Is Flamingo Pose a Coral or Pink?

What would you call it?

Milani's Color Statement lipstick in Flamingo Pose is a beautiful, satin coral pink color that is bright but modest when worn. The question arose a few days ago after trying on...It's so not all that important but this question is urking me when I wear it :)

I took the time to compare FP with a few Corally lipsticks and then swatched next to a majority of Pink lipsticks. While the coral tone seems to stick out a bit compared to other corals in my stash I still feel that in this shot FP may just be a pink....But the shot with pinks say otherwise...

FP does pose similarities to Rimmel's Colour Rush Intense Colour balm - On Fire

In Below pic - See how FP is just brighter in comparison? The shot is pretty much true than what was seen in real life. During swatching FP continually kept looking just too corally to be sat next to pink tones, Which brings me to the question again (I'm going to drive myself crazy, haha)

FP also poses similarities to Wet n Wild Don't Blink Pink (even though in this shot it says otherwise.) In person the two are similar.

I'm calling it a Coral. I think I'll stick with that :)

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Christmas Red Lips with Milani Lip Flash

Red lips for a night out, going out to eat, Christmas party, or going shopping!

I recently went on a little shopping trip to my nearest CVS, just to check out the.....yes you guessed, MAKEUP, LOL.....I found these new little Milani Lip Flash lip pencils and dared to try one out, it's good that if I happen to hate it, I can always return it since CVS has a great 'love it or return it' policy. These Lip Flashes are new lipstick pencils made by Milani, made to be a lipstick consistency but in pencil form. They currently have other colors such as Photo Flash, Star Flash and Flashy. I bought my Lip Flash in the color Hot Flash, a true red, with just a touch of shimmering pink sheen.

What the Milani website says about Lip Flash:

"The electric lip look is defined with highly pigmented flashy shimmer colors. Create news worthy lips with extra glossy, high color coverage and moisture rich ingredients. A sharpenable, easy to use, anti-feathering and nontacky lip gloss pencil."

The pencil contains 2.8 grams and retails for $7.99...it comes wrapped up in safety plastic (so nobody can swatch it! eww) and it has a clear cover cap. The pencil is a little 'chubby' but not too skinny. It is very easy to handle.

While the website claims the lip color to be 'extra glossy' I feel that is somewhat over-exaggerated. It's true that the lip color has rich pigmentation and is nicely moisturizing, the glossiness is not 100% instead a nice little smidget of shine. In any case, I feel the shine in Hot Flash is due to the cool little pigment or pearl sheen that is in the color....I've taken a closeup in the pic below that somewhat exhibits the gorgeousness of the sheen!

What I really love about the Lip Flash is the moisturizing quality! The lipstick itself is soft, smooth, glides on very smoothly, and keeps your lips moisturized and supple. Another key note: The high color coverage...I can't believe the amount of color of the pigmentation, which at first application is a great saturation of color on the lips, you only need one coat...After my first application the pencil hadn't looked at all used, which is very good-I don't have to keep re-sharpening it! So does it last on the lips? and if so for how long? In my case the Lip Flash lasted for a few hours, about 4, it is not entirely transfer proof but I can say if you drink beverages during the day, etc, you may lose some of the color. It transferred alot when I kissed my hand and I drink alot of water, seemed to transfer there as well but after about 4 hours the color still looked intact.

  

Sexy Rust Makeup

Hello again!

I began the day wanting to use my new Profusion palette which I found for a bargain, $2.99 at my local neighborhood clothing store...It was very hard to decide which of the 25 colors to use but decided on a rusty looking color and a very pretty mustard shade with shimmer. I have yet to 'show and tell' the Profusion palette or my new stuffies but I will be showing this palette to you in the next few days on my next haul post...it is amazing....
I decided to call this look the Sexy Rust color because it was paired with a very light lippie, making this look sort of kinky, LOL!

I hope you enjoy it and let me know if you have questions:

This look is very easy to do, if you can't locate a Profusion palette just use colors that are similar:
Rust color is similar to MAC's Coppering
Mustard color is similar to Urban Decay e/s Honey

On the face: Moisturizer, Milani Minerals powder in Honey Beige, Prescriptives Camo concealer

For the Cheeks: MAC cream blush in Posey, MAC MSF So Ceylon

On the Eyes (minus the stray eyebrows, haha!): Rust color all over the lid and Mustard color on the outer edges of rust color to smooth out harsh lines. MAC Vanilla e/s as highlight. I also used the rust color on the bottom lashline just on the outer half and exaggerated it a bit down. I used a frosty off-white e/s color from the palette on the inner corners. A thin line using Maybelline line stiletto eyeliner on top lashline, Loreal Bare Naturale mascara on top and bottom lashes. I used Urban Decay 24/7 eye pencil in 1999 lightly on bottom lashline and then used Revlon Colorstay eyeliner in black on bottom waterline.

For the lips: Joan Rivers Beauty lip liner, NYX round lipstick in Orange Soda

Must Have: Milani 3D Holographic Nail Lacquer!

Chubby Fingers Alert! I had been looking for some nail lacquer Holo's and felt it was perfect timing when I happened to walk right into these babies :) The Milani 3D Holographic nail lacquer....I bought three out of the six that they had, or is it seven? I'm not sure but I love these!! I know China Glaze has a Holo collection but I'll have to look into it to see if it's still available....The Milani 3D Holo's are very affordable....I just paid $3.99 for mine....Please let me know what you think of my Nails of the Day Foto, I really don't like doing Nail posts since my nails are so short and my hands are so FAT, lol!!! But I made an exception since I loooove this color and this collection so much :)

So this is the color I'm wearing called Hi-Tech....A very nice lime green...Holo's are very noticable with this one....

Here are the other two I got, Digital which is a dirty rose color and Hi-Res which is a lilac lavender color.... Holo's are outstanding in the Digital and Hi-Tech but not so much in the Hi-Res which is why I'm returning it on Monday so I can test out the other colors!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Just another Lippie haul!!

I bought a few things over the weekend that seemed to start another growing addiction... haha....

Revlon Super Lustrous lipsticks & Wet N Wild silk finish lipsticks

Honestly, I have passed Wet N Wild so many times when I'm in a Walgreens or Target and never really looked at the colors. I used to own one of their lipsticks a long time ago but never went back for another. The quality is nice, I just wished I could locate all the other gorgeous colors they have listed on their website. As far as the Revlon SL lippies go, I love these, I now own 8 of them and pretty soon I may own 20, LOL! The quality is just amazing and they have a great color selection. A review of Revlon SL lippies coming soon!
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Here are 2 Wet N Wild lippies that I collected, they are so creamy and feel wonderful, they are pigmented and last a good while. I love them, should have started collecting them sooner :)

Retro Pink & Dark Pink Frost

There are some other colors I'm trying to find, it seems as though every store I visit has a random selection of colors!

Other nice colors I want:
'Blushing Bali'
'Taj-Mauve hal'
'Pink Ice'
'Mouveau Pink'
'Russian Tea Rose'
'Bora Bora Nude'
'Fuchsia with Blue pearl'
'Tokyo a pink'

The Revlon lippies I got...

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I had to stop myself after these because I would have bought about 5 more, lol I'm really loving these, I would love to start a collection!
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I also picked up a gorgeous Milani lipstick in 'Attitude' which is a light raspberry color with gold frost...

And here are the swatches

Please let me know if you have any questions! I hope I'm doing a good job on the swatches!

Milani Crystal Gloss Swatches

Here is a swatch of the 2 Milani glosses from my last post that was requested. If you would like me to swatch any lippies please let me know! Have a great evening!