Platinumdoll's Baby Boutique

So, after doing a little mid-month grocery shopping with the baby this afternoon, I was able to squeeze in a few makeup goodies to try out from my local Family Dollar store...

I was pleasantly surprised with the selection, and was excited to try out a few more products from the NYC New York Color collection.  I grabbed another NYC Liquid Lipshine Gloss in Wine n Dine #587... (I gave the first one I bought to my mom, but when I saw how nice it looked on her, I had to go back and get it again!), the NYC Brush On Brow Kit in Brunette #876, and they didn't have any NYC eye shadow palettes there, but I picked up a cute three color palette from LA Colors...Sunflower #CES445.  I'll talk more about the brow kit and the eye shadow in another post. :-)

Ok, so I was too tired (lazy, lol!) to do a whole look tonight after wrangling the baby and grocery shopping, but I did do a swatch of the gloss by itself on my bare lips and a swatch with lip liner and a complimentary shade of gloss for added depth, just so you can get an idea of what it looks like with and without.

WITHOUT LINER

 WITH LINER

For the bottom picture I used my NYX Long Pencil lip liner in Currant #CLPL05 and a little bit of NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in Gold Mauve #140 in the center of my bottom lip.  I love the way this gloss looks either way, and is a complimentary shade with many different complexions, especially women of color (tan or dark skin).  In general, its a decent gloss... it lasted for a few hours before I had to reapply, and left my lips feeling soft, smooth and moisturized.  I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a decent quality, everyday gloss without paying an arm and a leg!