Lashes to Lashes

Medusa’s Make Up lipgloss in Bite Me

Have you looked at your make up collection and gone “Damn, everything looks the same. How fricken boring. I’ve got crap as old as my cousin, a broken case to my powder and, would you look at that, I’ve got a trillion MAC lipsticks that my boyfriend swears looks like a new kind of tampon”? Okay maybe not the last part, I wouldn’t know anyway, I’m forever alone.

The reason I bring this up is because when I was sent both of these lipglosses by Medusa’s Make Up, the packaging was a nice surprise. It was really fun but cute and creative too.

Since we’re jumping head-first into this review, come inside and have a peek around.

MMU lipgloss in Bite Me

I kind of get bored at the same packaging that brands do; cylinder lipglosses, lots of curviness and all. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not picky and I like the curves, but I really appreciate it when there’s more ‘cube’ action. It’s the ‘square’ in me.. ha, I crack myself up.
Anyway, I really like that tapered top of the wand and the squared-off packaging (you’re thinking “yeah we know, fucking get to the point and stop talking about your dumbassery) but I feel it gives more control sometimes. Okay, I swear we’re done with packaging.

MMU lipgloss in Loverboy

Isn’t this pink PINK? It’s crazy! 

I actually thought this would be a more gelee, wet, non-frosty colour, but to my disappointment, it actually is very pearlised-frosty. I do like a bit of frost.. sometimes, but I’m really not a big fan at all.
So I wasn’t too happy where this was going, but because I have had such good luck with Medusa’s Make Up, I didn’t really want to give up on Loverboy because the colour was so awesome (and it has a bubblegum flavour!).

The colour is not sheer and that’s how it should be. This colour just works, like going at a punching bag when you’re really angry. This is your punchtastic colour. However since I really didn’t like the pearly-frosty look that it gives by itself, I wanted to do my usual ‘mix n custom’ experiments to it to see what we get. I used Rimmel 110 Pink Gossip, ModelCo Kitty and MAC Russian Red.

Rimmel Pink Gossip, PG with Lover Boy on top, Kitty with LB, RR, RR with LB

The first one I tried was Rimmel’s Pink Gossip, which is a super smooth and shiny vibrant pink by itself but with Lover Boy on top it steps it up to super bright, almost neon pink. Having Lover Boy on top gives it that extra shine and dimension, while covering the lip imperfections that using Pink Gossip by itself shows. I’m not a pink girl but I this combo really sold me in trying it.

Next we have Kitty by ModelCo which is actually a dusty, muted browny-pink and not as brown as what showed up on my forearm (another reason to NEVER try out lipsticks on your forearm!). As you can see, Lover Boy played it up more pinky, not as vibrant as with the Pink Gossip, but more subtle but fun. Really cute.

Last is Lover Boy with one of my fav lipsticks, MAC’s Russian Red. Now Russian Red is perfect by itself but I wanted to see how the gloss went with an awesome red. It played down the red quite a bit and the pink came through, giving it lots of shimmery dimension and lots of shine.

As an ‘accomplice’, I think Lover Boy is fantastic but by itself, it’s personally not my thing and I wouldn’t wear it for everyday use by itself. 

Packaging - 5/5. Nothing wrong with the packaging as it stands out from the rest of the stuff I have and I LOVE the square packaging.
True-to-colourness - 3/5. I really thought it was going to be different than it was, but massive kudos for being opaque and vibrant.
Sticky? - Nope.
Bleed Factor - 1/3- no bleeding.
Lasting Factor - It stays on quite a bit- especially on my forearm (it’s stained).
Removal - On your skin it stains so you’ve have to get it off with something more than soap and water. On the lips it’s easier, but I recommend cleaning it off with gentle make up remover.
Price - 5/5. Nine-freaking-dollars. No way can you complain about that.

Next is Bite Me, which I was SO excited to try (I love red makeup, can’t you tell?). Like the rest of the lipglosses from Medusa’s Make-Up this one is scented (yummy watermelon)and has gold flecks through it which is more noticeable when you’re looking at it through the packaging, I didn’t notice it much on my lips though.
At this point I should mention that the swatches on the MMU website should not be taken as an indicator of what the colours actually look like. Bite Me looks more like Temptation swatch and isn’t a bright pinky red.

I was kind of disappointed that this was transparent and not as opaque as Lover Boy but that is also what sets it apart from all the bold shades of reds I have in my lip drawer; it’s a not translucent so you can do so much with it and use it for anytime of the day or not. It’s silky, not sticky, and fills in lip lines, making it so smooth. 

True-to-colourness - 4/5. Definitely has that dark red going on.
Sticky? - Nope
Bleed Factor - It sits really well on the lips, putting on a bit too much though does give a little bit of bleeding. 1/3.
Lasting Factor - Lasts quite a while, like Lover Boy it does stain, but on the lips it adds to the lasting factor.

Her beauty knows no bounds.
Her talent is as big as her balls..

and that’s why we looooove Charlize Theron. 

This picture was the first one I ever saw of Charlize. Years ago (when I was a lot younger) I was flicking through a magazine at a doctor’s office and just suddenly stopped at this picture of a flawless and statuesque woman with beautiful cropped hair and a stunning silver sequined and crush-velvet dress. I remember ripping the page out and hanging it up in my room for years. I knew I couldn’t pull off a pixie cut (nor did I want one) but she just looked so magnetic. Hell, she still is.

You pretty much have to be crazy not to know that Charlize has Acting Chops. Oh yeah, with capitals too. I mean, how many modern day femme fatale actresses (and musicians too) would put their looks to the side to really get into a role or anything? Not fucking many.
Even if you haven’t seen Monster, you would have at least seen two or three of her movies. She tries to do everything and anything, that’s pretty awesome.

Have we mentioned how appealing and gorg she is? She’s pretty darn cute, and what we really love about her is that down-to-earthness she carries. We’re not big fans of candid pictures of celebs (especially when they’re showing off their hoo-ha) but Charlize usually is chilled out, cigarette hanging outta her mouth, just totally relaxed.

Or cleaning like a boss.

 
We also love a girl that tells it like it is but is really darn sweet about it. Hell, if you can tell it like it is, be your own beauty rebel and win an Academy Award, you’re a freakin’ goddess.
Now, some pretty pics of Charliiiize! 

She’s saying “I love you” and “I hate you” at the same time! 

With her never-aging beauty and style, her casual and cute demeanor and the balls to use her body as an artistic tool, I’m proud to say that Charlize Theron is someone we love and is our L2L Girl!

Pics from-
Charlizeonline.com
Hairfinder.com
Random google.com

I’m Maevre, and I’ll be your captain today. You haven’t heard from me before. That’s because L asks me to do these things with her and then has to beat me into submission to make me post anything. So here it is.

Everyone loves pretty nails. Today, L and I took it upon ourselves to try water marbling for nails. It looked exciting so we immediately jumped into it without doing too much research. Nevertheless, it turned out to be fun and easy, and no where near as disasterous as I had thought.

First step was to choose colours. I took it upon myself to go with my standard dark colours, black, blood red and violet. L surprised me and chose some cotton candy pink and white. She lied to me, you see. She said she was doing black and white. I was expecing some Salvadore Dali-esque nail art that would put me to shame. It did put me to shame, but it was pink shame, which is far worse than Salvadore Dali shame. Let this be a lesson to all of you to never try to out-do L. It will backfire.

Second step called for specialist equipment. I have no idea what L used, but I used one of my mother’s expensive creme brulee dishes and a pen. Ideally, you should have some form of shallow dish, chapstick or vaseline and toothpicks. Fill your dish with ROOM TEMP water. Remember, room temp water should be cool to the touch. If it’s too warm, the nail polish will just disappear in the water. Apply a basecoat (any colour will do) to your nail so that the nail is more adhesive for the marbled polish. Okay, I made that up. It worked though, so do it. Just incase.

Third, start gently dripping the nail polish into the water. You don’t need a lot, and don’t drop it from too high. I don’t believe there is a rule for “darkest colour first”, since when it hits the water it hardens very slightly, anyway, allowing each colour to sit on top. You want to do this at a decent pace, because if it sits too long it’ll become impossible to properly marble it. After you’ve dropped your colours into it (I used three, L used two), take your toothpick (or handy dandy sharp pen), and just gently run it through the nail polish, making patterns. Try to wipe off the Marbling Instrument as you go, or else it’ll wreck the design (trust me).

Once you have the design as you like, apply the chapstick to your skin around the nail you’re doing. This will make removal way, waaaay easier. Then, you simply dip the nail into the polish in the water, pull it up and voila! A giant mess all over your finger. Carefully wipe the excess off your skin (see, the chapstick was a good idea, eh?) and you have a lovely marbled design (hopefully).

When you’re done, just use your Marbling Instrument of choice to scoop the residual nail polish from the water. I was pleased that it all came out in one piece. I was having anxiety about spending hours scrubbing nail polish from the dish with polish remover.

Pros: Easy, fun, small amount of prep time, huge ability to be creative, very easy clean up.

Cons: Has the potential of being very messy, time consuming, uses a lot of nail polish, strong scent of polish (if you or yours happen to be sensitive).

All in all, I highly recommend. It looks awesome, even when you do it for the first time with a giant “WTF” look on your face and hoping it turns out. Since I’m getting more into nail art, I might try and post weekly things. If L reminds me. And beats me.

Maevre

I was lucky enough to recently snag one of the new Maybelline Colo(u)r Sensational Pearls lipsticks for my birthday. There are ten in the range and at first glance, you probably notice that they are really pearly and frosty (even though it’s not advertised as such). I’m like a lot of people in that I don’t like frost and I don’t like anything insanely pale, but I was curious to see if I would have my foot shoved in my mouth.
Today, I’ll be reviewing the rosier shade in the ten- 710 Rose Glimmer.

So how did it go?

Why You’ll Love It
-More luminous dimension from micronized pearls
-Luscious, creamier feel from nourishing honey nectar 

- Maybelline

Okay, I must say straight off the bat that it does deliver on what it says. It’s a really creamy lipstick that feels good on the lips. The pearl colour does give it luminous dimension and will amp up any underlying lipstick.

But by itself? I don’t look like that hot with just the lipstick on. It’s really pearly and because it’s so pale, it really doesn’t look nice. As a test I also let A pop it on her uber-lips to see how it would turn out on pinkier and lighter-coloured lips than my own-

We both didn’t see much difference A’s lips while mine nearly matched my light skin tone.. and I don’t like that look.

So in an effort to see what this lipstick can really do, I put it against a lip primer and two bolder colours by MAC and Rimmel.

Mac Ruby Woo, RW with Rose Glimmer on top, Rimmel Pink Gossip, PG with Rose Glimmer on top, Origins Underwear for Lips primer by itself, Origins primer with Rose Glimmer, Rose Glimmer

Now this is where it’s really at. I always mix my lipsticks up to create new colours and I really like the new colours and dimensions it gave both Pink Gossip and Ruby Woo, giving a red and pink lipstick more of a pinkish hue.

Packaging - 4/5. I think it’s different with the rose-tinted lid and the square-ish shape. I did find the lid is easy to come off though.
True-to-colourness - This is a bit hard because it is so pearled, but if we’re rating it on pearly-ness, then it gets a 5/5.
Sticky? - No
Bleed Factor - 1. No bleeding.
Lasting Factor - 3/5- the glittery bits stay on.
Removal - If you wipe it off with a tissue or your fingers, you’re in glitter-everywhere trouble. Using a make up remover or wipe is a bit better, but eh. 3/5.
Price - $6-$9 (US), $16+ (Aus). I don’t think it’s worth it 1/5.

Overall- 3/5

I wasn’t really expecting much and I didn’t get much. It kind of sucks because Maybelline does come out with some amaaazing lip colours, so this collection of pearlised lipsticks leaves me confused. No foot in my mouth for today!

Feels.. comfortable
Looks… like a glitterball. 

Hardy har har! It took me long enough to get to typing this review out! I’m half alive and going to get this out there, so here’s the first of two reviews for Medusa’s Make Up you will see over the next day or so. Today we’re reviewing MMU loose eyeshadow (or eyedust) in Pink Cadillac, a very fuchsia, bright pink. I wanted to try a brighter colour as my first review for MMU as that’s the best indication on pigmentation and being true to colour.

Lets go!

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Most people know her as Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander, one of the most amazing characters ever written that has been adapted to the big screen. Soon, you’ll know her as Sim in the next Sherlock Holmes movie and Prometheus, an off-side film to the Alien series.

Her name is Noomi Rapace, and she’s fricken awesome.

Having already won two awards for the film Daisy Diamond, she jumped into the adaptation of Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy with her brunette locks dyed and chopped up to something insanely awesome.

Not only is she a talented actress, she also has a subtle yet striking fashion and beauty sense. While her hairstyles were continually changing for each Millennium film, so too were her fashion styles; sleek, military styles to beautiful darker lips and flowing dresses and hair..

Her subtle-but-individual style in fashion and make up (as well as the hair!), mixed with genuine talent, balls-to-the-wall attitude and sweetness, you can’t help but like her.

With her popularity about go up a few notches, especially in North America, you better watch this space.