Happy National Lipstick Day from Lipstick Otaku!

Too Faced Melted Liquid Lipsticks in, from left to right, Melted Berry, Melted Candy, Melted Fig,  and Melted Coral

Glamour Shots

A small amount of my MAC lipstick limited edition collection

Hey all! So sorry to have vanished for a bit. Just got back in Minnesota and I'm so ready and excited to start vlogging/blogging again!

The lighting in my room is so amazing between 8am-10am so I had to throw an impromptu photoshoot. Product photography is something I really love doing.

These are lipsticks from the following MAC collections; Aquatic, RiRi Loves Mac, Toledo, RiRi Viva La Glam, and Temperature Rising 

Finding new and fun ways to display a product, while getting in some photography practice, is always fun!

Also, please don't take this post as bragging, I am merely sharing some of my favorite packaged lipsticks. It takes a while to build a collection that you can really be proud of and one should feel excited to share it visually!

I hope you had a beautiful Sunday, and are ready to venture into another weekday with confidence. I will be posting lost of fun products and videos very soon.

It's such a blast to be a content creator for the beauty community! You all will be seeing a lot of me soon!

Review: Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick in Craft and Eye Shadow in Labyrinth

Craft Liquid Lipstick and Labyrinth Eye Shadow in Anastasia Beverly Hills packaging.

Hey all you lovely people! Plum colored lips and bedroom eyes is all a girl is wanting for the hot summer and these two products just might give it to you. For today's review I'm going to be talking about two items from the super hyped Anastasia Beverly Hills Summer collection. The collection is compiled of many new eye shadows, two new liquid lipsticks, and new water proof creme colors. 

Anastasia Beverly Hill's Liquid Lipstick in Craft and Eye Shadow in Labyrinth 

I decided to snatch up the Liquid Lipstick in Craft, a sparkly plum, which is $20.00 and the eye shadow single in Labyrinth, a smoldering deep orchid, which is $12.00. 

Berry eye shadows, shimmery or matte, make my feels swoon. If the shadow is berry on point (see what I did there)  I have serious love emotions. Labyrinth I didn't fall completely in love with like I thought I would. I expected a pigmented purple pink leaning towards the smokey side, and when I swatched the color it was a cute faint shimmery red pink. To get the color intensity that I saw in the pan I had to really layer the shadow. I do want to see what the shadow has to offer over a primer and think it will perform better with one. So once I try that I'll post the picture and  add that information to my review.

The product was a tad bit powdery but when layered it had decent staying power. Sometimes Anastasia shadows can be a hit or a miss and I am kind of disappointed with the shadow.

From Top to Bottom: Labyrinth swatch, Craft Swatch in natural sunlight.

I adore a berry plumy lip and I find them to be the most sexy of all the lips colors which is why I had to make Craft mine (also its named after my childhood fave witch movie). The formula is creamy and extremely pigmented. The swatch on my wrist in the photo is done with a light hand and the product is brilliant, beautiful, smooth, and there was no tugging at all during application. 

Craft Liquid Lipstick applied to my lip

This lipstick makes me want to do hair flips and pouty lips for days. Craft is very WOC friendly and it was more of a deep raspberry color on my lips but looked beautiful on my golden brown complexion. 

What I love most about the formula of these lipsticks is that they're very blendable and you can mix them to create beautiful custom shades.

Please remember that you have to moisturize your lips before applying any lipstick especially MATTE liquid lipsticks or your lips will feel like sandpaper, beautiful looking sandpaper.

So all in all I love the lipstick its universally color friendly and you get a decent amount of product for the $20 bucks. If you are into these tones this lipstick is definitely worthy of being added to your vanity. 

This is a link to the summer collection on Macy's  website:  http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/anastasia-beverly-hills-summer-collection-a-macys-exclusive?ID=2241602&CategoryID=65894#fn=sp%3D1%26spc%3D43%26slotId%3D4

Also please see my separate post regarding ABH shipping....because that's another story that I didn't want to over shadow the review with.

So did you get any products from the ABH summer collection? Have you tried any of their liquid lipsticks or shadows? If so, what's your fave? Comment below :) 

Sweet Treats: MAC Baking Beauties Collection

Hey All!

I am pretty mixed regarding the MAC Baking Beauties Collection. There are many things I love and many things that could DEFINITELY improve. MAC is capable of producing some pretty impressive products; at the same time they are guilty of the exact opposite. From the collection I purchased:

Pure Decoration Lipstick

Raspberry Swirl Lipstick

Lavender Whip Lipstick

Devil’s Food Lipstick

Mooncake Pro Longwear Paint Pot

Éclair Pro Longwear Paint Pot

Reflects Transparent Teal Glitter

I am very happy with the paint pots and the teal glitter, not so much with the lipsticks. I’ve reviewed each product individually so if you click the product above, it will take you to the review. If you have full lips and want to remotely even make any of the lipsticks work I advise you to lip line your lips so it’s less likely that the product will settle into lip lines. Did you get a chance to purchase any items from this collection? How are products working for you? How did you feel about this collection?

Otaku Treasures

Hey Beauty Otakus
This week I've had my eyes on a limited edition lipstick set from Bite Beauty and a set of limited edition duo fiber brushes from Real Techniques. When it comes to limited edition items my inner battle level is usually at a 9.
My heart is like

"but it will never be made again"

but my brain is like

"no".
Well Otaku's I gave into my heart.... and ordered both.

The lipsticks themselves are very interesting and I love real technique brushes to begin with. The lipsticks are new from Bite Beauty and are part 1 of the Cuvee Deluxe Lipstick Collection, which is exclusively sold at Sephora.com (not in stores), what makes them so interesting is that they are derived from Champagne grapes, freshwater Tahitian black pearls, and Japanese silk powder. Fancy huh. The lipsticks themselves are limited to 1200 per shade and not only are the lipsticks new but this is a brand new formula. For $72 bucks for four lipsticks I'm hoping for a stellar product (Sephora's return policy made me feel better about the purchase too), If your interested here is a link to the set:
http://www.sephora.com/cuvee-deluxe-lipstick-collection-P379074?skuId=1493873 .

Real Technique brushes are the least expensive but most amazing quality brushes I've ever used. For the price range of $5.99-19.99 they are consistent in quality and get your makeup looking nice without breaking the bank. I don't have enough Duo Fiber brushes in my collection so three for the price of $19.99 plus an Ulta coupon, it all adds up to a pretty good deal. If your interested here's a link:
http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?skuId=2257315&productId=xlsImpprod5220131&navAction=push&navCount=1&categoryId=cat80088%20cat120078

Well what have you guises purchased recently or had your eye on? How are you guise spending your Sunday? I'm spending mine relaxing with a chai lattee and a Twilight Zone marathon.

MAC's Veronica Lipstick in Daddy's Little Girl

Close up of Daddy's Little Girl in tube

This shade is too fun and sassy. I'd rock this shade behind a huge pair of black sunglasses, candy cigarette in hand. You get the picture. Its sexy and fun, a gorgeous pop of color for all skin tones. Every girl should have a fun shade of lipstick in her arsenal.

Swatch of Daddy's Little Girl

Daddy's Little girl is described as a mid tone pink violet with a satin finish. It;s pigmented and applies true to the swatch I took. I give this lipstick an A for go out and buy.

This lipstick is on sale for $16.50 and will be available again at maccosmetics.com. Will you add this to your collection?

Daddy's Little Girl on my lips

MAC's Betty Lipstick in Oh,Oh,Oh

Closeup of Oh, Oh, Oh

Swatch of Oh, Oh, Oh

Impressive, high impact, yet simple. Oh, Oh, Oh is described as a sheer brown plum lipstick with a lustre finish. I would consider this another "come hither shade" its the perfect shade for a sexy classy look. I really like the lipstick, but my only con is that the lipstick felt a tad bit dry going on. So make sure your looks are fully hydrated before applying. 

I loved the lipstick on my lips and though its not my favorite from the Archie collection, im glad to have it in my collection.

I'd give this lipstick an A-. Love the coverage and color but the application shouldn't be so rough initially.

This lipstick is on sale for $16.50 and will be available again at maccosmetics.com. What do you think?

Oh, Oh, Oh on my lips

MAC's Betty Lipstick Betty Bright

This shade and I will be attached at the hip probably all summer. 

 

Close up of Betty Bright

Swatch of Betty Bright

Betty Bright is described as a light vibrant peach, on my skin tone it comes off as a light peachy pink, and has a satin finish. It’s definitely a necessity for the sweet otaku vixens. I’m a sweet vixen, so yes they do exist. This is a lipstick that with the right eye makeup, would work for every girl.

I found the lipstick went on smoothly and was very pigmented. Though the lipstick does go into fine lines, just make sure your smoochers are smooth and hydrated before applying. All in all I really love this lip color and this lip forumla. It makes my lips appear more plump and I truly love that in a lipstick. I give this lipstick a B+. 

This lipstick is on sale for $16.50 and will be available again at maccosmetics.com. I'm curious to see what this shade looks like on you guise.

Betty Bright on my lips