Drugstore Matte Lip Products | Primark, Maybelline & Bourjois

Evening guys. 

I hope you're all well? 

I am good apart from the fact I have THE WORST hay fever ever and I am not even joking right now. My eyes are THAT sore, itchy, bloodshot and swollen I just want to rip my face off. 

Nothing is dealing with the fact that my little peepers are looking like freaking kebabs right now. 

I JUST WANT TO WEAR MY MAKEUP!!! 

Just imagine having a squad of fleas in your eyes and then someone suddenly lights a flame to burn those suckers out and then your eyes are on fire. 

Yeah that. 

Yesterday, I hit Twitter up with one of my many tweets and asked you guys what you wanted to see again for tonight's post. 

So again, by popular demand here is the post you most wanted to see. 

It's no secret that I am a fan of matte lip products. More so because I over draw my top lip which I really dislike doing. I JUST WANT BIG LIPS MAAYYYNNN!! I am thinking about trying those Full Lip Enhancer lip sucky things but I am scared that I will end up looking look those fools on YouTube whos lips then engulf their face. 

*oh the shame*

Or, I would actually like my top lip done to even it out but Papa Hutt would actually do his nut if I ever did that. 

He would go all Jackie Chan on ma ass!!

I did a recent post on my MAC matte lipstick and liner collection but lets face it, they aren't the cheapest of products and there are plenty of drugstore beauties that do just the same thing... If not better, for a fraction of the price. 

You feeling me? 

I can hear your purses singing a song of praise at me right now. 

You're welcome. 

So here you go, you asked for it... Drugstore matte lip products that really do make the grade.  

 I cannot remember when I first saw these but I think I may have noticed them in Superdrug and swatched them there and then. I really liked the formula and the colour pay off was pretty true to the packaging colour label itself. 

These are Maybelline's Colour Sensation Matte and were new in at the time. 

The burgundy shade is pretty close to MAC's 'Diva' but at a kinder price. I always find though that burgundy shades are never as matte as they could be. 

Sort it out guys!! 

These glide on really nicely and are not drying at all. Again the colour pay off is pretty good, strong in composition and easy to apply.

Superdrug currently have a 3 for 2 across makeup, nails and lashes at the moment, so if you like these three shades then go and grab them. They have a couple more but these caught my eye the most. 

 These are just gorgeous, it's just like applying velvet to your lips!!! 

Heaven on a wand.

These Bourjois Velvet Editions are a liquid lipstick and for a drugstore brand they are pretty high on my list for a few reasons. 

The colour is buildable, which for me is a must as you can go low key or in your face 'WOW'. They apply like a dream and they last all freaking day without the need to reapply. 

They can be a little tricky to go round your lip line neatly so what I tend to do is get my lip brush and outline with the product, then fill in with the wand. 

They dry matte but they aren't drying in the slightest. I did have a forth one somewhere but I cannot for the life of me work out where I have put it. 

Typical me.

 These are by far my favourite out of the bunch and the cheapest too. Wahey!! 

Primark have not failed me in the lip department at all. 

Seriously guys, if you haven't yet tried their lip liners or matte lip crayons, where the hell have you been? You are SERIOUSLY missing out. 

They are ahhhhhmazzinnngg!!

I have found the perfect dupe for MAC's 'Honeylove' in their 'Nude' matte lip crayon. 

The thing is the Primark where I live never has up to date products so I was actually shocked that they had these in. 

The crayons are £2 and the liners are £1 and they last for fricking ages!!! 

The apply matte, but have a super nice formula and the liners don't drag which lets be honest is a god damn bitch when that happens. Goodbye neat and perfect line. Ha. 

10/10 for me on these and they come in a range of colours. 

All of these lip products are great and aren't hyper drying either which is great for me at the moment due to the state of my lips!! 

Oh, if anyone has a solution to stop my lips drying out that would be great! *Thumbs up*. 

Thanks for reading lovelies, all of the products are currently in store so let me know what you think if you purchase anything. 

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Until next time...

Love 

L 

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M.A.C. Matte Must Have Lipsticks | My Collection.

Heeellooo my lovely little lollipops!!! 

(A bit of alliteration there. Ha.) 

I hope y'all are peachy perfect for a Monday?

I have an exciting blog post coming up soon which I cannot wait to write. Some of you might hazard a guess from my Twitter & Instagram posts (both 'leluroxxblogger')but I am quite excited. 

Annnnyyywaaaayy...

Who doesn't love MAC Cosmetics? Who doesn't just love walking up to that freaking MAC counter and all the epicness just hits you in your mush to the point of almost collapse because it's all so BEAUTIFUL? 

I'm not going to lie. I LAAAAVVVV it. 

I have only ever bought lip products from the brand but there are A LOT of other items I want now, like the pigments, paint pots and of course more lippies!! Let me know if you guys have any awesome recommendations because I am heading their way soon.

I thought today I would give you my MAC matte lipstick must-haves that I have in my collection. I only wear matte lipsticks and these are some of the best I have currently tried and owned. 

Let me know in the comments if you have tried any of these and what you think and don't forget recommendations.    

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I love the consistency of their matte formula's. I over draw my top lip slightly to make it more even with my bottom lip and I find matte lipsticks are the best for this. I also have the lip liners to go with these shades. 

I use 'Cherry' to go with 'Ruby Woo' although there is now an exact lip liner that matches the red. I just need the 'Whirl' lipstick now to match the liner. I find it important to line the lip before applying lipstick. 

My trick for making my lipstick stay put longer is to use concealer on the lips first, then apply some matte finishing powder, I then line the lip and fill the lip in with the liner. Finally I apply the matching lippy and more matte powder to complete the style. 

Side note | Please try to ignore the state of my lips they constantly go through dry phases so I know they look less than perfect right now. Basically it looks like someone has attacked them with freaking sandpaper. *Covers eyes and mouth*. 

Soar Liner

Whirl Liner and Honeylove Lipstick

Kinda Sexy Lipstick 

Velvet Teddy Lipstick 

Candy Yum Yum Lipstick and Liner

Diva Lipstick and Burgundy Liner

Ruby Woo Lipstick and Cherry Liner 

These are my must have mattes currently. Personally I think 'Diva' could be a little more matte as there is still a sheen coming off it. Other than that my every day essential matte is my 'Honeylove' lipstick and my night must have is 'Ruby Woo'. 

Let me know which one is your favourite!!

Over and out. 

10/4. 

Love

L 

X 

M.A.C Ruby Woo Review // First Impressions!!!

YOOOOOOOOOOO!!! 

Again it has been a while since I last posted something. I really need to schedule some time in to write again regularly. I am so lazy sometimes. But today I am back with a little ol' review :) 

I received my first ever Mac product on Christmas Day. I did put this on my 'most wanted list' and gratefully my parents got it me. 

This was the Mac Retro Matte Lipstick in 'Ruby Woo'. It was all beautifully wrapped and placed actually on my Christmas tree with a bow on it and I instantly knew what it was as it was so cute and small. 

Now, I am a little bit of a hoarder when it comes to new things. I have mentioned this fact before and it's nothing new to me, so it will be no surprise that I have ONLY JUST opened this lipstick.

I love things when they are in their 'new' state and because I have never had a Mac product before I really didn't want to ruin the state of this beautiful product. 

Okay, so my first impressions when opening this product was "wow". I loved the bullet style packaging, I also loved the simplicity of the brand itself. It stands out and looks classy without even trying.

  

The first thing that I noticed about this lipstick upon opening it was the smell!!! OH-MY-GOD, it smells AMAZING!!! No joke, to me it literally smells like cakes. It has this subtle sweet/cakey scent that really makes me want to eat it. I never really say that about a product, especially a lip item as usually they smell and taste like plastic. Like you know it's come from a factory. 

This lippy smells like heaven, if heaven was to smell like anything it would be this. Period. 

Aside from the mouth-watering smell the colour of this lipstick is flat out gorgeous. It is so pigmented and vibrant and such a classic 60's style 'red'. I  LOVE a red lipstick especially as I am a pale face (no not a vampire) it really stands out on me. It is super retro in style and how the colour looks in its formed self reflects perfectly on your lips. 

Now I will only wear a matte consistency lipstick as I dislike any kind of sheen or gloss, the reason being as I like to slightly over draw my top lip so it is consistent with my bottom lip. I have been reaching more to lipliner's recently to fill in my lips (especially the Rimmel Red Diva and Cappuccino) but with 'Ruby Woo' being a Matte in my head I knew I would love it. 

So I have come to the conclusion that is smells awesome and looks beautiful but what is is going to be like to wear? 

As soon as I popped this bad boy on I noticed straight away how matte this lipstick actually is. I didn't realise until today that this is the mattest (is that even a word?) of matte's that Mac do, they have a normal matte finish and then 'retro matte'. I though it just said 'retro' because of the type of colour, but nope this is a hell of a dry lipstick. I first used this with my Rimmel 'Red Diva' lipliner but only outlined my lips with it and then filled them in with Ruby Woo. Within seconds of applying I noticed straight away how uncomfortable my mouth felt. The only way I could describe it is that it felt like I had eaten a doughnut and wasn't able to lick my lips, either that or it felt like I had face planted a pile of sand. It does feel gross to wear, I am not going to beat around the bush, it's not enjoyable at all. 

I also found that it wore off quicker than I thought so when you go to re-apply a layer to build the colour back up it really intensified in dryness and created a horrible 'ring of death' around my mouth. I hate that. It also crumbled around the lipliner and left little white streaks and dots where the product has come off, that has never happened to me before. 

This really annoyed me as I have longed for Mac products for years but always thought they were expensive, so I kind of had high hopes for this but I was seriously let down by the formula. However now I know 'retro' is really dry I am hoping the normal matte shades would be way better. It has up until now put me off purchasing any more lip products from them but with this new information I think I may give it a whirl. I really want to try out the 'Burgundy'lip liner and 'Diva' lipstick and I also really want 'Velvet Teddy' but it's always sold out. 

The plus side to this product is (that is if you can handle the intense dry mouth) is that the lipstick looks frickin awesome on, like I said it's highly pigmented and if you are feeling really crap one day, put this on and you will feel like a god damn 60's pin up. 

Okay, maybe I wouldn't go that far but it does make you feel fabulous!! For it to really stand out though I would suggest keeping your eye makeup very miminal, either a bit of mascara and leave it like that or with a small cat flick on your upper lid. 

Let your mouth do the talking. :) 

Taken when I bought my Tanya Burr book
(excuse the wide eye look) 

I hope that this little review has helped you make a decision on whether to buy this lipstick or not and if any of you readers have any tips or even comments about what you have thought of Ruby Woo let me know. 

♥

Primark, Lush & Superdrug Haul // Autumn Style!!!

Evening!!!

I am sooooo sorry that I haven't written a post in over a week. I have been super busy with my new job and it has left me exhausted. Today however, I made it my mission to get everything I needed to get done in the morning so I had some "me" time this evening. 

You will like to know though that this weekend I couldn't help but buy myself some treats. 

I think I have deserved it!!! 

I was after a couple of things that I had made a mental note of during the week and made it my mission to find them. 

I LOVE this time of year, I used to be a Summer lover but as time has passed I am really into Autumn especially and Winter. This season means lots of hot chocolate's (with squirty cream), beautifully scented candles, hot water bottles, long hot bubble baths. Halloween, Hocus Pocus ( I am watching it now) cosy bed days, crunchy autumn leaf walks, layering, Bonfire night, darker makeup & CHRISTMAS!!  

With this in mind I took a little visit into Lush, Primark and Superdrug. 

I will start with my FAVOURITE place EVER...

LUSH ♥

Lush have brought out their long awaited Halloween and Christmas range. I have been super excited for this day for weeks now and I made it my task to buy some of it. 

I am not kidding you their new products are AMAZING. I love all of Lush's stuff anyway but I am a massive Halloween and Christmas enthusiast and I wanted it ALL. I was like a child in a sweet shop. I will be buying so much more next weekend, it's inevitable. Ha. 

Want to see what I bought?

I thought so :) 

I went for two Halloween and two Christmas ones.

I really want the Santa one's, the purple stick and the silver star. 

Next time. 

This one is the 'Christmas Eve' Bubble Bar and you guessed it, I will be using this exactly on Christmas Eve with my new Yankee (Christmas tree smelling) candle. I love the colours & the smell and I cannot wait to use this. It gets me really excited for Christmas now. 

Hello there 'Candy Mountain' this was the last one left of these Bubble Bars and I snagged that right up. It does literally smell of candy, I could sniff it all day long. It's really girly and I bet it creates the most gorgeous bubbles!!

This is the 'Cinders' Bath Bomb and I am super excited to try this as it contains popping candy, cinnamon leaf oil ( I am a sucker for warming cinnamon smells) and is perfect for those cold Autumn nights leading up to Halloween.

WOW!!! This Bubble Bar is beautiful!!

The 'Sparkly Pumpkin' is 100% going to be used on Halloween night!!! I got told the glitter won't leave me like Edward Cullen which I am quite happy about and it smells lovely. 

I cannot wait to use this either. 

SO HAPPY!!! 

When describing all the things I love about this season cosy jumpers hats, PJ's & accessories are a fashion must have and I picked up some cuties from Primark.

Christmas PJ Bottoms - £6

Cosy Heart Jumper - £14

Knitted Bobble Hat - £3

Christmas Socks £2.50 (pack of 2)

Hair Scrunchies £1.50

I love this look and you can never go wrong with a bit of black and white. Monochrome is totally in this winter and you can mix it in with some berry colours to make your outfit extra Autumn looking. 

I do love my makeup and I buy a lot of it. I saw an advert on the television the other night advertising Loréal's new red, matte lipstick range. I spotted a shade I really liked and I only wear matte so I had to go and see what these were about.


LoréalColour Riche Collection Privée Red Lipstick
in 'Liya' - £6.99

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I also picked up...


Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24 hour Cream Eyeshadow 
in 'On and On Bronze' - £4.99

I am loving earthy tones on my eyes at the moment so I wanted to try a cream eyeshadow and the Maybelline one is in a really nice shade. I have never worked with cream shadow before so I will see how it goes and I really liked the brown eyeliner, it compliments the shadow and my blue eyes. 

So that's it ladies and gents. 

I hope you liked what I bought this weekend and that some of it has caught your eye for you to buy yourself?

Let me know what you think. 

♥