Bobbi Brown Holiday 2008: Bobbi Brown Lip and Eye Palette Review, Swatches, and FOTD

Ahh the Muse has gone so natural and neutral lately hasn't she? But she can't help herself when Bobbi Brown keeps introducing awesome palettes! The new Limited Edition Bobbi Brown Lip and Eye Palette contains an array of naturally beautiful shades for creating that perfect party look with a tiny bit of pop and a whole lot of elegance.











The palette contains four Bobbi Brown Creamy Lip Colors and four Bobbi Brown Metallic Eyes Shadows in a slick, black compact. I loved the design of the palette as it has the lip colors on top with a pull out draw housing the shadows so everything is kept nice and tidy. The draw designed to hold the shadows pulls out easily and houses the shadows nice and tight.

The shadows are all gorgeous colors with a nice metallic almost shimmery like finish. The shades are all very use friendly and aren't in the least bit bold or scary so you'll be getting a soft, natural look from each shade. I wouldn't say the shadows are necessarily the same in color but I do feel like you can't combine them to create different looks. The shadows each have an individual color and combining them does nothing but create muddy shades so I would suggest using each shade individually. The $60 USD price tag may be a bit discouraging when faced with only four looks that can be arranged from the four included colors however I took all this into consideration and still felt like it was well worth the price since the looks you can create are truly lovely.

I was a bit put off by the lip colors as I was expecting the same soft, buttery formula that I was recently treated to when I purchased the Bobbi Brown Pink Satin Collection. However, the formula on these was a bit hard and the colors weren't too pigmented. They weren't particularly easy to apply and didn't feel as soft as the ones I originally tried. I was a bit let down by this but after applying and playing around a bit I was happy with how they looked on so I decided to disregard the crummy formula.

The palette contains a lip brush and a shadow brush. Both of which are mini size and fabulous in my opinion. Be it large or small I'm always very impressed with Bobbi Brown Makeup Brushes. I'm particularly a big fan of her lip brushes! Both brushes make applying everything a snap and it doesn't take a ton of skill or drama to achieve a soft, flattering, work friendly look using the brushes, shadows, and lip colors!





The shadows included in the palette are:

• Champagne Quartz (Shimmering beige with touches of pink)
• Gold Dust (Shimmering Gold)
• Golden Bronze (Shimmering fleshy peach)
• Galaxy (Shimmering gray with a touch of a black)

The lip colors included in the palette are:

• Berry Mauve (Berry Pink)
• Pink Sequin (Sheer Peach)
• Dusty Mauve (Mauve with a heavy dose of brown)
• Ruby (Off Red almost maroon)

I've reviewed the Metallic Eye Shadows prior to this and it deserves to be mentioned again how great the formula is. For one of my looks below I actually decided to apply wet and I have to say I love how it intensifies the color and gives a foil finish when the shadow is applied this way.

I honestly can't begin to tell you about my lips. All my looks below are created using everything in the palette but I mixed, combined, and cocktailed all the colors together to create the shades hehe so I'm unsure what I'm wearing! I think that mixing them all together kinda creates some rather nice shades rather than wearing them alone.

Gold Dust applied wet






Galaxy






Golden Bronze






All in all I absolutely loved this palette! It's not loud or bold or vibrant but it does create some very soft, flattering looks that are ideal for work or a Holiday party! If you're scared of bolder shades this will be a perfect pick for creating natural, elegant looks for the season! This one gets a big Muse Approval for purchase! Very worth it and a truly great palette, possibly my favorite of all the Bobbi Brown palettes I've tried as of late!





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Vera Wang Look Parfum Signed by Vera Wang Contest!

You were probably privy to this contest last Friday as it got posted back then! I had a problem with the applet I was using for the contest so I had to remove it temporarily!

But...the good news......it's back and hopefully working hehe!

What is it?

It's a bottle of Vera Wang Look Parfum Spray which the Muse recently reviewed....exciting right? Even more exciting.....it's signed by Vera Wang herself! Hyper yet?









Enter for your chance to win Vera Wang Look Parfum signed by Vera herself by submitting your name and e-mail address below! The contest starts today and ends next Friday at 10 pm! The contest is open to US and Worldwide readers!

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Lipstick Queen Sinner Shine Hardcore Gloss Review

Billy Joel told me he'd much rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints so the Muse did just that this morning! She sinned with Lipstick Queen Sinner Shine Hardcore Gloss and sure did like all that sinning! Supposedly only the good die young so I might as we be bad and sin my way through the day with gorgeous, shiny, plump, juicy lips!

The Muse knows a thing or two or maybe three about gloss. She's tried her fair share of 'em over the years and she even located one or two (or a million) that she loves but she's never, ever, in all her year's as a cosmetic junkie came across such a gloss as Lipstick Queen Sinner Shine Hardcore Gloss. Whoa. I've never seen a gloss this thick, this shiny, this glossy, this pigmented....sheesh.....tis like I've struck the lipgloss lottery! If you've been searching for that perfect gloss to give you Angelina lips or maybe you prefer the Dr. Frank N. Furter look this is the gloss for you!











I think we have all established by now the entire lip plumping craze really isn't about the "sting" but more about the texture and formula of the gloss. Thicker glosses create fuller looking lips! Lipstick Queen Sinner Shine Gloss has an amazingly thick formula which glides onto lips leaving behind a glossy, shiny finish and adding a sexy plump to lips. My lips are at least double the size this morning but I promise it's not a bad Amanda Lepore look! Although the formula is quite a good deal sticky and tacky I don't mind in the least as it does hold the gloss in place for long periods of time without having to touch up every two seconds because it's slipping off my mouth onto my chin. Put it on and it stays on for hours at a time. I used it last night prior to heading to the movies and it lasted through a trip to the theater, through a two hour film, through a large Dr. Pepper Slurpee, a pack of Twizzlers, and back home.....looking at myself in the mirror a few hours later and my gloss was still going strong. The color Wine Sinner is a deeper peach shade on me. The swatch on the site looks more like a wine shade but I honestly felt like it looked more like a peachy brown shade on my lips. The gloss comes in a nice heavy plastic jar which is quite large so it's $22 USD price tag is well, well worth it. I was quite impressed with the size of the product as I was expecting a smaller size but this is huge. The gloss has a faint lemon flavor that's reminds me of Philosophy's Kiss Me Gloss.























I can't begin to rave enough about the amazing formula. It's pigmented enough to work perfectly well on it's own plus it's highly emollient and moisturizing. Chalk up Lipstick Queen Sinner Shine Hardcore Gloss as a total Muse Approved gloss for purchase! You needs it! My only minor rant is the fact it only comes in 7 shades! Can we has more shades please? Thank you!



Sportin' Lipstick Queen Sinner Shine Hardcore Gloss in Wine Sinner






The Muse likey and says you must have it for yourself! Check them out at lipstickqueen.com

If you're wanting to try a few shades at once you can nab yourself the Lipstick Queen Limited Edition Shine Holiday Kit which includes four mini Lipstick Queen Sinner Shine Hardcore Glosses for $24 USD!

This is quite a nice deal and I'm adding it to my cart as I want a few more shades!

All in all I really loved Lipstick Queen Sinner Shine Hardcore Gloss and was very impressed with the fantastic quality. It's been a while since a gloss wow'ed me and this definitely knocked my socks well off!

Check 'em out! The Muse thinks you'll love them!



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