Review: Sportsgirl Smooth Operator Lip Balm

"Perfect your lips with a lick of Smooth Operator that will condition and moisturise with a hit of Vitamin E, Jojoba Oil and Avocado Oil for totally kissable lips."

Cost: $4.95

My Opinion:

The packaging is fabulous, very simple, just a white base, with pink writing. Id love to carry this around in my purse!!!

I squeeze the tube lightly, and it comes out as a gloss, even though its a Lip Balm.

It has a resemblance to Palmer's Dark Chocolate Peppermint Lip Butter, Especially the smell!! Its peppermint yum :)

I apply the lipbalm, and it glides on smoothly.

Suddenly I have a tingling sensation in my lips, followed by a slight sting.

Then I rub my lips together and they feel so soft and smooth!!

My lips also appear to be more plump, but Im not sure that this is intentional, because the blurb on the tube doesnt say anything about amplifying your lips.

Its a clear gloss, and not tacky or sticky at all.

Im inlove with it! And for under $5 you cant go wrong.

Definitely recommend this to Bloggers with a Sportsgirl in their area. :)

The Good:

Moisturizing

Affordable

Non Sticky

Lip Smoothing

Peppermint Scent

Cute Packaging

The Bad:

Its clear, Id love one in a candy pink!

FOTD: 1/12 Sportsgirl Animal Instinct Palette

On Sunday I bought the Animal Instinct Cosmetic Palette from Sportsgirl, and I havent yet tried it, SO I thought Id do a Face Of The Day using the products from the palette!!

Here's the palette itself:

The 2 colours on the left are the lipglosses, the 2 colours in the middle is the blush, and the 2 colours on the right are the eyeshadows.

Also on my face I used the products below to create a subtle base.

L2R: The Face Shop Make Up Base, ModelCo Face Base Skin Primer, Revlon Skin Lights, Vani-T Krush Minerals Liquid Foundation.

Face Shop Make Up Base in 01 Green

Ive tried other green correctors such as MUFE Corrective Makeup Base and Maybelline Redness Corrective Concealor, but this one is so easy to use compared to those 2!!! The texture is really smooth and it leaves your face looking remarkably less flushed, and has a velvet matte finish! Love it!!

9/10

ModelCo Face Base Skin Primer

This is about $10 from ModelCo counters in DJ's, I used this every. single. day. last year, but then got turned off because I bought a bad one which left my skin with white fur balls all over it? It was weird? Anyways I couldnt return it because I chucked out the receipt like WTF? ANyways learnt my lesson, keep receipts. ANyways, Onto the product itself, its wonderful. It says its a hydrating face primer and can be used instead of moisturizer, but I tend to slap on my moisturizer and then this ontop and it makes my makeup last significantly longer and doesnt make my face feel tight like other primers!!

9/10

Revlon Skinlights Instant Skin Brightner in 01 Natural Light

I guess this is like an Illuminizer? Ive had this one tube for about 1 year now and its still as good as ever, however its one of those products that arent great, but arent bad, so I use it for a week straight then forget about it. But its gorgeous, I definitely reccomend it! Its not GLITTERY its more shimmery and toned down, so you can use it by itself or mix it in with foundation, or put it where you'd like to highlight i.e. cheeks, eyebrow bone, etc.

8/10

Vani-T Krush Minerals Liquid Foundation

Ugh. Just horrible. It looks so tacky and the skin and its hard to blend compared to other foundations I use. I do not like this at all. The colour was matched incorrectly and the lady who served me was just a plain old BITCH. Its too expensive, doesnt last long, shitest mineral makeup Ive ever used ay. Ill give it a point for being a mineral makeup, and the cute packaging, but apart from that NUP.
1/10

Its kinda Spring-time inspired :)

Listening to Rihannas new album!!

Stupid in Love is the best but saddest song.

Haul : 29/11 Part 1

1. Sportsgirl Animal Instinct Cosmetic Palette
2. Crabtree & Evelyn La Source Hand Therapy
3. Diva Manicure Clutch
4. Sportsgirl Smooth OPerator Lipbalm
5. Sportsgirl Get Cheeky eye and cheek shimmer
6. Sportsgirl Give Me Some Lip lipgloss in 16 candles
7. Sportsgirl You Glow Girl shimmer balls
8. Diva Bobbie pin tin and clips
9. Lush Snow Fairy shower gel

Lush

The Snow Fairy Shower gel smeels so good! Think candy gloss and bumblegum! num num num!!! I only bought the smallest size (100g) because Ive had bad experiences with the shower gels from Lush. They dry out my sskin terribly. So fingers crossed this wont!! Ill do a review on it later :)

Cost: $9.50

The main reason I went into Lush was to buy some of their bath bombs, I absolutely love these! Everyone thinks Im pretty immature for being excited about having a pink sparkly bath, but its just so indulgent!!
L to R: Mr Butterball (Vanilla and Musk scented, and leaves skin soft, apparently), Flosty Glitter (My #1 Fav! It smells mainly of Lavender but with a bit of candy tossed in, it makes the bath glitter and adds a light soft pink tone to the bath!), Jingle Spells (apparently this is detoxifying! I might try this as an anti-hang over cure haha)

Cost: $ 5.50 / $7.50 / $ 6.95

Sportsgirl

Below, is the Get Cheeky cheek and Eye shimmer, and I havent used this yet, so I cant really say much! I love items like this because you can swirl a brush across all the colours, or you can use different colours on the eyes to create different looks. Already I can see myself using the bottom(smallest) colour as a high lighter, and I can compare it to MACs Phloof! eyeshadow :)

Cost: $14.95

This is the You Glow Girl Blush Balls, Ive yet to try them so I wont give my opinion on the product. I will however, say that the packaging is cute, and it comes with a sponge, although Ill use a brush to apply it. I got this free when I purchased the Get Cheeky cheek and eye shimmer.

Cost: Free!

Here's a swatch of the Sportsgirl Give Me Some Lip lipgloss in "16 Candles"(top) and its easily to compare it to Dior Addict lipgloss in "Clutch Pink" (bottom)

Cost: $8.95

Before I left the store I noticed a silver bucket on the display table with cute little rectangular palettes!! There were a few to choose from but I chose this one. Its the Animal Instinct Cosmetic Palette, and for under $10 I could not just leave it there! It has 2 lipglosses, 2 eyeshadows, a blush, and a few little brushes for application on the go. I mean under $10, how could you not? Will do a FOTD with this soonish :D

Cost: $9.95

Diva

How gorgeous is this? I love the leopard print coating!! It may just border on tacky though haha but it was under $10 so how could I refuse an accesory as cute as this!!

Cost: $9.99

The inside has a pretty pink lining, and has everything you need to give yourself a mani! minus the nailpolish! Im growing my nails at the moment and am constantly snapping off the ends, and instead of ripping them off with my nails, with this Ill be able to cut them off professionally!!

Also, Ive tried it out, and you can fit eftpos cards and stuff in there!! So you can definitely use it as a card holder :) A very cute, stylish card holder mind you!

I also bought a cute bobby pin tin (ugggh tongue twister much!) The only thing I dont like about it is that the lid isnt attatch, like when you slide it, instead of it stoppingat the end, you can slide it all the way off..

Cost: $4.99

So thats Part 1 of my haul! I dont want to bore you shitless with the other half, so Ill do it tomorrow.

These items would be great as Christmas pressiesn for the girl that has everything!! :)

Ps Any recs for a good eyecream?

Has anyone else tried the Sportsgirl cosmetics?

Or any other beauty products from clothes stores that venture into the world of Beauty?

Love of Loath?