Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick - Madison and Potion

One of my friends had recommended me Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipsticks. As I was in New York in July, I decided to get a load of products you can't find over here in the UK, Anastasia Beverly Hills being one of them. When I was in Sephora I decided to check out the Liquid Lipsticks and found there were an amazing color range to choose from. There was every color you could want from natural to dramatic. The colors I went for were Madison (Vibrant Plum Magenta) and Potion (Deep Aubergine). These were $20 each.

Madison

Potion

I just love these sorts of colors as they stand out and go nicely with a dramatic look. Both lipsticks come with one of those doe foot applicators that allow for easy application. I much prefer these ones over those brush applicators that some brands have. The Kylie Jenner lip kits have gotten a really bad name because the hairs on the brush applicator started to split. When you are paying $20 or more for a lipstick you expect the applicator to be great quality.

The pigment in these ones is insane, you don't need to use a lot to get full color on your lips. You could get away with one coat, but I am quite fussy, so I went and applied two coats to my lips. 

Drying time is really quick. Once dry, the color was a matte finish and stayed on all day without any need to reapply. My lips do get quite dry and these didn't dry them out once.

Out of the two I don't really have a favorite as they both were amazing.

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture - 52

When I was in New York, I stopped by the YSL counter in Bergdorf Goodman and got one of their Rouge Pur Couture lipsticks. I went for the color 52 which is also called Rosy Coral. I don't have many coral lipsticks, so this one was a great one to have in my collection. This was $37.00

This one has a really nice creamy texture to it and has a fab amount of pigment in it. You don't need a lot to get the color to show up and once on it stays on and doesn't really need reapplying.

Coral is such a great color too. I'm really glad I got this color for my collection as I could do with more corals. I just love this lipstick on and is a great one for the summer, although it could be worn in the winter too.

Urban Decay Vice Ltd Reloaded Palette

I'm a big fan of Urban Decay, especially their eyeshadow palettes. Every year around November they release a Vice Eyeshadow Palette. So far Vice is on it's 4th year and to make it even better the brand has been known to release some extra Vice palettes too. A while ago they released a limited edition one with bright yellow green packaging. It was very hard to find and people are selling it on E Bay for around £80.00!!

Earlier this year Urban Decay released a Vice Ltd Reloaded Palette. Originally this was only released in America, although it is now available in the UK too. I got this palette when I was in New York last month. This was $56.00 in Macy's.

Like all other Urban Decay palettes this one comes with a really nice double ended brush. I really like how Urban Decay give a proper brush with their palettes. Most brands just give you those sponge tipped applicators. The brush with this one is really good quality and allows you to apply and blend the colors really well.

There are 20 colors in this palette, in a mix of matte and shimmer. If you love color, you will love this palette as there are loads of different color combos to be created.

All colors have an amazing amount of pigment in them and blend easily. The texture is nice and smooth and you don't need to use a lot to get the color to show up. Once they are on they don't crease or fade and stay on all day.

My favorite colors in this palette are UV 9, Goldmine and Asphyxia.

UV 9, 501

Asphyxia, Freakshow

Acid Rain, Mildew, Misdemeanor

Goldmine

MAC Trolls Beauty Powder - Play It Proper

I'm totally in love with the MAC Trolls collection. I have all of the Trolls lipsticks and one product from the collection I really liked was the Beauty Powder. It's called Play It Proper and is a pastel pink with sparkle. 

As the collection is limited edition, so is the packaging. It comes in a really nice pink compact with Trolls printed on the outside. A Troll is also stamped into the actual powder too and it doesn't disappear either as you use the product.

At first this looks like a blusher but it doesn't have the pigment in it to be a blusher. I have tried some beauty powders from MAC before that can be used as blushers, but this one isn't one of them. It's more of a highlighter, great for strobing.

The best way to use this is to get your brush, you can actually go mad with your brush as you can never use too much of this product. Once you dust it all over your face you get this really nice pink glow.

Once on, it doesn't fade or need reapplying later on in the day. There is another one of these in the Troll collection which is more of a gold highlighter. This was £24.00 at MAC.

Kat Von D Studded Kiss Lipstick - Poe

I've never tried Kat Von D makeup before, which is probably because over here in the UK it isn't a brand that is easy to find. When I was in New York last month I decided to try a lipstick from the brand. For the person who loves colors that stand out, there were plenty of colors for me to choose from.

Kat Von D's Studded Kiss lipsticks come in all different colors with a variety of finishes. The one I liked the most was Poe, which is a shimmery navy. This was $21 in Sephora.

This is an absolutely amazing color and perfect for people who like something not ordinary. The pigment is insane and you don't need to apply much to get the color to show up. You can definitely get away with one coat of this to the lips. It's got a nice creamy feel to it too and glides on the lips easily. 

Once on it stays on pretty much all day and doesn't really need reapplying either.

I matched this lipstick with blue eyeshadow to create one unique look. This is definitely one for those not afraid of color.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Glow Kit

Strobing is all the rage at the moment and who doesn't love glowing skin. When I was in New York I got a few products from Anastasia Beverly Hills, one of these being the Glow Kit. This is basically a highlighter palette and is available in two different shades. 

I got the lightest one out of the two. In each palette are four different powder shades allowing you to give your face a nice glow.

I got this for $40.00 in Macy's.

In this palette there are 4 colors to choose from, each giving a different glow to the face. Sunburst, Golden Bronze, Bubbly and Dipped In Gold. 

The great thing about this palette is the colors are refillable. It is really easy to remove them and as soon as you finish one color you can just refill it without having to go and buy another palette. 

Each color is very pigmented and has a nice soft texture to it. You don't have to use a lot to get the color to show and once on it gives you a nice glow all day. Out of all the colors my favorite highlighter had to be Sunburst.

MAC Trolls Lipsticks

So this month, MAC have released a limited edition collection themed on Trolls. This is for the movie of the same name that is coming out in the cinema. I think the whole idea of MAC doing a makeup collection themed on Trolls is pretty cool.

I remember Trolls back in the 90s. They would be these funny looking things with bright crazy hair that would just stand up. You could stick them on the end of pencils too.

So in this collection are 4 lipsticks. I went and bought the lot as the colors looked right up my street. Another great thing about this collection is it comes in limited edition packaging. I do like it when MAC do a collection with different packaging. With the lipsticks, the packaging is a bright orange with Trolls on the front.

So the lipsticks in this collection are - Can't Be Tamed (Sheer Lime Yellow, Frost), Sushi Kiss (Midtone Coral Creme, Satin), Dance Off Pants Off (Hot Pink, Frost) and Midnight Troll (Rich Blue, Matte). These were £17.00 each at MAC. 

Sushi Kiss, Midnight Troll, Dance Off Pants Off, Can't Be Tamed

These lipsticks are not for those afraid of color. I love a bright lipstick so these are perfect for me. The only color that didn't seem to do very well out of them all was Can't Be Tamed. I know it's meant to be a sheer color, but it just came out too sheer and ended up looking patchy. All of the other colors were definitely better and had much better pigment in them.

Even though Midnight Troll was a matte, it didn't have that dry feel to it that some mattes can have and stayed on all day without having to reapply. The pigments in Dance Off Pants Off, Sushi Kiss and Midnight Troll were fab and had a nice texture to them.

Out of them all, my favorites were Midnight Troll and Dance Off Pants Off.

Midnight Troll

Dance Off Pants Off

Sushi Kiss

Can't Be Tamed