Dark Pink Ombre Lips - LOPD (Mini Tutorial)

Hello Lovelies,

I don't know about you, but when I'm feeling sick and nice lip combo tends to cheer me up and make me feel less ill. Unfortunately I think I may have a head cold coming up but, you never know my fates might change. *fingers crossed*

Recently I've been seeing so many ombre lips on Instagram and thought I'd try my hand at it, and even though I don't own any light or sheer pink lipsticks, my take on the ombre lip is focused around dark pinks.

So how'd I create this little treat?

First off I used Maybelline's Baby Lips Lip Balm so that my lips wouldn't dry out from all the extra products. I lined my lips with Essence's lip liner in Red Blush which is a sort of burgundy shade. The main lipstick for this creation is the Inglot Lipstick in 194. For the corners I added a little bit of red for dimension, the red I used was Urban Decay Super-Saturated Lip Color in F-Bomb.

I think this lip would be perfect with a subtle smokey eye and paired with whatever you might have planned for the upcoming Valentine's Day.

What do you think of ombre lips?

xoxo 

Weekly Lustables

Hello Lovelies,

Boy, has this been a busy week, with Christmas and sales shopping and the movies and don't forget the family and friends. On Monday I went and visited my little cousins, my uncle and my grandma and wished them a Merry Christmas. Then on Christmas Eve my family and I went out to dinner at Il Centro on Eagle Street Pier, looking over the River and the Storey Bridge. The whole reason we had to abandon our usual Christmas Eve dinner was due to our oven slightly blowing up earlier this year. Dinner was lovely though and we all had a wonderful night. We continued to do Christmas a day early and opened our presents that night, my big present was my keyboard and my new desk, which was a combination 18th Birthday present as well. I also got some gift cards and soap and my mum got an Elizabeth Arden makeup kit and decided that she didn't need everything and since she knew how much I love makeup I received a few extra presents. I then spent Christmas Day with Alex and his extended family. Boxing Day was filled with sale shopping and a viewing of The Hobbit 2 which was amazing. I also went for a second round of sales shopping bound with a seeing of Frozen, which is a new favourite. I can't decide whether I like it better than Tangled, what do you think?

Now onto my favourites (even though this whole week has been a favourite):

1. Coastal Scents Metal Mania - I bought this ages ago and I hardly used it, until Christmas Eve and I created this really nice smokey eye, which I hope to do a tutorial on soon. 
2. Simple Song - The Shins - This has been one of my favourite songs this week along with The Draw - Bastille
3. Christmas Eve Dinner - I didn't get any photos of the actual dinner because I was to busy eating it, but I got duck with panna cotta, roasted potatoes and for dessert, chocolate mousse and gelato. I also had a Singapore Sling which is one of my favourite cocktails.
4. My Favourite Christmas Present - As I said before, my mum got a handful of Elizabeth Arden products and she was lovely enough the lipsticks among the three of us. I got the one called Tulip and I'm absolutely in love with it. It's my first really high end lipstick, other than MAC. 

What have you been loving this week? I'd love to hear your thoughts:)

xoxo 

FOTD - #Blogmas

So What's On My Face?

Garnier BB Cream Oil Free in Light

Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch in 02 Nude

Rimmel Silk Loose Translucent Powder

Benefit 10 Bronzer

TheBalm Mary Lou-Manizer  

TheBalm Hot Mama Blush

L'Oreal Open Eyes Pro Palette in Pink Maniac

Urban Decay Naked Palette 

Essence Eye Liner in White

MAC Tech Kohl Eyeliner in Carbon Black

Chi Chi 3D Magic Lash Mascara

Maybelline Baby Lips in Berry

Essence Lip Liner in Cute Pink

Maybelline Lipstick in 045 Pink me Up

Australis Colour Inject Mineral Lipgloss in Disco

 

Review/Swatches: Essence Lip Liners

Personally I am very new to using lip liners and just wanted to add a few to my makeup collection. So I picked up three from Essence and they were roughly $1.50 from Priceline (Australia's Drugstore) and I've been trying them out for the last month and have been have been quite impressed with both with the longevity of the product and the pigmentation.



The three that I picked up were 07 Cute Pink, 08 Red Blush and 10 Female Fatale and below i have swatched them on the back of my wrist, with no primer of any sort and in the order that I mentioned them.



For a better example of the pigmentation I have also swatched them on my lips. Once again no primer or lip balm of any sort, also I am not wearing any face makeup.

(07 Cute Pink)

(08 Red Blush)

(10 Female Fatale)

In my opinion the consistency is quite creamy for it's price and does last quite long but after wearing the liners for a while now I can find them a tad drying so i always apply a lip balm before application and that helps a lot and plus my lips become moisturized.

I haven't tried many of Essence's products but for the extremely cheap price and moderate selection, I am looking forward to trying more from their collection.