Sephora "Escape To Rio" rouge cream lipstick in Flamingo

 Sephora Spring/Summer 2014 "Escape to Rio"collection. This Collection consists of 4 very bright cream lipstick shades a powder bronzer ( which is sold out) and two gift sets, one containing some very bright nail polishes and another containing 2 liners, 2 polishes a bronzer and a self tanner. The only thing I purchased from this collection is one of the lipsticks because they are so bright I was not sure if I would wear it enough to purchase the other 3 BUT I did swatch all of the  lipstick colors. :)  The two gift sets are pretty and I am thinking about purchasing the one with the self tanner to see how well it works.  Anyway...On to the swatches...:)

         Escape to Rio collection creme lipstick in Flamingo:

 

                                       All 4 Shades of the collection together:

Hot Bikini~ Bright fuchsia  cream shade
Flamingo~ Bright pinky/coral cream shade
Samba~ Bright orange cream shade
Cougar ~ Bright pink cream shade

                                                      Me wearing Flamingo:

  

Price: $12.50 USD

Application:

The formula of this lipstick is creamy yet thick. The best way I have found to apply this lipstick is using a dabbing motion rather than a normal sweeping motion as the sweeping motion does not place the product onto the lips well and causes it to concentrate in certain sections of your lips while other sections look very sheer. 

How long does it stay:

Wearing this lipstick alone lasted about 2-3 hours before I needed to reapply.

My Thoughts:

This lipstick is very creamy and highly pigmented! The color is a mix between a bright pink and a bright coral which is perfect for the summer months. The two photos above show how the color may look either bright pink or bright coral depending on the lighting you are in. It also has a slight tropical vanilla smell that I find very nice. The application is a little tricky at first and if you use a lip liner underneath it goes on a lot better. The formula did not dry out my lips and as the lipstick wore off it left a slight stain behind. All in all I am loving this lipstick and I know I will get some use out of it this summer!

                                             Gift sets in the Sephora "Escape to Rio" collection

 

$18 USD

$39.50 USD

                                  These products are available at your local Sephora or Sephora.com

Beauty Mail!

Decided to check out Sephora.com to see what they had and noticed Nars had a couple duo eye shadows on sale for 10 bucks so, I picked one of them up...plus a few other things.

This duo is called BYSANCE...No idea what the name means but the shadows are very pretty. They are both shimmery  and very pigmented. I love gold and purple together so I was excited to see this. :) 

Swatches are done without a base and they came up pretty good.  They last a long time. I used  my clinique makeup remover and had to do it twice because the purple one wanted to stay on my hand.

Laura does London collection, By bare essentials

(Left to Right)

 London- a baby pink lipstick that (on my lips) appears slightly matte.
 Laura-  a bright fuchsia gloss that is highly pigmented!
Both of these lip products claim to plump, so they do have that tingly feel, although, it seems to last a lot longer than other plumper's Ive used in the past.  I have never noticed any plumping action with any lip plumper,and this one was no exception. 

Tokidoki gloss in the color Burger (see the little hamburger in the cap...cute huh?!)
This is a new brand to me. I have seen some of their eye shadows in the sephora store,  but have never bought any.  This gloss was on sale so I decided to try it out.

It is a very sheer orange gloss that if worn alone only leaves a hint of color.  It feels creamy on the lips and isn't sticky on me.

The applicator is odd...its a plastic tip...no brush, no sponge, just a rounded bendable plastic. Weird!

Cliniques almost lipstick in Black Honey. This is  a popular lip product that I have had in gloss form in the past but not lipstick form.

The swatch looks like blood on my hand but in real life its a shear berry color

oh I got a nail polish too...thought it was a pretty fall color