When Katy Perry was announced as a CoverGirl spokesperson a few years back I thought it was a perfect fit for the brand. I love Katy Perry and what better way to rejuvenate a cosmetic brand then to get a spokesperson who appeals to a younger audience.
I’ll be honest, prior to working with P&G Beauty, I always associated CoverGirl with makeup my mom would wear. It just didn’t seem as hip to me as say Rimmel London, Maybelline, or any of the other drugstore brands due to their ambassadors and their packaging. Then everything started to change a few years back. They have some younger CoverGirls like Katy Perry, Nervo, and most recently, Zendaya, and all of the sudden CoverGirl is one of the best drugstore brands out there.
So this brings to me today’s post and CoverGirl’s newest collection in collaboration with America’s favourite sweetheart Katy Perry. The Katy Kat collection, which has been released just in time for summer, is in collaboration with Perry and features a line of 11 matte lipsticks and a new mascara in black, as well as a blue.
I have yet to try the mascaras since I currently have eyelash extensions, but everything about the lipsticks are amazing. Obviously the first thing to note is the packaging. It looks like CoverGirl gave Katy Perry free range on everything, so these feature a velvety white (think NARS texture, meaning these will get dirty – you have been warned…) top with the Katy Kat Matte label on them in the front and Katy Perry <3 CoverGirl on the side. At the bottom is the shade name (which were all named by the singer herself) as well as a cat ears motif (true fact, her cat’s name is Kitty Purry, which is one of the shades in the collection – in fact it’s the one that Perry thinks she would wear the most!).
Although the colours are deemed as matte, they aren’t drying. I’m used to matte liquid lipsticks, which literally stick on the lips, so the feeling on these were a bit different for me. They do feature a pillowy soft feel thanks to the added shea butter in the formula. Most of the colours are velvety matte, whereas the darker ones do have a sheen to them.
I was quite happy with the colours once applied. I absolutely love the lighter ones, however, if you’re eyeing some of the darker ones, I will say that some of them went on patchy, including the star in the collection, the black lipstick. The black shade, Perry Panther, is not a conventional lipstick shade and is the first black for the brand. I wanted to love it, but it didn’t glide on smooth, and since it’s so dark I would be scared to wear it since it tends to slide around. To sum it up, you need to be majorly skilled in applying this.
The rest of the colours did go on amazing, they aren’t quite opaque the first time around so you may need to build up the colours. Swatches below..
Retailing for under $10 each, I definitely recommend picking up some of these shades. I’ve always been a fan of CoverGirl lipsticks in general since they are so comfortable to wear, so the unique packaging on these and the fact that they are matte (which is so popular right now) make these fireworks ;).
Have you picked up any of the CoverGirl Katy Kat Matte lipsticks?
Please note, I received this product for review. All opinions are my own.
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Summer has arrived!
When it comes to nail polish colours, the hot weather means lots of brights! So it’s a no brainer that OPI’s newest collection is full of them.
OPI Retro Summer has six limited-edition creme shades that will make you want to hit the beach, grab an ice cream, or take a drive to the coast. This collection officially launched June 1 and is definitely worth picking up. When I received the collection I did find the colours to be just meh looking at them in the bottle, but once they were swatched I fell in love with most of the shades.
The application on these was pretty good, most of the shades went on opaque after two coats. Two of the colours, Sailing & Nailing (the blue) and Towel Me About It (the yellow) are quite thin, so three of four coats got these looking solid on my nails.
As always, OPI nailed it with the shade names. I couldn’t get over how cute Flip Flops & Crop Tops was. With that being said, I feel like they could have also called this collection Sexy Summer, as a couple of the names I thought were a little risqué, namely Sailing & Nailing and SPF XXX. A little out of the box for OPI.
But enough of that, let’s get onto the swatches…
My favourites from this collection are definitely What’s the Double Scoop?, Towel Me About It, Sailing & Nailing, and Flip Flops & Crops Tops. None of the colours are that original, but then again with the wide variety of nail polishes out there, is there a colour we haven’t seen before?
Will you be picking up any colours from the OPI Retro Summer collection?
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Last weekend was a busy one!
My birthday was yesterday and since it fell on a Tuesday (whomp, whomp…) that meant the weekend was filled with festivities. I’m not a fan of wasting makeup so I love when I get the chance to go out, solely based on the fact that I can use all my makeup and not let it go to waste.
This is the look I was wearing Friday night when my boyfriend took me to dinner. I didn’t want to go too glam so I kept it soft on the eyes with a hint of shimmer and a nude lip. I let my skin shine through and added some volume and loose curls to my hair for a sexy laid-back vibe. I recently got eyelash extensions, so I wanted those to stand out as well, therefore I kept it neutral on the lids making my lashes really pop against the slightly darkened crease.
1. Fill in your brows, then apply a champagne cream eyeshadow as an eyeshadow primer. I used Maybelline Color Tattoo Concentrated Crayon in Barely Beige.
2. With Morocco (a matte brick shade) from the Anastasia Beverly Hills Shadow Couture palette, apply this lightly to your crease.
3. Using a crease brush (I use a MAC 216) apply a matte grey (I used MAC Black Factor from the MAC Smoky Metallic x9 palette) to your crease. Make sure you don’t go too heavy with this.
4. Spray a setting spray on a dense shadow brush, then apply a shimmery champagne colour to your lids. I used MAC Give Me Fire.
5. Back to the Anastasia palette, I used a combination of Pink Champagne and Chic, both shimmery colours, over top of Give Me Fire to amp up the glitter factor.
6. With a matte black (I used use Noir from the Anastasia palette), apply this gently to your crease and down to your lash line with a pencil brush making sure to smudge it out after.
7. Skip liner and apply mascara (I didn’t due to having lash extensions) and instead apply your foundation. I used Marc Jacobs Re(Marc)able foundation in Beige Medium, but since it was a bit too dark for my complexion at the moment, I added a drop of The Body Shop Shade Adjusting Drops to bring it up a shade and match my skin tone.
8. With a brown cream shadow, like the Maybelline Tattoo Concentrated Crayon in Creamy Chocolate, apply this to your lower lash line.
9. With an liner brush, gently apply Morocco over top of the brown and then Chic, the shimmery gold into the crease. After, apply a coat of mascara to your lower lashes.
10. To finish up the face, apply your concealer (I used Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Concealer) and then apply your contour, blush, and highlight. For my contour, I first used the Sephora Bright Future Gel Serum Concealer in Devil’s Food and then blended it out with my Real Technique’s sponge. I went over that with the Rimmel London Natural Bronzer in Sun Light. For blush I used Rimmel London Lasting Finish Soft Colour Blush in Live Pink. My highlight is Tarte Moonlight.
For the lips, I first lined them with CoverGirl Lip Perfection in Seduce, then I applied Revlon ColorBurst Matte Lip Balm in Complex with the Tanya Burr by Eye Candy gloss in Just Peachy over top. I ended up switching the lip colour to MAC Creme de Nude, but in the photos it’s the other combo.
I really like how this look turned out. It’s pretty enough for a night out or even daytime. If you wanted it to be a bit more dramatic, add some glitter or foiled shadow over top of the champagne and pink shadows.
What’s your go-to night out look?
Please note, I was sent these products from PR. All opinions are my own.
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