MAC Viva Glam Sia launched today and suddenly I feel like I need another red lipstick in my life. It wasn’t always that way you know. I avoided red lipstick like the plague for many, many years because I always felt like I looked like a clown in it. Somewhere along the way I developed a certain confidence to wear red and about a hundred odd tubes later the rest is history.

I’m always searching for the perfectly formulated concealer. I’ve come across a few I love but I’m always hunting. Red lipstick is a lot like concealer in some aspects. You have to find that perfect formula and that perfect undertone and suddenly your life is changed. Finding your perfect red lipstick can definitely makeup life altering. If you haven’t found yours or you shy away from the shade I’d recommend not giving up the fight. Keep looking! Don’t give up! There’s a red lipstick out there for everyone.

Maybe Viva Glam Sia is yours!

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Neutrogena Deep Clean Purifying Micellar Water is a new 3-in-1 formula that removes makeup while purifying skin. I don’t really understand their 3-in-1 formula marketing they have going on here! Their tag line reads, “removes waterproof makeup + effectively cleanses + purifies”. Isn’t that all the same bloody thing? Especially the part about removing makeup and effectively cleansing. What and what?! Are you intentionally trying to throw a pop quiz at me and make me think hard here because I can’t even when I’m tired in the middle of the night and shopping micellar waters in my pajama bottoms.

True story about shopping this in my pajama bottoms. I had to go get some distilled water at 2AM and I couldn’t be arsed to get dressed. I SWEAR TO GOD I am not one of those people roaming the streets in Uggs and pajama bottoms. It was just the one time.

No but seriously, the marketing is kind of off here as there isn’t anything 3-in-1 about this formula. It removes makeup period. The end. Everyone lives happily ever after. Well not really, because the formula isn’t that great.

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Yes to Cucumbers Exfoliating Cleansing Balm and Yes To Coconut Oil Cleansing Balm are headed to your local drugstore for Spring 2018 and I’m already on the look out as I really need to try these out for myself (even though I tend to be disappointed by Yes To Skincare).

I wondering if these are a traditional cleansing balm like Clinique Take the Day Off Cleansing Balm? I hope so! I didn’t really like Yes To Coconut Ultra Hydrating Melting Cleanser which is essentially a cleansing balm of sorts in a tube so I have high hopes these formulas will be better.

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Try saying Makeup Revolution Conceal & Define Full Coverage Conceal & Contour three times and tell me how you do. That’s a really big name for a tiny little concealer (0.11 oz) isn’t it? What is it? It’s Makeup Revolution’s latest launch that has the beauty world buzzing. Considering Makeup Revolution is known for creating duplicates of a variety of different popular palettes and makeup products I suppose that Conceal & Define Full Coverage Conceal & Contour has everyone curious about whether or not this is the next Shape Tape Concealer. I have my doubts but count me curious anyway.

Available in a whooping $17 shades the brand promises a long lasting and easy to blend formula at a very affordable $7 dollar price tag.

You know I’m totally first in line for this one since I’m a concealer junkie!

Let’s see how it goes!

Makeup Revolution Conceal & Define Full Coverage Conceal & Contour is available now at ulta.com.

Speaking of concealers I feel terribly saddened that Spring 2018 is not going to be the season of new concealers. I used to look forward to Spring makeup launches for one reason. New base products! That means new concealer! Sadly, it’s been a while since anything really jumped out and grabbed me. Born this Way Concealer was a bust for me, I’m not convinced I like the new Urban Decay concealer, and I’m still trying to understand why NARS Creamy Concealer gets so many raves. As for MAC Waterweight hasn’t quite got me yet either but I’m still testing!

Any new concealers you’re testing out I need to know about? I’m shopping at the moment because I SWEAR the last time I purchased Shape Tape the formula seemed off to me. It seems a lot drier than it was when I first tried it. Either that or I’m much drier!

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Don’t kill me but possibly the only reason I want Givenchy Gloss Interdit Vinyl is because it has thee coolest applicator. In a sea of lipglosses I guess you have to be unique right? Formula is important yes but how far can you go to make an innovative lipgloss formula? What hasn’t already been done right? Glossiness, shine, pigment, texture, there isn’t a lot of ways you can make your lipgloss formula stand out.

What you can do though is create interesting packaging and Givenchy Gloss Interdit Vinyl has a whole lot of that. Well, maybe not the outside packaging but whip out the applicator and you’ll find a G shaped sponge tip to apply the gloss one. Nifty right? Even more cool if your first name happens to start with a G because I’m idiotic like that and think it would be cool to have an applicator that sported my initial. Too bad my name begins with an I, makeup world class problems.

I dunno how awkward it would to apply lipgloss with a G shaped sponge though hmmm….

Available in 12 shade selections Gloss Interdit Vinyl is a shiny gloss with medium color coverage that naturally plumps lips up with black rose oil.

Unique applicator all you can grab the new Givenchy Gloss Interdit Vinyl now at neimanmarcus.com.

P.S. Whovians, did you know Class was canceled? I has a sad. I actually really liked it even though it was a bit naff. The reason it was brought to mind was because I watched the Supernatural Wayward Sisters episode and it felt like an episode of Class with those really bad monsters. Most of the monsters in Supernatural have either been played by real humans or CGI and for some reason it felt more “real” like that. But dressing up a bunch of dudes in black and giving them glowing eyes with no face kind of felt like something out of Buffy or Class’s playbook. It didn’t feel very Supernatural-ish to me. I still liked the episode though but I’m not really sold on Claire. Never have been. I find her character annoying. Everyone always hated Jo and felt she was irritating but Claire has her beat by a million miles.

Anyway, that’s my geekery of the day.

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