1. Are you still grieving after a discontinued lipstick shade? Bobbi Brown has listened to her fans and is giving you the chance to bring back your favourite discontinued lipstick shade.  Aussie fans can log onto facebook.com/BobbiBrownAU to vote for your favourite shade from 10 of the most requested shades world wide.  Voting closes February 29th, 2012.

2. One can have never enough of Tom Ford, or his lipglosses.  Sabrina from The Beauty Lookbook swatches 5 shades from the Tom Ford lipgloss collection.

3. Revlon Colorburst Lip Butters – Holy Grail or Over Hyped? Fellow Melbourne blogger Lip Stalker lays down her verdict.

4. Livia (Princess Livia) shares swatches of her impressive whopping collection of lip pencils.

5. Before Christmas, Lilpil and I went makeup shopping & here’s her verdict on two must-try lip pencil shades I recommended her to try from Bobbi Brown & MAC.

6. Last but not least, here are some of the hottest lip swatches on the blogsphere:

• YSL Glossy Stain – 01 Violet Edition (London Makeup Girl)
• TOPSHOP Lipsticks – Nevada & Confession (Fables in Fashion)
• JANE IREDALE Lip Crayon – Tasty (Add to Cart)

1.Lisa Eldrige shows us 4 different things you can do with one lipstick.  I can’t wait to try my Tom Ford Black Orchid as blush!! .

2. Find out which lip products models just can’t live without (via PRIMPED.com.au)

3. Jenny (My Funny Valentine) lets us sneak a peek into her impressive Nars lipstick collection.

4. Lilit (Makeup & Macaroons) lists her Top 5 “Look at Me” lipstick shades. 

5.  Hottest lip swatches in the blogosphere:

• Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in “Strawberry” – Indian Vanity Case
• Clinique Chubby Stick in “Fuller Fig” & “Graped Up” – My Funny Valentine
• NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in “Istanbul” – Worship House of Blues

1. Did you know orange lipstick can be used with concealer to create your very own colour corrector around the eyes?  M∙A∙C Senior Artist Fatima T shows us how in the video above, using MAC Lipstick “Morange”.  (After watching the vid, I tried using the peachy MAC Lipstick in “Dressmaker” & it really does work on dark circles!! Handy tip if you ever run out of corrector.)

2. The new lip texture is high shine with high voltage colour.  Find out how to achieve this new look with the video tutorial by MAC Senior Artist Nicole Thompson.

3. Tom Ford’s new makeup range is out!  Check out Karla Sugar’s swatch of the entire lipstick range.

4. Jenny (My Funny Valentine) is blown away by Jack Black lip balms.

5. Hottest lip swatches on the blogsphere:

• Top Shop in Pillow Talk” - Worship at the House of Blues
• Napoleon Perdis Double Agent Rouge Lip Palette – The Plastic Diaries

1. Feeling incredibly ENVIOUS of the MAC Blogger Obsession Collection, where beauty bloggers that were invited by MAC to custom create their own inspired collection of eyeshadows & lipglosses!! My heart skipped a beat as I watched the lipsticks come to life from a myriad of pigments.

2. Indian Vanity Case shows us that Lakme Lip Love Conditioner is a great dupe of MAC Lip Conditioner

3. Yuki (Lazy Channel) discovers just how gorgeously packaged the L’Occitane’s Lipsticks & Lipglosses are.

4. Makeup Artist Christabel Draffin (Makeup Mole) shares her top picks for wine, fuchsia & sangria lip shades.

5.  Hottest lip swatches on the blogsphere:

• YOUNGBLOOD Lipgloss in “Guava“ – My Funny Valentine
• GIORGIO ARMANI Rouge D’Armani Lipstick #406 - Glitter Geek
• ESTEE LAUDER Lipstick in “Fuchsia Velvet” - Lipglossiping
• INGLOT Lipstick #103 – Indian Vanity Case
• CHANEL Rouge Coco Shine in “Bonheur” - Miss J Shopaholic
• LANCOME L’Absolu Rouge #06 Rose – You’ve Got Nail

Images provided by RAFW 2011

1. At Rosemount Australia Fashion Week (RAFW) this month, lips were painted in staple shades of bold red, deep wine and nudes (nothing new here).  So you can imagine when I saw coral tint and creamy ginger – it was like a breath of fresh air & guaranteed to make you stand out from the crowd. Here are my top picks that will help you achieve these looks:

• Coral tint - MAC Lipglass in ‘Viva Glam Cyndi’ or Benefit Cha Cha Tint (coming soon)
• Creamy ginger -Tom Ford Lip Color in ‘Ginger Fawn’

2. Tine gives her verdict on whether the Chanel Hydramax + Active Nutrition Lip Care is a must-have or just hype.

3. Ponikuta swears by her new favourite lip balm – Ella Bache Great 30+ Lipsaver

4. Hottest lip swatches on the blogsphere

• Top Shop Glisten Gloss Stick – You’ve Got Nail
• Joe Fresh Matte Lipstick in “Fuchsia” - Glitter Geek
• Chantecaille Lip Chic in “Tea Rose” - Keeping Up With Me
• OCC Lip Tar in “Hush” - Emily’s Anthology

5. Victoria Beckham tweeted that Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Shine Lipstick SPF 15 is “the perfect lipstick”.  With 15 shades to choose from, I’m hoping she tweets me back with which shade she’s got!

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