NARS Greta

NARS Audacious Lipstick in 'Greta'. I know what you may be thinking: Exactly how many magenta lipsticks does this girl need? The answer: As many as it takes.

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This is my lovely friend and colleague Erika wearing 'Greta' on a snowy day in NYC. Erika had been sent to NYC on a business trip where logistics went terribly awry due to Winter Storm Stella. To cheer her up, I sent @postmates to the Midtown Manhattan Sephora and had this little lippy delivered to her hotel room. As I had hoped, it was quite delightfully received. ✨🎁💄😁The only thing better than buying yourself a lovely, luxurious lipstick is gifting one to someone else and seeing her fabulous smile get even prettier when she wears it.👄😘

Chanel Romy

Chanel Rouge Coco in 'Romy'. Question for you Chanel lipstick lovers out there: have you had much luck wearing a bright color in the Rouge Coco formula? I've only worn nudes or maybe deep rose so far from that line, and while this looked good at the Nordstrom's, I wore it the other day and found it just crept right off my bottom lip and generally didn't wear well after about an hour. I took her back tonight in exchange for a fabulous nudey-pink Rouge Coco Shine (stay tuned it's soooo good). But seriously: any suggestions for good brights from this line? My guess is you have to start at the Rouge Allure line to really get good impact. Lemme know in the comments! 🤔😘

Rimmel As You Want Victoria

Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in no. 360 'As You Want Victoria'. Whoa! What an amazing find! I've been researching more drugstore lipsticks to try out so I can continue this hobby and still afford rent, and I discovered this "high street (🇬🇧🙂)" lipstick line is featured multiple times on Lisa Eldridge's channel and blog. And for good reason! It's got hyaluronic acid and it glides on but looks incredibly rich and pigmented—this pic is ONE COAT, without any lip liner. YASSSS this brand is a keeper, and at $7, it's a steal!

NARS Raquel

NARS Audacious Lipstick in 'Raquel'. For me, this is a tough nude to wear for anything other than a 60s-themed costume party. And since my invites to 60s-themed costume parties are few and far between, I rarely wear this one. Unlike the very sheer Lancôme 'Nuit & Jour' I posted yesterday, NARS Audacious lipsticks are opaque but creamy. I think even an opaque/matte formula would be more forgiving than this, since the creamy texture tends to move around and get trapped in my lip lines. If you're bold enough to try this, though, give it a go! A bold black eyeliner probably wouldn't hurt, either.

Lancôme Nuit & Jour

Lancôme L'Absolu Rouge in no. 202 'Nuit & Jour'. 🌛💫🌞
When Lisa Eldridge posts a picture of her standing arm-in-arm with Kate Winslet, the next obvious step is to run to Sephora to snag the gorgeous lipstick on Kate's face. Thanks, as always, for the tip, Lisa! I'll be sure to pack this one for my next red carpet. 💁🏼
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Marc Jacobs Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Marc Jacobs Le Marc Lip Crème Lipstick in 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'. This, along with the Marc Beauty black gel Highliner, was the 2015 Sephora birthday present, and I picked it up when Janey was about 7 months old. I remember applying both while feeling super schlubby after a pumping session one night, and just the two products looked divine and immediately perked me right up. I love it when makeup does its job. ☺️

Bobbi Brown Pink Punch

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip in 'Pink Punch'. Hmm. I'm on the fence with this one. It looks great, but it's such a pain in the ass to put on. What's wrong with just normal lipstick? Now all of a sudden we have to squirt and smear goo all over a plastic spatula and then delicately dab it on our lips for 20 minutes in hopes of a somewhat precise application? Really? I dunno. Yeah, I think this one's going back to Sephora tomorrow. Which begs the question, especially in light of the 15% off VIB sale still in progress: what is your favorite normal-just-out-of-the-bullet-thanks lipstick from Bobbi? Look forward to your comments, thanks! @christireynoldsbeauty, you start!

Chanel Coromandel

Chanel Rouge Allure in no. 98 'Coromandel'. I was inspired to pick up this color after watching Mary Greenwell expertly apply it to Sali Hughes' face in the behind-the-scenes shoot for Sali's brilliant book Pretty Honest. Little did I know, through further research via Lisa Eldridge's #makeupmoment blog posts, that Coromandel was also used on a couple marvelous leading ladies in recent films: by Ivana Primorac on Kiera Knightly in the sultry library scene in 'Atonement' and by Morag Ross on Cate Blanchett in the mesmerizing, gorgeous film 'Carol'. As if I needed more reasons to feel special wearing fancy red lipstick. 💄

MAC Fanfare

MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in 'Fanfare'. Not to rain on MAC's parade or anything, but this one is really frustrating to wear, which doesn't make any sense, since it's the same formulation (and almost the same shade?) as 'Crosswires', which I love. This one gets trapped in my lip lines, creases, wants to be sheer and creamy at the same time, and just basically acts annoying all day. The only nice thing I can say about this is that I bought it on a lovely trip with the hubs to NYC. But otherwise, 👎.

MAC Crosswires

MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in 'Crosswires'. This is a nice pinky nude for days when I want more color without venturing into the brights. Looks fabulous on top of MAC Pro Longwear Pencil in 'In Anticipation'.