Sangria Inspired Lips

One of my favorite summertime activities is dining al fresco. And I love to drink sangria while eating. It is such a delicious drink. I had the most amazing guava sangria not too long ago and I was mesmerized by the color of it. It had a pink tinge to the deep red color and I was dying to find a lipstick that color. I thought it would be such a great lip color for the summertime, something different from all the brights that we are used to seeing. And the pink in it keeps it from looking to dark, I think.

Here is my lip recipe for the perfect sangria lip color:

1. As always, start with clean, moisturized lips. You don't want cracks and dryness.

2. Line your lips with a fuchsia colored lip liner. I used NYX slim lip pencil in "Fuschia". 

3. Fill in your lips with the Fuchsia lip liner.

4. Apply a rich red lip color over the lip liner. I used the appropriately named "Sangria" by Milani. I added the pink to get the guava-sangria color I was going after.

Haul Post

A haul of items I bought and some brief thoughts on a few of the items.

 NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss "Lala", NYX Xtreme Lip Cream "Dolly Girl", NYX Matte Eyeshadow "Haywire", Brucci Nail Colors "Steph's Pink A-Go-Go" & "Absolute Andrea", Wet n Wild Megashield Lip Color "It's A Girl", NYX Stick Blush "Magnolia", CoverGirl Lipstick "Fairytale", CoverGirl Eyeshadow Quad "Tropical Fusion", Wet n Wild trio "Walking on Eggshells"

I was very pleased with all the lip products. As you can see, I was on a pink kick. "Fairytale" is a beautiful coral color and all the other lip products had good color payoff. I would recommend these for women of color as well, these colors would look great on darker skin tones.

 CoverGirl lipstick "Fairytale", NYX Mega Shime Lip Gloss "Lala", NYX Xtreme Lip Cream "Dolly Girl", Wet n Wild Megashield Lip Color "It's a Girl"

lip color swatches

The NYX stick blush had a very nice and creamy formula. It blends nicely and I really like the color a lot. It applies a little sheer but it can be built up.

NYX Stick Blush in "Magnolia"

swatch of "Magnolia"

I got one shade from the new matte shadows collection from NYX. It swatched nicely and I will be using it for crease-work mostly.

NYX matte eyeshadow "Haywire"

"Haywire" swatch

I also discovered a new brand called LiSi Cosmetics while walking through NoHo in NYC. It is a highly  affordable brand (a lot of the products are under $15.00) and in the store they have sample products for you to swatch. The store is located in 741 Broadway in Manhattan. I bought a blush and concealer. I was impressed by the color payoff with the concealer, I got the shade "Maldives" and it is VERY pigmented so a light hand would definitely be needed. The concealer, not so much. Barely any coverage. I'll go more in depth on the concealer in a separate post about LiSi Cosmetics. 

NYX Lipgloss W/ Mega Shine Review (reposted from 12/27)

Happy Holidays! This is a blog post being sent from my phone so I apologize if it's a little sloppy.

NYX lipgloss w/ Megashine in Plush Red.

So this is a review for NYX's Lipgloss w/ Mega Shine in Plush Red. It costs 2.29 and I must say I like it a lot. It looks great on all skin tones because both my best friend and I have very different skin tones and it looks nice on us both:

Me

My best friend, Kathy.

I like that it goes on like a lipstick and the color's highly pigmented so a little goes a long way. I would reccomend this lipgloss. It comes in a variety of shades, I just reviewed this shade in red since I didn't like the other colors (there was a very limited selection).

Pros: easy to apply, long lasting, nice shine, good for all skin tones, true to color

Cons: a little sticky and kind of hard to find (NYX products are rare in the area where I live)

Thanks for reading!