Top 12 of 2012

I'm excited to share with you all my top 12 beauty products of 2012. I debated about doing a longer post breaking maybe more of my favorites into categories. If you would like a lengthier post with more favorites please let me know and I can certainly do that. But for now these are the top 12 things that I loved this past year. Most of these products I use on a daily basis so that's how I know that something is truly a favorite. Most of these products can be found either at your local drugstore, Ulta, or Sephora.

Top 12 of 2012

Nail of the Day: Revlon Copper Penny

Today's NOTD is from Revlon and is called Copper Penny. This is a great shade to wear around Thanksgiving time and in the Fall. I really think that Revlon makes great polishes and this is no exception. The color is a copper metallic shade with no glitter. These are priced very well for drugstore polishes and I don't have any dupes for this color in my collection.

Favorite Fall & Winter Lipsticks Swatches, Photos, & Review

To continue along with my favorite Fall & Winter makeup series I will be discussing some of my favorite lipsticks in this post. This was harder for me than the blushes because I have a ton of lipsticks and not as many Fall/Winter blushes. I also have more drugstore lipsticks than high end. I think I went through a phase of buying a lot of drugstore lipsticks. I've stopped doing that now though since its so hard to know if the color will work for you without trying it out first. I've bought too many colors that I haven't really liked. I hope you will find a color in this post that might work for you.

Project X Pan

Yes, you are reading the title of this post right, I am doing a project X pan. For those of you who don't know what project pan is there are many rules but I'll just give you a general idea. The goal is to use up a certain number of products before you buy anything new. Some people also go on a low buy during this period because for some it can last several months. I don't know how those people do it. Well I've decided to do this since I have a lot of makeup and need to take a break for a little bit from buying it. Starting on October 1st I won't be buying any makeup or skincare products only 100% necessary (i.e. I run out of toner or cleanser).

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain Swatches, Photos & Review

I know I'm a bit late on doing this post but I didn't start blogging until the beginning of July and so I'm just now getting to talk about some of the more popular drugstore items as of late. This post will be on probably one of the most popular drugstore items from this Summer which are the Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains. I have purchased six of them but ended up returning one because it was too dark. There has been a lot of talk about these being similiar to Tarte Lip Surgence and/or Clinique Chubby Sticks. In my mind they are all three different products. I'll probably doing another post comparing the three but for now lets just say that they aren't really alike in terms of staying power and pigmentation and of course price.

Left to Right: Cherish, Charm, Darling, Smitten, Honey

Fall/Winter Nail Polish Collection +Swatches

Since Fall will be here soon I decided to whip out my fall/winter nail polishes. I have a very large collection of nail polish. I think I counted 40 colors that I would wear in the Fall/Winter. That's a lot. I could wear each polish only once if I switched my polish twice a week. So being that's what I counted I'm going to make that my goal. Hopefully you will be seeing NOTD posts at once a week so that I can try and rotate my polishes. I have way more polish during this season as I prefer vampy dark colors. I have a wide variety of polishes from Julep to China Glaze to OPI to Essie to Sinful. So hopefully you can find something that catches your eye in this post. I also tried my best to get you decent photos of the colors. Unfortunately the weather here in NYC has been terrible and I also live in a dark apartment. Plus a lot of the colors are very similar so its hard to tell a difference in some of the darker colors. I hope this gets you all in the mood for Fall.

Most Worn Things Tag-Summer Edition

I decided to do the most worn summer things tag that I've been seeing a lot on YouTube and on some people's blogs. I wasn't tagged by anyone to do this but I'm going to do it anyways. This was kind of hard for me since I don't really switch things up too much for Summer. My most worn things tend to be things I wear a lot year round but I'm looking forward to sharing this with you all so that you can get a better sense of  some of my favorite things and get to know me better. So here are my 11 most worn things:

1. What is your most worn nail polish?

I really like Essies Cute As A Button for Spring/Summer and have worn this a lot. I tend to switch up my nail polishes every couple of days so it was really hard for me to pick a favorite as I love them all. This one just stood out to me though and I feel like I wore it more than some of my others. It's a pretty peach/pink color which I love. I don't like Essie's brushes as much as OPI but I make it work. 

Essie Cute As A Button

Revlon Kissable Balm Stain Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to the winner, Mikeandleahmom who has won the Revlon Kissable Balm Stain.

 Thank you to everyone who entered. The winner was selected today through random.org as you can see below from my screenshots of those who had entered the contest. I will also announce this on Twitter as well and will notify the winner via Twitter.  Best of luck to everyone in future giveaways. 

5 Minute Makeup with 5 Items

So today I was thinking to myself if I only had 5 minutes to do my makeup what 5 products would I use. There are certain things for me that are without questions products that I couldn't leave the house without having on. Sometimes this is what I'll wear on the weekends too. This was not easy to eliminate to just 5 items but somehow I was able to mange to to do it. Here are my 5 essentials for a quick makeup look:

5 Minute Makeup with 5 Items

Top 10 Favorite Summer Lip Glosses

This blog post will be on my top 10 favorite summer lip glosses. Typically in the summer I enjoy bright pinks, peachy colors, pale pinks, and corals. Most of my favorite lip glosses are drugstore as I haven't really gotten into yet high end lip glosses. If you all have any suggestions I would love to hear though.

Tonya, Creamsicle, White Russian

Creamsicle, White Russian, Tonya

Revlon Kissable Balm Stain Giveaway

(CLOSED) Revlon Kissable Balm Stain Giveaway in "Cherish"

Giveaway Rules
-Giveaway starts on July 10, 2012 and ends on August 10, 2012
-There will be only one winner.
-I will announce the winner on my blog and on twitter. I will also tweet you or message you that you won the giveaway.
-If you won and dont reply back within 3 days, I will choose a different person.
-If you are under 18 years old, you will need your parents permission to enter.
-USA & International
-Winner will be chosen randomly through random.org

To Enter
1. You must follow me on Twitter (nycmakeuplover1) or Instagram (nycmakeuplover1)
2. You must tweet me or message me on Instagram telling me what types of blog posts you are interested in reading about.