New York Colour Expert Last Lip Colour Matte in Creamy Mauve Review

 

 

 

So I popped by Wal-Mart this afternoon and I happened to see these lipsticks had finally landed in Canada. I picked up the only colour I was interested in Creamy Mauve. Usually mauves work really well on my skin tone because they tend to be deep purple-y pinks. This was entirely misleading as it wasn't a matte or a mauve.

Claims from the NYC website: The perfect balance: a mix of matte and satin! These satin matte shades are perfectly wearable in the city. From day to night this lipstick will complete your look.

This lipstick retails for $1.77 which is insanely cheap. So cheap I cannot understand why there's a security tag attached to this lipstick. Anywho the colour is actually a light-medium yellow based pink with a creamy finish.

It's got the same gross berry-candy scent the expert last lipsticks all have. It's got a very hydrating, slippery feeling on my lips. The colour stuck to every crease and flake of skin on my lips. As usual the lipstick doesn't swivel all the way down so you've got to be careful closing the lipstick so you don't slice off a chunk.

So there's the picture of the lipstick on me. As you can see it's pretty pink, no hints of purple here. In addition to that the lipstick is not matte at all! It's a straight up satin!

I definitely won't be using this lipstick ever again. I wouldn't wear it on my NW45 skin (I barely even took a picture for you guys because I knew I looked totally ridiculous). Maybe if I paired it with a lip liner but I just wouldn't wear it by itself. I think this might work better on lighter skin tones.

Likes:
1. Hydrating feel
2. Afforadable

Dislikes:

1. Smells bad
2. Not matte (and it's sold as a matte!)
3. Sinks into lip lines
4. Doesn't flatter my skin tone

C

Lush Melting Marshmallow Moment Bath Melt Review

I absolutely adore these cute little cupcakes!

Claims from the Lush Canada website: MMM melts into a pink, fluffy waterbed of marshmallow and moisturizing cocoa butter to satisfy cravings for all things sweet and delicious. Each pink, cupcake-shaped bath melt is made with real marshmallow herb, which produces a sweet, skin-soothing mucilage and marigold, which is equally lovely and calming for your skin. Part bath melt and part Bath Bomb – it’s the fluffiest, pinkest bath melt we’ve ever created. Mixing it with the Bath Bomb mixture means that Melting Marshmallow Moment goes the distance. It fizzes and melts slowly, releasing the softening, skin soothing cocoa butter and almond oil into the water.

I bought this bath melt for $7.95 at Lush. This bath melt smells like heart jujubes which is my absolute favourite candy! It's a delicious sugary smell that just smells like the colour pink! Usually the bath melt has a purple topping but there is some variance in the appearance as these bath products are handmade.The bath melt is rather crumbly but it just fizzes away in the bathtub.

To use this bath melt I cut it in half because these are pricey and I couldn't live with myself if I dropped the entire thing into bath water! Also my bath tub isn't very big so half a bath melt is enough to give full results.
The bath melt tints the water a gorgeous pink and fills the bathtub with the sweet bubblegum-esque smell! And the water is so moisturizing and slick. You can tell it has cocoa butter and almond oil in because your skin feels so hydrated. When I get into the tub I simply don't want to get out!

I do have eczema so I was a little apprehensive about using this bath melt but it proved to be incredibly beneficial for my eczema. Honestly, it soothed my skin and my eczema has gone into hiding since I've started to use these bath melts. I'd repurchase this bath melt a thousand times over because of the delicious scent, the relaxation it provides me and the way it soothes my skin.

A+