Loving the MAC VIVA GLAM Nicki Minaj lipstick the perfect bright coral pink. The technical shade description is bright yellow pink with a satin finish. I like to layer it on top of my favorite lip gloss. I start with a lip gloss first then add a hint of color with this Nicki Minaj lipstick. This is contrary to what many makeup text books advice…I find the way I do it the effect is a lot softer and makes lips appear more plumped. See, when it comes to makeup don’t always go by the book, make it work for you!

Ricky & Nicki For MAC VIVA GLAM

MAC VIVA GLAM Nicki Minaj lipstick

Maybelline is on my good books, ha! It is one of my favorite and one of the most quality drugstore beauty brands imo. I hear rave reviews about their Instant AgeRewind Eraser Treatment Makeup foundation and I can’t wait to try it. Meanwhile here’s what to look for and what’s NEW with Maybelleine for year 2012.

 Maybelline New York SuperStay 14HR Lipstick  NEW in Eternal Rose (Pinks)

Maybelline New York SuperStay 14HR Lipstick is absolutely amazing. It’s light, not greasy, come in runway material shades, and long lasting. My favorite shades are: Eternal Rose (Pinks), Keep Me Coral (Reds), Ravishing Rouge (Reds), Never Ending Nude (Nudes).

Maybelline New York SuperStay 14HR Lipstick  in Eternal Rose (Pinks)

The lipcolor will be available at mass retailers nationwide beginning January 2012 at a s suggested retail price of $8.99.

Also NEW…Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush feels like powder blush, yet melts into skin like a cream blush. You have to touch this blush is all I can say, it’s super silky and soft. Shades: 30 Candy Coral, 40 Pink Plum, 50 Plum Wine, 70 Hot Tamale, 60 Coffee Cake, 20 Peach Satin, 10 Pink Frosting, 45 Orchid Hush, 05 Fresh Pink, 15 Rose Petal. Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush are you?

Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush

And…Maybelline Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadow with its magic word long-lasting. Available in 5 Statement (what I call bright and not for everyday perhaps) of Fierce & Tangy, Pomegranate, Punk, Painted Purple, Tenacious teal, Edgy Emerald and 5 Neutral shades of Bold Gold, Tough as Taupe, Bad to the Bronze, Too Cool, Audacious Asphalt.

Maybelline Eye Studio Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadow

Maybelline Illegal Length Fiber Extensions Mascara

…Maybelline SuperStay 10HR Satin Gloss (my fave shades are: Pink Plush, Berry Heavenly, Refreshing Red,Cool Coral) & Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer

Maybelline SuperStay 10HR Satin Gloss & Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer

Also look out for….NEW from Maybelline New York makeup collection 2012…

Maybelline Master Shape Brow Pencil

Maybelline Dream Nude Airbrush Lightweight Foam Foundation

Maybelline Master Precise Liquid Ink Pen Eye Liner

 Maybelline New York makeup collection 2012

On September 8th, 2011, Dolce&Gabbana celebrated Fashion’s Night Out at the Dolce&Gabbana, 825 Madison Avenue at 69th Street, with the pre-launch of the brand’s Passion Duo lipstick.

Justin Bieber

Passionate Duo Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun hosted the event along with an event committee of duos including: Ingrid Vandebosch and Jeff Gordon, Thierry Henry and Tyson Beckford, Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle, Erica and L.A. Reid, and Lauren Santo Domingo and Tatiana Santo Domingo.

ATTENDEES INCLUDED: Lala and Carmelo Anthony, Sophia Bush, Katie Couric, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Karen Elson, Ellie Goulding, Ice-T, Dayssi Kanovas, Rose McGowan, Usher Raymond, Leann Rimes and Eddie Cibrian, Coralie Charriol Paul, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Marina Rust, Bee Shaffer, Tabitha Simmons, Anna Wintour, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff.

Guests had their portraits shot by celebrity photographer Roxanne Lowit which were then printed on personalized Dolce & Gabbana T-shirts. Make-up artists were on hand to touch up guests at a lipstick bar for women and a grooming bar for men.

Justin Bieber was on hand to sign purchases. A percentage of the proceeds from the evening will benefit Pencils of Promise.

Dolce&Gabbana Passion Duo lipstick

DJ Ruckus and Hannah Bronfman provided the music for the event. There was also a special performance by Asher Roth.

Refreshments were provided by Martini & Rossi and Voss Water.

All about Exude Lipstick by Rachel Zoe. I don’t fall in love with a product just because there is a celebrity behind it. I need to be really impressed and surprised with not just a new product but innovation, something fresh, and outside the box.

Style Expert Rachel Zoe Brings High Fashion and Glamour to Lipstick with the NEW Exude Lipstick

Rachel Zoe’s new lipstick Exude does all that for me. The packaging is different, nontraditional new way of applying lipstick of a clear tube that dispenses the right amount of lipstick and I don’t have to worry my lipstick’s head falls off (does this sound familiar).

See the Exude lipstick pics here…

Mainly the formula feels super silky, smooth, and full of sexy shimmer & sparkle, and it’s long lasting. The shade I tried was Exude Lip Creme in Nude. Exude is very glamorous, high fashion, high gloss, and sexy (you heard me). Umm.. now I’m on fire to try  Exude in some kinda reddish shade, I bet it would look amazing. Well done Rachel Zoe.

I watched a video where Rachel said that one of the first things her husband noticed about her when they met was no doubt her lips. On the packaging it’s written: “Forget eyes-we think a woman’s lips are the window to her soul…” I couldn’t agree more.

Exude lipstick by Rachel Zoe

Exude lipstick by Rachel Zoe in Nude

NEW YORK CITY– August 4, 2011 – Exude Lipstick has successfully launched and is now modernizing the way women wear lipstick. Endorsed by style expert Rachel Zoe, the product appeals to the millions of women who welcome the glamour of lipstick, but know that until now the process of putting on lipstick has been anything but glamorous.

Key to the brand’s design is a revolutionary new crystal applicator which is sophisticated, smart, and chic. The applicator releases the perfect amount of lipstick each user needs. It also retains its shape over time, so women will never have to worry about their lipstick wearing down, melting or crumbling.

Exude Lipstick is currently available exclusively at www.exudelipstick.com with Rachel Zoe as its brand ambassador. Both lip crème and lip gloss versions are offered in the most popular shades and colors.

“Between the alluring color palette and the worldwide patented applicator technology, we are confident Exude will make a large splash in the marketplace,” explains Diane Breidenbach, a Co- Founder of Exude.

Enhanced with a smooth hint of mint scent, and new, complex formula, the lip crème is available in 9 colors: coral, cranberry, rosy brown, nude, brown, bronze, plum, red, and pink. The crème’s lush finish comes from the custom formula of vitamin E & C in a creamy Elastic Gel. This exceptional formula is light weight, comfortable and moisturizing. The lip gloss is available in 5 colors: crimson, brown, clear, dusty pink, and scarlet red. The custom smooth, not sticky, gloss formula hydrates your lips with an anti-aging complex of Omega-3 and Omega-6 essential fatty acids, and Goji Berry and vitamin E to protect against oxidation. Both product styles are dressed in a sleek yet chic soft touch white case and retail for $29.00.

$25 Saks gift certificate (means a trip to Biltmore Fashion Park in Phoenix) had to buy just 1 thing & I bought NARS Pure Matte Lipstick in Bangkok. Is this telling me something? <3

NARS Pure Matte Lipstick in Bangkok

MAC Sheen Supreme Lipsticks here’s how they look in ‘real life’. These new lipstick by MAC is super silky, a good cross between a lipstick and a lipgloss. Marta Walsh’s fave shades are: Full Speed, Behave Yourself, and New Temptation.

L to R, T to B: MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick Supremely Confident, Look At Her!, Full Speed, Bare Again, Behave Yourself, New Temptation

T to B: MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick Supremely Confident, New Temptation, Full Speed, Behave Yourself, Bare Again, Look at Her! (Metallic copper)

MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick collection:

Supremely Confident – Pale nude

Bare Again – Pinky neutral beige

Can’t Get Enough – Beige neutral

Behave Yourself – Light blue pink

Gotta Dash! – Pale clean coral

Full Speed – Bright clean yellow pink

Insanely It – Watermelon pink

Ultra Darling – Mid-tone yellow pink

New Temptation – Vivid blue red

Quite the Thing! – Deep blue plum

Impressive – Neutral gilded plum

Look at Her! – Metallic copper

Can’t Resist – Golden purplish red

Good to be Bad – Deep burgundy

Bobbi Brown Rich Lip Color SPF 12 will be available February 2011.

“What makes these lipsticks so modern is a formula that combines pigments with a colorless lipstick base. The result is crisp, clear color and full coverage without a heavy feeling”-Bobbi Brown

Bobbi’s new lightweight, color-saturated formula for lips. Created with colorless base, Rich Lip Color showcases the true color of pigments – so what you see is what you get. This creamy and emollient lipstick also moisturizes and conditions lips as it protects with SPF 12. Available in 12 pale to deep shades: Bikini Pink, Soft Coral, Bare Pink, Heather Pink, Mod Pink, Plum Rose, Rose Blossom, Guava, Sweet Nectar, Cosmic Raspberry, Old Hollywood, Crimson.

Available Bobbi Brown counters and www.bobbibrown.com. Price: $22.00.

Lea Michele wears NARS Little Darling lipstick. “Glee” star Lea Michele was spotted on the red carpet at the Billboard 5th Annual Women In Music Awards, where she was honored for being the recipient of their first-ever “Triple Threat Award”. Celebrity makeup artist Fabiola used NARS to create her flawless look, including our new-for-holiday Little Darling Lipstick!

To get Lea’s look, Fabiola used the following NARS products:

· PRO-PRIME Skin Smoothing Face Prep (a product the artist “absolutely loves”!)

· Bellissima Duo Eyeshadow

· Coconut Grove Eyeshadow

· Amour Blush

· Laguna Bronzer

· Little Darling Lipstick

· Chihuahua Lip Gloss

All products are currently available at narscosmetics.com.