Mac Flamingo Lustre Lipstick Review and Swatches

Okay, I know I said I hardly ever buy lipsticks and yet, I'm here reviewing another one, BUT Mac Flamingo lipstick was always on my wishlist. I didn't buy it when it first come out in a limited edition collection and always regretted it, so when it was recently added to the permanent lipstick line, I decided to finally pick it up, especially as I had some House of Fraser vouchers burning a hole in my pocket!.

Mac describes Flamingo as "light milky bright coral", but it also has a lot of pink in it. I'd say it's one of those my lips but better shades. It's a lustre finish, so it's not very opaque, it takes a few goes to get a good colour payoff. It's very glossy, but also due to the lustre finish it wears off really quickly. I'm lucky if I get 2 hours of wear out of it, and that's without eating or drinking. It's not drying at all and feels very comfortable when on my lips.

So was it worth the wait? I can't honestly say it was for me, but if you are after a nice subtle lipstick, this is a good one to pick up. It's a great colour for the summer, but also all year round. I now prefer more pigmented, more opaque shades, so Flamingo sadly didn't live up to my expectations.

Flamingo lipstick costs £15.50 and you get 3 g for your money.

See more pictures, including swatches after the jump!

Swatching My Stash Part 4: Lipsticks - My Mac Lipsticks Part 2

Here's the second instalment of my Mac lipstick swatches, there will be one more containing all my Dazzle lipsticks. In this post I've got Frost, Sheen Supreme, Glaze, two Marcel Wanders, a Monogram lipstick and a Lustre that I forgot to swatch with the other Lustres. For the rest of my Lustres, also Amplified, Creemsheen, Matte and Satin finishes, check out this post.

First up are all my Frost lipsticks:

Heroine, Rose Maiden, Madly Creative, Victorian, Pet Me Please, Aristocat, Pink Burst, Thrills, Colour Me Coral, New York Apple, B-Babe, Purple Rite, Riveting Rose, Plastique, Sequin, Trimming Talk, Creme de la Femme (taken with flash)

See more pictures after the jump!

Swatching My Stash: My Nars Blushes and Highlighter

I thought I'd show you my small collection of Nars blushes today. I've just received my new Lustre blush and you might remember I pucrhased Deep Throat while in the US, so now I actually have quite a good variety. I find Nars blushes quite hit and miss, there are some lovely ones, but some of them are very very glittery (Super Orgasm I'm looking at you). Orgasm is a very popular shade and it is nice, but it does have a lot of glitter, so I've actually found a better and cheaper dupe from Sleek (Rose Gold, you can check it out here and here). I do love Albatross as a highlighter, Deep Throat is absolutely gorgeous and Lustre is a very nice shade too, no glitter in sight. Despite my better judgement, I have just ordered New Order highlighting blush from ASOS, which is extremely glittery, but is also a gorgeous light pink colour. I wasn't going to get it, but it was 20% off and I couldn't resist. Oh dear...

Top row: Angelika, Orgasm, Super Orgasm
Middle row: Lustre, Sin, Deep Throat
Bottom row: Albatross

Do you own any Nars blushes? Which ones are your favourites?

See swatches of my Nars blushes after the jump!

Swatching My Stash Part 4: Lipsticks - My Mac Lipsticks Part 1

I started swatching all my lipsticks back in March and have managed to finish all my Guerlain lipsticks, which is my favourite brand for lipsticks and pretty much in general, so I thought the next brand I should swatch should be Mac since I own 78 Mac lipsticks. Or rather that was the case in April, since then I have now bought a few more which will not be included in these swatches, but perhaps once I've swatched through all my lipsticks, I will do an update post. I'm forever buying lipsticks, so no doubt I'll have plenty new ones.

All my Mac lipsticks (as of 5th April 2011)

In this post I will swatch about half of my Mac lipsticks. First up are the Amplified, Cremesheen, Matte and Satin finishes.