Items in this post were provided for review, opinions are all mine.
The folks at Bare Escentuals are introducing us to Moxie lipsticks (18), liners (10) and lipglosses (14). I already owned the lipgloss in Sparkplug (a shimmery nude) that I picked up a while back and has been a staple in my purse but they sent over 4 of each in a range of shades for me to share with you.
I was sent for review in lipsticks: Light It Up (medium coral creme), Risk It All (hot pink creme), Lead the Way (a deep berry creme) and Stand Out (a medium brown creme, nude on me). These lipsticks are super moisturizing, leave a gorgeous stain on the lips and fade nicely. They wear beautifully for a few hours but as with any lipstick once you start to really eat food they will wear off. I do love how nicely they leave a stain on the lips.
I also like the cases on these, they have a little silver button that you push to release the cap from the tube. It took a bit of getting used to but it’s a cute little packaging idea.
The glosses I was sent for review were: Maverick (dark nude with shimmer), Smooth Talker (a pink gloss with gold shimmer), Game Changer (red with just a hint of sparkle to it) and Trail Blazer (light shimmery nude).
This is me rocking Game Changer, I am not a huge red lip gloss fan but I do love the formula of the Moxie glosses. They have a mild scent to them and they’re not sticky or tacky at all – LOVE! They give a good gloss to your lips and they are actually a bit moisturizing. I love when I can slick on a lip product without any lip balm at all.
I was also sent lip liners for review: Jazzed (hot pink), Electrified (deep berry), Energized (coral) and Revved (a darker nude). The liners are creamy, give great color and I think are a nice under layer to the lipgloss. I find that if you apply liner and then gloss it will last a bit longer. They also have their own sharpeners as well – super convenient.
All in all, I have to say I love all of the Moxie items an I definitely will be picking up more shades! There’s a lavender creme that is calling my name! I see a stop to Sephora in my future. Have you seen Moxie yet? Anything you’re interested in trying?
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On Friday, after a long week and a long day at the beauty shop I came home to a very sweet treat. A dozen cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcakes and the folks at Bare Escentuals kicking off their Go Bare Tour!
This is the third time I’ll be heading out to visit the Bare Escentuals folks on tour (you might remember when I met Leslie in Richmond and when I was a Roadie the last time they stopped in DC. I’ve even had the pleasure of visiting their offices when I went to San Francisco. I talk about Bare Escentuals and their Buxom line a lot here but that’s because I’m a really huge fan of their products. Although I do receive some PR samples, before I blogged I bought a lot and even now I buy a lot and I get my friends to buy the things I love too (hello Buxom lash!). So I will be at Georgetown Cupcake tomorrow evening when I get off of work to check out the launch of the tour and I suggest if you’re in DC that you should come too! And if you’re not, make sure to check out the other stops on their tour!!
Last night my husband and I did something a little different than in years past, we took a boat tour of the Potomac at dusk to see the cherry blossoms. You may remember previous posts about the cherry blossoms and we typically get up and close during peak season. This year, peak was late and a bit off but we can’t resist being like everyone else and taking in the blossoms. I thought seeing them via a boat would add a new spin.
I love DC and even after being here this long I realize there’s so much of the city I have yet to explore. I’m on a quest to take a picture with every statue in the city and my husband seems down for the task. It’s a fun way to go to different parts of the city that we bypass or seeing an old area in a new light.
Photographing the cherry blossoms and this city never gets old to me. It’s just so gorgeous in the spring here, I can’t help but want to pull my camera out. And anytime I get to spend an evening with this guy means I’ve had a great day.
Have a good weekend!
If you’ve been reading this blog for a long time or you know me in real life you are quite aware that I’m very colorful. I pride myself on the fact that sometimes in a sea of grey and black coats I’m the one wearing hot pink, or apple green, or orange. My collection of tights is like a rainbow. My home is full of color and the artwork that I love is also colorful.
Yesterday we went to a celebration with friends in the afternoon and everyone kept commenting on how colorful I was. I had on a colorblocked dress with shades of pink, dark orange and purple, pink tights and a bright pink coat. That was just my normal work attire, nothing special but sometimes I forget that my normal isn’t everyone else’s standard of normal – and I’m totally okay with that.
This morning in the car with my husband we were discussing colors. He has mid range colorblindness, he knows colors but has difficulty deciphering them when they’re close together or too similar in tone. He saw something as black and I told him it was navy blue. His response to me, “the world you see must be really vivid, huh?” I laughed, realized it really is a vivid world I see and had to smile. I hope I always see the world in bright vivid color, it makes it so much happier to me that way.
I’m a HUGE fan of bold lips right now. HUGE! Sometimes all you need to make a bold statement or to have a big beauty impact is a strong flash of lip color and some mascara. I’ve had a few bold lip favorites lip MAC’s Ruby Woo but I also like drugstore brands that can give you the same concentrated lip colors but at a lower price point. I was super excited and ran out to find the new Maybelline ColorSensational lipsticks in the Vivids.
I picked up (from top to bottom) Vibrant Madarin, Wild Rose (my favorite) and Brazen Berry. I’ve been a fan of the ColorSensational line for a while and love the creaminess of the colors and the staying power. The fact that it’s now super powered full of vibrant color in a collection really makes me happy. Wild Rose is a gorgeously perfect hot pink that has become a staple in my makeup bag. I have a feeling Vibrant Madarin will be my summer go to bright orange lip and Brazen Berry is a very unique purple/vivid mauve shade that is suprisingly versatile. Have any of you picked up the Vivids? What do you think?
