#liptalktuesdays

Majolica Majorca Honey Pump Gloss Neo in RS456, PhP 295.00

#liptalktuesdays

If there's anything I love, it's lipstick and lipgloss. I think they also contribute in making or breaking the entire look you are trying to achieve. They also bring the face to life! I just got back from a week-long Baguio trip after New Year and when we got back, I had this waiting for me.

So imagine my surprise when I opened the paper bag and found out that Maybelline finally came out with their very own pigmented lipgloss! The past glosses they have were child's play compared to this one. Allow me to say THANK YOU to Maybelline!

Maybelline Lip Polish by Color Sensational, PhP 349/each

 These beautiful lip polishes are now available in Maybelline counters and it's actually perfect for summer when you wear the least amount of makeup.

I love lip gloss. I can literally shop for gloss the whole day til I drop. The question is, if I want to. I already feel so guilty about owning too much gloss, and still here I am totally smitten by Lancome's Gloss in Love collection.

#contests #giveaways

If you are anything like me, I love lip gloss (and lipsticks, and eyeshadows, and... Ok, I love all makeup). But one thing I can't live without is lipgloss. I specially love the "I just ate something really oily" kind of gloss.

Lancome has been one of my favorite brands that carry really nice lip gloss. Remember Juicy Tubes? Oh gosh, they are the best!

Last Spring, Lancome came out with another collection: Lancome In Love. I love how dainty the colors are from the collection!

No woman can own or wear too much lip gloss.

I love lip gloss as much as I do lipsticks. I think dull dry lips are boring and by wearing gloss on your lips gives your smackers a sexy shine making them look poutier than they actually are.

When choosing lip gloss, I love glosses that give that “I just ate lechon” look. Something I have grown to love when I was still with Lancôme Paris. I have always been obsessed with their Juicy Tubes that made the lips look really varnished. So sexy!

My Shu Uemura lip gloss ran out this morning so I was on a quest to find a more affordable lip gloss that gave the same effect, more or less.

Among all the department store brands in Landmark, Shawill Make-Up had the widest variety of lip glosses so I was most likely to find the best one from this brand. Among their 3 types of glosses, I found the one that had the best shine, wasn’t sticky, and the cutest packaging. Shawill Vivid Charm Color Feeling Lipgloss (P188/each).

I wanted a clear gloss that would go on top of any lipstick color. Their Vivid Charm No.4 looks bright pink from the bottle but actually applies clear. It’s shine and glitter is more subtle than No. 09 whose glitters are more obvious giving more sparkle! This one is my favorite.

The gloss glides on smoothly and it’s not sticky! On first application though, it has a strong perfumed fruity smell but disappears about 2 minutes later.

I wore the gloss while I did the groceries and the gloss lasted a long time long after I got home too! My lips felt moisturized the whole time I wore it and my lips looked juicy and pouty.

This one actually beats Revlon’s newest gloss when it comes to shine. If you don’t like glitter then this may not be the one for you. But I love glitter and glam so this gloss takes the cake! Vivid Charm looks good during the day, and looks even better at night!

#letsnailitsaturday

Feeling a bit sultry?

I just love shades of lush berries, specially deep plums. Thanks to one of my best friends, Carla, gave me this OPI Señorita nail polish set which is just wonderful! I love that all the colors in the box are useable! Some sets include colors that you can’t use. Thanks Carla!

I French manicured my nails but instead of the traditional white tip, I used black nail polish from local brand Bobbie since the one from the box is a deep blue-gray one. And for my base, I used the luscious berry from the set called “No Spain No Gain”. I give myself a manicure because if I went to the salon as often as I changed nail polish, it would cost a fortune! All you need are the right tools!

I paired my new nail color with a lipgloss that was more or less in the same family of colors. It’s Shawill’s Water Smooth Lipgloss #10 (P118). It has a pearl finish that gives the color a pop! It’s a moisturizing lipgloss too so you don’t have to reapply every hour.

Keep your eyes bare if you would like to wear a bold and shiny lipgloss like this one as to keep your whole look balanced. Make sure that when you choose a blush, they have the same undertone. Blue for blue, red for red, orange for orange. So if you will be using a lip color like this one, you can’t be wearing an apricot or peach blush, and vise versa.

This was the first time my client Love tried airbrush and she loved it! She loves how light it feels on the skin, and I guaranteed her that it will last her the whole night. She is attending her friends' wedding today and my only available time was at 2pm. When Tony and I were finished with her hair and makeup, she had about 2 and a half hours to kill before the wedding. I assured her that this will give enough time for the makeup to set even more and make it even more natural looking.

I love Love's lips. She had perfect cupid's bow shaped top lips and playing them up with lip gloss was the way to go!

This is what Tony did for her hair. Love provided the hairband:

MAKE SUN PROTECTION A PART OF YOUR BEAUTY REGIME BEFORE STEPPING OUT OF THE HOUSE.

I have always been a fan of sunblock. That is why I make it a point to always, always, always, apply spf on my models regardless of whether we're shooting indoors or outdoors. I also loved how lip sunblocks felt on my lips so I always applied them on clients as well. I found that these products make a perfect base for a smooth canvas!

While reading the August '08 issue of FitnessRX, I read this article under Beauty & SpaRX:

Shiny Lips Inclrease Cancer Risk?

This is bad news for those of us who live and swear by shiny, glossy lip balms. These shiny lip balms and glosses may attract ultraviolet rays and increase the risk of skin cancer, warns a dermatologist at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Christine Brown noted that protecting your lips from harmful sun rays is as important as using sunscreen to protect your skin. A recent study found that less than 25 percent of Americans use some form of lip protection. Lips are more susceptible than skin to aging from chronic sun damage and also more prone to developing serious cancers. These shine-inducing treatments only attract the sun's rays to lips. Women should only wear glossy lipsticks in the sun when they have a layer of sun protection underneath. Wear a lip sun block with an SPF of at least 30 if you plan to spend the day outdoors. (Yahoo News, April 26, 2008)

Don't worry about spf lip products about feeling thick and heavy. Cosmetic brands have already come up with lip treatments that have SPF. Lancôme has come up with a product that has SPF10. Since glosses wear off after a while, retouch with this base as often as you would with lip gloss, and you should be fine!

LE ROUGE ABSOLU BASE - Revitalizing Lip Treatment SPF 10 Sunscreen
An intensely and continuously moisturizing lip treatment with SPF 10 sunscreen in lipstick form that can be used anytime to combat the signs of aging. Colorless and finely pearly, use this soft and comfortable balm day or night, alone or under your favorite Le Rouge Absolu LipColour, to revitalize, protect and wrap your lips with satiny shine.

PHOTO CREDITS
Photographed by Wesley Villarica
Styled by Alyanna Martinez
Makeup by Sabs Hernandez for Lancôme Paris
Hair by Raymond Santiago
(Shot for Preview's Girls of Summer '08, Dipolog City)

Worked on another Candy Beauty Ed with Jennie. We shot this in Kai Huang's house where his studio is too. It took us just a few hours to shoot. Kai used natural light for this, so I had to use makeup that could be seen on the camera. Otherwise, she would have looked washed out.

The main look was the lovely glossy lips, which I love to call "the pinched lips" look.