids that annoying aspect of gloss of having your hair gets stuck in it, which is a plus during the winter when I would be using such a heavy gloss like this and wearing my hair down. Anyway, this glaze unlike so many other does not dry out your lips, probably because its free of parabens, sulfates, sythetic fragrances, petrochemicals, phthalates, GMOs and Trisoclan.
So, in addition to having the moisture part down pat Koress has nailed the color. Its that perfect, berry thats not too obvious. Its a fuchsia color that is pretty deep and vibrant without looking clownish. I just dyed my hair super dark brown and this really pops against that dark backdrop. It’s a really nice wash of color, that says I tried, but not too hard.
What I like most about it though is how healthy it makes my lips look. The glaze really coats my lips and minimizes the fine lines I have been noticing more and more– likely due to the excessive diet coke and indoor air– but its does so without that overly glossy balloon lip look that I really try to stay away from.
Definitely, a good lip gloss, that achieves the holy grail here at One Product at a Time, that ‘pulled together effortlessly look, that totally says everything I did was an afterthought.’
*Above image used without permission from HERE
Mullein & Sparrow Lip/ Cheek Balm
$14.00
Mullein & Sparrow is a great local company that produces some serious balm. Located in Brooklyn, they make handmade herbal products and use “all natural, sustainable, organic, and locally sourced ingredients whenever possible.” This lip and cheek balm is “an all natural tinted balm to give your lips and cheeks a slight flush with a light, glossy finish. Creates a rosy sheen, but isn’t sticky or super shiny. Our lip & cheek balm leaves lips super moisturized and protected with all natural ingredients.” Its made with jojoba oil infused with rose, alkanet root, castor oil, honey & beeswax. Continue reading
One Product at a Time 