Monday 18 August 2014

Come Play With Me: Winter Into Spring

When I think of spring beautiful flowers are the first thing to come to mind, bright and all different colours. So when the lovely Kats from Kat's Colourings decided on the new theme 'Winter Into Spring' for The Come Play With Me series, I was slightly stumped, but eventually decided to pay tribute to one of my favourite bright colours, orange!


Orange lipstick is one of my absolute favourite colours to wear, so I decided on showing two from my collection that are extremely comparable in terms of looks, although complete opposites when it comes to price. The Colour by TBN moisturising lipstick in the shade 'Kiss and Makeup' is a beauty I stumbled upon last year. At first glance I thought they were the Revlon Lip Butters, although after closer inspection they were nothing like the lip butters in terms of consistency, but instead very moisturising, opaque lipsticks. At $2.50 each from most chemists, I have since picked up another, they are so cheap and so good it's hard not to purchase them all! I have seriously fallen in love with these lipsticks and its pretty crazy that I find them extremely comparable to my Nars Satin Lip Pencil.

Top: TBN  Bottom: Nars
I own the shade 'Timanfaya' in the Nars satin lip pencil and it's another one of my favourites. As you can see in the comparison photo, the colour pay off and vibrancy from the two lip products is almost identical. If anything the TBN lipstick is slightly creamier and less 'in your face'. When wearing this shade out I'll often apply the Nars pencil at home, and then use the TBN lipstick for touchups out and about in case I damage or lose the pencil. Lets be honest having to replace a $2.50 lipstick rather than a $34 one is a lot less heart breaking! Although If you do decide to splurge, the Nars lip pencil is definitely worth it and is available here.


Why stop at orange lips when I can have orange nails too! These four are the oranges I have in my collection, I went for a more toned down orange today and chose the shade 'Barbados' by Rokk 96. It's a lovely burnt orange shade that applies opaque after one coat, sadly my nail painting skills weren't up to scratch today so you'll just have to ignore my horrific efforts!


And to finish off my orange tribute I decided to add an orange flush to my cheeks. My pick is the Fox in a Box blush by Hard Candy in the shade 'Skinny Dipping', a very suitable name considering the spring theme!


These blushes are gorgeous and I wish they were more accessible in Australia! I purchased mine from Allcosmeticswholesale.com and I haven't looked back since. The two shades can be used separately or together, I personally like a combination of the two. It gives my cheeks a perfect soft orange glow that complements orange lips so well without over doing it. 


Despite it still being winter, orange is a colour I'll rock all throughout the year! If you haven't already definitely check out Kat'sIndie's and Hailey's stunning takes on the theme. Thanks so much for reading and let me know if you have any orange beauty favourites!

Monique xx



14 comments:

  1. Wow, that lipstick color is definitely comparable! They are identical and it is amazing that one costs so much less. You did the oranges very well, subtle and a hint of orange.
    Bright Shiny

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    1. Definitely pick some of the TBN lipsticks up if you come across them, they're such good value for money! And thanks so much, I tried not to over do it so I didn't look like an orange clown! haha

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  2. Thanks for this post. For some reason being I have always worn bright pinks and reds but been scared by coral and orange. You have inspired me to be braver :-)

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    1. I'm sure orange would look amazing on you!! It's suits so many skin tones :) I'm actually the opposite and hardly ever wear pink, you have inspired me to branch out also!

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  3. you look beautiful with orange. I love orange on my nails and wearing orange clothes.. but having a hard time trying to integrate orange on my lips!

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    1. Thanks lovely! Just go for it, I'm sure it'll look smokin! x

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  4. So pretty orange looks nice on you...not sure it will Suit me or not ��

    Varinder Makeupmeandyoyo

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    1. Aw thanks so much, Im yet to see someone look bad in orange and I'm sure it would look stunning on you!

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  5. Orange is such a cheerful colour. Your makeup look certainly says "Bring on Spring", whilst delivering the elegance that you perfect xx

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    1. You're far too kind to me Indie, thanks lovely!! x

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  6. Awesome job! I'm so in to orange lately but my god it looks so wrong on me!

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    1. I refuse to believe that - I'm sure it looks fab on you!!

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  7. Fabulous Monique! Love your interpretation hon, and love orange on you. Wowee will have to get me some of those TBN lippies - I can definitely see myself in this gorgeous shade ♥

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    1. Thank you ever so lovely Kats! You must get your hands on some of those lippies- they'll look stunning on you! x

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