vs: Bobbi Brown #4, MAC Velvet Teddy & Aristo-Chic

If you've been lemming the LE MAC lipstick Aristo-Chic from the Holiday 2007 "Finery" collection or you like the color of Velvet Teddy, but not the matte finish, then I think that Bobbi Brown Lip Color in Brown #4 is what you're looking for.

Brown #4 |  Velvet Teddy | Aristo-Chic

BB is a bit more expensive than MAC ($23 as opposed $15), but that's the price you pay for "perfection". If you think that a "perfect" lip has a creamy finish, instead of a matte one.

2011 MTV VMA Fashion

I just remembered that I forgot to do a "what I would wear" post for the VMAs! I fell in love with this dress when I saw it in July and I think that it's a very appropriate choice for an award show like the VMAs.

Alexis Mabile Fall 2011 Couture

Christian Louboutin Balota in Black

Styling: I would where the Alexis Mabile dress & Christian Louboutins without any accessories. My hair is currently down to my butt and I don't have any layers. So I'd wear it pin-straight with an off-center part, keeping it off of my shoulders (I wouldn't want anything to detract from the dress). As far as makeup goes, I would either do a black smoky eye with silver accents, no color on the cheeks (just highlight & contour) and a deep berry stained lip OR a glossy looking eye with somewhat dramatic liner & lashes, again no color on the cheeks and an aubergine lip (think MAC's Night Violet Mattene).

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I don't know about you, but I was kind of disappointed with what the ladies chose to wear this year. I felt like everyone either went way over the top or didn't go far enough. The dresses that I did like were nice, but a bit boring & I was not of fan of the styling choices...

Anime in Traffic

Just playing with my Traffic & Anime OCC Lip Tars. I haven't gone out with it yet, but I definitely will.

What do you think of this look?

Would you wear it out?

2011 MTV VMA Inspired Eyes

The MTV VMAs wil be airing next Sunday and I noticed that the colors this year are black, white, purple & pink. So, I decided to do an eye featuring those colors. I've been thinking about re-creating Emma Watson's eye makeup from the New York premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 with Sugarpill's Goldilux CromaLust instead of gold leaf. But, once I decided to do this VMA look, I thought that it would be more interesting to do something inspired  by her eye makeup, using the VMA colors. This is what I came up with...

Venting about my very first swap gone bad...

Almost 2 weeks ago I received a message from a swapper (who shall remain nameless) inquiring about a few of my items. We subsequently arranged a swap of...

MY:

MAC Full Fuchsia lipstick (BNIB)

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Stash (BN)

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Covet (listed as sharpened 2x)

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Ransom (listed as sharpened 2x)

for...

HER:

MAC Slick CCB (listed as used 3-4x)

MAC Underplay l/s (listed as used 3x)

MAC Gingerly blush (listed as swatched 3x)

MAC Ice Iridescent Pressed Powder (listed as swatched 5x)

I am currently wish list only and Underplay & Gingerly are the only items she had that are on my wish list. But, Slick & Ice piqued my curiosity when I saw them on her list. So, I Googled them & liked what I saw. Especially Slick, which one of the Pixiwoo girls used in a tutorial as a base for Club eyeshadow.

Once we came to an agreement & exchanged addresses, I went to get her items ready to post. It was then that I realized that I had listed Covet & Ransom incorrectly. Covet was actually sharpened 3x & Ransom only 1x. I promptly told her this & we eventually agreed that I would send her a BN Ransom (from my 15th Anniversary set) instead of the used one.

I have over 270 positive tokens & she only has 24. Standard practice would be for me to wait until her end arrived and then post mine. Hindsight being 20/20, I definitely should have done that. But, like a fool, I went ahead & posted the day after her. 3 days later (today), we both received our packages. When I opened mine and examined the items, I found that they are far more used than she claimed. 

This is a pic of the Slick CCB, which was supposedly used 3-4x...

NARS Autumn 2011 Re-creation Attempt

I don't have any of the NARS products that were used on the model and I'm sure that I don't have them, so I just made due with what I do have. I didn't bother to do the whole face, because I wouldn't ever dare to put a picture of  my face anywhere near her's. LOL! Plus, I don't think that I have a blush that is close enough to the one that she has on. Although, I do have Gina & it MIGHT be similar. I'm quite confident that Revlon's Smoked Peach Matte lipstick with a tiny bit of clear gloss over it would look very similar to what she's wearing, though. Anyway, this is what I was able to do...