Red Juicy Lips

I was inspired, after watching Xiaxue's Angelababy-inspired lips video here, to rock red lips myself.

Here is my own take on achieving red juicy lips. 

Lipliner  : RIMMEL Exaggerate Full Colour Lip Liner 063 Eastend Snob (very nude pinky mauve)

Lipstick : MAYBELLINE Moisture Extreme Lip Color 97 Roseberry (berry red - cool-toned shade)

Lipgloss : NYX Mega Shine Gloss Perfect Red (perfect red, indeed!)

Taken without flash (natural sunlight through window :D)

The Body Shop Friendship Weekend Sale and NOTD 01

I was at The Body Shop (TBS) with Tinkerbell for the Friendship Weekend sale (25-27 Feb) where TBS members will get a 30% discount and friends get a 20% discount off their purchases. So Tinkerbell and I took the opportunity to get some stuff and one of the items I got was the TBS baked eyeshadow in 08 Amethyst.

I first spotted this on the eyes of the sales assistance and was immediately captivated by the vibrant purple colors. Here's what the eyeshadow looks like with its packaging.

It was SO SO SO extremely difficult to capture the true colors that I see with my own two eyes on camera. Really, I wanted to do this eyeshadow justice but the camera is not picking up the lovely shimmers. Definitely check the color in stores and see for yourself. AMAZING. :D

Texture/Formula : A little bit gritty. Be careful of fall-out. 

Color payoff : Not that great as I expected it to be but the amazing purple colors was the overwrite to that. The last picture below shows the baked eyeshadow swatched wet. Definitely shows up much better.

The smaller crescent is a dark purple with SUPER PRETTY  fine purple, pink and silver glitters. The bigger crescent is a violet purple with fine pink glitters.

Anyways, here are some other pictures... the very best I could do for now. Enjoy!

Till then... here are my nails of the day (NOTD) :

Base :  Rimmel Nail Stronger Base Coat

Color:  Stage Cosmetics 19 Extreme (black loaded with fine gold shimmer)

Top:    The Face Shop Nail Top Coat

Nude Lipsticks

Nude lipsticks : one of the biggest makeup trends that will never go out of style. I can say that because I myself own a mini collection of nude lipsticks. :P Nude colors tend to draw people who are new to lipsticks and are not yet bold enough to be wearing bright colored pinks or reds, like myself. But however, I do own a couple of red lippies now and shall be rockin' bright lips in no time. I hope. :D

L-R : RIMMEL Nude Delight - REVLON Soft Nude - NYX Honey - NATURAL CONNECTION Apple Blossom 
- NYX Rea - NYX Circe

NYX Rea : Milky chocolate brown nude

NYX Circe : Milk tea brown nude (more pink undertone)

NYX Honey : Milk tea brown nude (more yellow undertone)

(Gotta love NYX round lipsticks -  creamy and moisturizing with great color payoff!)

NATURAL CONNECTION Apple Blossom : Beige pink nude. Very pretty color but it totally causes my lips to peel. Big chunky flakes of skin. Bah! Sad, really.

REVLON Soft Nude : My favorite nude lipstick among what I have. Great color, very creamy. Does not dry out lips.

RIMMEL Nude Delight : Very creamy and very moisturizing. A bit too creamy that it does not last long on lips and settles into lines. Great color, though.

I am still finding the PERFECT shade of nude lipstick aka MY-LIPS-BUT-BETTER color with great texture.

Do you own any nude lipsticks? Care to share? :)