L'Oreal Holiday cocktail party 2011 LEWOW

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to the L'Oreal holiday party of 2011, were I was able to play with the new products and shades that are coming out for spring of 2012; the location was fabulous! and there were 5 stations in the room showcasing the new products  and some of the new shades of existing products from L'Oreal, some of them are already in stores and some of them hit the shelfs sometime in  January.

The stations were decorated accordingly, it just looked so into the holiday mood! look at those cute boxes with makeup all over!! I want that under my tree!! 

Now on to the products. The oh so well known  Colour Riche Lipstick is coming out with tons of new shades! it contains Argan Oil and Omega 3 for full-colour-never-dried-lips.

L'Oreal Paris is launching the new Colour Riche Anti-Feathering Lip liner with Omega 3, natural oils and vitamins A & E

Another new product to add to the Colour Riche family is the Colour Riche Nail Colour which features Diamond Reflexion Complex for 10 times more shine and claims to have 10 days of staying power, L'Oreal is launching 27 shades of this product! I decided to play with the sample products on the table and painted each of my nails a different colour, I just did a very quick coat of polish and the light in the place was very dimmed so bare with me, you can see how opaque these polishes are with just one thin coat.

There are 7 new shades of the La Couleur Infallible Eye Shadows 3 are metallic gold shades and 4 of them are matte, I also swatched these for you, let me tell you that the black one is very very black! I never had the chance to play with these shadows, but they have a very interesting formula, kind of a mix between cream and powder and they are also the #1 selling eye shadow in Canada.

Something that really caught my eye was the Voluminous Smoldering eye liner, it is the first Kajal eye liner in the mass market and it is very pigmented and goes on very smoothly!! In that same station I found the Voluminous False Fiber Lash with sculpting fibers that mimic the shape of lashes giving you length and volume! 

At the hair station I learnt about the new members of the L'Oreal Hair Expertise family, the Hair Expertise Volume Collagen Hair Care; a Shampoo, Conditioner and Body Boost Root Lifting Spray to give you lots and lots of volume! the whole line smells delish! There is also a new member to the Elnett hairsprays line; the Elnett Volume Hair Spray. It seems like the new year it's all about big big hair!

As a new part of the Youth Code family, L'Oreal added the Youth Code Dark Spot Correcting and Iluminating skin care which consists of a Serum Corrector and a SPF 30 Day Cream. They also added a Foaming Cleanser. And for the more mature skins The New Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition Daily Serum.

On the last station I saw a Visible Lift Concealer, Visible Lift Age-Reversing Powder, some Magic Smooth Souffle  Blushes that feel super smooth and blend beautifully on the skin and a Magic Lumi Light Infusing Primer and a Concealer for luminous, glowing skin.

Oh! and let's not forget the Colour Riche Le Balm with SPF 15 a super moisturizing lip balm with just a touch of colour, it contains Argan Oil, Shea Butter, Vitamin E and Muscat Rose Oil.

And if you want to see what I got in my swag bag,  check out this video that I uploaded right the day after the event.

What are you most excited about? have you tried any of the products that are already in the stores?

Love, Mar

PS. I want to thank Margaret for inviting me to this event, I enjoyed myself very much!

Marcelle CLIMATIK lipbalm with SPF 30

The Marcelle CLIMATIK outdoor lipbalm with SPF 30 is part of the CLIMATIK line, which was created specially for the Canadian climate. Formulated thinking about people who like to practice activities outdoor either during summer or winter.

This lip balm looks white but it goes on colourless and leaves a nice and settled sheen to the lips, it does not have a scent to it and it has SPF of 30 which I love!. It features rather a unique packaging with no removable lid, it has a button that you pull down on the side of the tube and  the product comes up as the tube opens in the middle; it takes a while to get used to it since I am so used to traditional kind of packaging but it's always cool to try new things.

I had the chance to try this lip balm last spring here in Canada and it moisturized my lips very well, no complains at all, I normally apply lip balm 3 or 4 times a day as I feel my lips need it. 

I went to Mexico during the summer for a couple of months and since this baby has SPF 30 I decided to bring it with me to keep my lips protected, while in Mexico I stayed in my home city which is kind of (very) warm, but I also went to the beach (where the heat was even worse) and this lip balm kept my lips drying; however, I have to say, that I felt like in hotter climates I had to apply it much more often to avoid my lips from chapping. I also noticed that the balm started to dry out on the top, I guess it was to harsh of a climate change for it, it was not a big deal since I just cut the top off it and kept using it as normal. 

Now that I'm spending this (very mild still) winter back in Canada, I can see that again, I just need to apply my lip balm 3 to 4 times a day just as I used to, so I guess that maybe Mexico was to hot for the CLIMATIK lip balm, which is ok, but I really wished it would work in Mexico because of the SPF!! I have also notices that the bar is starting to dry out again, so I guess it might be because of the packaging, maybe it doesn't close tight enough.

Over all I like the balm itself and love the fact that has SPT 30; but I think the packaging is just not as nice as it seemed at first, while it looks innovating, it allows the product to dry and even some little lint particles can manage to get into the tube and stick to the bar  

If you are into protecting your skin from sun damage I recommend you give it a try, you can find it at your local drugstore.

Question, have you tried it? Do you normally use a lip balm with SPF in it?

love, Mar

My lip colour of the season - Revlon Colorburst in True Red

Disclaimer: The lip colours that I feature here, may or may not be considered "in style" for the current season; however I believe that, for makeup, one can wear whatever one feels comfortable with at any time, that's why this post is called "My lip colour of the season".

A while ago I got some of the Revlon Colorburst lipsticks and showed the swatches (if you want to read my blogpost about the haul, click here), I even wrote a review on one of them but it was only in Spanish (sorry! my bad), anyways, today I wanna talk to you about the shade 090 True Red.

True Red is kind of like a lighter red cherry, maybe more orange-y red than an actual cherry red but I can still see a bit of blue in it, so it's not totally an orange red. I have to say it, I am really bad at describing shades of red, it's like I can tell the difference when I see variations of red but I can't quite express it in words so bare with me, lol. If you know me, then you know I don't really wear red lipstick unless I have an special event of some sort AND I'm in the mood for it, hence I don't own many shades of red lipstick, but I was quite impressed when I got this one, I just think it looks very pretty against my olive medium skin.

As for the formulation of the Colorburst lipsticks I can say that they go on pretty smoothly and pigmented and they are also moisturizing, however, they are not long lasting, not on me at least, when I first got them, I could smell a weird scent on them but not anymore, so no scent on these babies.

So what lipcolours are you wearing this season? 

love, Mar