Lipstick Swatches on NC35

Face decided to act up (trying a new prescription, it messed up your face before it actually helps -- aaaaawesome). SO.. no vlog.. and my blog felt a little neglected (yes, it has feelings too!) so I decided to do a post on lipstick swatching.. I'm reorganizing my makeup anyways :P so it was all sitting out on my desk! Convenienceeeee.

Total of 14.. I have another one.. but I can't find it o__O and it's brand new too! I hope I didn't give it away, LOL. And if I did.... ah, well..

Swatched on NC35(ish) skin

Swatchity swatch swatch!

"Good thing Swatches weren't made in Kroatia.."

MAC Viva Glam Cyndi

MAC Viva Glam VI

Maybelline Sugar Plum Ice

Yve Saint Laurent Peach Passion (gifted)

Dior Spotlight Coral / Orange Ovation (gifted)

Maybelline Mauve-ulous

Revlon Soft Nude

Revlon Soft Rose

MAC Cutester (HK, LE)

MAC 40's Pink

MAC Hug Me

MAC Creme d'Nude

MAC Dubonnet

MAC Freckletone (no idea why it looks so bright!)

All purchased by me unless noted.

Tag from Sher (pt 2)

this was a tag asking what my favorite products were.. and I decided to do a vid on my lip products. more coming later.

lippie swatches

in order, left to right:

TOP ROW:

- MAC "dubonnet" lipstick (my go-to red lippie, recommended by a MUA)

- MAC "cutester" lipstick (bought it myself ^^ recommended by KATIE!)

- MAC "viva glam VI" lipstick (recommended by an MUA for an "everyday" shade)

- MAC "viva glam V" lipgloss (recommended by an MUA for "everyday")

- MAYBELLINE lipgloss "020 pink afterglow"

- MAYBELLINE lipgloss "040 nude lustre"

- ELF "plum pout" lipgloss (plumping lip glaze)

- NYX "natural" lipgloss

- MILANI "703 lipstir" lipgloss

TOP RIGHT CORNER:

- ELF "joy" lipgloss

- ELF "fairy" lipgloss

BOTTOM ROW:

- RIMMEL "410 soft shell pink"

- RIMMEL "415 pink in the afternoon"

- RIMMEL "420 blushed"

- NYX "georgia"

- NYX "ceto"

- NYX "indian pink"

- MAYBELLINE "d110 rosy glow"

- MAYBELLINE "g132 nude blush"

- MAYBELLINE "g80 sweet ginger"

COMPARISON PICS

L to R: MAC VG.V, MILANI lipstir, NYX natural, ELF plumpout.

three are definitely very similar, no? i'd probably recommend buying the MILANI one just because it has the most product and is about half the price of MAC. ELF is OK but the amount you get is actually fairly small. i tend to forget about this one.

L to R: MAYBELLINE g80, MAC VG.VI, RIMMEL 420

the two outside ones are most similar.. but g80 has gold shimmers and is more neutral-toned (even though it doesn't necessarily look like it in the picture). i was recommended VG.VI by a MUA.. and don't really reach for it.. plus it sort of melted :\ and between the other two, it just depends if you want a more neutral shade or slightly pinker shade. 

L to R: MAYBELLINE g132, MAYBELLINE d110, NYX ceto

not very similar after being swatched on the arm. on paper, d110 is pinker, g132 is more brown and ceto is somewhere between the two, with a high frost finish. i think my favorite is d110. both maybellines look more like lipglosses than lipsticks because 1. my lips are pigmented, 2. they're more of a shimmer finish.

L to R: NYX indian pink, RIMMEL 415

not very similar after arm-swatching. indian pink looks more peachy (at least compared to) with gold shimmers while 415 looks like more of a matte color (booooring!). i'd choose indian pink.

L to R: NYX georgia, RIMMEL 410

georgia is more cool tone and 410 is more warm tone. they both have frost finishes. both are very bright colors.. so i wouldn't really wear EITHER very much but i'd recommend 410 over georgia (but that's just my own personal preference). 

hmm.. so yes. i got bored :P didn't feel like doing a FOTD with my helmet hair and tired face. sooo.. hope this sounds as a makeup related post ;) not the best pics, i wasn't exactly TAKING MY TIME.. considered doing lip swatches but.. MEH. haha (: 

happy and unhappy

HMM, mac revamped their website. i think i'm liking it :) it reminds me of a setting in FINDER for MAC (i freaking adore mac! i hate using PC back at home). just wish it wasn't so slow! or maybe it's just my stupid cable (i miss DSL!). that's what sucks about santa barbara--COX Cable Co. sucks, sucks, sucks. then again, i'm just spoiled from home :) i wanna tap into that t1 and t2 shizzles! ZOOOOM~!

why am i looking at MAC? i want to find my HG lipstick! i like my viva glam IV but at the same time.. hmm... but, i dunno. who knows! i might just end up getting NYX round lippies, though i really do want to wait for a sale there (or at least free shipping).. though i haaate that i can't trust the swatches online.. and various other ones i find via google on blogs/etc aren't that reliable either. should i just go for it? who knows. maybe longs near my YL house or chloe at brea mall has 'em~ kaaatieee go look and tell meeee~ hahaha. i'll love you fo-evA! ;) 

been using my mushroom BB from phyllis.. anddd.. my face has been sooooft! :) unfortunately the oil control isn't what i wanted :\ i tend to FEEL the oil at the end of the day (and i apply right after i get out of the shower.. depending on the day, anywhere from 8am-10am).. but i rinse my face with some water on a towel (yeayea i'm not the queen of skincare unfortunately) and feel nice and smooth :) the boyfriend couldn't stop touching my face! hahha.

SOO.. i decided to try the ALOE version (PINK said she liked it better). found it for $16.18 (though i think she JUST dropped her prices to $12 something??) on ebay with FREE SHIPPING.. ANNDD less than an hour (actually it was about 30 min) after i confirmed payment, i received an email from the seller saying she had ALREADY SHIPPED! say whaaaat? i'm stoked! :) plus she has 100% feedback--even better! link to her shop when you click "the seller"~

MORE happiness? i received TWO packages today--well, one was the robe for the boyfriend and the other was my FOREVER21 package! unfortunately we weren't satisfied with the robe :\ so i sent it back via UPS and am just gonna wait for my loan check to come in so we can go look around state street to find a SOFT, FITTING robe! i definitely found one in nordstroms but it was a little more than i wanted to spend--not TOO much but still, a little more. we'll see though, maybe i'll make it his vday AND birthday present.. AND 15 months... hahhaa. yes, i'm a broke beezie :(

oh oh-- but i love my forever21 stuff :) cuzz's present AND a pencil skirt + top. sweetness! i was a little iffy about the skirt but.. hey, why not. it'd be fun to wear on a girl's night out (whenever i go back home, haha) + heels. and the top is definitely different for me, but cute nonetheless (says the boyfriend)--who also made breakfast this morning (well.. lunch. we didn't wake up until noon! i dunno what happened--wait, yes i do. he was out at friend's until about 3am.. and i was too happy to just lay in bed and not wake up). 

unfortunately.... i have 4 assignments to do BY SUNDAY~ and kelli is just NOT responding to me. i dunno, it's just the J in my ISTJ (go take jung's personality test! it's quite interesting--on humanmetrics.com) makes me just WANT TO KNOW. put it on my calendar! get it over with! aaahh.. KATIE TSAI, WHY WON'T YOU MODEL FOR MEEE? :( 

and MORE unhappiness.. i'm basically out of spending money until next week (thursday, friday?). why oh why do bills have to be so expensive? $50 for internet, $50 for credit card, $40 for gas--stupid heater. no idea about electricity yet, that bill doesn't come until later. 

just sent the other $100 for my website! wheeeee.. okay.. seriously now, which website did you guys like better?? EMANUEL OR SAMUEL? 

i'm secretly leaning towards samuel.. but i DO need your guys' opinions, mostly because it's people like you who are going to be going through my website, not (really) me. which do you think is more functional? easy to go through? easier to look at? /etc. 

also-- remember a few posts back (hah, it was actually right before thanksgiving) when i was talking about interviewing with a husband/wife company to assist? weeeeell.. it's been awhile so i shot her an e-mail, asking her how she was, etc and most importantly.. if she still wanted an assistant... ANNDDD.. she replied and asked me if i wanted to INTERN!! :) :) it'd be part time, a few days a week but.. still! i was just TALKING with bryant, saying we needed jobs/etc and that i WANTED to get a part-time but it'd probably be nonphotographic.. buuuttt.. yessss! :) i hope this works out! definitely less "me" time but more PHOTO time and PHOTO TIME IS GOOD! 

ALDO and LONGS DRUGS

yay obama! :)



ordered stuff off of forever21.com.. and as it turns out, i've ordered something from them 5 times (this time included) since october. WEIRD. i guess they just have awesome stuff :) so i haves me cuzz's present! not what i originally planned but after conferring with some other people.. decided with this current gift. i will have it WELL before your birthday (late march), hurrah! also boughts me a pencil skirt and a nice top, sweets.

waiting for my dang 15% off discount code from wetseal so i can get gdawg's gift.. AND my boots.. and a belt. geez louise! ;P it sure is taking awhile. well, they said i'd get a code before the 25th so.. i guess i can wait another 5 days.. considering that none of my basket is "special sale".. and ALSO considering that HER birthday isn't until late march also. yeeeayuh, i'm on a roll :)

aaand.. i have bryant's gift (got it last friday but he didn't LOVE it.. he liked it but i could tell.. so i sent it back and exchanged it). i guess since he already knows what it is, i can tell you guys ;P it's actually a.. dundundun.. ROBE! so he won't steal mine. did i already announce that? i forget. and i think i know what i'm gonna do for valentine's day.. but that's still a ways away. i don't know why i keep thinking so far ahead of time :\ i guess i should be figuring out what to do for our 15months since we BOTH don't have money to go out (go figure). 

AAHH! our 15monthiversary is 1/24, his bday is 2/5, vday is 2/14.. then less than 2 weeks after that is our 16monthiversary. way too close together :(

oh! i was bored today so i bugged bryant to go out somewhere.. really i wanted to go to longs drugs but he's been wanting to get a tie and NORDSTROMS is also on state street (though it's a couple blocks away.. but.. we need the exercise) so that was my excuse :) tehees. he got a tie.. it was $100 but it ended up being around $50.. which is good! then we went into EXPRESS and i tried some stuff on but wasn't in love with it. 

headed over to ALDO'S and i bought some red flats! i REALLY liked the brown pair too.. but.. at $40/ea.. eh. if i don't like the jc penney ones i ordered, then i'll get the brown ones. or black. hmm.. either way.. cute! :) i'll go get some in feb maybe when i get my loan check, haha. man i wish my birthday was closer to now.. i'd def bug bryant to buy me another pair ;P harhar. 

i really liked this champagne sort of color.. but it looked sort of weird on my feet.. 'cause for some ODD reason, my feet are actually tanned! wtheck? or maybe my feet are just a weird color. either way.. COLOR = bueno, ON MY FEET = no bueno. so sad! would've been a nice metallic shoe too, could've checked it off my list!

black is always cute :) 

seeeee.. the brown has a really nice metallic sheen to it.. i'd definitely be stuck between getting the brown and the black if i had to choose between the two! but uh.. if i returned the jcpenney shoes, i'd definitely think about asking my parents to pay for my second pair. MAYBE. then again, my loan check will be here... or.. i could chance it and wait for them to go on sale.... hmm.. 

and here's my lovely lovely pair of red hootttt flats that i bought! it'll be nice to throw in some color into my outfits, though i definitely don't think they'll be seeing as much sun as say, the black or the brown ones. but! still! must not self-doubt myself into returning them without throwing on some potential outfits w/ them! the thing that sort of sucks about it is 'cause my feet are HALF SIZE.. and they only carry 38 (8) and 39 (9). boo! make a 38.5 dammit! 

i freakin fell in love with these shoes though, i hope they make my feet happy. they had some REALLY soft ones that i almost thought bout getting.. but the front end was way too round and made me look like i had club feet :| super lame!

then after pondering between brown and red shoes (hahaha my indecision made bryant say "ohh my god!" tehees) we were off to longs~ refilled my SOFTLIPS in cherry 'cause i just found out today that i'm near the bottom, eeks! disaster adverted! :) and bought one lipstick (RIMMEL airy fairy).. and one blush (NYC peachy) and one bronzer (NYC mocha). sweet! 

just waiting for cherryculture to refill their stocks of NYX round lipstick AHEMMM and i'm all set for makeup for the year. damn, does anyone know when they're gonna refill? i've been checking everyday for bout a week now :( i guess i'm just being impatient.

AN ENTIRE YEAR, YA HEAR? purely skin care after that, IF i get it (more like a trip to the dermatologist!!). well, maybe a good eyeliner (gel? any suggestions?) or maybe i'll keep using my wetn'wild one IF I CAN FIND A BETTER MAKEUP REMOVER THAN MANDOM. becausseeee.. mandom sucks w/ wetn'wild! there's just something in that liquid liner that.. does not want to come off my skin. i dunno. so it makes the inexperienced me have lots of trouble since i don't line perfectly at all. plus, blahblahblah~ 

class was canceled today :) so it was pretty chill. might've been the reason why i was so bored. i guess i could've cleaned but i just really.. don't want to do dishes. there's SO MANY TO DO, holy crap. we cook once (steak, mashed potatoes) and suddenly.. WHABAM! no more bowls, no more plates, no more anything! i don't know what happened. if we had a dish washer, i wouldn't have to do dishes as often 'cause one of the guys would definitely stick it into the dishwasher.. 

i'm.. just busy.. with no sense of motivation. i finished 3 assignments on one day due to lack of ideas/etc.. and it was mostly because bryant kept pushing me to. i guess i'm not the only one who kicks butt around here if i have to ;P so babe.. if you ever read this.. thank you! <3

oh! and the pinkberry up here is open! i don't know for how long but.. OMG. PINKBERRY! i wanted to gooooo.. but.. bryant wouldn't let me :\ plus he doesn't really like it either. but he DID get me a cinnamon sugar pretzel :) which was equally awesome, says my stomach. and probably better, since pinkberry is cold.... hm.. so i don't know he was thinking that but.. thanks honey! :) 

164. lips lips lips.

EW! don't mind my horrible lips :( i didn't notice they were that bad until after i took the pictures.

Ultra Color Rich "Sparkling Rich Ruby" lipstick (link)

+/- very sheer.. more sparkly with a slight hint of color. 

+ not cakey at all

+ goes on very easily (what lipstick isn't? maybe there's one out there, who knows)

+ is very pretty by itself.. in the case.. 

+/- not one of my usual colors.. but i think i could get used to it

- has a scent that i'm not a big fan of.. like.. salt water taffy? i dunno, it's weird.

- the outside casing is fat/bulky (to me) for a lipstick.

+ price: only $2.99 (sale price).

OVERALL: i think i like my MAC viva glam lipstick better overall. this was the sort of color (coverage?) i expected from a lip gloss but without the stickiness. i think the part that bothers me the most is the smell. i think the color in real life is much prettier than in the picture and now that i'm used to the color, i think i like it a lot :) i like the sparkles that are in it, gives you shine without looking overly ridiculous.

RATING: 3.8/5 (the smell bothers me a lot.. but seems to go away after minute or two)

Glazewear "Darling Pink" lipgloss

+ very pretty color :) even though i'm not much of a pink person (at ALL). i think this color would look good on just about anybody (but what do i know).

- very sticky too :| it seemed like the longer i left it on, the stickier it got. maybe that was just me though.. i don't think i helped it 'cause i kept smacking my lips together LOL. i just came back from class (3 hours) and it didn't bother me at all.

+ has a scent but it doesn't bother me much. it smells like..... cake. mm.. 

+/- made me feel very girly! i don't know what it is. maybe because of the pink. and.. i don't like being girly very often. at least not GIRLY girl, i leave that up to my friend beth ;)

+ price: only $1.99 (sale price)! oh baby! :)

OVERALL: i just noticed.. i don't think i put very much on. either that or i can't catch that incident angle to show you the gloss/shine. i'm normally REALLY bad at picking out colors for lipgloss/lipstick.. just because.. i never really wore it before, and when i did, i chose more of a sheer/shine for a lipgloss and NEVER touched lipstick (except for halloween in 8th grade.. but that's a different story). ANYWAY.. it's a VERY pretty color and i'm glad i picked it. the stickiness bothered me at first but i got used to it :) so it can't be ALL that bad. also.. it turns out it has more color than i thought.. i bought some starbucks at break and looked down at my cup after i drank some and was surprised. definitely not a bad thing though.

RATING: 4.5/5 (marking off 'cause of stickiness.. yes.. i'm picky!)

159. plink plank plunk

hah, remember that stupid orch song? maybe no one else does :| i think we played it when i was in middle school.. 

ANYWHOSERS.. 

thanks to the tutorials of RICEBUNNY and MZXJOEY, i finally decided to attempt to do my own eyebrows (plucking only, no trimming.. because trimming can end in DISASTER! okay, so could plucking but LESS of a disaster.. maybe)!

either way, i was bored :( and the outlining of where i wanted my brow to be (i just guessed) really helped me just SHAPE and not be afraid of over plucking (like my eyebrows in my 8th grade picture! eughhh..) like how free-handing it can end up..

that, plus did i mention that i'm AMAZINGLY BORED? the boyfriend has been sleeping for the past few hours (he was up all night last night so he's been catching up throughout the day) so i don't have him to bug. well. i did sneak in and pluck one of his eyebrow hairs LOL! he rolled over and swatted at me :( so no more of that fun. boo.. i would normally bug him but ONE i don't feel all that mean and TWO he brought me coffeebean :) mmm.. 

hm, what else is new. WELL. i missed 3 classes this week! 3 out of 4 meetings, LOL. awesome. thursday finance, i was out watching EHS CIF.. plus.. we didn't really want to go. then our photo night class came and we were cooking and STILL didn't feel like going, mostly 'cause we didn't finish our assignment.. PLUS we can use the excuse of the fire (started around 5pm, class started around 7pm). horrible, i know. then we had class today around noon but STILL didn't feel like going.. it was way too hot.. and we were way too tired.. PLUS we got an e-mail saying that the campus that our class was at was closed due to it being too close to the fire area. so that was pretty SHWEET :) 

plus i got to talk to CUZZ on the phone for a bit :) and she told me to superglue my phone to my hand for tomorrow 'cause she's gonna be texting like there's no tomorrow LOL. and as i posted before, the boyfriend and i went to UPS.. and to wells fargo and used an ATM.. i decided the COOLEST thing today (besides cuzz) was the ATM counting the cash FOR ME. i just stuck it in and it counted it and told me how much was there. LOL. even though i knew.. but.. still. it was pretty cool :) we were laughing when the amount came up 'cause we were both like.. how did that DO that?? got home, chilled.. ate some (cooked some somen, yum! easy food). and i've basically been spending awhile on various fashion/makeup blogs.. favoriting stuff so i knew how to get back there, ahah. 

and my pictures are refusing to be uploaded. freeeeeaking a. 

not that you guys wanted to see pics of my eyebrows anyways :) 

ah. of course now that i say that, it works. GRR.

my face. plain face.

fav lipstick! MAC viva glam VI.

slightly more tamed. ew, dry skin.. 

slightly more tamed. ew, pimple. looks like i'm wearing some sort of copper/gold eyeshadow plus highlight. maybe that's just my pale skin underneath the hairs of the eyebrow that haven't seen light since 8th grade... hahaha. or maybe it's just weird bathroom light.

where i sit and blog to you guys 95% of the time! lamp.. 2 screens.. powermac.. and those lovely blue postits on the door are my wish lists :) haha. 

hey! you makeup people. any thoughts on DIOR HydrAction tinted moisturizer?