Recent Makeup

I tried resistance, but I couldn't! RIRI LOVES MAC

So I tried my very best to not make any purchase of makeup for a while, but I couldn't miss out on Rihanna's collection because it WILL run out. I just got these items so I do have opinions based on first impressions.

I only picked out 5 items that I wanted the most. The blush/bronzer duo honestly did not impress me when I swatched it in store so I didn't get it. I got 2 lipsticks, 1 lipliner, cream highlight, and a lip gloss. 

This cream highlight is called Diamonds. When swatch it is literally shimmery with larger particles that mimicks the expectation of diamonds glistening. It isn't so overpowering which is actually NOT my taste, I like my highlight extreme- but I will work with this and see how I like it worn.

Talk that Talk lipstick and it's matching lip liner. This color is absolutely beautiful for fall. Though it looks like Diva/ Dark side in the tube it actually swatches in a different shade of burgundy. I had been rocking dark lips in the summer so imagine the love it'll get from me in the fall and winter! The lip liner is in a prolong wear formula, and glides on absolutely perfect. HOWEVER the lipstick is a retro matte finish. This is my first time trying a retro matte and I honestly am not too fond of this finish (I didn't even like the new retro mattes in store). This color is hard to work with, it is actually patchy and you definitely need to layer twice with the lipstick or even use the lipliner to fill in the patchyness. That's just my two cents, I didn't regret buying it at all.

This is her lipstick in 'Nude.' At first it looked really weird and intimidating to wear but I fell in love. In flash it looked great, so I had to show you in a photo without flash to show how dark the nude is, and it's VERY grey. It's really nice when you apply a lipgloss on top, that way you won't look deadly. 

 Here's a photo of the nude lipstick with a shiny lipgloss on top. 

Last but not least this is her Riri Woo lipglass, which is highly intense. I couldn't pass it. I normally wear matte finished bold lipsticks, including Ruby Woo alone. I never wore a shiny red lip, thought I might twist up a red lip look one day. If you're a glossy red lip fan, this is a must have! It's super pigmented.

That's all I've got, and I might get more when the counter near my work launches Rihanna. 

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