Favorite Fall Lip Products

 It is no secret that Fall is my favorite season.  I feel like I wait nine months out of the year for Fall.  The first cool night and I'm ready to break out the sweaters and boots.  I love pumpkin lattes,changing leaves, Thanksgiving and football games on cool Sunday afternoons.  Another one of my favorite things about Fall is dark, vampy lip colors. There are a lot of gorgeous products out there that help to achieve this look.  These are some of my favorites.

Revlon Lip Butters
Sugar Plum: The deep mauve color of this Lip Butter is great for those who like a little darker lip but can't quite commit to a super dark color.

Fig Jam: Hands down this is one of my favorite Fall lip colors.  It is a perfect brown-red with a slightly glossy finish.  One of the reasons that I love the Revlon Lip Butters is because they are so easy to use.  I can typically apply most of them without a mirror and they feel great on the lips. 
Red Velvet: A perfect deep cranberry red.  I am seriously obsessed with these things.  

Chubby Lip Pencils
NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Palais Royal: A deep wine color with a satin finish.  The only thing I had a little trouble with is feathering.  To help prevent feathering I used my Urban Decay Ozone lip pencil underneath as a base and it stayed put. 
Urban Decay Super-Saturated High Gloss Color in Apocalypse: One of the darker colors that I own, Apocalypse is a deep plum with a glossy finish. 
Cover Girl Jumbo Gloss Balm in Jam Twist: Jam Twist is more a wash of bright cranberry color and less opaque than the NARS and Urban Decay pencils. 

MAC Lipstick 
Talk That Talk (Limited Edition): This is a perfect deep maroon color with a retro matte finish.  
Dark Side (Permanent Collection): Dark Side is almost the twin of Talk That Talk but with a creamier texture and slightly glossy finish. 
Sweet Succulence (Limited Edition): This is definitely the darkest lipstick that I own.  It is a deep maroon that has deep purple tones. It is a lustre finish so it is the glossiest finish of the four lipsticks. 
Caliente (Limited Edition): Caliente was released with the Temperature Rising collection - it is a brown - bronze color.  It has a dazzle finish with glitter throughout the lipstick.  One thing I did not love about this particular lipstick is that the glitter can feel a little gritty on the lips.  However, that is not enough to keep it out of my favorites. 

Lip Gloss
MAC Lust for Life (Limited Edition) Lip Glass: Deep berry gloss with a lustre finish.  I hate that I love these limited edition products so much because it makes me not want to use them for fear of running out! 
MAC Liquer (Limited Edition) Lip Glass: This color is so difficult to describe - it is a bronze-brown color with hints of pink.  It is truly stunning. 
MAC Soft Serenade (Limited Edition) Lip Glass: While this is not a dark color it does look beautiful over some of the more matte lip pencils and lipsticks. It is a nude lip gloss with shimmery glitter. 
Revlon Colorburst Lip Gloss in Bordeaux: This is a great dupe for MAC's Lust for Life. 

With any of these deep colors I recommend using a lip liner to help prevent feathering and to maintain the deep color.  I have been loving my Urban Decay Ozone lip liner lately. It is a clear liner that helps hold color and stop feathering.  I have also been using my MAC Talk That Talk lip liner from the RiRi Hearts MAC collection.  It is a dark plum from the Pro Longwear collection and it seriously does not budge.

What are some of your favorite Fall lip colors?

RiRi Hearts MAC - Swatches and First Impressions

It is no secret that I fell completely in love with the packaging of the Riri Hearts MAC Fall collection. Today was the first chance I had to actually play with the products and do a little swatching. As promised and without further ado - ladies and gentlemen I give you RiRi Hearts MAC :)

RiRi Woo Lipstick, Gloss and Liner: These were probably the items I was most excited about when I saw the collection.  I was so glad that I was able to get all three pieces.  RiRi Woo is reminiscent of MAC's famous Ruby Woo lipstick.  It is a perfect red - it is ever so slightly darker than Ruby Woo but has cool undertones so it will be flattering on many different skin tones.  In addition to the lipstick, MAC released a matching Pro Longwear lip liner.  These Pro Longwear lip liners are amazing. Talk about long lasting, after I swatched everything I went to wipe my hand off with a makeup wipe and the lip liner would not budge.  I had to really scrub it off and even then it left a red stain behind to remind me of its awesomeness.

Talk That Talk Lipstick and Liner: This duo is absolutely perfect for the Fall.  It is a deep, vampy purple with red tone lipstick.  I was excited for this because I love dark lips for Fall.  I wore this the other day and I didn't have any issues with feathering and the Pro Longwear liner helped the color stay on a majority of the day.  Like the RiRi Woo lipstick, this is a retro matte finish that I don't find to be drying on the lips.

Hibiscus Kiss Bronzer Duo: The MAC website describes this as "cool coral complements a neutral matte bronze in one gorgeous package". I had a really tough time swatching the bronzer - it barely shows up on my hand.  However, I did use this bronzer today to warm up my face and it shows up on my face beautifully.  The bronzer is a nice matte bronze with absolutely no shimmer (which I happen to prefer).  The blush is a very pretty bright coral.

Bad Girl Gone Good Blush: This is described as a "warm copper" blush with a satin finish.  I think the color is absolutely gorgeous but be warned - if you are fair skinned use a light hand.  This can pull a little orange if applied too heavily.

Diamonds Cream Base: To me this is one of the standouts of the entire collection.  It is a beautiful shimmery champagne colored cream highlight.  I used this today as a highlight on the tops of my cheeks and even though it is shimmery it is not sparkly or too dramatic.  It adds just the right amount of highlight.

Eyeshadow Quad in Her Cocoa: I was on the fence about the eyeshadow quads because to be honest the colors all looked like colors that I might have in other palettes.  After using this quad I am so glad that I bought it.  It creates the perfect light bronze smokey eye. I went for a wearable bronze eye look but you can definitely smoke the darker colors out for a more dramatic look. The MAC site describes the quad as "four warm shades: bright bronze gold, soft peach, chocolate bronze and antique gold".  I found that these quads do not swatch very well but they are very easy to work with on the eyes.  Unfortunately the individual names are not listed on the quad so I can't tell if these are from the permanent line or limited edition.  The swatches in order are left to right and top to bottom.

Eyeshadow Quad in Smoked Cocoa:  I have not gotten a chance to use this one yet but I am so looking forward to doing a very dramatic smokey eye. This one is described as "four cool shades: shimmering champagne, black with silver pearl, satin charcoal and matte grey". These also did not swatch well.  I'm hoping they will be easier to work with on the eyes.

I am really excited to see what the collection that will launch around the holidays is going to look like! Until then I will play with these little beauties <3

Haul: Riri Hearts Mac Fall Collection

The much anticipated Riri Hearts MAC collection launched in MAC stores on September 26th.  I had been lusting after the collection since I saw pictures posted online.  Given the popularity of the limited edition Riri lipsticks that launched online earlier this Summer, I knew that this collection would sell out fast.  I wasn't able to get to my MAC store on the day of the launch but was there bright and early the next day.  Surprisingly, they still had every piece of the collection and I was able to get everything I wanted.  Be still my beating heart.

Can we talk about how gorgeous the packaging alone is?  The boxes and packaging are the most beautiful rose gold color with red script writing and a big pink Rihanna "R" in the middle. MAC really got it right with this one.

I didn't get every piece of the collection because I just didn't think I needed it all.  Some of the pieces are from the permanent line just redressed in the rose gold packaging.  I also wasn't crazy about all of the lipstick colors and didn't want to buy them just to have them.

I was most excited about the Ririwoo lipstick, gloss and lip pencil.  The deep red is absolutely stunning and can be universally flattering on many skin tones.  I was also excited about the Hibiscuss Kiss bronzer/blush duo. I was really bummed when I didn't get this when it first launched this summer but now I'm so glad I didn't get it.  I much prefer this packaging over the plain black MAC packaging that it released over the summer.  The girl accidentally rang me up for two of the Diamonds cream bases so I was able to give one to my best friend who loves it as much as I do.

The whole collection is beautiful and I am so excited to have it to add to my own makeup collection. I will have another post with more pictures and swatches up shortly.