Spring's Best New Lip Products

Spring's Best New Lip Products

These balms, lipsticks and exfoliators do much more than add a little color to your face

This is a TotalBeauty.com lip makeup article Have you noticed that the birds are chirping again? You know what that means … spring is nearly here. That's why we're offering up a must-buy list of the season's best lip products that will exfoliate, soothe and add color for the warmer, cheery days ahead. See new products

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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Three Custom Color Specialists Debuts the Getaway Collection

Three Custom Color Specialists, a cosmetic company that exhibited at The Makeup Show in NY, offers custom blended makeup for all skin tones, debuts their reformulated lipsticks in their Getaway Collection. This collection includes 5 gorgeous colours- (from left to right) Majorca, Bora Bora, St. Tropez, Santorini, and Copacabana.



This new formula is created to be more moisturizing with good-for-you ingredients such as Vitamin E, Shea Butter, Avocado Oil and Jojoba Oil, so your lips will be soft all summer long!

Review: My favorite lipshades are the Copacabana which has gold shimmer and Santorini with silver shimmers. (These shimmers are great for reflection under the bright summer sun.) Overall, the shades are extremely pigmented and lasted a long time. I enjoyed the fact that these colors were so bright, colorful to really brighten your mood.

This doesn't come out until June, 2010 but I was able to test these and wear these gorgeous shades. Many company's summer collections seem to lean towards being on a tropical island destination- makes me want to book a flight there ASAP!

Check Three Custom Color Specialists online @ www.threecustom.com

(Disclaimer: I received this product from this company to test, try and share my thoughts with my readers.)
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Quiz: What lip color suits you?

What's Your Ideal Glam Lip Color?

Take this quiz to find out which lipstick shade reflects your personal taste

Soft on the inside yet bold on the outside, highly pigmented lip colors can speak volumes about your personality -- before you've uttered a word. Find out which shade of the beauty editor- and consumer-favorite MAX Factor Vivid Impact Lipcolor you should be wearing. Take the quiz

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Happy Valentine's Day! <3

Less vs. Luxe Lipsticks (Happy Valentine's Day!)

See how to get the look of your favorite Nars, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent lipsticks at drugstore prices

Why spend $30 on a lipstick when you can spend $3 and get the exact same look? We asked celebrity makeup artists Molly Stern and Fiona Stiles to share their favorite lipstick look-a-likes -- and they delivered exact shade and texture matches (no one will be able to tell the difference). Now you can get the look of a Chanel lipstick and still afford a night out. See products

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Quiz: What's Your Lip Color?

Find Your Best Pink Lip Color

Take this quiz to discover the ideal pink gloss or lipstick for you - mwah

Makeup artists John Fussell and Jane McKay both agree that pink is a youthful, healthy color that can look great on everyone. But like red, pink takes on many intensities and undertones, so before you shell out more dough for this trend, take the quiz to find out which shades were made for you. Take the quiz

Comment below to let us know what shade of pink is right for you!

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