Ace of the Face: Lips

A bold red? Or a light nude? Or maybe a fushcia?

Whatever it is, this "guide" is going to help you find your perfect lip color shades...that are only AFFORDABLE, DRUGSTORE products.

This little "series" of the Ace of the Face, is inspired by Allure's Best of Beauty List. Except, this is all drugstore products...that won't break the bank!

LIPSTICK: RED

Loreal Color Riche Lipstick

The classic red, that's true, beautiful and ... gorgeous actually. Red lipstick is great for some time to be bold, or it can be your classic everyday lipstick too!

LIPSTICK: PINK

Cover Girl Lip Perfection Lip Color in Delight

This is an absolutely gorgeous color! It's a beautiful, rosy kind of pink, and it's the perfect compliment of color...not too bold, not too boring...just right.

LIPSTICK: NUDE

NYX lipstick in Summer Love

A great lipstick...in a bargain price. This is your perfect deal for beautiful, nude lips. The color is true, and it applies like a department store price.

P.S. (a little tip) try using a nude LIPLINER to first give your lips a little definition, then for color add the lipstick.

LIPSTICK: NUDE (for darker skin tones)

Cover Girl Queen Lip Color in Bronze Goddess

This color is bee-tea-ful on darker skin tones! It doesn't look tacky, and it adds a modern, feminine touch to your lips. (This is also the one that Allure has chosen(: )

LIPSTICK: DARK

Loreal Color Riche Divine Wine

The color riche series is amazing for rich, beautiful, bold colors. This lipcolor has it all...the color is the REAL color, it's moisturizing, and the perfect shade of the dark wine.

LIPSTICK: SHEER

Boots. No 7 Sheer Temptation Lipstick (attract is shown above)

I lovee this lipstick! If your looking for a natural, sheer lipstick ,but with moderate color this is it. It hydrates your lips, it's much like a tinted lip balm, except it has more color pigmentation.

LIPGLOSS

Jordana Pretty Shine Luxury Lip Gloss

This is my mom's and mine favorite lip gloss. We have used other department lip glosses and this, and we don't quite see the difference. This is your perfect, cheap, RICH color, gorgeous applications, ...it's perfect!

Review: http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/04/jordana-pretty-shine-luxury-lip-gloss.html

LIP STAIN

Cover Girl Outlast Lip Stain

Beautifulll lipstain! This is perfect for the ones who want some color to their lips in their busy lifestyles. The color lasts for a good amount of time, and there is such a HUGEEE selection of colors..so you can find your perfect one.

LIP BALM

Soft Lips Lip Balm

Smells great, great hydration, and leaves your lips soft and pretty(:

TINTED LIP BALM

Burt Bees Tinted Lip Balm

Such a gorgeous compliment! The colors are beautiful, and they had only a splash of color. So for the ones that don't want such a bold look, this one is for you.

And that's all! I hope this maybe helped you guys find your perfect fit for your lip colors.

Here are some links:

Allure's Best of Beauty List (LIPS) inspired me(:

http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/best-of-beauty/2010/best_of_beauty_lips#slide=1

Ace of the Face:

http://tsorain.blogspot.com/p/ace-of-face.html

Intro to the Ace of the Face:

http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/04/cheap-guide-to-allures-best-of-beauty.html

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Ace of the Face: EYES

Eyes are powerful. They can sometimes say what exactly is on your mind. They can express feelings and emotions.

So this Ace of the Face is all about the eyes. Playing up your eyes and having your creativity to the max!

This is the 2nd post of the series: The Ace of the Face

I have been inspired by Allure's Best of Beauty...and so this is my little version the list, except they are all DRUGSTORE products.

Check out the first post, about skin care:

http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-ace-of-face-skin-care.html

EYESHADOW

Beige/Peach:

Revlon Luxurious Color in Peach Sorbet

This eyeshadow stays on matte and has really good pigmentation. Beautiful color, and looks amazing!

ELF Duo Eyeshadow in Butter Pecan

A bargain for the price! Two colors, you can contour and have fun with the colors!

Brown:

Jordana Brow and Eyeshadow Powder Single in Brown or Brunette (darker brown)

Simple price. But really great, rich pigments, stays on for a really good amount of time, and the color is really rich and beautiful!

Gray:

Maybelline Eyeshadow Extra wear in Grey Matters

Two colors for a beautiful eye. One a steel and another, carbon. Beautiful colors create a gorgeous smokey eyes, or just simple gray pretty eyes(:

ELF Duo Eyeshadow in Black Licorice

Another similar one by ELF. Really really nice pigments, and it's not too boring, and got the budget in control!

Earth Tones:

Revlon Colorstay 12 hour quad in Priceless Metals

Beautiful metal colors are now all in one quad. Comes with a really nice eyeshadow applier, so 4 swipes and you got a GORGEOUS earthy eye shadows. Again, really beautiful pigments, and seems to work as well as the higher ends.

Beautiful Scene:

Revlon Colorstay 12 hour quad in Sunrise, Sunset

With this quad, it's simple to create stunning sunset eyes that look soft yet bold on any eye color.

Creme Eyeshadow:

Maybelline Color Gleam Cream Eyeshadow

Rich color, rich stay, and blends in easily and beautifully!

MASCARA

Lengthening:

Cover Girl LastBlast Length Mascara

I love love love love this mascara! It's the same one as Allure has chosen, and I completely agree with them. They really give you long lashes to create a stunning look.

Volumizing:

Maybelline The Falsies Volume Express Mascara

Every noticed how the brush is slightly curved? The brush is one of the secrets of how they make your eyelashes look dark. This is also the one that Allure has chosen, and I agree it's one of my favorite!

Dramatic:

Maybelline XXL Bold Mascara

This mascara has it's 24 hour label, and it creates a feathering bold look. Pumps up the volume with bold makeup.

Waterproof:

CoverGirl VolumeExact Waterproof Mascara

Can you keep up with this daring mascara? It's waterproof and seriously looks like your wearing false lashes.

Eyeliner:

Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner

When it comes to eyeliner, I think for it to NOT creep on your crease or somewhere else you don't want is really important. So this one has its colorstay powers!

Here's a post all about eyeliner: http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/04/eyeliner-101.html

Another great one is Line Express by Maybelline

Liquid Eyeliner:

Avon Perfect Wear

This liquid eyeliner really stays on for a long time, doesn't smudge easily, and is precise and detailed. My favorite(:

Gel Eyeliner

Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner

This is probably the only gel eyeliner that I will ever love! This is one is also the one that Allure chosen. It's really nice precise, detailed eyeliner, that you won't regret!

Eye Makeup Remover

DIY EASY eye makeup remover

-All you need is just some olive oil. Take a cotton swab or cotton pad, and dip it in some extra virgin olive oil. Olive Oil will take your dramatic smoky eye or your simple eyeliner off in a flash!

And there you go! That was your ACE OF THE FACE: all about the eyes

Hopefully this little post helps you guys a lot...and help your budget too!

If you have any questions/comments/suggestions...please comment below or email me at tsorain@gmail.com

Here are some links:

Allure's Best of Beauty List (Eyes) ..which has inspired me:

http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/best-of-beauty/2010/best_of_beauty_eyes#slide=1

Link to Ace of the Face:

http://tsorain.blogspot.com/p/ace-of-face.html

Intro to Ace of the Face:

http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/04/cheap-guide-to-allures-best-of-beauty.html

Have a beautiful day everyone! Keep expressing your creativity with makeup and having fun with it! Keep dreaming! And believe that you are beautiful with or without makeup. Because it's true. (: