You don’t need a special occasion to wear red actually. But if you are too shy (or whatever reason you have) to wear it on a casual day – go ahead and wear it for the Valentine’s.

Speaking of Valentine’s – I used to hate is with a passion, but now I love that day. Why? Because it’s Makeup4all’s Birthday. This Valentine it will turn THREE years old which is unbelievable.

But back to the lipsticks. I have chosen seven variants of the lipstick that are not limited edition.

If I do a red lip – I like a bright deep matte or satin  colour, but since not everyone would go for that I’ve also added a sheer version and a lip/cheek stain.

Let’s take a look!

So here are the swatches. I am not going to write anything as you can read all the reviews but clicking the links!

1. Ellis Faas  Creamy Lips in L101 Ellis Red – see it on the lips here

2. High Impact lipsticks by Daniel Sandler in

End of September – end of November are very busy months for me in terms of Birthdays of very special people!

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I like to find out what the person wants to get. Sometimes I’d find out with the help of other people but sometimes I would just ask.

I’ve noticed that very often my girlfriends ask for a mascara makeup-wise.  In fact, I had two mascaras requests last week.

I though that may be useful information as the holidays are approaching. And since almost every woman wears mascara, you can’t really go wrong.

Here is just a photo of some random mascaras that I’ve found in my personal makeup stash.

Ellis Faas mascara, Hourglass Film Noir mascara, DiorShow Ultimate mascara, Daniel Sandler Jumbo Jet mascara, Benefit BADGal mascara, Smashbox Bionic mascara, Lancome Hypnose mascara, Daniel Sandler Baby Jet mascara, BECCA The Ultimate mascara.

If you want a budget friendly variant, I’d recommend Max Factor 2000 Calories or Max Factor False Lash Effect, both are amazing!

For the 2011 holiday season, Ellis Faas has selected a gift set of three, best-selling products that can be combined to create several looks.

The set contains ELLIS RED Milky Lips L201 for gorgeously blood-red lips; black Creamy Eyes E103 for an easy smoky eye and/or to be used as a black liner; and the light Milky Eyes E209 for fresh accents.

Price: 60 EUR / 55 GBP / 85 USD. The set is already available!

Here are the swatches of the

Every time I see an e-mail from Ellis Faas I get excited as I know that it will be something beautiful.

This week I’ve got an e-mail about the new video called “A Family Affair” . The video has such name because it was shot in Ellis’ house, the model is her brother Thijs (how beautiful are his eyes?!) and the music was written by her daughter – Flavia.

This is what Ellis herself says about the video:

“As a late teenager, I visited the Tate Gallery in London and was blown away by a Francis Bacon triptych. It made a great impression on me because of the use of colour – it was unnerving and stunningly beautiful at the same time. Bacon inspired many experiments I did over the years. I now think it has become

It’s not a secret that I love value sets and who doesn’t?! You  get a chance to get the products of the brand you like for a cheaper  price.

And here is the brand new set from Ellis Faas for Fall 2011 which should be available from today (1st September).

This set includes: petrol-coloured Milky Eyes E204, black mascara E401 and deep-cherry Creamy Lips L102.  According to Ellis, all the products should work great together.

Price: 60 EUR / 50 GBP / 80 USD