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Too Faced Spring 2016 La Creme Lipstick Additions (Review, Swatches + Video)

Too Faced Spring 2016 La Creme Lip Swatches

If there’s something you know I like, it’s a good Too Faced collection!

Too Faced Spring 2016 La Creme Lipsticks: Topless, Double Bubble, Mean Girls, WHAM!, Berry Naughty, Ursula and Unicorn Tears
Too Faced Spring 2016 La Creme Lipsticks: Topless, Double Bubble, Mean Girls, WHAM!, Berry Naughty, Ursula and Unicorn Tears

I’ve got seven out of the 10 new shades in the La Creme lipstick range and wanted to try them all on. Let’s go!

Too Faced Spring 2016 La Creme Lip Swatches

Too Faced La Creme in Topless
Too Faced La Creme in Topless

Topless is a beautiful peachy nude – this is a nude that I love seeing on myself.

Too Faced La Creme in Double Bubble
Too Faced La Creme in Double Bubble

Double Bubble is the Barbie pink of the collection.

Too Faced La Creme in Mean Girls
Too Faced La Creme in Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a slightly deeper pink chockful with glitter.

Too Faced La Creme in WHAM!
Too Faced La Creme in WHAM!

WHAM! surprised the hell out of me. The tube looks like a total glitter bomb, but I LOVE how this looks on me. The glitter doesn’t really transfer as much as I expected – instead I’m left with a gorgeous glossy berry shade.

Too Faced La Creme in Berry Naughty
Too Faced La Creme in Berry Naughty

Another stunner! Berry Naughty is quite plum/purple and unlike anything I own. I tend to steer towards the red-berry shades, but this is sooo nice.

Too Faced La Creme in Ursula
Too Faced La Creme in Ursula

Another killer one. Ursula is a deep plum with a lot of glitter in it but it doesn’t look like a glitter bomb on the lips which I highly appreciate.

EDIT: I wore Ursula to work the next day and encountered problems with the glitter in the product moving around on my lips. The colour is still gorgeous, but I’d recommend wearing a similar coloured lip liner all over your lips and then applying this shade on top.

Too Faced La Creme in Unicorn Tears
Too Faced La Creme in Unicorn Tears

Unicorn Tears is the most unique shade out of the whole launch. It’s blue in the tube but turns silvery purple on my lips. It definitely has a lot of duochrome in the shade, which can make it look a bit chunky on the lips. This would be best for layering on top of other lipsticks to give them more dimension. (Although I kind of want to wear it to work as is and see who comments on it!)

Too Faced La Creme Spring 2016 Additions
Too Faced La Creme Spring 2016 Additions – Swatches

If you want to see me apply them and talk a little bit more about the shades, I’ve also done a lip swatch video as well:

Final Thoughts

I was a little apprehensive about some of the shades because I had seen that Too Faced was starting to add glitter into the some of their La Cremes which kiiind of didn’t make any sense to me (I mean… La Creme does not mean “with glitter”!). I’m so happy to be proven totally wrong. The only shade that had noticeable glitter was Mean Girls, the other two (Ursula and WHAM!) are beautiful with the addition of the glitter particles (and they also don’t feel super chunky which I appreciate).

These new shades are just as amazing as the original shades I have from the line and it was really nice to see Unicorn Tears being added into the mix. It’s a “strange” colour, sure, but part of what makes Too Faced such a fun brand is that they add whimsical touches onto their products. It may not always be conventional, but it definitely keeps it intriguing!

Out of this launch, WHAM!, Berry Naughty, Topless, and Ursula are my favourites. And I’m currently eyeballing 9021Oh (not pictured above) which I may “need”. Let me know what shades were your favourite!

Too Faced La Creme Color Drenched lipsticks can be purchased on Sephora.ca for $26 CAD and on Sephora.com for $22 USD.

The products featured in this post were sent to me for consideration.

VIDEO: The 100’s Wanheda/Clarke

The 100 - Season 3 Episode 3 - Ye Who Enter Here Makeup Tutorial
The 100 – Season 3 Episode 3 – Ye Who Enter Here Makeup Tutorial

I love, love, LOVE the TV series “The 100” and I got a liiiiittle excited during the  Season 3 episode “Ye Who Enter Here” and Clarke’s incredible Grounder makeup during that council scene. So I sat down to recreate it. Enjoy!

A few housekeeping notes…

  1. I’m going to try doing two videos a week going forward (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) because I’m really enjoying the format.
  2. Blog posts will continue on the Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule with Saturday posts when I have skincare to talk about, and Sundays while I continue to have makeup palettes to swatch (annnnd there’s still about twenty of them left in the queue!).

That’s it! I hope you’re enjoying my videos as much as I’m loving making them!

My Vacation in Pictures: Wisconsin 2015

This post is looong overdue! I had meant to get it up shortly after we got back from our vacation but time escaped me. So, a month later, please enjoy some pictures from our trip to Wisconsin for Christmas and New Year’s. 🙂

Day 1 - Christmas Day, hilly run, family.
Day 1 – Christmas Day, hilly run, family.
Day 2 - State Capitol, downtown Madison, Hop Cat, museum
Day 2 – State Capitol, downtown Madison, Hop Cat, museum
Day 3 - Grandfather in law's memorial in Sheboygan
Day 3 – Grandfather in law’s memorial in Sheboygan
Day 4 - Ulta, Culver's, snowstorm, sledding in the backyard
Day 4 – Ulta, Culver’s, snowstorm, sledding in the backyard
Day 5 - Wollersheim winery, spa (not pictured)
Day 5 – Wollersheim winery, spa (not pictured)
Day 6 - Taco Twednesday at Aztlan Mexican Grill, caaaaats!
Day 6 – Taco Twednesday at Aztlan Mexican Grill, caaaaats!
Day 7 - New Year's Eve at an old timey arcade, Star Wars pinball!
Day 7 – New Year’s Eve at an old timey arcade, Star Wars pinball!
Day 8 - New Year's Day Dash (5 mile race) in Middleton, snowboarding/skiing at Tyrol Basin
Day 8 – New Year’s Day Dash (5 mile race) in Middleton, snowboarding/skiing at Tyrol Basin

Not pictured:  the 12 hour drive on both sides of this trip! 😉