Gigi Hadid x Maybelline Collection

Gigi Hadid has parlayed her personal passion for makeup into a limited-edition collaboration with Maybelline - Gigi Hadid x Maybelline Collection - which features two distinct looks:

The New York Glam Collection incorporates the buzzing rhythm of New York with the perfect combination of trendy, stylish and grunge to effortlessly take you from looking sharp in you morning meeting to feeling sexy and city chic at night.

While the LA Glow Collection embodies the laid-back vibes of California with a beachy feel inspired by the warm shades of California's iconic sunsets to effortlessly take you from day to night.

Here's a round-up/pricelist of everything in both collections - as you can see, they are not selling at supermodel prices!

Gigi Fiber Mascara - $14.99
Gigi Wing Mascara - $12.99
Gigi Eye Shadow Palette - $16.99 - in Warm and Cool
Gigi Master Precise - $12.99 -
Gigi Lasting Drama Eyelights - $12.99 - in Warm and Cool
Gigi Primer - $12.99 - in Warm and Cool
Gigi BB Cream - $12.99 - in Warm and Cool
Gigi Strobe Liquid - $14.99 - in Warm and Cool
Gigi Eye Contour Brush - $12.99
Gigi Eye Shadow Brush - $12.99
Gigi Color Sensational Matte Lipstick - $11.99 - in 6 shades: McCall - light nude, Taura - classic nude, Erin - deep mauve with purple undertones, Austyn - warm orange, Khair - universal red, Lani - deep red with blue undertones
Gigi Color Sensational Matte Lipliner - $11.99 - in corresponding shades to the lipsticks

My faves from the collection - the LA Glow cool palette - beautiful shades with just the right amount of shimmer and the Khair lipstick - it really is the perfect red! The one thing I wish Gigi had done differently is the packaging, I'm not a fan of the flesh colour - it kind of creeps me out! :)

Available at drug and mass retailers across Canada starting December 5th while they last or if you want to shop now without the gratification of taking it home right away go to amazon.ca or walmart.ca for the pre-sale!

- Lisamarie -

Givenchy L'Autre Noir 2017 Autumn-Winter Collection

Givenchy goes super dark for Fall/Winter 2017 with L'Autre Noir, a limited edition makeup collection that is so much edgy fun, everything else will seem boring in comparison!

Universal Noir Révélateur Lip Liner - $35 - reshapes and redefines lips while enhancing the look of your lipstick, and preventing the colour from bleeding. Enriched with Noir Révélateur, it also adds depth to the shade of your lipstick. Use it as a liner or apply lightly to the center of your lips to add contrast, creating an ultra-fashionable, graduated look or when used all over, the black is gradually diffused and intensifies the natural color of the lips.

Gloss Révélateur - $35 - an enigmatic black gloss with a shiny and non-sticky formula that results in a rosy pink that varies according to the pH of your skin and can be worn on its own for a just-bitten look, or as a top coat to add shine and depth to the colour of your lipstick.

Liner Vinyl - $39 - in 6 Rosy Black - black infused with pearlescent rose and violet flecks for an intense, iridescent black finish - an ultra-precise liquid eyeliner that results in a highly pigmented, unique texture with a super-thin brush that allows you to create from a full to thin line.

Blush Noir Révélateur - $43 - reacts to the pH of the skin, creating a unique colour on every face, from sheer rose to deep plum. Use it on its own or layer over/under any other cheek product.

Ombre Couture - $32 - in 6 Rose Black - black infused with pearlescent rose and violet flecks - glides on, drying down to a powdery finish for up to 16 hours of long-wearing, waterproof colour.

Le Rouge Sculpt Two Tone Lipstick - $45 - in 5 shades: No 1 Sculpt'in Rouge - magic black and red, No 2 Sculpt'in Violine - deep berry and red pink, No 3 Sculpt'in Fuchsia - fuchsia and pink, No 4 Sculpt'in Corail - coral and brick red, No 5 Sculpt'in Rose - rose and berry - that adds contrast, contour and volume in one easy tube - the core shade highlights the center of the lips, while the darker, tone-on-tone shade, enriched with the secret Noir Révélateur formula, contours the edges with a deeper color.

Available now exclusively at Sephora and sephora.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Hard Candy Lip Artiste Lip Contouring Wand

Hard Candy Lip Artiste Lip Contouring Wand - $7.98 - in Nude to Brown, Pink to Mauve, Plum to Berry, Coral to Peach, Red and Wine to Burgundy - a transformative lip contour and highlighting duo that enhances lips in a two-step process designed to modify the appearance of lip shape and size. The matte lip contour pencil revises lip shape and creates shadows, while the iridescent highlighter shade enlarges the appearance of the pout by creating light.

It's super easy - use the liner side to line lips as well as correct any uneven lip shape and size. Next apply your favourite lip product in a shade that coordinates. Finally, apply the lip highlighter to the center of lips, creating the illusion of a plump, pillowy pout - and you're done! 

Available exclusively at Walmart stores across Canada.

- Lisamarie -

Easy summer lips with GOSH and Sun Bum!

GOSH Velvet Touch Lip Liner - $10 - in 14 shades: Nougat Crisp, Cardinal Red, Flirty Orange, Antique Rose, Pink Pleasure, Angel Kiss, Simply Red, Chocolate Kiss, Cocoa Plum, Rose, Raspberry Dream, Smoothie, Raisin - with a unique waterproof wax formula that prevents lipstick from bleeding into the small lines around the lips along with vitamin E and jojoba oil to keep it from being too drying.

Great for wearing under lipstick but it's my go-to summer product for a melt-proof lip colour that is long-wearing and fuss-free. Rather then draw it on and have it look very precise, all I do is apply a bit to both lips, and then smudge it around with my finger - for a stained look - and then top it with my favourite lip balm:

Sun Bum Lip Balm SPF 30 - $5.99 - in coconut, key lime, mango, pink guava, pomegranate and my fave, banana - protects lips from the sun with a water resistant formula, along with cocoa butter, aloe and vitamin E to moisturize.

The colour lasts all day, I just reapply the balm on a regular basis to keep lips moisturized and protected from the sun!

Available now at Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada.

- Lisamarie -

Gen Nude bareMinerals - with swatches!

bareMinerals wants you to get you nude.... well your lips at least and is offering up lots of ways to help that happen with 4 state-of-the-art formulas and 60 bespoke shades for endless ways to go nude:

Gen Nude Matte Liquid Lipcolour - $23 - in 20 shades: Smooch, Slay, Swag, Icon, Juju, Swank, Kissyface, Infamous, Frenemy, Friendship, Hemp, Extra, Cookie, Weekend, Cult, Wink, Om, XYZ, Boss, Scandal - with full coverage - a moisturizing, lightweight texture, long-wearing formula and cream-to-matte finish.

Smooch - the colour is way too light for my skintone but the formula feels great on - so light it doesn't feel like wearing anything!

Gen Nude Radiant Lipstick - $25 - in 20 shades: Tutu, Crave, XOX, Notorious, Mantra, Queen, Baby, Crush, Kitty, Heaven, Love, Karma, Bubbles, Nudist, Panko, Controversy, Sexpot, Honeybun, Strip, Posh - with medium coverage - a moisturizing, creamy texture and a demi-shine finish.

Baby - again, it's not a great colour on me, it would look better on someone darker, but I do love the slight sheen on the finish which is much more flattering if you don't have perfect lips (like me)!

Gen Nude Buttercream Lipgloss - $23 - in 15 shades: Sugar, Heartbreaker, Flirt, Groovy, Forbidden, Fancy, Snarky, Must Have, Popular, Fly, Cosmic, Far Out, Totally, Tantalize, Minx - with sheer-to-medium coverage - a moisturizing, ultra-buttery texture, non-tingling, plumping formula and a balmy shine finish

Forbidden - I do love a gloss and this one is great, shiny without feeling the least bit sticky or tacky!

 

There are a couple of other items in the collection to perfect your lip colours:

Gen Nude Under Over Lip Liner - $20 - in 5 shades: Borderline, Freestyle, On Point, Vibe, Attitude - with rich pigment, a creamy, blendable formula and a velvety-soft finish - perfect for precise defining and post lining.

Double-Ended Perfect Fill Lip Brush - $25 - a dual-ended brush that makes tricky lip color application easy. Designed with synthetic fibers that won’t absorb saturated pigments, it swipes on full-coverage color. One end has a slim brush for controlled definition and precision lining. At the other end, a fuller brush delivers more color to swiftly fill in your lips. Its hand-shaped, scooped design hugs and caresses the curves of lips for perfect application. While a retractable cover and protective cap keep the brush ends in tip-top shape.

Available now at Sephora and sephora.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Chanel Le Rouge Collection N°1 - Fall 2016 Makeup Collection

For Fall 2016, Chanel Le Rouge · Collection N°1 explores the abstract and expressive resonances of the colour red while reconfiguring its role in beauty. For her first collection, Global Creative Makeup and Colour Designer, Lucia Pica seeks to transform the traditional role of red, at once celebrating and subverting its classic status as the preeminent colour for lipstick, blush and nail varnish. While still partaking in the search for the iconic and classic in each area of the collection, Pica also confounds expectations and takes the red into unexpected realms, particularly that of eye makeup, evoking emotion and passion here too.

Les 4 Ombres - $68 - in 268 Candeur et Experience - a medley of browns - warm, light and deep - have an idea of innocence subverted in a contrast with a deep brick red.

Illusion D’Ombre Velvet - $41 - in 132 Rouge Contraste - luxurious and sensual matte cream in deep
chocolate brown.
Illusion D’Ombre - $41 - in 128 Rouge Brule - high shine copper orange.

Style Yeux Waterproof - $35 - in 928 Eros - brown burgundy red; and 929 Agape - rich brown with a slight red undertone.

Dimensions Mascara - $41 - in 40 Subversif - aubergine black.

Joues Contraste - $53 - in 320 Rouge Profound - deep brick red.

Rouge Allure - $43 - in 168 Rouge Ingenue - warm and dusty pink beige; and 169 Rouge Tentation - intense red.
Rouge Allure Velvet - $43 - in 56 Rouge Charnel - powerful fire red, 57 Rouge Feu - luminous orange, 58 Roue Vie - deep rosebud; and 59 Rouge Audace - rich chocolate burgundy.

Le Crayon Levres - $33 - in 97 Desir - orange-red; and 98 Seduction - rosebud brick.

Le Vernis Longue Tenue - $32 - in 528 Rouge Puissant - a traditional, powerful and profound red.
Le Vernis Gloss - $32 - in 530 Rouge Radical - a high shine, jelly and transparent vibrant orange-red, that playfully envelopes nails with a liquid fire.

Available now at Chanel counters across Canada including at Hudson's Bay, Murale and Holt Renfrew.

- Lisamarie -

Guerlain Bloom Of Rose Fall 2015 Makeup Collection

Guerlain is bringing a breath of lightness and well-being to fall this year with its Bloom of Rose collection - including invigorating and enveloping must-haves that caress the skin, while offering it vibrant, natural shades to maintain a beautiful post-holiday glow.

KissKiss Roselip Hydrating & Plumping Tinted Lip Balm - $41 - in 6 shades for a natural bitten-lip effect: Morning Rose - with a slight tint powered by your own pH level; Chic Pink - powder pink beige; Peach Party - vibrant sunny orange; Crazy Bouquet - delicious red; Pink Me Up - fresh pink; Wonder Violette - chic violet - enriched with essential rose oil to hydrate, repair and nourish; hyaluronic acid to immediately plump; and an active oil-based polymer to deeply smooth and fill in wrinkles.

Rose Aux Joues Tender Blush - $57 - in 6 shades: 1 Morning Rose - very fresh pink, 2 Chic Pink - soft brick with fine golden pearl sparkles, 3 Peach Party - tender coral, 4 Crazy Bouquet - sunny bright red, 5 Wonder Violette - powdery plum, 6 Pink Me Up - punchy pink - with natural glow high-tech pigments that reflect and multiply natural red light and pink booster pigments that let the natural red light blend with the skin enhancing the complexion's natural rosiness to reveal a healthy radiance.

Ecrin 6 Couleurs - $99 - in new basic shade Beaugrenella with grey and blue shades in a mix of highly pigmented  matte and shiny finishes with a new creamy texture that can be used as a liner or base.

Ecrin 4 Couleurs - $69 - in new basic shade 19 Les Cendres

KissKiss Lip Shaping Cream - $41 - in new basic shades 345 Orange Fizz and 270 Lady Pink

Lip Liner - $36 - in new basic shade 46 Orange Hibiscus

Gloss D'Enfer - $34 - in new basic shades 442 Nahema Smack and 472 Candy Hop

Available now at Guerlain counters across Canada.

- Lisamarie -

MAC Rocky Horror Picture Show Collection

The Rocky Horror Picture Show kicks off the celebration of its 40th anniversary in wild style with an untamed MAC collaboration, featuring an outrageous collection of hues and products specially designed to recreate the looks of your favourite characters from the 1975 cult classic film. Transform yourself into a sex-swapping mad scientist, heroic newlywed, alien from Transylvania or even the time-warped Riff Raff, with an orgy of colour worthy of any midnight mayhem at The Frankenstein Place.

Lipstick - $21
Strange Journey - yellowish brick red (matte)
Oblivion - vivid bluish-red (amplified)
Sin - deep dark blue red (matte)
Frank-N-Furter - deep raspberry wine (matte)

Lip Pencil - $21
Vino - intense violet purple

Eyeshadow Palette - $53
Riff-Raff
Graphic Style - deep silver (veluxe pearl)
Oh, Rocky!!! - soft muted white with pearl ( frost)
Carbon Black-  intense black (matte)
Heavy, Black and Pendulous - grayish blue with pearl (frost)
Blackberry - muted burgundy-plum brown (matte)
Crystal - violet duo-chrome with pearl ( frost)

Glitter - $28
Gold - sparkling chunky gold
3D Black - black with silver holographic effect

Pigment - $28
It’s Not Easy Having a Good Time - sparkling burgundy

Chromagraphic Pencil - $21
Black Black - black
Basic Red - primary red

Greasepaint Stick - $25
B - bright yellow blue
Black Intense - black

Superslick Liquid Eye Liner - $24
On The Hunt - true black

Zoom Fast Black Lash - $20
Deepest black

Powder Blush - $28.50
Crazed Imagination - muted plum with a hint of pink pearl

Sculpt and Shape Powder - $33
Bone Beige/Emphasize -  palest cream/tan

Set Powder - $40
Invisible

Nail Lacquer - $16
Bad Fairy - red with red multi-changing pearl
Formidable - teal green with pink multi-changing pearl

Lashes - $22
7 Lash

Available at MAC counters October 2, 2014 and online at www.maccosmetics.com.

- Lisamarie -

Make Up For Ever Aqua Summer 2013

Make a splash this summer with the bright, beautiful and long-lasting colours in the new extension to the Make Up For Ever Aqua range!

Aqua Cream - $28 - offers crease and smudge proof intense colour for the eyes and lips that lasts through even the warmest days.

#52 Pearly Green Lagoon

Aqua Cream #53 Pearly Pastel Green

Aqua Cream #54 Pearly Mauve

Aqua Eyes - $23 - #25L Matte Brown and #52L Pearly Green Lagoon - define your eyes with shades that won't run or smudge with long-lasting colour that stays put and glides on easily for precise application.

Aqua Rouge - $29 - #16 Fuschia, #17 Bright Coral, #18 Coral, #19 Pomegranate Pink and #20 Baby Pink - a full-coverage, highly-pigmented liquid lip colour that can be worn alone or topped off with clear gloss to create a beautiful, non-transferable, kiss-proof and smudge-proof pout.

Aqua Lip - $23 - #19C Pomegranate Pink and #20C Baby Pink - the perfect complement to Aqua Rouge  to brighten your lip colour and lock in smudge-proof properties.

Available now at Sephora, sephora.ca and Make Up For Ever boutiques.

- Lisamarie -

Caryl Baker Visage Spring Awakening 2013 Colour Collection

Splashes of colour mixed with classic neutrals create subtle, glowing looks for the Caryl Baker Visage spring collection - like a warm spring morning and watching beauty in bloom - except in this case it's your face that is beautifully simple, soft and radiant!

Eye Shadow - $18 (Beauty Club Price $16.20) in 9 shades that are a mix of classic tones and subtle hits of colour: Peachy, Dewy, Sunshine, Barefoot, Cool, Fresh, Drizzle, Breezy, In The Buff

Blush - $22.50 (Beauty Club Price $20.25) in 3 shades inspired by the soft ones of a spring bouquet: Spring Awakening, Simply Spring, Spring Fever

Lipstick - $18 (Beauty Club Price $16.20) in 6 rich and creamy, semi-sheer shades: Honey-Do, Playful, Spunky, Bloom'n, Sweet Treat, Kiss Me

Lip Pencil - $15 (Beauty Club Price $13.50) in 5 shades that blend with the above lipsticks: Silk, Sweet, Maple, Antique Rose, Misty Brown

Lip Glass - $17.50 (Beauty Club Prince $15.75) to add a hint of natural sparkle

Rather then buy separately, the best deal can be had by creating a customized colour story with 3 shadows, 1 lipstick, 1 lip pencil, 1 blush and the lip glass for only $75!

Not sure what to pick? Book a free Spring Beauty Workshop to try out all the new colours, learn innovative techniques and new beauty trends with one of the Caryl Baker Visage artists at your local store.

Available until May 5th - check out www.carylbakervisage.com to find a location near you!

- Lisamarie -

Nude and shiny pouts with Maybelline, Avon, Hourglass and mark. - with swatches!

I'm a big fan of a smoky eye for fall and even though I know it's a trend this season, I just can't bring myself to sport a smoky eye with a bold lip - it's a good look on a model, not on me! A shiny nude lip is what you'll see with my smoky eye with and here are a few lips that I will be wearing this season:

Maybelline Color Sensational High Shine Gloss - $9.99 - super shine from the first ever wax-free formula for pure saturated colour that is easy to apply without ever feeling sticky or tacky. In 12 shades: Almond Crush, Glisten Up Pink, Captivating Coral, One Shine Day, Iced Chocolate, Luminous Latte, Gleaming Grenadine, Mocha-Mazing, Mirrored Mauve, Plum Lustre, Electric Shock and Raspberry Reflections.

Luminous Latte

Avon Glazewear VitaLuscious Lip Gloss - $7.99 - a new Glazewear formula with nourishing vitamins and natural ingredients that offer luscious shine and a hint of colour perfect for when you want your eyes to make the statement! In 10 shades: Renewing Rose, Vita-Pink, Wine Wellness, Peach-Fection, Nude-Tritious, Pink Boost, Rose Flush, Reviving Red, Vital Copper and Chocoloxidant.

Pink Boost

Hourglass Extreme Sheen High Shine Lip Gloss - $33 - with a paraben-free formulation that delivers high-shine and rich pigment without feathering and contains moisturizing active and Vitamin E to provide intense hydration to keep lips from cracking or chapping

Nectar

mark. Gloss On Lip Gloss - $10 - part of the summer Hamptons collection, this might be a bit of a tease because it's not technically available anymore so bug your Avon lady to see if she has any left over stock -  but I had to show you the Cabana shade because it is the most perfect shimmery nude peach that is my go-to shade to match with a smoky eye!

Cabana

And if you're looking for a way to keep your gloss from migrating outside of your lips and into the little lines around your mouth check out No Bleeding Lips - $14.99 - although on further reflection the name is kinda gross, the results are great! You just use it to draw an invisible line around the outside of your lipline which creates a barrier against product bleed and feathering that lasts up to 5 hours. Also great for those dark coloured lipsticks!

Available now exclusively at Shoppers Drug Mart.

- Lisamarie -