Want Perfect Lips? Try COVERGIRL's Lip Perfection line

I got a sneak peek of COVERGIRL's Lip Perfection line, including lip pencils and lipsticks, which will officially launch in your local retailers in January 2011, which by the time this is posted, you can probably find at your local drugstore. (It's also available for sale on COVERGIRL's website.) These products are perfect shades for the winter time and provide enough moisture when your lips need it most!
I was sent a few goodies from the line to try a range of shades. Overall, I found them to be long-lasting, semi-moisturizing and the shades to be very pigmented. The packaging was also very sleek- something I didn't expect from drugstore brands. I personally haven't worn a lot of drugstore brand lipsticks (except Sally Hansen & Carmindy's line before they discontinued the lipsticks..) recently, but I am very pleased with this modern look.

COVERGIRL's slogan for their Lip Perfection line boasts 7 days to soft, smooth, beautiful lips vs. bare lips. In this weather, bare lips is not acceptable! Take care of them with at least wearing some kind of lip butter to protect it from the cold/wind. Like I said the lipsticks were very moisturizing and had nice reflectors, making it shiny. The lipliners had a matte finished look but are also very creamy so you can essentially wear the lipliners as lipsticks if you choose to do so.

Here are some of the colors that I tried..

The Lip Perfection lipsticks shown here are Darling (a pretty angelic pink) & Captivate (a darker brown/red hue). Both lipsticks are a bit shimmery than I thought but they are quite pretty. Again the packaging is super sleek and pretty. If you can find your perfect shade, it makes even prettier to carry with! Overall, I found these colors to pretty opaque. I'm used to wearing lots of lip butters and tinted lip shades that go on super smooth. So when I tried these lipsticks without a lipbutter, I didn't find them as smooth and creamy on my lips. It didn't help that my lips were already dry, but I do recommend wearing a base. After I did, the lipsticks were super!

The lip pencils shown here are Radiant, Passion and Smoky. They are my new fave items for 2011, especially Smoky. A gorgeous nude color to wear everyday. These are more matte and are very very rich in color. These are quite moisturizing which is great. The color Passion (middle) is a bright red for those who dare to sport the bright red lips this season.

Here are the swatches, from left to right (Passion, Smoky, Captivate, Darling & Radiant)
Sorry my camera was a bit out of focus I realized here, but you get the idea ;)


My personal favorites? Smoky lip liner of course! Also Captivate is a great winter shade. It's reddish/brownish hue is incredible gorgeous with the right amount of shimmer! I've already seen these at my local drugstore, so check yours out today!

(Disclaimer: I received this product from this company's PR agency to test, try and share my thoughts with my readers.)


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Softlips PURE 100% Natural line

Looking for soft, luscious lips this summer? Get it naturally with Softlips! Best known for their lip care products in skinny tubes, Softlips have come out with their PURE 100% Natural line- including flavored lip balms, lip tinted balms, lip tinted glosses, a lip butter and a lip polish! With their variety of products and flavors, there is something that you can definitely use to get your best summer lips yet!

With every beauty routine, you need to start off with a clean slate. Use their Lip Polish ($6 USD), to slough off dead skin cells, made with organic coconut flakes (smells yummy!) and sugar to get your lips super soft. I haven't tried a lip scrub before but I think this is necessary to keep them healthy looking and keeping your lipsticks look smooth without any flakiness. Tip: Use once a week for smooth lips! To win all these products mentioned, enter the Celebrate Summer giveaway until June 20, 2010!

To get sun protection naturally, you have to try their tinted lip glosses or lip tints balms($4-5 USD). They come in three colours- Coral Charm, Natural Honesty, and Shell Pink. So depending if you like gloss for shine or tints for the balm-effect, they will both give you the sun protection you need from Iron Oxides, great natural colour to show off your sexy, natural pout, and the non-stickiness goo they many other companies' glosses feel.

The gloss and tints do not contain any synthetic ingredients that are harmful to your health,( so no parabens or artificial colours!), because it's literally 100% Natural. The natural moisturizers made my lips felt moisturized with the perfect shine for the summer!

If you're looking for more Sun Protection for your lips, check out the SPF20 lip balms. (These are contained in the original skinny tubes.) They come in several great flavors such as Cherry, Vanilla, Strawberry, Raspberry with Green Tea extract, new Mint and new Wildberry.

The Softlips PURE lip conditioners are probably the most popular since they have great flavors with the new formula of their original lip conditioners. I have fallen in love with these (carry them in all my purses/bags and even keep one by my nightstand!) These lip conditioners contain organic oils, beeswax, shea butter and vitamin E that are USDA-certified organic so I know even if I lick my lips, it's ok!

If you're looking for a lightly flavored lip balm to moisturize, try their Softlips Lip Conditioners- in new flavors such as Peppermint, Acai Berry, Papaya and Chai Tea! One of the first ones I opened up (which is why it is missing) is the Pomegranate flavor! Smells light and fruity!

To win all these products mentioned, enter the Celebrate Summer giveaway until June 20, 2010!



(Disclaimer: I received this product from this company's PR agency to test, try and share my thoughts with my readers.)

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Review: Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer for Spring

On the Burt's Bees website, they selected their favorite items to use for this Spring. One of their items, including the Lip Shimmer in Peony- my new go-to lip product. For a limited time, with any $50+ purchase at Burtsbees.com, you can get a free Head to Toe starter kit to try mini samples of their great products.

Burt's Bees is popular due to their fan-favorite lip balms. So I was not surprised that their Lip Shimmers were really good as well. Given this product to review, I found the shade Peony the right hint of pink and red to match my lips naturally. It contains peppermint that makes your lips feel tingly as well as moisturizing ingredients.

Burt's Bees is also celebrating Earth Day on Thursday, April 22 in NYC. Check out www.findyourburt.com


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Yes to Carrots New Lip Gloss and Tints

In case you haven't heard... Yes to Carrots is coming out with new C Me Shine lip glosses and C Me Blush lip tints! I am a huge fan of their lip butters, read review here, so I was so excited to try out their new lip products. As a VIC (Very Important Carrot) to Yes To Carrots, I was given the opportunity to test these out before they hit the stores...




They sent me a generous package (again!) for me to try. I would honestly have to say that from all 6 lip colors that they offer, I would probably use all 6 colors if I could. They range from a Playful Nude color, a gorgeous almost light brown color with a hint of neutral to Red Hot, a deep red with very light shimmer. The glosses and tints have corresponding color shades but just with different names.

It was hard to pick the first one I would choose, but I decided to try the Carrot kiss, an almost coral/pinkish shade, for the lip gloss and the Natural Smile for the lip tint. They're both easy to carry, especially the lip tints because they're the size of a finger. Their lip glosses are indeed very shiny but doesn't feel sticky or gloopy like many other lip glosses out there. Their lip tints are more matte and you don't need to put on any lip balm beforehand because they already moisturize. I sometimes do put on the Yes to Carrots lip butter in Citrus first just because I like the smell. If only these glosses/tints had a citrus scent...



These lip glosses and tints moisturize well and make your lips feel tingly- they contain peppermint oil. Best of all they contain all-natural ingredients and 95% organic ingredients! So no parabens and other harsh chemicals will be on your lips, and why would anyone want that?

Find Yes to Carrots products at your local drugstore, including Target and Walgreens, and online!

(Disclaimer: I received this product from the company to test, try and share my thoughts with my readers.)


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