NEW LIPGLOSS

Summer seems to be the time when I buy and reach for lipgloss. Something about being out in the heat or at the beach makes me want glossy lips instead of a think matte lipstick. I picked up some new glosses at the drugstore lately that I have really been impressed with and wanted to share. 

First up are the three glosses released in the NYC City Sambe Summer 2014 Collection. I saw these bright colors in my local Rite Aid and was immediately drawn to them. I think they were around $1.99 a piece so I grabbed all three.

Next up are two of the Ulta Butter Balms. I just happened to be perusing the Ulta brand cosmetics display looking for any new products because I usually skip that section, but I saw these and was intrigued. I love my NYX butter glosses and the Ulta brand was buy one get one free and I had a $3.50 off coupon so I paid $4.50 for both of these. I do like these glosses, but they are not as good as the NYX ones. These tend to exaggerate any dry patches or imperfections in the lips but over a lipstick they are beautiful.

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NYC SPRING 2014 LE CITY BLOOM COLLECTION

I've been on a search for this collection ever since I saw NouveauCheap's post on her blog. NYC has been impressing me lately. Their recent lipstick collection was fabulous so as soon as I saw this I knew I had to have it. I finally saw a full untouched display at Rite Aid and I scooped it up. There are $1.00 tear off coupons on the display that you can use on each item so I picked up a bunch of products.

First up are three limited edition IndividualEyes shadow palettes. These colors are so spring appropriate and I heard that the formulation of the shadows has been improved so I picked up all three. 

Blue Skies

Love Is The Air

All Eyes On Us

Next up is a limited edition color wheel mosaic face wheel in Spring Petals. This color is absolutely GORGEOUS. A shimmery coraly pink color. I might need a back up of this color. 

Last but not least are three limited edition Applicious Glossy Balms. These colors are sheer but give a nice wash of color on the lips, and they smell like candy. I love to reapply these colors just for the smell.

Overall I love this collection, the colors are dead on for spring. There were also five nail colors and a mascara in the display and I am thinking about picking up the nail colors. There were a yellow, coral, mint, pink, and shimmer top coat. I do not have much experience with NYC nail polishes but the colors are so cute that I will probably try them out. Have you seen this collection in your area? If so pick these products up. 

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TURKISH DELIGHT DUPE

I used to love those little Bonne Bell Lip Smackers when i was a kid. I've never looked into this brand deeper than that but when I was at my local Rite Aid yesterday I saw a new display of Bonne Bell lip products I decided to grab one of the new glosses. I decided on Pink Velvet Gelato, a beautiful baby pink color. As I opened and swatched this gloss I was thinking how close it is to Nars Turkish Delight lipgloss. The color is almost dead on. What I love about this gloss over the Nars is the smell. Nars lip glosses tend to smell like plastic and this Bonne Bell gloss smells like candy. 

For $3.49 you can't beat it. 

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J.LO LIPS

J.Lo is always on point with her makeup so when I saw the new Loreal Collection Privee Lipsticks at my local Rite Aid I grabbed the color 370 Jennifer's Nude. There were six colors in the collection but Jennifer's Nude was the one that really appealed to me. A beautiful pinky nude color with a beautiful sheen. This is a must have. 

This lipstick is fabulous. It applies evenly and pigmented and feels like a lip balm while your wearing it.  I am really tempted to check out the other colors in this collection. 

Retail: $8.99 at Drugstores 

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