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Bite Beauty: High Pigment Matte Pencil with Resveratrol – Good Enough to Eat?
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 | Makeup, Photos, Product Launches, Swatches | Comments Off
Meilily Product Review, Photos & Swatches: Bite Beauty High Pigment Matte Pencil in Honey Berry!
Bite Beauty is a new Sephora-exclusive product line that immediately turned my head, in part because of the elegant simplicity of the textured grey packaging with glossy red lettering, but also because of the alluring range of shades and textures – all just for lips. Also, the fact that Bite Beauty lip products contain food-grade ingredients and the resveratrol equivalent of five glasses of red wine is kinda cool too.
To try out the Bite Beauty line, I picked up a Bite Beauty High Pigment Matte Pencil in Honey Berry, because it looked gorgeously mauve-nude swiped on my hand and because it reminded me of my beloved Nars Velvet Matte Pencil formula. How did it stack up?
More on Bite Beauty High Pigment Matte Pencil, Photos & Swatches… › Continue reading
Alima Pure Mineral Makeup: Rainforest Limited Edition Collection – Photos & Swatches
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 | Beauty and Awareness, Makeup, Photos, Swatches | Comments Off
Meilily Product Photos & Swatches: Alima Pure Mineral Makeup Rainforest Collection!
If you’re looking to brighten up your color palette for Spring and you haven’t yet checked out mineral cosmetics brand Alima Pure, I am certain you will enjoy this peek at their new Limited Edition Rainforest Collection set. (For soft romantic shades, be sure to check out the Alima Pure Fairy Tale collection.)
The new Alima Pure Spring 2011 Rainforest Collection includes four finely milled mineral eye shadows inspired by the “jewels of the earth,” the rainforest. (Shown above clockwise from top left: Kapok, Macaw, Bromeliad, Jaguar).
More Photos & Swatches of the Rainforest Collection Mineral Eyeshadows… › Continue reading
Benefit Cosmetics Comparison Swatches: Girl Meets Pearl, High Beam & Moon Beam
Monday, November 1st, 2010 | Beauty Tips, Makeup, Photos, Swatches | 4 Comments
Meilily Swatches: Benefit Girl Meets Pearl, High Beam, Moon Beam
Meilily Product Swatches: Comparing Three Benefit Cosmetics Highlighters!
As requested, here are some swatches that will help you compare the three Benefit Cosmetics highlighters: Girl Meets Pearl, High Beam, and Moon Beam.
Benefit Cosmetics‘ first pink liquid highlighter, High Beam, quickly became a popular beauty staple, and more recently Benefit created Moon Beam, the next addition to their liquid highlighter family. Now, with the launch of the new Girl Meets Pearl luminizer, it has gotten pretty hard to tell all these Benefit liquid highlighters apart.
Meilily to the rescue! Believe me, after you see these highlighters swatched side by side, you will see a difference… Check out Meilily’s Benefit highlighter comparison swatches: › Continue reading
Product Photos & Swatches: Paul & Joe Nail Enamel
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 | Nail Polish, Photos, Product Picks, Sales, Swatches | Comments Off
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Meilily Product Pick, Photos & Swatches! Paul & Joe Nail Enamel!
Ever since Meilily was introduced to the wide world of Paul & Joe Beaute, a Parisian cosmetics and skincare line created by Sophie Albou that is much loved throughout the globe, an intense Paul & Joe beauty addiction began to smolder. After receiving a Paul & Joe Beaute product from one of the ladies at eMakeMeUp.com, this addiction was set ablaze, and… hauling commenced immediately.
Paul & Joe Nail Enamel: Scented & So Feminine!
One of the most interesting products from Paul & Joe Beaute, and one of the products I first hauled, is actually the Paul & Joe Nail Enamel, not just because of its unique floral glass bottle but also because it is a scented nail polish! It applies just like any good nail polish, but then it also smells quite nice when dry – like soft fruity flowers – with no yucky chemical smell! Amazing!
Swatches & More Photos of Paul & Joe Nail Enamel › Continue reading
Swatches of Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Move
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 | Makeup, Swatches | Comments Off
Meilily Product Swatches! Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Move!
Previously featured as a Meilily Product Pick, the Intense Lipgloss from UK beauty brand Illamasqua definitely requires some good swatches. All the shades of Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss are pretty unique and unconventional, and often look quite different from their color in the tube when applied to the skin.
So, here are several swatches of Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Move, a dusty mauve shade with hints of violet, swatched in different lighting.
Meilily Swatch (above top) with natural shadow and light (left:thick, right:sheer)- shows how Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Move › Continue reading
Swatches of the New Christian Siriano Debut Makeup Collection for Victoria’s Secret Makeup
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 | Makeup, Swatches | 2 Comments
Meilily Product Swatches! Christian Siriano’s Debut Makeup Collection
I’ve seen a lot of interest in the new makeup line from Project Runway winner Christian Siriano for Victoria’s Secret Makeup after I posted some details and product images. So, I got these swatches of all the new products from Christian Siriano’s debut makeup line and some top picks from the line!
Swatches of the New Christian Siriano Makeup Collection
Meilily Swatches: Christian Siriano Makeup - Eye Makeup
Shown left to right: Silky Eye Shadow in Royalty (matte eggplant), Gilded Fierce (deep olive with golden shimmer), Oasis (aqua frost), Sandstorm (dusty pink frost), and Sahara (soft sand frost).
Shown bottom: Kajal Eye Liner in Eclipse (deepest black with subtle shimmer – very creamy).
More Swatches from the Christian Siriano Makeup Collection… › Continue reading
Product Photos & Swatches: La Bella Donna Vision of Mineral Lights Compact
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 | Makeup, Photos, Product Picks, Swatches | Comments Off
Meilily Product Photos & Swatches: La Bella Donna Mineral Makeup Compact
While in Kauai, I made sure to get swatch and product photos at the beach, so with some help, here are some amazing product photos and swatches of a La Bella Donna product…
La Bella Donna Vision of Mineral Lights Compact Colour Quad – Photos & Swatches
Vision of Mineral Lights is one of several La Bella Donna Compact Colour quad products, and comes in several shades that can be used as bronzer, eye shadow, blush, and highlighter. › Continue reading
Product Photos & Swatches: tarte eyeQuatic Waterproof Summer Essentials Set
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | Free Stuff, Makeup, Photos, Swatches | 3 Comments
Meilily: tarte eyeQuatic summer makeup set
Meilily Product Photos & Swatches: tarte eyeQuatic
Check out these exclusive tarte eyeQuatic product photos! (Don’t forget to enter to win one of these summer makeup sets from tarte starting June 3 here at Meilily!)
tarte eyeQuatic Waterproof Summer Essentials Set Contains… Three lock & roll eyeshadows in turquoise, citrine, tanzanite; a deluxe travel-size lights, camera, splashes! waterproof mascara; and a full-size aquatic-mod head scarf.
Meilily’s tarte eyeQuatic Product Photos:
Meilily Product Photos: tarte lock & roll cream eyeshadow closeup
(Keep reading for more of Meilily’s photos and swatches…) › Continue reading
Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick – 100% Natural Ingredients
Monday, May 4th, 2009 | Makeup, Product Picks, Swatches | 7 Comments
Meilily Featured Product! Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick
Meilily: Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick Raisin Maple Shimmer
Attention Whole Foods Shoppers! Check out Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick in the beauty aisle for a natural lip treat!
I recently sought out Gabriel Cosmetics products because I had heard good things about their lead-free lipstick, and because I liked their no-animal-testing and natural ingredient philosophy. Hey, we could all use a good natural lipstick these days!
The founder of Gabriel Cosmetics, Gabriel DeSantino, developed the line of natural animal-friendly beauty products based on homeopathic family traditions that incorporated marine-derived botanicals. The products are made from 100% natural ingredients, and according to Gabriel Cosmetics, “No synthetic chemicals or animal by-products are utilized and no testing is ever done on animals.”
Details on Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick, Another Photo, & Swatches
The first thing I noticed when I tried my first Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick was that the texture was extremely smooth and the color (Raisin) was › Continue reading
OPI Breathe Life Lung Cancer Awareness Nail Polish Photos & Swatches
Monday, April 20th, 2009 | Beauty and Awareness, Nail Polish, Photos | 4 Comments
Meilily Product Photos & Swatches – OPI Breathe Life Nail Polish!
Meilily: OPI Breathe Life Nail Polish Bottle
As you might remember, Meilily announced the launch of OPI’s new Lung Cancer Foundation of America nail polish called Breathe Life about a month ago, with links to several great blog swatches.
OPI’s Breathe Life nail polish has since been generating some buzz online, so in order to help satisfy the demand for real-life swatches of OPI’s Breathe Life lung cancer awareness nail polish, Meilily now has new swatches and photos of OPI’s Breathe Life nail polish…
[You'll have to pardon the application! In contrast to the amazingly perfect swatches of those expert nail polish bloggers, Meilily's sophomore swatches show how nail polish will look when applied by, say, your seven year old niece. So, these could help some of you!]
Meilily: OPI Breathe Life Nail Polish Swatch
More Details and Another Photo… › Continue reading
Great Nail Polish Swatches and Free Nail Polish!
Monday, January 26th, 2009 | Free Stuff, Nail Polish, Photos | Comments Off
Recently, Meilily has become addicted to some really useful nail polish swatch sites with photos showing what various nail colors look like in real life. Both sites have nice close-up photos and detailed product comparisons. Checking out these swatch sites is an easy way to try before you buy!
- Scrangie
- The Polish Addict
Currently both sites feature the same special deal for a free bottle of Misa nail polish (through Misa Cosmetics) until the end of January. (See the Scrangie free polish post and Polish Addict post for details.)
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