Lips

Hello ladies! This is Eleni.
Hope you had a wonderful Halloween, without losing any of your precious makeup products while partying. It's hard not to lose anything though. I mean, who can carry a purse on Halloween and how many costumes have pockets? Yep, not many (*making kangaroo mental note for next year*).
You know what I'm getting at. We have discovered the perfect unloseable makeup product - may I introduce you to the Yoyo Lip Gloss!

The day we got our Yoyo lip gloss samples here at megsmakeup.com, I was so excited that Meg got a bit scared. She's never seen me get so excited about a lip gloss again, which makes total sense since we get and try SO many lip glosses it's ridiculous. But I've read so much about the Yoyo lip gloss and have gotten so curious about it that I couldn't help myself.

Yoyo is not yet another inexpensive lip gloss. Yoyo is the best lip gloss of 2009 according to the Shecky's Beauty At Its Best Awards.

Sweetassgal here wondering how some things come to be a part of our daily lives just because someone had the idea to reach under a chicken, crack open whatever comes out of its butt and fry it up to eat!  Think about this.  At some point in the history of the world someone looked at a bunch of moldy souring milk and thought "hey...I think I'll eat that!" and the miracle that is cheese was born.  A person decided to throw a little yeast in with fermented grape juice and VOILA...we have wine!  Yet another decided to pry open an oyster and wear its spherical contents around their neck to introduce the world to the glorious pearl necklace!  Throughout history experiences have been had that not only profoundly enriched our lives but change the way we look for beauty in unusual places.

So where am I going with this?  I have been introduced to a woman and a beauty line that I feel is comparable to the discovery of the pearl...finding exquisite beauty in a quite unexpected package.  Josie Maran has been a name I have seen a lot in the last year, but had not taken the time to investigate as there was always a shower of goodies coming from Meg to pay attention to.  I've seen it in magazines, at Sephora and online at the blogs.  Being Green Chi Tuesdays I knew I'd get to it eventually so I simply overlooked it for the time being.  WOW...was I missing out!

I first made acquaintance with Josie Maran via the simplistic packaging and luminous shades of her Lip Plumping glosses in a sheer and sumptuous Optimism.  I AM optimistic...optimistic that everyone will love the soft golden hue's of this sweet and never sticky gloss.  It wears beautifully and pairs perfectly with just about any base color.  I used a darker stain to set in my lips and then accented the center of my pout with the Josie Maran Optimism and loved the look it gave me.  Super bonus...this stuff is YUMMY.  No, I don't mean it just smells good...it TASTES good and since its not sticky this means ALL LIPS ON DECK for some hubby smooching without the complaint of "muddy" lips and typical lip gloss taste.

Sharond here to finish up a week of great lip product reviews.

 As I have stated many times, I love Cat Cosmetic’s products.  I have been very pleased with everything I have tried and that list is almost her entire line.

Today I want to introduce you to a wonderful combination of two of Cat’s great lip products.  The first is an automatic self sharpening, waterproof, beautiful neutral colored lip liner called Buck Naked.  This liner glides on smoothly without tugging while lining your lips so you can create a nice clean line.  You can also color in your entire lips for a unique new color when used under your favorite gloss or lipstick.  Buck Naked is a neutral pale mocha/mauve type color that will work miracles on all lips, especially little ones.  As someone once said to me, “What God didn’t give us, we draw in.”

Below are tips on applying lip liner I have picked up from Ehow.com.  This site has wonderful videos on applying not only lip products, but all types of makeup, hair ideas and more.  Check them out for great ideas and hints on making you look your best. To line your lips, begin at the indent in the center of your top lip and use short strokes of the lip liner to trace along the edge of your top lip line all the way to the corner.  Do not press too hard; just light enough to see the color.  Then start in one corner along the bottom lip and trace the entire edge of the bottom lip with the liner.  If you color your entire lips, since lip liner is bit drying, you can put a gloss on for light feel or lipstick for a more matte look.

Now to kick things up a few notches, try Buck Naked with Lip Nibblers Fleck.  Fleck is a beautiful almost sheer, yet shimmery with flecks of real 10k gold, apple strudel scented lip gloss.  This gloss is moisture drenched causing your lips to become hydrated thus making them appear fuller.  The Fleck is a neutral color, neither warm nor cool, so it would be good for all skin tones and is good to top off any lipstick you want to give a little extra kick.  You can wear it alone for a nice day look with shine but not too much.  This gloss is my new go to and I have been putting it on all sorts of lip colors and giving them a much needed update. Of course, the scent is tantalizing.  Who doesn’t like apple strudel?

Jeanasina here ready to entice you with Body Beautiful feedback on Julie Hewett Lip Lush! As the TV show song featuring the The Hudson Brothers theme song used to say...“It's the Razzle Dazzle Wrap Up of Everything, Including the Kitchen Sink!” That's a perfect description about what the one and only Body Beautiful Jeanasina gets to write about! Absolutely EVERYTHING and today we are going to talk about lips! All of you who have lips stand up and cheer right now because you will find today's topic interesting as hell!

As you all know, I just came back from a mind blowing PINK-A-THON, out of this world event with Meg and some of the hottest Megettes to walk the planet! We are all diverse but one thing we all had in common was the desire and fulfillment of having luscious lips! I'm telling you honey...The lips on my fellow Megettes were just begging to be kissed and envied!

I received a lot of great makeup tricks and tips during my 4 day spa event but some of my best lip advice came from the smokin' hot Goddess Granny! Ladies – this woman knows how to rock out lips! I found myself gazing with rapture at her mouth constantly, because she has the wow factor big time in the lip department. She has the killer lips women strive for! She showed me, the reining “Miss Barely There Lips” winner every year since 1948, how to use gloss on my lips so you can actually SEE them!

Meg here! When I first started Megsmakeup I ran across the best lip balm ever! It had lavender and was soothing and it was called..Chicken Poop!
I have to admit! I love it! You can read the reviews on the link above.

When I was reading the comments I saw that Milleena123 made a comment about a lip balm she had heard of called "Monkey Farts" I did a little research and apparently this lip balm has a cult following and is a banana/bubblegum scent (I feel ill-but I HATE banana's-some love 'em-if you do-check it out.)

In the oversaturated world of lip balms is this smart marketing or will it be just tossed aside as a "gag gift?"...When you think the whole world has gone a bit crazy, it takes LaFred to send me an emailing confirming it. For more money then Kate's favorite Claudalie Lip Balm... I present you with...

J&D Bacon Lip Balm "Now you can make yourself taste like bacon! A great stocking stuffer! J&D's flavored Bacon Lip Balm will keep your lips from chapping while constantly reminding you why Bacon is the King of Meats!"