Australia’s latest-to-be-loved import is Hissyfit, a line of beauty goodies that aim to protect, renew and perfect.  I can’t guarantee that caliber of results (”perfect” is a pretty bold statement…), but I will admit to a minor infatuation with lip service, an SPF 50 lip balm available in five hues, including clear.

This thick, glossy balm is instantly soothing to chapped or dry lips thanks to the inclusion of shea butter, jojoba and vitamin e –  and it lasts for hours.

Packaged in a slim, sanitary tube, you’ll want one of these for every pocket. Consider it the woman’s alternative to Chapstick (though what I am I saying, I love Chapstick too!)

These balms are a bit pricey at $20/each but if you love lippies like I love lippies, they may be worth the splurge.

To shop, visit www.hissyfit.com.

Image via eonline.com.

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Congratulations! You’ve found the perfect lipstick shade. That’s Major Accomplishment #1. Now, to tackle Major Accomplishment #2 – keeping that glorious lipstick off of your teeth!

Not to worry, it’s actually quite easy to do. Here, a few tips to keep your new shade on your pout and not on your chompers:

• Use a lipstick primer before you slather on your color. This quick tip helps keep lipstick in place and eliminates bleeding and the color migration.
• Dust lipstick with a loose powder to set the color. Just grab a facial tissue and separate it into 1-ply. Place the tissue over your lips, then dust on the powder. Voila! A set look without the powder showing through.
• And finally, after applying lipstick (particularly when you’re on the go and don’t have time to utilize the first two tips), place your index finger between your lips and slide it out. Any extraneous color will go there instead of on your teeth.

These have been tried and true tips I’ve used for years. Do you have any to add? We’re all ears (eyes)…

Image: Drugstore.com

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Purse Your Lips contains 9 vanilla-scented lip glosses:

* Shimmering near nude
* Shimmering nude-peach
* Gold-tinged plum
* Shimmering brown sugar
* Shimmering deep mauve
* Shimmering deep cranberry
* Sheer crimson
* Sheer pink-nectar
* Shimmering bubblegum pink

So do something healthy AND beautiful for yourself to kick off 2009, pick up glosses like Purse Your Lips to make your pout pretty in more ways than one!

*Photo Credit: tarte Cosmetics

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On10’s products are found only at Sephora and I bet they’d make great stocking stuffers. www.Sephora.com

Photo Credit: Sephora

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In full disclosure I have met the owner of Smart Cover, Flori Roberts (the blonde in the picture), at a dinner I attended back in September. Let me tell you this woman is a firecracker. I LOVED her. So when she told me about her product line, I was honored that she wanted to hear my opinion on it.

When receiving products I’ve learned not to judge a book by its cover. I’ve reviewed products in glorious packaging only for the product to completely fall short of its claims and I’ve reviewed products in poor packaging that are incredibly amazing. Have you experienced this too? Smart Cover’s packaging is a mix of good and bad. The concealer tubes and concealer sticks are good quality, but the bronzer packaging is not as good a quality. However, like I said, packaging is not everything and when it comes down to it—it’s the quality of the product that counts.

The Concealing Creme is a heavy duty concealer and works really great. Go easy applying it because less is more. If you put too much, it does look cakey. If you don’t need an “industrial” type concealer, there is the Smart Cover Stick, which has the look of a lipstick and applies with a thinner and lighter texture. Another Godsend was the Anti-Feathering Stick for lips. It felt great on and kept my lipstick from…feathering of course!

Smart Cover products can be purchased individually or in a kit and they are pretty affordable. You can see them all at www.smartcover.com. If you’ve tried them I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Photo Credit: SmartCover.com

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Darphin’s lip gloss is purposed to hydrate your lips with soy, vitamin E and wheat protein. Typically I don’t find lip gloss hydrating, honestly I can only think of a handful that I have tried that do, so this lip gloss was a welcomed find.

Illusion is an extremely pale pink color, almost fleshtone with a small tint. It gives a nice shine when worn alone, which is how I have been using it, however, it is supposed to add luminosity when paired over a matte lipstick.

Have you tried it?

*Photo credit: Darphin

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Unlike most lip balms that I have used, this one seems to not glide as effortlessly across my lips say like MAC’s Tendertone or Einstein’s Lip Therapy. I can’t rub my lips together without it feeling like work. The ingredients seem to have promise for moisturization with beeswax and castor seed oil; I also noticed it had Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, something that is supposed to restore plumpness to your lips over time. However, I felt TOVA’s Lip Redeemer to have this “dry” feeling on my lips.

Paired with a lipstick, it did seem to make the color last a bit longer and there was no feathering or bleeding.

For the price ($36 for 2 on QVC.com) I can’t say I would recommend it. So have your say, have you used it? I’d love to know what you thought.

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From the product description one of the ingredients is something I’ve never heard of before– Kombuchka. Have you heard of it? It’s supposed to promote “lipofilling” to restore volume back to your skin.

Have you tried it? Does it work?

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The Mineral Lip Tint glides on effortlessly and makes you feel like you are wearing a thin hydrating gloss rather than a lipstick. The berry color definitely was not as bright as I had expected (as seen in the picture) and was more of a subtle berry pink. I surprisingly admit that it is very pretty (and looks great with MAC’s Odd Couple Mineralize Duo).

$20 at www.urbanapothecary.com

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I slid the top off of it, to see it reveal a small mirror. I twisted the tube up to find one side smelling sweetly of sugar and the other of Vitamin E. One side is to be used for exfoliating your lips and the other to soothe them.

Mmm. The sugar gently scrubs your lips (and tastes quite delicious!) I mentioned to Teri that I might just use this product as an appetite supressant! So when I get hungry for some sweets, I may just slap on the FRXtion. The balm side of the product gently hydrates your lips leaving them supple and soft.

This product certainly isn’t new, but my lips were glad to discover it.

Have you used it?

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