Burberry CAMEO Lip Cover Soft Satin Lipstick Swatches & Review

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Brooke

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Burberry lipsticks have become quite the obsession for me. They’re so soft and lovely, I just can’t seem to get enough of them. On my travels around the interwebs as I read my favorite beauty blogs… the shade Cameo Lip Cover Soft Satin Lipstick came up quite a bit. The more I saw it, the more in love I became with it. Of course, it had to be mine #TeamEnable.

What the Nordstrom website says about Burberry Lip Cover Soft Satin Lipstick:

Discover supple and light colors that reflect the natural lip tones. Formulas are hydrating and give a full lip in tone, coverage and color fidelity.

Formula: Super-light ‘second skin’ texture provides intense moisture immediately after application. Combination of oils and light waxes helps easy application and extreme comfort.

Benefits: Pigments dispersed in a clear gelled structure ensure high color fidelity. Shiny polymers offer perfect luminosity. Balanced color palette from nude trench tones to Burberry reds.

Protection: Contains anti-aging ceramides for fuller lips. Guarantees continuous hydration. Contains UV filters to protect from damaging environmental exposure.

How to use: Apply like a normal lipstick or apply to your finger and push into the lip to give a more natural color. To enlarge the mouth, use a lighter lipstick in the middle of the mouth. To reduce the mouth, choose a darker shade.

Cameo is that perfectly glowy peachy pink shade that you can wear every single day. It has a slight shine to it, but still remains creamy.. making lips appear full and luscious. As a lighter shade, the wear is just that of a normal lipstick (a few hours), but is easy to reapply. It feels luxurious when applying and will provide any look with the perfect finishing touch!

Burberry Lip Cover Soft Satin Lipstick retails for $30.00 and is available at Nordstrom.

Burberry DARK SPICE Complete Eye Palette Swatches, Review and EOTD

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Brooke

It’s safe to say that I’ve been more than a little obsessed with Burberry lately. Don’t ask questions, just go with it.

In late 2012 Burberry Beauty released seven quads and called them the Complete Eye Palette. It was hard for me to choose, but in the end I settled on one I knew I’d love – No. 05 Dark Spice.

This Complete Eye Palette comes with four shadows (a gold, chocolate, bronze and black) in a soft velvet pouch and three small applicators.

What the Nordstrom website has to say about the Burberry Complete Eye Palette:

Designed for effortless application, each Burberry Beauty Complete Eye Palette contains an illuminating base, two blendable shades to add structure and a liner to define and enrich.

The lightweight, natural formula allows you to create a customizable smoky finish, while the spectrum of textures blended with silicones provide smooth glide and easy application. Micronized pigments impart long-lasting, vibrant color in a color-true finish.

Comes in a convenient velvet pouch with three applicators to help you create a multitude of looks.

In Dark Spice the pigment is intense on all of the shades. This is my first experience with Burberry eye shadow and I really found that the quality was fabulous. The shadows blended well and made for a seriously smoky chocolate eye. Think Jennifer Love Hewitt in the Ghost Whisperer type of eye. Hot.

Dark Spice leans incredibly warm, so keep that in mind before ordering.

For the EOTD I went a bit more dramatic and started off with the bronze shade all over the lid, the chocolate shade in the crease and the black in the outer V. I used the golden shade above the chocolate to blend out the crease, but I felt like it made the look a bit sallow. The liner is MAC Orpheus Kohl Power and the mascara is Chanel Le Volume.

I think for more normal wear I would put the golden shade on the lid and then work the bronze, chocolate and black in with it that way. Maybe with the black as a liner!

Have you tried any of these out yet? Which did you purchase or which one are you lemming? No. 06 Plum Pink is definitely next on my list!

The Burberry Complete Eye Palette retails for $59.00 and is available at Nordstrom.

Burberry Haymarket Check Folding Wristlet Photos & Review

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Brooke

My inaugural Burberry handbag purchase! I’ve been eying Burberry for a long time… mostly the huge bags that would make DH laugh if I was all “I want to buy that”. Plus, I have a lot of huge bags. I’ve been surfing around looking for something that was portable, easy and would carry just enough. In November, when my birthday arrived, I found it. The Burberry Haymarket Check Folding Wristlet.

This wristlet is awesome because it can also be used as a clutch and it folds over. When it’s opened there are two separate compartments to keep all of your essentials organized. The ONLY thing I’d change about this is that I feel like it needs a longer strap for cross-body wear. Even though it’s got the wrist strap, sometimes it’s nice to be *totally* hands-free!

Of course, it’s no longer on the website at Neiman Marcus, but if you’re wanting to purchase you can do so on the Burberry website.

Makeup Wars ~ My Holiday Beauty Wish List

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Brooke

The Makeup Wars Bloggers decided it would be a smart move to do up our Holiday wish lists. Basically, if any family or friends are reading this and want to tell Santa so I have a little surprise under the tree… you won’t hear me complain. I might even have a smooch waiting under the mistletoe for anyone thinking of me!

I thought it would be a good idea to pick some “wants” at several price points… just in case my hubby or someone else who loves me equally as much is checking this out! Keeping it tame, this is just beauty items. If I would have dove into handbag, shoes, jewelry… well, we’d have been here all day.

Tarte Carried Away Collector’s Set ($54.00). This set from Tarte has is ALL. It’s so beautiful and clearly necessary for all of your beauty needs and wants! Photo courtesy of Sephora.com.
OCC Pro’s Picks Lip Tar Set ($49.00). I own nothing from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics and I’m DYING to. This set is the perfect opportunity! Photo courtesy of Sephora.com.
Make Up For Ever Be Your Own Make Up Artist Station ($950.00). Let’s just be honest, who DOESN’T want this? At that price point it’ll very likely never happen for me, but I can dream! Photo courtesy of Sephora.com.
Burberry Complete Eye Palette ($59.00). I’ll take any of them, but the one pictured, Dark Spice, is my top choice. Photo courtesy of Nordstrom.com.
Laura Mercier Illuminating Eye Shadow in Rose Gold ($24.00). I love the style of the shadow pan and the shade just looks stunning! Photo courtesy of NeimanMarcus.com.
Estee Lauder Michael Kors Set ($38.50). This one is tricky, you can only purchase it with an Estee Lauder Fragrance purchase. I cannot stand EL fragrance and I don’t know anyone to give it to if I bought it. So go buy yourself some perfume and then get me this Michael Kors set! Different sets are available at Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Dillards, Macys and EsteeLauder.com. I’ll take any of them. Photo courtesy of Nordstrom.com.
MAC Hang Up the Glamour Hanging Travel Bag ($40.00). It’s leopard on the outside, lacy looking on the inside and securely holds all of our travel junkies with style. Hook me up. Photo courtesy of maccosmetics.com.
Bare Escentuals The Star Treatment Set ($40.00). I love the pressed shadows from this brand, and the shades in this palette are right up my alley! Photo courtesy of Sephora.com.
MAC Making Pretty Brush Set for Face & Eye ($100.00). I obviously don’t NEED this, but its so pretty and chic… I just want it to look at it. I’d never buy it for myself, but would loveeee to have it as a gift! Photo courtesy of maccosmetics.com.
Le Metier de Beaute CHEM60 Pro-Peel and GLOW10ai Mask Set ($265.00) I am so totally addicted to this. It’s easy to do, safe and it works! You can check out my experience with this product by clicking here. Photo courtesy of NeimanMarcus.com.

Oh, drugstore beauty, I haven’t forgotten about you!

Cover Girl Clump Crusher LashBlast Mascara. I’ve heard great things from fellow bloggers. Photo courtesy of Ulta.com where this product is currently buy one get one half off.
Wet N Wild ColorIcon Eight Pan Eyeshadow Palette Collection. I’d love the two palettes I don’t have that released with Holiday 2012 (I think the matte one, Drinking a Glass of Shine, was released before as I <3 Matte) in Sparkle ‘Til Morning & Shimmer the Night Away (see pics at Nouveau Cheap).
L’Oreal Project Runway Electric Fantasie Collection. Any and all of it. We’ve been ripe with sickness here so I haven’t really been out and about to get any pieces =( See photos at Musings of a Muse.
Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips. I always see these and always want to try them out. The colors just look so pretty sitting by each other. The set shown above is in Nude. Photo courtesy of PhysiciansFormula.com.

What is on your holiday beauty wish list?

See what the other participants in this installment of Makeup Wars came up with! What WILL we think of next?!

Burberry MILITARY RED Lip Velvet Long-Wear Lipstick Swatches & Review

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Brooke

I blame Messy. I need another red lipstick like most people need an extra hole in the head, but when I saw Burberry Military Red No. 310 Lip Velvet Long-Wear Lipstick on Xiao over at Messy Wands it took me all of about 3 seconds to go to Nordstrom.com and order it.

What Nordstrom has to say about Burberry Lip Velvet Long-Wear Lipstick:

Explore velvet intensity with Lip Velvet Long Wear Lipstick.

Burberry innovation brings a new finish for lips: a velvety matte radiance, inspired by the most opulent of English fabrics. Iconic pigments provide incredibly dense and luminous color, gel technology gives comfortable long-wear performance, while triglycerides and wild rose continuously hydrate. The result is effortlessly elegant, protective and breathable.

Tips: Apply Lip Velvet with fingertips for a natural stain of color or use with a Lip Definer Pencil for a more polished elegance.

Military Red is a true and saturated red (swatch photos taken outside in natural lighting). It’s not quite matte… but not quite satin either. It’s the most peculiar formula, but totally wearable. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s moisturizing, but it won’t dry out your lips.

This wears well for about 5-6 hours and will leave a slight staining on the lips. I’m really impressed and am definitely going to go for a wine shade for the cold weather months.

Burberry Lip Velvet Long-Wear Lipstick retails for $30.00 and is available at Nordstrom.

Burberry NUDE ROSE Lipstick Swatches and Review

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Brooke

I have been DYING to try out Burberry’s makeup line since it came out. With it not being available locally for me to see in person, that’s been extremely difficult. There are SO many great products with well known names behind them, that it’s hard to bite the bullet and buy from a new beauty brand that isn’t available with testers at your local counter. Hopefully, in the future, Burberry Beauty can take off and be available at my local Nordstrom too

My first ever product from Burberry Beauty is the Nude Rose (no. 25) Lip Cover Soft Satin Lipstick.

Nude Rose as a shade is pretty true to it’s name. It’s a beige pinky rose shade that glides on with ease. This lipstick is uber creamy and wears very, very well. I’ve heard a few negative comments about the scent, but I don’t really smell anything. There is a slight hint of a scent, but it’s barely noticeable. I actually forgot about it having a scent until a friend asked me what I thought about it. Unless you’re extremely sensitive to smells, you should be ok in that department.

The packaging is nice, though I did expect it to be a bit heavier, like Guerlain. I love the pattern on the casing as well as on the lipstick bullet. The case closes magnetically, so you have to make sure you have it on there just right for it to shut. I wasn’t a fan of that at first, but now I kind of like it.

I definitely look forward to purchasing more from the Burberry Beauty line, after I stalk some online swatches, of course

Burberry Lip Cover Soft Satin Lipstick retails for $30.00 and you can pick this up at Nordstrom.com.

I received this lipstick as an early birthday present from one of my international girls that I CP for. I just thought that should be disclosed since I didn’t purchase this myself Thank you, Julia!!