Lipstick Queen Chinatown Glossy Pencil

I've heard lots and lots about Lipstick Queen but have always been reluctant to drop $22 for a pop of lipstick, especially when the brand is unfamiliar and I don't know anything about their products. I do know they offer these lipstick trios, 3 for the price of 2 at $48 a set, but again I'm kind of a hard sell because I think $48 for 3 lipsticks is still kind of pricey. Yeah, I'm cheap like that. Recently, I scored 5 pieces of Tarte Amazonian Butter Lipsticks for $33, so it's not impossible to get a good deal.

Which is to say I recently scored a good deal with the Chinatown Glossy Pencils in the Three to Thrill Chinatown Mini Glossy Pencil Trio set. These pencils are regularly $22 for a 0.25oz./7g full size, but this set was for 3 minis (0.11oz./3g - a little over 40% of the full size) for less than the price of 1 full size, and with an additional mini pencil as GWP! I guess I can deal with that ^.^

Look how lovely my order arrived - the items were wrapped in pretty tissue paper and in a bag! Wow! All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Paul & Joe Lipstick CS Part III

Even more Paul & Joe Lipstick CS along with a bunch of Lipstick Cases released this fall ^.^

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Apparently several of these Lipstick Cases are re-releases of previous limited editions, which is really kind of neat! Aren't they gorgeous? And I can change them around with different lipsticks when I feel like it!

From left to right, Lipstick Case CS 017, 018, 019, 020, 021, 022, and 024.

Tarte Amazonian Butter Lipstick

More Tarte goodies, in the form of the Amazonian Butter Lipstick in the Kiss and Makeup 5-piece Amazonian Butter Lipstick Collection. This was actually from the holiday 2013 so it was on sale when I bought it back in the late summer, and as a result I got an awesome price $33 for 5 fullsize lipsticks, which is about half the retail! What a great way to sample new products!

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The Kiss and Makeup 5-piece Amazonian Butter Lipstick Collection includes (from left to right) the colors Angelic Nude, Sweet Peach, Merry Berry, Pink Poinsettia, and Candy Red.

Tarte LipSurgence Part V

Even more Tarte LipSurgence lip pencils and I guess you can say I'm positively addicted ^.^ This a group review for a couple of different orders I placed in the late summer and early fall. Tarte had a sale, and I was able to nab a couple of holiday 2013 sets at great prices!

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The freebie I received was a BB cream sample card.

Canmake Candy Wrap Lip Part V

Added a few more Canmake Candy Wrap Lips to my collection as well, in the colors (left to right) 14 Spicy Candy, 15 Cinnamon Rose Tea, and 16 Ruby Liqueur.

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Canmake Cream Cheek Part V + Clear Series

I've been kind of dragging my feet a little with Canmake, because their last few releases were sorely disappointing. However, this fall saw to an interesting darker ruby theme among a few lip and cheek products, so I thought I'd might as well save the couple of Cream Cheek and Cream Cheek Clear Series I had on hand to do a longer group review.

The 13 Love Peach might have been the very last of the Cream Cheeks, save for the Clear Series. Since this color came out in fall 2012 (I think...), there has been no new colors in the regular line. And might as well, because I think they were running out of color options -.-" (see comparison swatches below)! Anyway, I won't be reviewing the formulas and will go straight to the colors themselves. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

- 13 Love Peach: a pigmented and opaque milky peach. Despite the pigmentation, the color itself is so light after blending I just get a fresh flush. This is nice for daytime as I don't want anything too obvious, but the color pretty much disappears at night, which is the reason I do reach for equally pigmented but darker colors. So unfortunately, this color will probably be mere highlighters for some people, so I'd say it's safe to skip.

Patricia Wexler MD MMPi Skin Regenerating Serum

So I read a while back that this Patricia Wexler MD MMPi Skin Regenerating Serum is really great. That said, it's also really expensive, $150 for a 100mL jar, which is huge, yes, but still $150. Good thing Bath & Body Works often have this item on sale for less than half price at $65, and sometimes with additional discounts on top of that. I got my jar with an extra 20% off during a summer promotion, when I finally ran out of Astalift Jelly Aquarysta back in October, I started using this.

L'Occitane Fabulous Serum

Having done with the L'Occitane Divine Extract, I am now using the 7mL.0.2fl. oz. bottle of Fabulous Serum from this Shea Delight Collection, which I received as a GWP in a recent purchase. Also from this collection is a 15mL jar of Shea Butter Ultra Rich Face Cream, which I don't even know if I'll ever get to because I still not finished with the jar from 2011 :X As the name says, it's really very rich and I only need a tiny little bit each time.

Paul & Joe Eye Gloss & Lip Gloss Duo

These Paul & Joe Eye Gloss & Lip Gloss Duo were also a part of my summer purchase. I've read good things about Paul & Joe Eye Glosses and am totally curious but been stayed away. I have very oily lids that are difficult when it comes to liquid eye colors, so I didn't want to spend $34 for a pair of lip gloss and liquid sheer lid wash that will crease within half an hour. But then of course ASOS ran an excellent promotion during the summer and I bought these for $15 each minus an extra 20%, so $12 a piece! Hell, sure, I'll try them now :P

These came out summer of 2013 and there were 5 colors available. I only bought 4 colors, 002 Nice, 003 Monaco, 004 Maui, and 005 Bahamas. The color I didn't get was 001 Santa Monica because it's a pair of beige pink eye gloss and mauvey rose lip gloss, and I wasn't sure whether the beige pink will turn red on my lids (yes, I have that problem too...).

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Eyeko Visual Eyes Liquid Eyeliner

These Eyeko Visual Eyes Liquid Eyeliner were part of my September Eyeko purchase. Since I love the Skinny Liquid Eyeliners, I thought I'd give these Visual Eyes ones a try too. There were two available colors, Ebony and Mocha, and I bought both.

Left to right: Skinny Liquid Eyeliners Black and Brown, Visual Eyes Liquid Eyeliners Ebony and Mocha, Brow Liner (one color), and Liquid Metal Eyeliner Black Onyx. Will review the others soon. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.