Oxymoron

I first mentioned Lipstick Queen's Oxymoron last May.  

I purchased the shade Honest Politician a few months ago  and I'm not sure what surprised me more, the color depth or texture.

As promised it glided on like a gloss and looked like freshly applied lipstick.  The color depth took me by surprise and had real staying power.  And my lips never felt dry (occasional lipstick effect) and the color didn't disappear (often a lipgloss effect) after an hour.

Poppy King has indeed done it again and created an innovative lip product every woman can use.  

Stila Cherry Crush Lip & Cheek Stain

I was intrigued when I found out Stila's new Cherry Crush & Lip Stain reacts to the pH levels in your cheeks and lips to create a personalized look.

Sephora touts it as a "multi-tasking lip and cheek stain".

I liked the convenience of this product being in a click pen.  I used this on my lips and it turned my lips too red.  I would not use this daily because every time I looked in the mirror all I saw was bright red lips.

I admit that I didn't try it on my cheeks because I was afraid it would also turn too red on my face. 

When I went to give the pen a second try, some of the product had leaked through and it was a little "goopy".  

I really like a lot of Stila products, but give this one a thumbs down.  The innovation was a cool idea but didn't deliver for me.  

Any one else try this?

    

Catalog Choice

Yes, I'm still around.  

I am working on new product reviews and other fun stuff.  But I discovered something fabulous and out of the ordinary last week and just had to let you know.

It's called catalogchoice.org.  It's a free service that helps you clean up your mailbox.  How?  All you do is create an account, then you get to opt-out of catalogs you no longer wish to receive.  It's really that easy and think of all the paper you'll save.  

I joined because I was fed up with getting a new Pottery Barn catalog every month that just worked it's way into the recycling bin after sitting on the counter for  a week.  Catalogchoice.org helps me get to the source so I don't even get the catalog.  

Check it out and help take a baby step in cutting out the clutter (not to mention helping the environment).