A swatch. Two lippencils!

Make Up Store still had their sale going on, so I picked up two more lippencils in Mystique and Something Blue. Whilst I had zero lippencils a couple of months ago, I now have seven lol (including one I havent done a review on yet.) I tried to pick different shades that I would actually use (no bright reds) and that would go with what I allready have.

On the box they come in, this is written “Make Up Store lip pencils provides a perfect result without being sticky. We have made a high pigmented formula for easy applied and long lasting lip pencils. Before sharpening the pencil – put the pencil in the refrigirator for sharpest result possible”.

From left to right: Mystique and Something Blue.

These are matte lip pencils and highly pigmented! If you let them sit on the lips a little bit after applying they will last all day long! As before, I find the matte pencils to be the softest, while the shimmery ones can drag a bit on the lips.

Good stuff!

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hi Guyz this is my own tips i hope will helpful for you to im using this every day because i have very thing lips i love to make them bigger you just need for this..

 Step1     Light concealer

              A nude lip pencil

             A Lip brush

              Clear Lip Gloss and Sparkle Lip Gloss

Step2  put Light concealer around the outside off your lips line blend with your finger the concealer will reflect the light shading so your lips look bigger..

Step3      LIP LINER..

use a nude lip pencil line your lips as you have put concealer all ready now you have to same line draw on your lips again..

Step4     usa a brush to apply clear lip gloss over yor lips if you use colored lip gloss or lipstick..

step5    finally dab a little sparkle lip gloss in the centre off the lips this makes the light to give the  shine and makes yor fuller lips..

i Hope you gonna like my this tip is well if you like or you wanna know any think ask about it please kindly drop comments for me thanks…!

Jan, 31, 2012

By: Tasha, The Bay Area Style Guru

One of the best makeup trends for 2012 is the return of a bold lip- and it’s the most fun!

Lipstick colors like fuchsia, tangerine, bright pink and even orange will be some of the hottest looks for spring and summer.

Changing your lipstick is an easy, low commitment way to update your style.

Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of this exciting trend:

1. Prep Your Lips: You want to make sure that your lips are in prime condition before calling full attention to them.

Tip: Gently exfoliate lips with a moist wash cloth to remove any dry skin. Then, apply a light coat of lip balm to insure that lips are at their softest.

2. Minimal Makeup: To keep your look contemporary, when working with a bright lip, keep other makeup soft and subtle.

Tip: Try a soft eye and just a hint of natural looking blush. The emphasis should be an over all natural look with lips played up to make a bold statement.

3. To Use Lip Pencil or To Not Use Lip Pencil: This has been an age old debate. Lip pencil does help lipstick last longer and eliminate “color bleeding,” but for a sheer coat of color, it’s best to skip liner all together.

Tip: If you do choose to wear lip liner, NEVER, EVER outline lips with a dark pencil and then apply a light colored  lipstick- it is instant age.

4. Find The Perfect Shade: Every woman, even a redhead, can find the perfect shade of natural lipstick. Here’s a nifty trick to find the pink that mother nature intended for you:

Tip: Look into a mirror and smile, the shade of your gums or just a hint darker will be the most flattering pink for your skin tone! Pretty cool, huh? To attain a bold lip, go a bit darker than your skin tone.

5. Low Key Hair: To keep focus on your pretty pout, keep your hair soft and natural.

Tip: Opt for a tousled, wavy look.

Lipstick is a fun way to instantly update your look. It’s time for you to get noticed for your beautiful locks and your pretty pout!

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Tasha is a proud redhead, fashion stylist and personal shopper working in the greater San Francisco area where she is known as The Bay Area Style Guru. Follow her daily style tips on Twitter @stylegurugirl

I want to tell you all the things I love about these pencils. I was going to write a poem, but I was having trouble rhyming the word pencil.

OK, so they're technically called Milani Lip Flash Full Coverage Shimmer Gloss Pencils. Whatev. They're brilliant! What I love about these pencils is that they're full coverage like a lipstick, feel light like a gloss, and they apply (obviously) as a pencil so they're easy to use and very portable. No leaking lip gloss or goopy applicators or caps coming off in your pocket. Has that ever happened to you? No? Oh. Me either.

I have a few more to share today, so I went ahead and did them all together. Oh my gosh this post was a long time coming! I originally did the ones I had, then bought a few more and redid the post, then found the last one that was missing (Number 03!) and had to do the main pics AGAIN. Sheesh! I swatched them on my lips, which was kinda fun (but crazy time consuming). I hope this shows how much I love you guys! Please excuse the various tip lengths and usage, but since I slowly pieced together the entire collection and I've been using them a lot lately!

I kinda thought three of them looked pretty darn similar, so here is a hand swatch of them close together.

Close Up of 04 Photo Flash, 06 Flashy, 07 In A Flash

Milani Lip Flash 01 Lip Flash

Milani Lip Flash 02 News Flash

Milani Lip Flash in News Flash is a beautiful, dark, vampy plum. Applies very stark but has a beautiful gloss that keeps it multidimensional. This one started bleeding almost immediately and wears off unevenly. I redid this one like 5 times, but I could never get a nice even line. I think you'd def need a lip liner with this one. Great color though, sexy!

Milani Lip Flash in 03 Flash Light

Milani Lip Flash in Flash Light is a bright coral creme. Beautiful color, looks very orange, but it applies more peach/coral so it's very flattering. This one was super sheer and I kept having to go over my lips with the stick.

Milani Lip Flash 04 Photo Flash

Milani Lip Flash in Photo Flash is a bright pink with micro hot pink glitter. My camera freaked out with photographing this one, so you know it's bright! Def an attention seeking lip color, but so beautiful and very flattering. Leans purple slightly. I love how this makes my lips look smooth and full. Going on it glided without effort. LOVE. (p.s. I love this picture of my lips. Rawr.)

Milani Lip Flash in 05 Hot Flash

Milani Lip Flash in Hot Flash is a bright, true red. Covers well, went on nicely, very flattering. Blue leaning red, very cool toned. This one was the other bleeder. I think a little lipliner and concealer around the edges, and you'd have red lips all night.

Milani Lip Flash in 06 Flashy

Milani Lip Flash in Flashy is a sheer, light purple. Glittery even though my pictures didn't pick it up. The colors seem to go from creme to glitter as the numbers increase. Anyway, this one is pretty bright and attention seeking. When I wore this, I got lots of compliments.

Milani Lip Flash in 07 In A Flash

Milani Lip Flash in In A Flash is a glittery sheer medium purple with fine magenta glitter that builds nicely to an opaque color. Slightly rough, not quite gritty, but not as smooth as the the lower numbers. This one is definitely more purple, so maybe not work friendly, but totally pretty and fun to rock!

Milani Lip Flash 08 Star Flash

Milani Lip Flash in Star Flash is a light pink with fine purple glitter. Definitely the lightest of the set, I'm not sure who could wear this color. It was the most unflattering in terms of color and texture. It seemed to sink into the lines of my lips and exaggerate them. Not a fan of this one, but maybe over a lipcolor or lipstain? It reminds of of the 60s.

I really like these, and am glad I grabbed them! My only concern now is when I need to sharpen them, I think I may need to buy one, because I don't have anything that sharpens this size pencil, and I have no lip pencil sharpeners...

I bought mine at Walgreen's for $6.99 each (I think, that's what Google says they sell for there) but I'm sure you can find them cheaper or on sale (At CVS Milani is having a Buy One, Get One 50% off right now)

Do you wish to be a daytime diva? Isn’t it time for a look that is fantastic for your entire daytime activities? Well, stick to these measures for cosmetics application and achieve a sensational, however natural day look. This is ideal for everyday wear and will also be appropriate from the boardroom to a stroll in the park.

Use Tinted Moisturizer. For effortless daytime wear, use a tinted moisturizer as opposed to a cr? myself, powder, or maybe liquid groundwork. This is good for summer and can give see your face a fresh dewy appear. To offer see your face an extra punch regarding color, make use of a cr? myself blush and acquire an “inner glow” seem. A great tinted moisturizer in it is LORAC’s ProtecTINT SPF half an hour Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizer, and our pick for a cr? me blush is usually NARS Cr? me personally blush.

Add a Luscious Boat. Many may think that wearing eyeliner may negatively impact the “natural look” that you are choosing, nonetheless it will only enhance the effect if you use this trick. Apply liner to your upper eyelashes underneath rather than at the top. Cake liners are a safe bet if you’re not used to makeup application. To use, take an eyeliner brush and add the particular cake boat. Next, gently push the colour up and beneath the roots of one’s top lashes. You have instantly created invisible definition along with your eyes will appear more start.

If you’re the more advanced makeup person, a liquefied liner operates great as well. An excellent, eco-friendly liner is NVEY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY Organic Dessert Eyeliner. Any liquid liner that i recommend is usually Givenchy Parad’Eyes Fluid Eye Lining.
Eye-Brightening extension lash. Variations of extension lash can be used being an eye brightener. For women with light-eyes, layering brownish extension lash more than blue will offer an eye fixed brightening and much more alert effect in a very subtle manner. For dark-eyed females, layer brown extension lash above green to achieve the same impact. If you want volume that’s buildable, Shu Uemura Precise Volume extension lash Waterproof is really a customer favorite that is effective with this technique.

Finish with a Natural-Colored Lip. A polishing off touch to a natural face reaches the center of the facial skin, the particular lips! Utilizing a lip pencil around rather than lipstick will appear sheer, normal, and be resilient. You will want to make use of a natural hued lip pencil throughout the lips, apply it in a light, feathering stroke to create it blend and almost disappear in to the lips. To seal in the pencil, add gloss without shimmer and you will have a flawless appear. Kevin Aucoin The actual Flesh Tone Lip Pencil and LORAC High gloss Stick really are a dynamic duo that i always use.

Use these four tips to achieve the best natural appear possible. Take note, just like any cosmetics technique, practice makes perfect. So following the first number of times of trying, it is possible to effortlessly accomplish that look and present the handle models upon magazines any run for their money! As always, good luck and I understand you will end up a sensational daytime diva in no time.

After last season’s toughness and androgyny, SS2012 heralds the revival of an altogether more feminine and sensual approach to makeup— Skin that radiates a sportive, ultra-luminous freshness and health tunes into the season’s chic, athletic vibe ATH-ELITE

Languorous colour washes pick up on the soft side of the season, as tints that run from delicate peach through to blurred espresso form the most relevant way to wear subtle colour and definition NOUV-EAU

Beautifully buffed, burnished metallics accenting lips, cheeks and eyes make for the most modern way to reference the idea of a summer tan ORE-INSPIRED

Dynamic, urban, neoprene shades get a contemporary rethink, as pure-pigment eyes and lips go effortlessly edgy thanks to a new ease and lack of aggression to their application NEO-N

Which trend/s are you loving or leaving? Hit “read me” to find out what products you need to invest on to recreate your look of choice. :)

Key Products

ATH-ELITE (full feature and demo)

• Prep + Prime Skin Compact
• Chromographic Pencil in NC15 – NW25
• Shine Mixing Medium
• Mineralize Charged Gel Emulsion
• Care Blends Essential Oils
• Studio Sculpt SPF15 Foundation
• Mineralize Skinfinish/Natural
• Fusion Gold Metal-X Cream Eye Shadow
• Palladium Metal-X Cream Eye Shadow
• Boldly Bare Lip Pencil
• Fling Eye Brows
• Mink Eye Brows
• Beguile Brow Set
• Clear Brow Set
• Mid-tone Sepia Cream Colour Base
• M·A·C PRO Bone Beige Sculpting Powder
• Luna Cream Colour Base
• Pearl Cream Colour Base
• M·A·C PRO Gloss Texture Story
• Boot Black Liquid Liner
• Blacktrack Fluid Line
• Smolder Eye Kohl
• Fix+ Spray
• Lip Conditioner SPF 15
• Clear Lipglass
• Dim Lip Erase
• Hush, Hush Tendertone Lip Balm SPF 12

NOUV-EAU (full feature and demo)

• Kid Eye Shadow
• Moleskin Eye Shadow
• Copper Plate Eye Shadow
• Smolder Eye Kohl
• Air Force Blue Cream Colour Base
• Scene Eye Shadow
• Immortal Flower Powder Blush
• Lovecloud Powder Blush
• Fleur Power Powder Blush
• Silver Dusk Iridescent Powder/Loose
• Shell Cream Colour Base
• Constructivist Paint Pot
• Bamboo Cream Colour Base
• Scarlet Ibis Lipstick
• Burgundy Lip Pencil
• Mouth Off Lip Pencil
• Lady Danger Lipstick
• Flamingo Lipstick
• Hot N’Saucy Tendertone Lip Balm

ORE-INSPIRED (full feature and demo)

• Venetian Tarnish Metal-X Cream Shadow
• Rusty Metal-X Cream Shadow
• Fusion Gold Metal-X Cream Shadow
• Reflects Gold
• Constructivist Paint Pot
• Teddy Eye Kohl
• Modern Mandarin Blush
• Groundwork Paint Pot
• M·A·C PRO Bronze Cream Colour Base
• Vintage Coin Metal-X Cream Shadow
• Coconutty Lipstick
• Cup of Joe Cream Eye Shadow
• Coppering Eye Shadow
• M·A·C PRO Dusk Cream Colour Base
• Cream Colour Base in Improper Copper
• M·A·C PRO Caramel and
• Terracotta Studio Finish Skin Corrector
• Coquette Eye Shadow
• Freckletone Lipstick
• Fresh Brew Lipstick

NEO-N (full feature and demo)

• M·A·C PRO Red Lipmix
• M·A·C PRO Orange Lipmix
• M·A·C PRO Process Magenta Chromagraphic Pencil
• M·A·C PRO Acid Orange Pigment
• M·A·C PRO Electric Coral Pigment
• M·A·C PRO Chartreuse Pigment
• M·A·C PRO Process Magenta Paint Stick
• M·A·C PRO Genuine Orange Paint Stick
• Marine Ultra Chromagraphic Pencil
• Rich Purple Chromagraphic Pencil
• Florida Cremeblend Blush
• Optimistic Orange Cremeblend Blush
• Pink Pigeon Lipstick
• Flamingo Lipstick

I bought three of the Milani Lip Flash Pencils because i've been reading a lot about them.  I really adore these Lip Flash pencils and found them very easy to apply.  I decided to watch a few YT videos to see how other ladies were wearing them and to my surprise, there's actually a few guidelines to follow:

1)  Using a lip pencil almost the exact color of your lip flash,

2) Fill in your entire lips with the lip pencil,

3) Using an eye pencil in a darker color, outline your entire lips ( I chose Milani's retractable eye pencils)

4) Lastly, fill in your entire lips with the lip flash  that matched your lip pencil

I used Photo Flash and In a Flash to create thest two looks, I hope you like them!

Nyx Soft Matte Lip Creams: "Amsterdam" and "Tokyo"

Maybelline Color Tattoo in "Too Cool"

Nyx Slim Lip Pencils: "Hot Red" and "Sand Pink"

Maybelline Color Tattoo "Too Cool"

You guys, I need a makeup intervention. I can't stop buying the Maybelline Color Tattoo eyeshadows!

L to R

Color Tattoo in "Too Cool," Slim Lip Pencils in "Sand Pink" and "Hot Red"

Soft Matte Lip Creams in "Tokyo" and "Amsterdam"

Soft Matte Lip Cream in "Tokyo"

Soft Matte Lip Cream in "Amsterdam"

Overall, I'm pretty happy with my Ulta purchase. What is your favorite thing to buy from Ulta?