This post was to go up as a (wordless) Wednesday swatch round-up, but my schedule is so crazy at the moment I'm writing it at 4am on a Saturday :D I've always thought bubble tea had negligible caffeine content, but apparently slurping five supersized tubs of an evening will keep even a hardcore addict like me awake and buzzy.
Um, wordless. Right.
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Scent taste:
1, 7, 11 are scent/taste free
5 is faintly nutty/ingredientsy
4, 6, 8, and 10 are floral; 2 is a drunken rose
3 is vanilla cupcake (blech + why I prefer it as cheek colour), and 9 is synthetic fruit pop
Also, while autumn is the season for the berry lip, sweetiedarling, I don't solely reserve these beauties for the cooler months -- in particular, Vamp and Bright Plum are surprising summer staples (both work so well to sober/sombre up a girly sundress or easy maxi); Raspberry looks fantastic with a tan (I'd recommend anyone with olive skin to check this shade out pronto) and the beach tint formula is made for carefree summer jaunting free from worries about melting makeup. The jelly textures of Sonia Rykiel 24 and Psychadelic are so optimally flattering both lookswise and comfortwise on my lined, dry, crone lips, they stay in my regular rotation all year.
That said, here's an all-out autumnal cliché of a monotone berry look, featuring my current favourite of all of these products, Etude House Rosy Tint Lips 8 After Blossom (applied over balm on lips, used neat on cheeks), with another of this season's favourites on eyes: THREE 09 Star Guitar quad (swatched here).
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What are some of your favourite berries? Any your favourite pairings with them?
And you like to dress with the seasons anyway, or are you an absolute contrarian, or somewhat confused and hoarding of all the makeup options like me? ;)
Um, wordless. Right.
My current wardrobe of berries, from pretty'n'rosy to winey'n'vampy:
- Addiction Vamp (worn here)
- YSL Glossy Stain 1 Violet Edition (first impressions; further looks) -- I apologise for the terrible patchy swatch! As you see, I wear it in all seasons, so much so that I can no longer pick up an even amount of pigment from the tube however much I scrape the applicator along the sides.
- Illamasqua Crush cream blush (I don't wear this much on lips, actually, but anyhoo)
- Burberry Bright Plum lip cover (worn here, first reviewlet)
- THREE Glam Touch Colour lipstick 11 Edith's Whisper
- Etude House Rosy Tint Lips 8 After Blossom
- Daniel Sandler Valentina luxury matte lipstick
- Guerlain Samsara rouge automatique (worn here -- an autumnal staple, as you see)
- Becca Raspberry beach tint (worn here, ditto)
- Sonia Rykiel Sublime lipstick 24 (worn here, and here -- 2nd look)
- Addiction Psychadelic lipgloss (review; worn in the last look here)
I swatched these in highly subjective order -- from most to least 'dramatic', which is why the sheer Edith's Whisper (5) with its muted base, and Bright Plum (4) as the coolest of the colours, sit to the left of the brighter, louder and therefore more-in-my-comfort-zone After Blossom (6) and Valentina (7).
Drama isn't the same thing as opacity (well, I'm not sure it's a thing at all...), and I built up the swatches as needed to show colour and tone, so in order from sheerest to most saturated, these formulas run:
11, 5, 10, (9), 8, 7, 4, (3), 6, (2), 1
Bracketed shades are odd textures, so this is based on their strength-as-I-usually-wear-them.
In terms of finish, from matte to glossy (on lips):
9, 1, 3, 6, 4, 7, 8, 10, 5, 11, 2
Scent taste:
1, 7, 11 are scent/taste free
5 is faintly nutty/ingredientsy
4, 6, 8, and 10 are floral; 2 is a drunken rose
3 is vanilla cupcake (blech + why I prefer it as cheek colour), and 9 is synthetic fruit pop
That said, here's an all-out autumnal cliché of a monotone berry look, featuring my current favourite of all of these products, Etude House Rosy Tint Lips 8 After Blossom (applied over balm on lips, used neat on cheeks), with another of this season's favourites on eyes: THREE 09 Star Guitar quad (swatched here).
What are some of your favourite berries? Any your favourite pairings with them?
And you like to dress with the seasons anyway, or are you an absolute contrarian, or somewhat confused and hoarding of all the makeup options like me? ;)