Annabelle V.I.P. Metallic-To-Glitter Liquid Lipstick - $9.99 - in 4 irresistible shades: Russian Roulette, Poker Face, Wild & Mild and Fierce - with a stay-put and non-drying formula. containing millions of shiny pigments for amazing sparkle!

Like to layer? These work especially nice over:
Annabelle V.I.P. Lip Stylo - $9.99 - in 5 winning shades: Empowered, Fearless, Glorious, Goddess and Unapologetic -  a semi-permanent lip pen with a semi-matte finish that features a dual-edged paddle-shaped felt tip that makes it easy to define the lip contour and fill the inside of the lips.

Available at drugstores across Canada and online at annabelle.com.

Annabelle Edge Brow Wax Liner - $9.95 - in 4 shades: Light Blonde, Blonde, Brunette, Medium Brunette - a square-angled brow liner that defines and fills brows in 1 stroke with a powdery wax gel formula glides easily for a clean and full coverage line.

It's easy to use: hold the tip vertically, and define the brow base.

Then, glide on brow to fill and sculpt its shape.

Finally, use the point to define the tail of brow.

Tada, perfectly groomed brows in minutes!



Annabelle Classifeyed Eye & Face Palette - $12.95 - includes 6 eyeshadows to create a warm or mysterious look by mixing and matching matte, satin and duotone finishes; along with an illuminating bronzing powder to achieve a tanned and luminous complexion all year long; a hololighter to light up the face with a holographic finish; and 2 applicators all packed inside a handy, portable palette.

Annabelle Classifeyed Double Agent Mascara - $9.95 - lengthens, volumizes and defines lashes without creating clumps with a 2 step process.

Step 1 is a lengthening primer enriched with Provitamin B5 that hydrates and revitalizes lashes from root to tip with ease thanks to its tiny brush. Apply the primer at the base of  lashes and gently sweep upwards. Add a second coat and wait for 10 seconds to dry.

Follow with Step 2 - a carnauba-enriched mascara for a structuring effect on lashes. Apply the mascara by holding the brush horizontally across the lashes in zig-zag motions, nestling the brush first in the lash line.

Available at drugstores across Canada and online at annabelle.com.

Okay technically National Lipstick Day was yesterday but I don't see any reason why everyday can't be Lipstick Day which is a good enough excuse to share my newest love:

Annabelle V.I.P. Lipstick - $9.95 - in 3 finishes and a bunch of beautiful shades: Lustrous Finish: Bluff, Flamingo, Nevada, Fab'777, Casino, Lady Luck; Glitter Finish: Gambler and online exclusive shades: Lustrous Finish: Bad'ace, Strip, Risk-Taker; Glitter Finish: Jackpot; and Metallic Finish: Monte Carlo - with intense pigments and vibrant colours in a lightweight, nourishing  texture that glides easily with sheer-to medium buildable coverage and bold colour payoff.

The ultra-creamy nourishing formula is made with moringa butter, vitamin E and smell delicious thanks to a delicate guava perfume. Love a bold, red lip? Then you need to check out Casino! If bold, red lips scare yet intrigue you, it also makes a great stain - just apply and then blot most of it off - all the joy of red without the scariness!

Available now at drugstores and online at annabelle.com.

Fellow lazy lipstick appliers rejoice - here's a lipstick that is easy to apply perfectly, no prep needed:

Annabelle Edge Lipstick - $9.95 - in 12 neutral to bright shades: Anna, Brigitte, Serena, Gabrielle, Taylor, Michele, Iris, Rita, Soo, Kelly, Kristen, Winnie - a diamond-shaped lipstick that defines the edges of your lips to give them volume and dimension with a creamy, smooth formula that glides on easily.

The great part about his lipstick of course is how it makes it easy to draw a perfect lip, no liner needed!

Just place the pointed tip on your cupid’s bow and glide on your upper lip; pivot the tip to fill your lower lip; and finally press your lips together to blend the colour along your pout.

Available at drugstores across Canada and online at annabelle.com.

Easily achieve the no-makeup look and a luminous and fresh complexion with the Annabelle Enlighten Collection - with a range of products that give you the natural skin but better look with no effort.

What I like best from the lineup:

Annabelle Enlighten Loose Finishing Powder - $9.95 - a mattifying, paraben and oil-free silky powder that absorbs excess sebum and sets makeup all day long as it corrects redness, diminishes the appearance of dark circles and protects against blue light damage to improve skin's youthful radiance and enhance brightness.
Also available in the collection:

Enlighten Refreshing Perfecting Primer - 30ml - $9.95 - with a paraben and oil-free formula that smooths and prepares skin for makeup to improve hold as it gently exfoliates and illuminates to provide a flawless, unified complexion and reduces the appearance of pores.

Micellar Water - 230ml - $9.95 - great for all skin types, it cleanses and removes all makeup from face, eyes and lips as it tones and revitalizes skin with soothing aloe and green tea extract sin a hypoallergenic, paraben and oil-free formula. And is quick and easy to use thanks to the mess-free pump.

Enlighten Highlight Drops - 15ml - $8.95 - in 4 shades: Champagne, White Gold, Rose Gold, Bronze -  oil-free, pigmented highlight drops that offer maximum brightness for a radiant, healthy looking complexion.

Enlighten Hydrating Illuminating Veil - 30ml - $9.95 - a paraben and oil-free 2-in-1 cream that combines the comfort and texture of a moisturizer with the luminous result of a highlighter to hydrate and illuminate for a fresh and luminous complexion as it visibly helps to reduce skin damage thanks to antioxidants.

Available at drugstores across Canada and online at annabelle.com.

Annabelle Perfect Matte Mattifying Setting Powder - $9.95 - a translucent, non-comedogenic powder that adjusts to every skin tone for a sheer matte finish that controls shine and lasts up to 6 hours!

Apply with a large powder brush all over the face to set and mattify makeup or to control oil or apply  only on the T-zone or oily areas depending on the need. For a more natural look, remove the excess product on your brush before applying it to avoid creating a powdery finish.

Available at drug and mass retailers across Canada and online at annabelle.com.

Annabelle Perfect Glow - $9.95 - in 3 shades: Topaz - pearly white, Quartz - pinky brown and Golden Diamond - golden peach - a soft and silky highlighting powder that provides a natural and luminous finish.

Apply above cheekbones or under the brow bones to highlight, to the inner corners of the eyes to brighten and illuminate, on the bridge of the nose to slim or on the cupid's bow to give the illusion of fuller luscious lips.

Available at drugstores across Canada and online at annabelle.com.

Avon True Color Eyeshadow Primer - $9 - in 2 shades: Light Beige and Warm Beige - a lightweight, waterproof primer that sets quickly to a soft finish and extends the wear of eyeshadow, helping prevent it from fading and creasing as well as absorbing oil to keep a matte finish.

Available from your Avon rep - 1-800-265-AVON or online at www.avon.ca. 
Caryl Baker Shadow Magnet - $21 - in 2 shades: Light and Natural - an opaque, cream shadow primer that prepares eyes for a smooth long-lasting makeup application while evening eyelid colour, magnetizing colour to lid, extending wearability of shadows and intensifying shadow colour.

Available now at Caryl Baker Visage Face Spas across Ontario and Alberta and online at carylbakervisage.com.
Annabelle Eye Primer - $8.95 - an easy way to hold eye makeup in place all day as it intensifies colour, smoothes and unifies eyelids creating a flawless finish.

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Annabelle Perfect Cream Blush - $9.95 - in 4 shades: Golden Pink, Berry, Light Berry and Subtle Coral - a blendable cheek stick that gives you natural-looking flushed cheeks in one swipe.
Annabelle Perfect Cream Highlight - $9.95 - in 2 shades: Light Champagne and Lustrous Gold -  a cream highlighter that gives you show-stopping radiance in one swipe, eliminating dull-looking skin.

Both feature a waterproof formula that ensures long-lasting, sweat-proof wear for those long days at the office or long nights partying and can be used together for glowing colour or separately for a more subtle flush or glow.

Available as part of the Illustrious Luminous Collection which also includes 6 shades of Waterline Matte/Luminous Kohl Eyeliners - $8.95 in Lavender, Beige, Mint, Blackest Black, Brown and Champagne as well as 2 limited edition shades of Big Show Lip Shine - $9.95 in Sweet Berry and Rose Gold. 

Available now at drugstores across Canada and online at annabelle.com.

Annabelle Neo Chic Graphic Collection - for lines, lines and even more lines that can make any eye look go from blah to edgy and modern!

Available in the lineup is:

Brow Fiber Gel - $9.95 - in 2 universal shades: Light/Medium and Medium/Dark - with a small and precise tapered brush for easy and  fast brow filling and fixing.

Eyeink Bubble - $9.95 - creates  amazing looks with lines and dots. with a long lasting waterproof formula that stays up to 10 hours.

Eyeink Tulip - $9.95 - creates thick and thin graphic lines with a long-lasting formula that stays up to 24 hours.

Skinny Mascara - $9.95 - with a high-precision brush that grabs and captures even the shortest lashes - also makes getting the lower lashes super-easy.

Brush Tip Eyeliner - $9.95 - the classic, must-have liner with a brush applicator.

Eyeink Sharpie - $9.95 - creates graphic bold lines for an intense look with a long lasting waterproof  formula that stays up to 10 hours.

101 Eyeliner - $9.95 - a super small, user-friendly eyeliner with an easy-to-grip wand.

Available now at drugstores across Canada and online at www.annabelle.com.

Elizabeth Arden Statement Brow - $32 - in Blonde, Honey, Brown and Dark Brown - an all-in-one tinted gel that grooms, conditions, fills and shapes, making it easy to create a defined, smudge-proof look with up to 12 hours wear.

Featuring a unique, precision bristled brush and enhanced formula containing beeswax and carnauba - helps to define and hold brows in place for long-lasting wear; kaolin - a natural clay that provides texture to give brows shape and a fuller appearance; mineral pigments and pearls - to naturally fill brows and reflect light to create subtle shine and dimension; shea butter and rapeseed oil - provide moisturizing and conditioning properties, as well as antioxidant protection; and silk and panthnol - rich with vitamin B5 and amino acids to help nourish and condition the brow hair - allowing for effortless application to hold brows in place all day.

Available now at Hudson's Bay, London Drugs and Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada.
GOSH Brow Sculpting Fibre Gel - $17 - in Nutmeg and Chestnut - with a long-lasting gel formula to tame brows and hold them in place all day while easily adding volume with fibres that build up the brow, colour to fill in bare spots while nourishing with bladderwrack seaweed which contains ultra-high levels of antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins and minerals - applied with a tapered brush for precise application.

Available exclusively at Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada.
Annabelle Brow Show Shaping Gel - $8.95 - in 2 universal shades: Light/Medium and Medium/Dark - to define and fix brows in one easy step for natural and uniform hold.

Available at drugstores across Canada and online at annabelle.com.

Rimmel Magnif'Eyes Eyeshadow Contouring Palette - $14.99 - in 3 palette choices with 12 shades each: Keep Calm & Wear Gold - a molton mix of gold and copper hues along with pale taupes to highlight and rich coffee colours to define; London Nudes Calling - an array of warm blush tones from beige through tawny to rust and plum; Grunge Glamour - with neutral greys and browns along with fierce wine, bronze and pewter hues to make creating sultry smokey eye easy - with beautifully blendable, ultra-smooth, non-crease, non-fade shades that can be used in a multitude of ways to create contoured eye looks that range from natural to sultry for every eye shape.

Available at drug and mass retailers across Canada.
Hard Candy Top Ten Sating Eyeshadow Collection - $6.58 - in 2 collection choices containing 10 shadows with a selection of matte, shimmer, glitter and metallic finishes: Rich & Famous and Lap Of Luxury - with a collection of fashion-forward colours in a chic, fabric mirror compact that includes 2 applicators.


Available exclusively at Walmart stores across Canada.
Annabelle Skinny Palette - $9.99 - in 6 colour harmonies containing 5 shadows from nude to bold: Taupe Neutrals Basics, New Eve Goldy Browns, Spring Rosy Hues, Summer Purple Shades, Winter Smoky Look, Fall Khaki Harmony - with intense colours and ultra-blendable pigments in a smooth and silky texture that glides on effortlessly.

Available at drugstores across Canada.

Annabelle Eye & Brow Palette - $12.95 - an all-in-one palette that includes 6 powder eyeshadows in finishes from matte to metallic; 2 eyebrow powders; 2 highlight powders; and a double-ended applicator together in one handy case.

There really is everything you would need for a complete eye look here - the dark shadows make a great liner or fabulous smokey eye and all of the shadows can be layered together to create a multitude of looks. A little tip for the eyebrow powder, they are great shades if you want a brown - but add in a little of the peachy shadow to the darker brow colour and it makes a much more natural shade if you prefer a bit of auburn on your brows!

Available now at drugstores across Canada and online at annabelle.com.

Annabelle Full Blast Mascara -$6.95 - a volumizing mascara that separates, coats and curls each lash to voluptuous perfection.
With a light, very liquid formula that thickens and defines and a natural brush that is easy to use.
For best results, hold the brush horizontally across the lashes and pull up through the lashes in a zig-zag action, nestling the brush first in the lash line. Repeat 3 applications for 9x more volume.
While they recommend 3 coats for max volume, I stopped at 2 because 3 coats ended up making my lashes look really clumpy - 2 coats is the perfect amount of volume and definition for my taste!

Available now at drugstores across Canada and online at www.annabelle.com.

Smashbox Brow Tech Matte Pencil - $24 - in 4 shades: Natural Blonde, Taupe, Brunette, Dark Brown - a matte brow pencil with an ultrafine point that mimics brow hairs and fills in sparseness and a water-resistant, long-wearing formula that stays on all day and won't smudge to keep brows looking perfectly refined. The double-ended pencil also includes a spoolie brush for grooming and polishing.

Available at Smashbox counters including Sephora and Shoppers Drug Mart across Canada.
Rodial Glamobrow - $30 - in 3 shades: Ash Blonde, Ash Brown, Dark Ash Brown - with an ultrafine, retractable tip to easily shape and fill eyebrows and mimic the look of brow hair for buildable definition and a polished finish. The soft, cream-gel texture is smear-proof with long-wearing hold, offering great colour payoff and bendability as well as expert shaping thanks to the spiral bristle brush tool.

Available at Murale stores across Canada and online at beautyboutique.ca.
Annabelle Skinny Brow Liner - $8.95 - in 6 shades: Universal Light, Universal Medium, Universal Dark, Universal Ebony, Universal Taupe, Universal Auburn - an easy to use retractable micro-pencil for precise application and a natural look. With a matte, waterproof formula that is rich and easy to blend and super long-lasting and  includes a brow-shaping comb on the other end.

Available at drugstores across Canada.

Quo True Hues Eye Shadow Palette - $24 - designed to create neutral - with Romance Novel or bold - with Simple Pleasures - eye looks with an airy matte finish and soft luminous tones that have impressive pigmentation and are easily blendable.

Available now exclusively at Shoppers Drug Mart.
Annabelle Smokey Nudes Eyeshadow Palette - $12.95 - with a mix of warm, cool, dark and light - basically every shade needed for a bold smokey or subtle daytime eye - from a light vanilla colour to a dark smoldering black to match any skin tone and eye colour.

Available at drugstores across Canada and online at www.annabelle.com.
If you find multi-coloured palettes too confusing you can make your life easy and limit your choice to two:

Pupa Vamp! Compact Duo - $25 - in 7 duos: 01 Rose Perlage, 02 Pink Earth, 03 Soft Mauve, 04 Bronze Amber, 06 Brown Vanilla, 07 Dark Night, 12 Magnetic Blue - with two perfectly coordinating shades that can be used together or alone.

The shades are mostly neutrals and great for daytime wear - if you are looking for some colour then check out the Magnetic Blue but the one I really love is Dark Night - perfect for a sultry smokey eye!

Available now at Rexall stores across Canada.

Annabelle Big Show Lacquer - $9.95 - in 6 shades: Adore Simply, Caress Tenderly, Kiss Sweetly, Enchant Romantically, Hypnotize Deeply, Love Fiercely - the non-sticky, comfortable formula offers maximum high-lacquered shine and major comfort with the hyper saturated colour of a lipstick, the lustrous finish of a gloss and the long lasting colour of a stain.

It feels really light on and the colour itself has major staying power - the shiny part does disappear though so if you want to keep the glossiness, you do have to reapply. I especially love the fruity scent!

Available now at drugstores across Canada and online at www.annabelle.com.

Annabelle EyeInk2 Liquid Eyeliner Duo - $10.95 - in Black and Brown - offers an ultrafine tip that allows you to create thin, precise lines on one side while the other side has a tip that creates thicker lines. With a fast drying, glossy formula that is water and smudge-proof that lasts up to 10 hours and is suitable for sensitive eyes and contacts lens wearers.

Or if your a total liquid liner spaz like me, you will appreciate this one:

Annabelle EyeInk2 Mistake Proof Eyeliner + Corrector - $10.95 - in Black and Brown - with the same formula and benefits of the duo above - but instead of two liners, one side has a liner and the other has a corrector with a gentle and non-greasy formula to fix mistakes when you make them or to touch up during the day.

Just remember to wipe off the corrector tip with a kleenex every few uses, if it collects too much liner it won't entirely remove any new liner and just kind of move it around.
Annabelle Instaglam Kajal Eyeliner + Kajal - $12.95 - in Black - with a marker tip on one end perfect for using across the lashline for an incredibly fluid application and a Kajal on the other end, just what you need for the waterline to create a bold smoldering look.

Available at drugstores across Canada.