tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17584966626546763642024-03-13T16:15:52.637-07:00The Lovely Nerds.The nerdy girls are beautiful too!Mandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179862974464196717noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758496662654676364.post-52782348190780266972012-12-13T18:15:00.001-08:002012-12-13T18:15:27.153-08:00Blog sale.Blog sale on livejournal: <a href="http://mac-cosmetics.livejournal.com/39163944.html#comments">http://mac-cosmetics.livejournal.com/39163944.html#comments</a><br /><br />Please comment on the livejournal post or send a lj message.Mandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179862974464196717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758496662654676364.post-62577278631838830642012-07-02T14:01:00.003-07:002012-07-02T14:01:37.361-07:00Little Haul<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The past couple of days I did a little "bargain" makeup shopping. I'm pretty happy with the items I picked up.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">First, I picked up a 100 color palette from Elf while I was in Target. However, this pigmentation of this palette was terrible and the colors were chalky. This was returned to Target.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I went by Ulta as I was craving some more NYX products. The first one I grabbed was their cream blush in Orange.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">After the blush, I gravitated towards the display of matte lipsticks. I grabbed one in the shade Indie Chic.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm having a summer love affair with orange shades this year. This one strongly reminds me of Mac's Watch Me Simmer when on my lips. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I grabbed a new Milk jumbo pencil. Mine has been gone for a long time, and I wanted a replacement.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I added another Stick Blush to my collection. This one is in the shade Magnolia. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This one is very close to the color of Pink Lotus.. so I'm not sure I truly need both of them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">After I returned the Elf palette to Target, I went looking for a small train case to store the makeup I still have out in. Since I'm moving soon, I have gone ahead and packed up a good bit of my "Collection." I needed a place to keep the stuff I am still using, and this fit the bill pretty well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I picked this up for my hair. I had been wanting to try an argan oil of some kind in my hair to control the frizz and such, I saw this sitting on the shelf and picked it up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The last thing I got is a replacement for my long lost Silent Treatment trio from Wet N Wild.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In truth, I buy this for the taupe shade.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Currently the Wildfire 18 miles from my home is still raging. However, it is now 45% contained and they are slowly getting it put out. Over 300 homes have been burned down and 2 lives have been lost. An iconic ranch in the area, Flying W Ranch, was also lost to the fire.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I received and posted about my first Influenster VoxBox this past week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New this week: This week I purchased a small train case and a few Nyx items. Posts to come on those later. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Quote of the week: I'm perfectly flawed, perfectly incomplete.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/revlon-lip-butter-pink-trouffle-review.html" target="_blank">Revlon Pink Truffle Lip Butter</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/revlon-lip-butter-gumdrop-review-photos.html" target="_blank">Revlon Gumdrop Lip Butter</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/revlon-lip-butter-cupcake-review-photos.html" target="_blank">Revlon Cupcake Lip Butter</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/influenster-mom-voxbox-2012.html" target="_blank">Influenster Mom VoxBox 2012</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/project-use-it-up-june.html" target="_blank">Project Use It Up - June</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First up, we have a brush that has been getting a lot of love from me. Sigma's E55 eyeshadow brush is wonderful :D I highly enjoy it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mac Fix + makes its way onto my favorites list again. I think, truly, what I like about this the most is the tiny travel bottle. I do honestly love this product.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another face-tool type product that gets a lot of love from me is Urban Decay's All Nighter spray. This product never fails me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The third lipstick, and final product, on my list is another Revlon product. Revlon's lip butter in Pink Truffle. This is quickly becoming my go-to lip color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The last thing I emptied was the travel sized Tresemme shampoo and conditioner that came from my Target beauty bag. Its an alright product, not something I'm going to rush out and buy though.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The first item in the box is a standard Ivory bar soap. This isn't a product I've never used before, I'm just not a fan of bar soaps.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today we're taking a look at one of the more odd-ball colors in the Lip Butter collection, Gumdrop. I am a sucker for lavender colored lip products, and I can't really explain why. They're very hard to pull off.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today on The Lovely Nerds I am bringing you a review of Revlon's Lip Butter in Pink Truffle. Want to see more? Keep reading --></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And the love affair with Revlon's Lip Butters continues! This is one of my favorite shades thus far. I wonder how many times I have said that now... Pink Truffle is the one up on a pedestal today so let's get on with the review!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pink Truffle is a beautiful mauvey color, right up my every day alley. I've heard reports that it can pull brown on some people, and on others it is a MLBB color. My experience has been the latter of the two.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A good description of this shade would be pinky brown. Once on the lips it mixes with the pigment of your lips to determine the final color. For me, its a mauvey MLBB. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This Saturday a wildfire broke out some 20 miles from my home in Colorado. Raging over three miles wide and with 0% containment, I am focusing most of my spare attention on that at the moment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This Friday we went to a BBQ at a friends house, I rocked my Kissable Balm Stain in Rendezvous with Mac Vegas Volt on top of it. I was really happy with my lips on Friday :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I should be receiving my first VoxBox sometime in the coming week. There will be an unboxing post when that finally arrives :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New This Week: The only new thing I picked up this week was the Kissable Balm Stain in Charm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Current Lemming: Three more Lip Butters; Lollipop, Red Velvet and Strawberry Shortcake. I'm also eyeing four more of the balm stains. I'm also lemming Clinique's Acne Solutions skincare, my skin is not behaving so I feel its time to try something else.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/sephora-500pt-perk-too-faced-eye-love.html" target="_blank">Too Faced Eye Love 500pt Palette</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/mac-vegas-volt-review-photos-swatch.html" target="_blank">Mac Vegas Volt Review</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/revlon-kissable-balm-stain-charm-review.html" target="_blank">Revlon Kissable Balm Stain - Charm</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/target-beauty-bag-summer.html" target="_blank">Target's Summer Beauty Bag</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today on The Lovely Nerds I am bringing you a review of yet another Revlon Lip Butter, this one is in the shade Creamscicle. Want to see more? Keep reading--></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This shade is similar to the Kissable Lip Balm in Charm that I recently reviewed. I was also disappointed by that product. At first glance, this looks like a beautiful light peach shade (just like the balm stain) but once you apply it, it is nothing more than a clear balm on my lips.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This made me very sad, as I wanted to love this color. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Target Beauty Bag for Summer</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This season's bag isn't my favorite so far, but the bag itself is my favorite makeup bag I have received from the program.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This bag is made of a woven cotton fabric as opposed to the satiny fabric of the past two bags.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our first freebie is a sample of Garnier Fructis shampoo and conditioner for color treated hair. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is where it became misleading, the ad for this season's bag showed a Revlon Lip Butter in the picture, but what we received was a sample card of the lip butter in Peach Parfait. (They also showed a Rimmel mascara, no sign of that what so ever.)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The last freebie was a travel sized tube of Neutrogena's Ultra Sheer Touch sun block. I didn't get a picture of it on its own, but it is on the right side of this photo.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Once you remove the lid, it looks like a shimmery flesh tone color in the "tube". Still, a color I would like. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When swatched on my arm, it comes off as that lovely soft peach I was looking for. Unfortunately, when I applied it to my lips, it vanished completely. No pigment what so ever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I was very disappointed when I applied this, I felt like I wasted my money on this shade. I still feel that way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Overall:</b> This has the same packaging, scent and minty feel that the other balm stains have. However, I have to say this is one of the least pigmented of the bunch. </span></span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">I recently picked up Mac's Vegas Volt lipstick via their Back 2 Mac program. Their lipsticks usually retail for around $15.50 and are available on maccosmetics.com, at their counters and their stores.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vegas Volt is an Amplified formula, which is my favorite of Mac's lipstick formulas. Amplifieds are smooth, creamy and very pigmented.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vegas Volt is a vibrant coral-orange shade. On some it shows more coral, on others more orange. I am on of those that it shows more orange on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I recently paired this lipstick with Revlon's Rendezvous balm stain. They went very well together. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Overall:</b> I love orange shades for lips. This one is no exception. I absolutely adore this lipstick and I wish I had bought it sooner! It is similar to a Revlon Lipstick I used to own, the shade name was Siren. Vegas Volt is far more pigmented and creamy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">on The Lovely Nerds I am bringing you a review of the Sephora 500pt perk Palette by Too Faced, Eye Love. Want to see more? Keep reading --></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sephora puts out many 500 point perks for their VIBs, most of which I am not impressed with or interested in. This one was different. I was very curious about the Too Faced eyeshadow palettes, but I hate the bulky packaging.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This palette gives you a taste test of four of their palettes in one conveniently sized, and travel friendly, palette.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The palettes featured in this inclusive palette are Natural Eye, Smokey Eye, Naked Eye and Romantic Eye. They also include one example look with instructions for each palette.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The shadows are soft and smooth, buttery almost. The pigmentation is wonderful and the colors are lovely. The pairings of colors they placed in here compliment each other beautifully.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Overall:</b> This is hands down the best 500 point perk I have seen from Sephora thus far. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Current Lemming: There are three more lip butters I want, and four more Kissable Balm stains I am after. Still lemming that bright palette and lavender blush.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today on The Lovely Nerds I am bringing you a review of Revlon's Whipped ColorStay foundation. Want to see more? Keep reading --></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The internet has been buzzing recently about Revlon's Whipped foundation they recently released. I was curious myself, so I picked it up. I previously posted my initial response to this foundation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This foundation varies in price by store and location. In my area, it retails for $10.99 to $15.99. The cheapest was in Target, the more expensive was in Walgreens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I originally purchased this product in the shade 150 Buff, however this was too light for my NW20 skin so I later exchanged it for 200 Sand Beige. Sand Beige was a better match for NW20, although slightly yellow in tone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As far as packaging goes, this is not my favorite. It is very deceiving. The large glass jar it comes in does not come full to the brim. This foundation has less than your standard 1OZ of product in it, it comes with .8OZ instead. If they filled the jar, it would easily fit 1 FL OZ. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When looking at the consistency of this product, the word whipped does not exactly come to mind. It is more like a thick, creamy gel consistency. I can sort of see where they get the idea to use the word whipped in the name. It is a VERY thick product, you can turn the jar upside down and it does not move at all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I have heard/read many mixed opinions on the coverage of this foundation. Many people have said it is a sheer coverage, others report it being full coverage. In my personal experience, it is a medium to full coverage foundation. The finish is somewhere between matte and satin, and it very very FLAT. It felt like a mask to me once it dried.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today on The Lovely Nerds I am bringing you a review of Revlon's Kissable Balm Stain in Rendezvous. Want to see more? Keep reading --></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Revlon's Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains have been getting a lot of love on the internet, particularly this shade, Rendezvous. It is a vibrant orange shade, right on par for spring and summer trends.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here is Rendezvous swatched next to Tuitti Fruitti Lip Butter. Rendezvous is on the left, Tutti Fruitti is on the right. These two actually pair together nicely in my experience.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Recently, Revlon came out with yet another new lip product. They are calling these the Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain. They are supposed to be both a lip balm and a lip stain. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">These products are available at your drugstores, Walmart, Target, Kmart, Military PXs, etc. They range in price (depending upon area) from around 6.99 to 8.99 USD plus tax.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">They are essentially a jumbo lip pencil, much like Clinique's Chubby Sticks and Tarte's Lipsurgences. They are closer to the Chubby Sticks in packaging and pigmentation. They have menthol oil in them so they feel and smell minty.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The first shade of these I picked up is Darling. It is a lilac/lavender color in the "tube"</span></span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">On the skin/lips, it pulls more pink for me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here is Darling swatched next to the Lip Butter in Gumdrop. Darling is on the left.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This shade is very sheer, it does not show up especially well on my medium-pigmented lips. The glossy/balm color fades away rather quickly, and leaves behind a stain that (for me) lasted a couple of hours.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today</span></span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">on The Lovely Nerds I am bringing you a review of Chanel's Vitalumiere Aqua Compact foundation. Want to see more? Keep reading --></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This foundation has been on my "to try" list since I heard about it online. I waited a while for it to hit counters here and snatched it up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I love the packaging of this foundation, it is very convenient for travel and daily touch ups.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I also loved the formula of this foundation, at first. It ended up not agreeing with my skin at all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This foundation retails for $58.00 plus tax on Chanel's website and anywhere that sells Chanel cosmetics.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I got the shade 10 Beige, or B10. It was a fairly good match for my NW20 skin. I tend to purchase foundations slightly more yellow than my natural skin tone to cancel out the redness I have in my cheeks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The foundation comes with a sponge in the compact, which the SAs suggest you use to apply this foundation. I tried this application myself, and I was not impressed with the outcome. It went on fine but after it "dried" or settled in to my skin it appeared very streaky. I also tried my fingers, I had the same result. After that I tried a foundation brush, still streaky. A flat top brush (I used Elf's Studio Flat Top) worked the best for me to give an even, smooth application.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here is a swatch of the product on my arm, you can see that it is more yellow than my skin. It works wonderfully to balance out the redness in my face. It is a medium coverage foundation on my skin, but can be applied sheerly and it is buildable. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Overall:</b> This foundation is wonderful; the packaging is great, the formula is great, the coverage is nice. The price is a bit too high for my blood, but if it had worked I would have been happy to pay it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This week I've been busy as ever preparing for my upcoming move across the country, so I apologize for any lack of creativity in my posting. (Not that I feel my posts are especially creative to begin with... I should work on that...)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New This Week: I didn't pick up anything new this week aside from the Nivea Kiss of Cherry lip balm. I've been spending my money getting summer goodies for my daughter. She's recently gotten a kiddie pool and some chalk for playing outside. Also, she's gotten a new tube of sunscreen because it. is. SUNNY. outside now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Currently Lemming: I am still lemming that really bright eyeshadow palette. I haven't found any suitable replacements for Sugarpill that I can get in my area, so I may need to cave and just order them. I am also lemming (still) a lavender blush. I haven't found one I actually like yet, going to check out Make Up For Ever next.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Quote of the Week: Patience is a virtue.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/chanel-vitalumiere-aqua-compact.html" target="_blank">Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Compact First Impressions</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/revlon-colorstay-whipped-foundation.html" target="_blank">Revlon ColorStay Whipped Foundation First Impressions</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/lavender-lipstick-comparison.html" target="_blank">Lavender Lipstick Comparison</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/viva-glam-cyndi-dupe.html" target="_blank">Possible Viva Glam Cyndi Dupe</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/mac-dip-down-fluidline-review-photos.html" target="_blank">Mac Dip Down Fluidline Review</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nerdgirlbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/06/mac-paint-pot-moss-scape-review-photos.html" target="_blank">Mac Moss Scape Paint Pot Review</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mac Paint Pots are available at maccosmetics.com and at Mac counters/stores for $17.50 plus tax for 0.17 FL OZ. They are essentially a cream eyeshadow, most frequently used as eyeshadow bases.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here are two swatches of the product, a heavy swatch and then blended out on my arm. The blended swatch is more of what you get on the lid than the heavy swatch. If you apply it heavily like the first swatch, it will crease on your eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today on The Lovely Nerds I am bringing you a short review of Mac's Dip Down Fluidline. Want to see more? Keep reading --></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For comparison I have only used one other brown gel liner and it was from Physician's Formula. Mac's fluidline outlasts the PF liners by a long time and it goes on much more smoothly. Not trying to knock the PF gel liners, they are wonderful. Especially for the price. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here are a couple of swatches, one with an eyeliner brush and another blended out on my arm a bit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I got about 6 hours of good wear out of this liner without fading, after that it disappeared quickly. I did not experience any smudging or budging with this liner and the color is very opaque. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Compared to the formula of Bobbi Brown's gel liners, I really do not see a huge difference. They are about on par with each other and the Mac's is a good few bucks cheaper. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Overall: </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I love this liner, it is a wonderful formula with great staying power. I love brown liner for every day, it is much less harsh than black. I've been told that Mac fluidlines have a long life before they dry out and I can see getting a lot of use from this liner. It is very much worth the 15.00 price tag.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Repurchase? Yes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thanks for reading :) </span></span></div>Mandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179862974464196717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758496662654676364.post-48488703396480425402012-06-06T10:00:00.000-07:002012-06-26T10:07:30.092-07:00Viva Glam Cyndi Dupe?<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Possible Viva Glam Cyndi Dupe</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I've seen written on the internet on more than one occasion that Mac's Viva Glam Cyndi is undupeable, I've also read the names of some possible dupes. Recently, I was in Walgreens and saw one of them sitting on the shelf so I picked it up to see for myself. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The name of this possible dupe is Nivea's Kiss of Cherry lip balm. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I will tell you that right off the bat my thoughts were that this is far too sheer to look anything like Cyndi. I will also tell you that the cherry smell is very strong. It also seems like there was too much glossy sheen to it for it to be a dupe.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Looking at these swatches you can see why I pegged it as too sheer to be a dupe. Swatched next to each other, these two products look NOTHING alike.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And here is a swatch of Nivea Kiss of Cherry on the lips.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As you can see, it is far more sheer than Cyndi, but does give a similar effect on the lips. Would I call this a dupe? Not really, but I would say that it could serve as a suitable replacement if you cannot get your hands on Cyndi.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thanks for reading :) </span></span></div>Mandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179862974464196717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758496662654676364.post-81576600195680787712012-06-05T14:44:00.000-07:002012-06-06T14:49:18.377-07:00Lavender Lipstick Comparison<div align="center">
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lavender Lipstick Comparison</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After picking up my 11th Revlon Lip Butter in Gumdrop lately, I decided I should do a comparison of some lavender lipsticks. I adore this shade, but it can be difficult to pull off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The shades I am showing you are Lavender Whip from Mac, Asian Flower from Mac and Revlon's Gumdrop Lip Butter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Lavender Whip and Asian Flower are much more pigmented than Gumdrop, they are also thicker. Gumdrop is nearly invisible when swiped once onto my arm. It does provide more pigment on the lips though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">All three lipsticks have a similar finish to them, they are satiny shades with just a little bit of a glossy look to them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Gumdrop wears off the fastest, followed by Lavender Whip and then Asian Flower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Lavender Whip is more pink than Gumdrop, which is a lilac shade. Asian Flower is even further into the pink family than they other two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">All three are great lipsticks, but if you have pigmented lips I would not recommend the lip butter.</span><br />
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