Viva Glam (My Favorite Lipstick)

Viva Glam happens to be my favorite lipstick ever, because of it being my favorite lipstick and because Viva Glam means "glam lives" are a few reasons that I gave myself the blogger screen name, Ms. Viva Glam! I thought it would be great to swatch my all time favorite lip stick and to show you all a few of the lip combinations that I created with this lipstick. For those of you who may not know, Viva Glam lipsticks and glosses are made exclusively by Mac cosmetics. Every cent of the $14 that you pay for the Viva Glam lipsticks and glosses are donated to the MAC Aids Fund to support men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS.

Viva Glam VI Special edition on left, Viva Glam Gaga on right

These are the two Viva Glam lipsticks that I have in my collection right now. The Viva Glam VI Special edition which is described as "soft blue pink" and the Viva Glam Gaga (named after celebrity spokesperson, Lady Gaga) which is described as "cool blue-pink shade." Below are the swatches for each color.

Viva Glam VI Special edition on left, Viva Glam Gaga on right

I've played around with both of these lipsticks for a while now and here are a few lipliner and gloss combinations that I've came up with.

Viva Glam VI Special edition

In this picture, I'm wearing the Viva Glam VI Special edition lipstick. It looks great with a berry lip liner, which I have on in the pic, you can see some remnants of it. The lip liner I have on in the pic is Currant by Mac but any berry lip liner will do. I also have on a golden-pink lip gloss over top, to give it that extra oomph! The name of the lip gloss I'm wearing over it is Nymphette by Mac, again, any golden pink colored lip gloss will look great with this lipstick.

Viva Glam Gaga

It seems like I could never get a good picture of this lipstick but in this picture I'm wearing the Viva Glam Gaga lipstick. This lipstick is pretty to wear but it has a bit of a ashy look when you photograph it, with that being the case I definitely had to add some lip liner with this. I'm wearing a brownish-honey lip liner. It's called Nutmeg and it's by NYX cosmetics. This lipstick also looks great with a berry lip liner as well.

All of the Viva Glam collection lip products are a must-try in my opinion. The lipsticks are moist and long-wearing, the colors look good on any face, race and complexion and the $$$ goes to a great cause! If you wear lipstick or gloss the Viva Glam collection is worth a try. If you're a makeup artist this lipstick needs to be in your kit.

Have you already tried the Viva Glam lipsticks and glosses? What are your thoughts on the collection?

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