Walked across the Manhattan Bridge today.

I recently splurged at Sephora and dropped 52 dollars on two of these. Makeup is so expensive, fuck me. -_- These are Tarte's Lipsurgence matte lip stains... I bought Lucky and Hope. I was going to swatch them but I don't have my DSLR with me at the moment so it would be pointless. Maybe later haha. 

Anyway, these are actually exactly what I was looking for! I never wear lip color normally, but I wanted to venture into it so I was looking for something that was a mix between a balm and a lipstick to start. Clinique makes one similar to these, but I tried it out at Sephora and it was a too sheer... Tarte's hits it right on the nose! It's highly pigmented and it doesn't dry out my lips despite it being matte. It stays pretty creamy on my lips and actually looks better after some time as passed because I think the heat from my body sort of sets the color? Anyway ideally you should exfoliate your lips so they don't look so chapped when you swipe these on, but I've found that if you just put some lip balm on beforehand it takes care of that. Tarte also makes these same chubby sticks in a glossy version but with different colors if you don't like the matte. 

The box it came in said it will yield a 6000% increase in moisture for your lips after 28 days of use, but I guess I can't confirm this for you until 4 weeks later. In any case, I don't know if I buy into that hahaha?! wtf

This is what Lucky looks like on me. Even though it's just a webcam photo, you can still see the pale pink on my lips. Super cute imo :D. Hope is more of a natural rose color that I think I could wear when I want to look a little more serious haha. 

Anyway, I'm in love. Tarte has yet to let me down with their products (their mascara is the only brand that I've liked enough to buy twice in a row...). Plus they are paraben-free! 

Finally decided to re-theme my phone...

I love having a jailbroken iPhone. 8D