Alverde Colored Lip Cream Review & Swatches

Alverde sent me this lovely lip cream. I had to show it to you.

I got the shade "30 Deep Coral". 

I looks natural and pretty. It isn't sticky, feels nice on the lips and is a dream to put on. It doesn't have a particular scent.

I can really recommend this if you are looking for a natural looking lip cream. It's an every day colour which suits everyone.

Love,
Guinevere
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Lipstick & Cream Eyeshadow Storage

Some of you already know that we spend most of our time in Retz now, so I'm slowly moving all my make up to our house.

Some of my products: my lipsticks and cream eyeshadows.

Two paint pots are missing, that's the rest:

The lipsticks are now in our entrance room, right by the mirror. Some are missing, but here they are:

There's a lot more to transport to Retz *g* I'll keep you updated.

Love,
Guinevere

Review: Maybelline Jade Super Stay 14 H Lipstick

Maybelline Jade released a new range of lipsticks. A development of the 14hours glosses that feel like you're wearing nail varnish on your lips.

I'm gonna put it short - I love them, but they come with some tiny drawbacks. Before I'll go into detail, I'll show you some photos.

I got the shade "Infinitely Fuchsia". A bright, cool pink, a lovely colour!

Now to the review:

Maybelline says it lasts 14 hours, is comfortable to wear, doesn't dry out your lips and doesn't have this typical "'crumbling" when fading. And guess what, I actually agree, mostly, but let's go into detail:

The first thing that blew me away was the colour pay-off. It's amazing, like a MAC lipstick. You put it one and get full coverage in one coat. I love that!

It is longlasting, but if you eat and drink normally, you won't get 14 hours. You get 7 hours which is still pretty amazing. This is after three hours after eating some snacks.

I applied it, but had some transfer when I tried it on my arm.

You really have to tissue-off the excess product: After that it's perfect, of course this does take away the little shine the lipstick has. I like matte lipsticks, but if you want other finishes that won't satisfy you. You'll need some gloss:

It wasn't particularly drying, but I wouldn't call it moisturizing. It's okay and after you get away the excess product it really does feel like you're wearing nothing.

Another thing I loved is that the lipstick stayed where I put it, literally. It didn't bleed or anything. I didn't use a lipliner, but it didn't move one inch. Incredible. 

After seven hours and dinner, it was gone, but not in that crumbly way, it faded away like normal lipsticks do:

All in all, I can savely say that I love it. I think I found the lipstick (not that shade) that I'll wear on my wedding day. I don't have to worry that it moves which is always a big concern for me, it won't give my fiancé lipstick stains and it will last. And let's be honest, I can alway reapply after I ate.

I really recommend it. There are ten mostly bright shades. I don't know if the others have the same colour pay-off, but I think so. I will try it for you. It's a great product and definitely worth the 12,99€. 

Love,

Guinevere

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Lime Crime Lips

This is gonna be fun. *gg*

As you probably saw on my Birthday haul, I bought two new Lime Crime lipsticks. Now it's time to show you all the shades I own, not too many unfortunately, but of course the craziest. :-)

First some pictures of the packaging which is genius and all the colours beside each other:

New Yolk City, Mint To Be, No She Didn't, Styletto

Now to the fun part, of course I had to apply them. Here we go:

New Yolk City

This one wasn't easy to work with. Although the lipsticks are amazingly pigmented, they are softer than most, so you have to be careful. The lighter shades are always tricky to work with. Especially, with my pigmented lips, but in the end it worked quite well.

Mint To Be:

My absolute favorite!! Such a fun colour. :-)

No She Didn't:

Another genius one

Styletto - This was tricky as well. After each colour, I used them in the order you see them, I had to cancel out my lip colour with concealer. Unfortunately with black it ended up looking like a dark blue rather than a black:

I tried it without covering my lips and it worked!

Not perfectly applied, but you see that it normally is pitch-black.. Pretty, right??

To see how well pigmented they are, here are my lips. Quite some coverage needed:

Amazing, right?

There is also a shout out: Without those two this wouldn't have worked so well:

So what do you think? I absolutely love them!

I ordered them from Shining Cosmetics for 13,95€ each. About the same price you would have to pay if you ordered from the Lime Crime website.

Love,

Guinevere

MAC Viva Glam Nicky Swatches

Hey girls,

Here are the swatches to the lovely Viva Glam Nicky lipstick. I was so excited that you wanted to see them. :-)

Close up:

I know my lips are a bit dry and I know I'm not wearing make up again, but you know my no-make up face now and I think it's bearable.

If you wonder why I'm always wearing the same holey "outfit" in my lipstick photos: I immediately need to change as soon as I'm home to avoid getting new "cat holes" in my other clothes.. 

Some swatches in sunlight. The current limited edition shades look quite similar. From left to right: Viva Glam Nicky, Force of Love, Watch me Simmer:

It's such a pretty lipstick, not sure it's the perfect colour for me though. :-/

Love,
Guinevere

MAC Viva Glam Nicky

My first Viva Glam and it's sooo beautiful..

I love the colour! If you wanna see some on-lips swatches, let me know. :-)

Love,
Guinevere

Lipstick Storage

I was asked how I organize my (small amount *g*) of lipsticks. Here we go:

I colour-coordinated them. The plastic organizer is from IKEA and really cheap. On the right side are lip balms and depotted lipsticks. Behind it are my lipglass tubes.

Interested in a collection video/post?? :-)

Love,
Guinevere