Lip Balm
Saturday, February 2nd 2008MAC Cosmetics: Upcoming Collection Dates
An MAC ADDICT Ultimate Resource for 2008
Slimshine - 2/7/08 (Int'l March 2008) Permanate MAC Line
Don’t speak. Lips are in danger of all manner of delicious indiscretion. Seductive in colour, shine and staying power. Seven new Slimshine Lipstick shades and 13 bring-back shades invite colourful, ultra-glossy conversations. People will talk.
Check out the review and photo swatches for MAC's Slimshines Collection.
Mineralize Foundation - (LE) The release date keeps changing
Making headlines with our lightest mineral infusion yet! This unique loose powder foundation brushes on to adhere smoothly to the skin. Provides a radiant natural matte finish with medium-buildable coverage, and SPF 15 for everyday sun protection.
Fafi - 2/14/08 (Int'l March 2008) (LE)
A trendy collection inspired by the French Graphic Artist, Fafi.
Check out MAC's for Fafi product photos, review & swatches part 1 and review & swatches part 2.
Strobe - 3/6/08 limited edition
This collection includes: Strobe Liquid, Strobe Cream, Strobe Lip Conditioner, and 4 different shades of Tinted Lip Conditioners.
Check out the review and photo swatches for MAC's Strobe collection.
Viva Glam VI - 3/6/08
Introducing a Special Edition VG VI Lipglass and new spokesperson into our mix - Fergie! A radical spirit, Fergie burst onto pop culture as female lead in the Black Eyed Peas. She joins Eve and Dita von Teese in speaking out on behalf of VIVA GLAM VI.
Check out review and photo swatches for the new Viva Glam VI Lipglass.
Beauty Powder Blush - 3/13/08 (Int'l April 2008) (LE)
A micronized powder blush with a subtle pearlize pigment, 8 new shades and 2 re-promoted makeup brushes.
Check out review, swatches and product photos for MAC's newest Beauty Powder Blush.
Heatherette - 3/20/08 (Int'l April 2008) (LE)
24-Hour Party People know what time it is when N.Y.'s counter-culture couturiers create a paint-by-numbers world of drama with two glittering looks. Choose from Good Girl for day, Bad Girl for night...or be the superstar you are and flip it!
Check out the review, swatches and product photos for MAC's Heatherette Collection.
Euristocrats - 4/1/08 European Stores only
Check out Specktra's fabulous swatches for this colorful lipstick collection.
Dress Camp - 4/17/08 (Int'l April 2008) extremely rare and "very limited"
Super hot Asia exclusive collection. This collection will not be available at MAC stores only online.
Check out the review, swatches and product photos for Asia's Dress Camp.
Dazzleglass - 5/1/08 (Int'l May 2008) (LE)
Electro-pearl atoms blast their light as Lipglass gets the dazzle treatment. High-shine + large particle quartz and opal crystal captured in a great new formula with light-reflecting, crystalline iridescence. To be this dazzling: that's power!
Check out the review, swatches and product photos for MAC's new glitter lipgloss.
Naughty Nauticals - 5/1/08 (Int'l May 2008) (LE) 3-part release
Sailors, ahoy! In her fleet of pinks, corals, reds, and the deepest navy Nail Lacquer seen this side of Marseilles, she's uniformly chic, and cruising for romance. In style and desire, she's poised for perfection. Go overboard!
Check out the review, swatches and product photos for this Naughty collection.
Stowaways Quad - 5/1/08 Part of the Naughty Nauticals Collection and only available at Nordstrom.
Skinsheen - 5/1/08 (LE) (Int'l June 2008)
Legs...Bronzed to distraction. Seductive and cruise-worthy. A sprayable lightweight gel that unlike your fancy, never drifts. Brushes lightly and flawlessly over the skin. For the ultimate secret application and smoothest sheen, try the 179 Body Buffer Brush.
Neo Sci-Fi - 5/29/08 (Int'l June 2008) (LE) 3-part release
Spinning glamour into another orbit: our magnetic field of hot fluorescents, modern buffs, beiges and flesh tones are destined to test the laws of your style gravity. With these supersonic shades and neon orange compacts, go shock the galaxy!
Check out the review, swatches and product photos for the Neo Sci Fi Collection.
Future Earth - 5/29/08 (Int'l June 2008) (LE)
Lava-licious! The power of Volcanic Ash brought into one dynamic all-black element, Volcanic Ash Exfoliator. Mineral-rich. Cleanses, exfoliates, makes skin look radiant. Its glowing compliment: new Prep + Prime Microfine Lip Refinisher.
Check out the reviews, swatches and product photos for the Volcanice Mask and Lippie.
Solar Field - 5/29/08 (Int'l June 2008) (LE)
Alternate sun power. Glamour beams across the universe via new Solar Bits: free-formed clusters of rich pigment and pearl. Its full-volt complement: skin made provocatively golden through Bronzing Powder in Solar Riche and Refined Golden
Check out the review, swatches and product photos for the Solar Field Collection.
Tendertones - 5/29/08 (Int'l June 2008) (LE)
Sexier on the lips than balm. Silkier than gloss. More protective than naked. A lipcolour that combines soft shine, easy glide, and double-smooth satin finish with an everyday sun protective formula. To treat your lips...Love 'em tender.
Check out the review, swatches and product photos for this cult lip balm. Check out Loreal's HiP Jelly Balm - is an excellent alternative that's actually better than MAC.
Summer Trend Bags - 5/29/08 (Int'l June 2008) (LE)
Shine-blasted. Shockingly fluorescent. Our easygoing Softsac goes patently neon in three tote-along sizes: mini, small and medium. Utterly functional and fun. The best complement to the M·A·C Neo Sci-Fi collection. Available in three buzzed-up colours.
Cool Heat - 6/12/08 (Int'l July 2008) (LE)
Some looks are too hot for summer to handle but not Cool Heat. Sweltering corals, chill-out blues, complemented by Turquatic and its warm new sister shade, Turquatic Heat, create this season's coolest - and steamiest - beauty paradox.
Check out the review, swatches and product photos for this energetic collection.
New View - 7/08
Natural and Shimmer. The split personality of powder to sheerly and subtly perfect skin with dimensionality and mineralized starshine. These Mineralize Skinfinish duos are state-of-the-art simplicity, high-resolution finish.
Sonic Chic - 7/08
Mineralize Blush to break the style barrier: Screamingly chic, but soft, sheer, lightweight. Enhance cheekbones, create planes and contours with the 181 Buffer Brush for flawless blending. The fastest route to perfection yet is Ultra-Sonic.
Check out the Review and Photo Swatches.
Electroflash - 7/08
Mineralize Eye Shadow in nine new duos with unblinking courage, and convincing new combinations. Add Lipglass and Lipsticks with quantum physics energy, in companion colours and electro-lustres. Electricity is our most precious resource...everybody, electrified!
Check out the Review and Photo Swatches.
Colour Forms - 7/18/08 (Int'l August 2008) (LE) Nordstrom Exclusive
Lustre Twins - 7/31
Nine new shades of Pro Longwear Lustre Lipcolour featuring an exclusive sheer pigment top coat, with three Nail Lacquers. Separate if you must, but these Lustre Twins shouldn't live without each other. Codependent couture colour and shine starts here!
Starflash - 7/31
Hollywood's new Power Couple. Our 12 new limited-edition Starflash shadows, combined with Kohl Power Eye Pencil. Shades for a smooth, creamy, cushioned life. Provides the double-wattage impact that will take you to the new stylesphere!
Check out the photo swatches and review.
Cult of Cherry - 8/21 The new forbidden fruit. Deep, dark, dramatic. Lips ripened with juicy cerises and intoxicating kirsches while eyes smoulder in luscious spiced chocolate. With its sense of way-to-go dark, this is how we separate the bitter from the sweet...Fall drama just got more delicious.
Check out the photo swatches, review, lip looks using cult of cherry lipstick colors, nail polish swatches and my makeup haul.
Overrich - 8/21 Fall for luscious. Eight pigments that keep you de-lovely and delicious as ever. Oxidized, rich-metal hues are a cakewalk to apply, for eyes, face and all the sweet spots...These Overrich pigments satisfy an appetite for glamour.
Check out the photo swatches, review and my makeup haul.
Suite Array - 9/25 Check-in to the double-delight luxury of our new Eye Shadow Suite. Eight shadow duos in unexpectedly fresh and frivolous colours paired with one of our new Pearlglide Eye Liners will provide you with all the accoutrements of day and night bedroom eyes.
Check out the review and photo swatches.
Gold Fever - 9/25MAC for Ungaro - 9/25 Dreamy, softly impressionistic, reverential...To celebrate his exciting debut, It-Designer, Esteban Cortazar, celebrity makeup artist, Sharon Dowsett, and M·A·C come together backstage to create a colour collection in the spirit of today's Ungaro.
Check out the review and photo swatches.
Red She Said - 10/16 The retro-starlet allure of Hollywood glamour, with a modern twist. A season where lips connive, then confess in shades of provocative holiday reds. Party season and passions flare! "Red" She Said, and no one could resist her.
Check out the review and photo swatches.
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FEATURED - Wednesday, March 5th 2008MAC Cosmetics: Strobe Collection
MAC Cosmetics introduces the Strobe collection. Three enlightened ways to brighten your look: Strobe Cream, our original blend of sheer soft-focus diffusers; Strobe Liquid, instant radiance in fluid, light-diffusion form; and for lips, Tinted Lip Conditioner Stick SPF 15 with strobe pearl.
Stobe Liquid. Blending soft-focus diffusers with iridescent pigments, this ultra-fluid strobe formula produces a soft, radiant light on the skin, reducing the appearance of skin imperfections by providing a natural-looking glow. Refreshing. Spreads on smoothly and absorbs quickly. Leaves the skin looking healthier and more radiant. A lighter-weight addition to the popular Strobe Cream. 50 ml / 1.7 us oz. US $29.50.
Strobe Cream. The ultimate quick fix for the skin. Super-powered with potent botanicals; de-snoozes, de-stresses, moistens, freshens and boosts the look of dull, flat or tired-looking skin with a fully loaded vitamin zap and a mega dose of green tea. Brightens and clarifies with iridescent particles and antioxidants. Enhances the effects of light on all skin and in all lighting conditions from sunlight to spotlight. 50 ml / 1.7 us oz. US $29.50.
Tinted Lip Conditioner Stick SPF 15. Formulated with strobe pearl, this luxurious lip conditioner combines sheer soft-light-quenched colour with broad spectrum UVA/UVB SPF 15 protection and moisture. US$14.50. Check out the product color swatches below.
The only thing that looks appealing to me in this collection is the tinted lip conditioners with SPF 15. But, at $14.50 a pop, that's a pretty hefty price tag for just a lip balm. Although, this would be a excellent product for the pool or beach this summer.
Check out my review and swatches on the lip conditioner.
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FEATURED - Friday, March 14th 2008MAC Strobe Collection: Reviews and Swatches
The Strobe collection offers a new line of sheer tinted moisturizing lip conditioners with added bonus's, SPF 15 and UVA/UVB retailing $14.50/ea. They are very soft, creamy and feel wonderful on your lips, and just in time for the pool and beach. I just want to add that these lip conditioners are extemely sheer, which was a little disappionting. It was really hard to capture a photo swatch due to the sheerness of this product. Honestly, they are way to sheer for my liking, espically for $14.50/ea. I think I'm going to stick to my good ole tinted burts bee lip balm, it's just as good!
I didn't pick up anything in this collection, just because I felt nothing appealed to me. The colors are extremely sheer, and to honest, I rather spend $14.50 on a MAC lipstick or lipglass. Plus, I have to save my mula for the next exciting upcoming collection heatherette.
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FEATURED - Wednesday, May 28th 2008MAC: Tendertones, Summer Trend Bags Launched
MAC cosmetics officially launches Tendertones and Summer Trend Bags collection today. Check out all the details below.
Sexier on the lips than balm. Silkier than gloss. More protective than naked. A lipcolour that combines soft shine, easy glide, and double-smooth satin finish with an everyday sun protective formula. To treat your lips...Love 'em tender!
Tendertones make a return for summer! Check out the product swatches below. PS: The only color that is available on MAC's website is Take a Hint. The other colors should be available tomorrow, May 29th.
Smoothly satin in texture, and non-sticky. Provides just-enough colour. Conditions, moisturizes, helps to smooth and improve the look of the lips. Features a light, strawberry-kiwi flavour. 6 ml / 0.2 us fl oz US $14.50.
Shine-blasted. Shockingly fluorescent. Our easygoing Softsac goes patently neon in three tote-along sizes: mini, small and medium. Utterly functional and fun. The best complement to the M·A·C Neo Sci-Fi collection. Available in three buzzed-up colours.
Want more MAC? Take a peek at Tendertones swatches, review and product images.
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FEATURED - Tuesday, June 10th 2008MAC Tendertones: Review, Photo Swatches
I've had MAC's Tendertones swatches for quite sometime now. I apologize for my laziness. But these lovely lippies are extremely sheer which, makes them difficult to judge the actual color pay-off. I used a small amount on all my photos swatches because the color wouldn't be accurate swatching a huge chunk.
Bottom line on MAC's tendertones, they are extremely sheer. If you don't fancy sheer lip balm (like myself), don't waste your money. Even the "darker colors" appear sheer. After swatching tendertones, I was still undecided. But, since I missed out last year, I decided to pick up Pucker.
Tendertones are perfect for the beach, pool or anyplace you don't need heavy lip coverage and still packs in 12 SPF. Pucker, Hot N Saucy, Deep Sigh and Sweet & Nice were the shades that had good color pay-off (still sheer though). The slight watermelon pink color and the yummy strawberry kiwi scent in Pucker is what attracted me to this color. It's a nice hint of pink. I also liked Tread Gently - a yellowish with gold shimmer that would look great after a day at the beach. Check out the photo swatches below.
And a little bit more...
MAC's next collection is Cool Heat. Stay tuned for the Cool Heat photo swatches and review!
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FEATURED - Monday, August 25th 2008Product Review: Nivea Tinted Lip Balm
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Product: Nivea Kiss of Flavor Tinted Lip Balm |
| Price: $2.99 |
Steph's Rating: |
| Buy it: Drugstore, Grocery |
| Recommend: Yes |
New! Nivea introduces two new flavors of tinted lip balm to the Kiss of Flavor lip care family - Cherry and Passion Fruit.
NIVEA’s- A Kiss of Flavor is enriched with natural ingredients to deliver long-lasting moisturization for soft and supple lips. Its unique blend of fruity flavor and a tint of color make your lips irresistible. Enriched with Almond Oil and Vitamin E to help provide long-lasting moisturization.
I love lip balm probably as much as I do lipstick and lipgloss, why? Well, in order to have good lips you have to take care of them properly. And, Niveas new tinted lip balms are just that. Delivering loads of moisture to your lips with an added bonus of sheen color.
Nivea's tinted lip balms are just that - lip balms. Their not suppose to deliver boat loads of color or any kind of pay-off. Just a sheen, sheer tint mostly concentrating on the enriched vitamins and moisturization. The texture is smooth and very moisturing which was nice. Passion Fruit is more sheer than Cherry flavored, espically, if you tend to have pigmented lips. The only true disadvantage is there's no SPF!
Cherry flavor was my favorite shade out of the two. It was a nice, faint cherry red tint that made my lips look completely natural loooking. Check out some product pictures below.
Passion Fruit (left) and Cherry (right) product photos.
Close up of Passion Fruit and Cherry flavored lip balm. Nivea's new tinted lip balms should be available now at most Drugstores, Pharmacies and Grocery stores.
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