The Lover

Brace yourself ladies, the new Marc Jacobs Beauty Summer 2015 Collection hits stores in a few days. I’m quickly becoming a huge fan of Marc Jacobs Beauty, and while fairly pricy, it’s worth every penny. This summer, Marc introduces his newest muse; The Lover, captured in a provocative new colour palette of rose, wine and cream. Both lips and nails are radiant and shiny with a glossy texture, thanks to the new Enamored Hi-Shine Lip Lacquers and Enamored Hi-Shine Nail Lacquers. Shimmery metallic, soft buttery mattes and lustrous sheen provide intense colour payoff in the new Style Eye-Con No.7 Plush Shadow Palette. Finally, eyes and brows are bold, to help complement this look with new Brow Wow Defining Longwear Pencil and an extended assortments of Highliner Gel Crayon liners.

Marc Jacobs Enamored Hi-Shine Lip Lacquer features a triple shine complex and a blend of high-performance ingredients to provide an extremely high-shine, incredibly glossy, brilliant finish to the lips. It delivers maximum colour payoff that’s true its rich colour pigments that provide true opaque coverage with an unstoppable wear time. It has a mint scented fragrance that gives a refreshing feel to the lips with unbelievable luster. It’s also infused with antioxidant-rich apricot and passion fruit to help volumize, hydrate and protect the lips.

Although Marc Jacobs Enamored Hi-Shine Lip Lacquer claims to provide maximum coverage and “shine like 30 coats of lacquer”, I actually found the few shades I own to be quite sheer. I’m totally fine with that, cause I tend to reach for transparent shades in the summer anyways. It does give a semi- opaque colour coverage that applies fairly evenly. It has a lightweight, creamy smooth texture that glides onto the lips with ease. It is somewhat tacky, without being overly sticky, which in return, adheres to the lips beautifully. It does give an incredibly high-shine, glossy finish that looks stunning when the light hits the lips. It’s comfortable to wear throughout the day and stays put for a few hours before slowly starting to fade. It is slightly hydrating, but if you have extra dry lips, or looking for added moisture, you might want to apply a lip balm underneath. It does have a slightly minty scent to it, but without a minty flavor. It comes in 18 wearable shades, inspired by Marc Jacobs’ favourite music, and looks equally as beautiful on their own as they do paired over your favourite lipstick. It retails for $34.

Marc Jacobs Enamored Hi-Shine Lip Lacquer in Pink Flamingo, UpRoar and Love Drunk

Marc Jacobs Brow Wow Defining Longwear Pencil is an innovated, long-wearing pencil designed to help define the brow for maximum impact. It features an ultra-fine precision tip with built-in brush to effortlessly allow you to create a statement, hair by hair.

Marc Jacobs Brow Wow Defining Longwear Pencil has an incredibly super skinny, 1.5mm precision tip that’s designed with a hot and cold technology for virtually an unbreakable pencil formula. The precise tip allows for a hair-by-hair approach creating an extremely natural look. It has a rich and creamy texture that glides onto each hair with ease, never pulling or skipping. You can effortlessly enhance your arch and define and shape your brows in a few easy swipes. Its waterproof, long-lasting formula is extremely buildable and ensures it will never budge, smudge or fade throughout the day. The built-in grooming brush allows you to blend and comb each hair for a more refined look. It comes in 5 natural shades for $30 each.

Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Crayon is a gel crayon liner with a waterproof, long-wearing, colour intense formula. Its gel, yet crayon formula glides on smoothly for a flawless finish that sets and stays in place all day. Its precise applicator allows for seamlessly fine and thick lines.

Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Crayon is super sleek and chic thanks to its silver reflective design and built-in sharpener at the base. This will help ensure your pencil always stays sharpened, with a precise tip, for easy application and a sharp look on the go. It has an incredible soft and smooth formula, almost like a gel liner, but in a crayon format. It glides onto the lid with ease, without having to press too hard or without pulling or tugging on the lash line. It’s pigmented, fairly opaque in a swipe or two, and can be easily built-up for a bold, intense colour payoff. It sets and dries within a few seconds that doesn’t seem to crease or fade for the entire day. We’re talking 10+ hours of vivid, bold, rich colour, even on the waterline. It comes in 10 new bright and fresh shades, perfect for summer and retails for $30.

Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Crayon in Violet Femme and Peri Dot

Sadly to say, I don’t have the Marc Jacobs Style Eye-Con No.7 Plush Shadow in The Lover Palette to show you, but from what I can see from the pictures, this limited-edition, lover inspired, with a beautiful mix of both shimmer, mattes and sheens, is going to be a must-have palette this summer. It retails for $71. Also in the collection is two new limited edition Marc Jacobs Enamored Hi-Shine Nail Lacquers in Milk and Wine Not for $22 each.