Lip colours and products are one thing that stands out to me that changes a lot between the summer and winter... for example in the winter I tend to wear darker colours and nudes, however in the summer I wear bright and exciting colours! So today I will be telling you about my lip products that get me through summer! These aren't in any order because I love them all...
1. e.l.f Jumbo Lip Gloss Stick in the shade 'Pink Umbrellas'. This is basically like your typical wind-up lip product, similar to the Clinique chubby sticks but at a fraction of the price! The smell isn't that great and normally with makeup I don't mind but I like a lip product to smell good! It just kind of smells of plastic, that is the only downside to this product! It is a nice pinky nude colour but it still seems quite summery! It is only £2.50 but I got it for £1.25 because there was 50% off when you spend over a certain amount at e.l.f. It is quite sheer but I would say its buildable...also its very moisturising.
2. Barry M Lip Gloss Wands in shade 11... boy does this smell good, it has a kind of tropical pineapple sweet scent! And I think that matches the colour perfectly as its a tropical coral/orange colour. It is such a nice lip gloss, it has a decent amount of colour but not too much that I wouldn't be able to wear it everyday, I don't find it sticky at all and I can tell you now its definitely going on my summer holiday with me. It is £4.49 from Boots.
3. Nivea Pearly Shine is a pearly pink quite strongly pigmented lip balm. Once you have applied it the colour lasts for a while but it feels so light a moisturising on my lips which makes it the perfect everyday holiday product! I find it to be a super flattering colour and it is super cheap... only £2.29 from Boots. I can get away with it for school too which I love because its so quick to apply like a lip balm but just makes your lips look slightly more 'done' if you know what I mean!
4. Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Pucker lip gloss in Pink Apricot is one of those lip glosses that plumps your lips with that tingly feeling, I think you either love it or hate it, personally I find it quite exciting...this is a coral kind of colour but its not to pigmented which I actually like because I can wear it everyday! I love the smell, It is £9 individually but I got mine in a set with two others for £20 'Half Naked' which is a browny nude and 'Yummy Plum' which is a redy-plum colour. I like these colours but the smells aren't really my favourite... Half Naked is meant to smell of chocolate but I think it smells of feet, and the Yummy Plum smells too sickly and sweet and I think its meant to smell like plums. These have made me want to try more expensive makeup because usually I just get the really cheap things from Boots/Superdrug which can have some amazing things but I want to start getting less makeup but spend more on it now I have all the basics. I will repurchase things like my Collection lasting perfection concealer. Anyway I have gone a bit off topic now!
5. 17 Lasting Fix Lipstick in the shade 'Honey Blossom' is a slightly more pink coral (see the coral theme??) lipstick and when you first apply it, its very bright but after a while the colour would still be there just not as strong as originally. It has a shimmery finish and its not too drying on the lips. It is fairly cheap at £4.29 from Boots and there is a huge variety in colours. It has a fairly neutral smell. I have a few of the other shades and for the price I think its a lovely product! This can be built up to quite a bold colour for evening meals out on holiday but it can clash with a lot of clothes and I have to be careful with it not clashing with my blusher.
I hope you enjoyed me speaking about these products, thanks for reading...
Bye x
p.s - does anyone have any suggestions for a good first MAC lipstick?
