Clinique: Super balm Moisturizing Gloss
This is a lip balm with a colorful twist to it. Besides the fact that its luscious, high-gloss shades it treats your most under moisturized skin to soothing shine. Instantly relieve dryness, protect with antioxidants and more. It has eight delightful shades root beer, ginger, apricot, mango, raspberry, grapefruit, lilac, and current. This lip balm can be worn by itself or over lipstick. I usually use it during the day and only occasionally in the evening to add shine to my lipstick. I mean all of that in a gloss?
It’s a definite must have.
IMAN Luxury Pressed Face Powder
The company brought about to cater to the beauty needs of women from all skin colour, race, culture and ethnicities. In 2004 they signed a distribution contract with Proctor and Gamble which has allowed them to come up with better and more innovative products such as their Luxury Pressed Powder that is so light and translucent to provide a matte finish or over your favourite foundation for that finishing touch. With more products that cater to all skin types, they are sure to have something to take away the strain of everyday life.
Their innovative products have won people such as Jessica Simpson their place in the spotlight due to their products that brings out the best in you. Definite must have!!!
MAC’s nail polishes
MAC is hitting us with a lot of nail colour this winter. Almost all the collections include nail polish and Riveting, MAC’s ode to 80s rocker chic, is no exception. They’re hitching their wagon on the matte polish train with three true, flat mattes. Unlike the Jin Soon polishes that were rumoured to be matte (they were crèmes) these are matte polishes as we’ve come to know them.
MAC’s matte polishes are 3-Free and behave as we’ve come to expect from the genre. They dry fast, are unforgiving when it comes to nail imperfections and become more satin over time due to water and oil exposure. In applying them I found that three coats work best if don’t excel in application. It’s not necessarily a pigmentation issue rather a case of evening out any rough spots. If you excel at application you can probably get away with two coats just like I did.
The compromise seems to be that if we’re talking matte polish vs. top coat, a shimmery matte is preferred over a flat crème. And since I have yet to come across a silver matte this light (most look charcoal) it’s a winner in my book.
Wham, Bam, Glam is a dark taupe along the lines of OPI You Don’t Know Jacques Matte. In fact, unless you’re really looking for the difference between the two, you’d swear they were the same. So if you’re looking for a matte this shade and don’t own the YDKJ Matte, this is another option.
Black Enough? Really needs no explanation. It’s flat. It’s black. It’s crème. It definitely fits in with the rocker aesthetic happening in Riveting but it’s not exactly a showstopper. It actually reminds me of a black chalkboard.
Bottom line: If you’re going to pick up just one of these polishes, I would suggest Studded.
One thing that is a bit different about the Riveting nail polishes is that, unlike other brands that included one finish per matte collection, Riveting has two cremes (think OPI Matte) and one shimmer (a la OPI Suede). If you still don’t have your fill of the matte look, take a peek at these after the jump!
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