BARRY M LIP PAINT // REVIEW

Today I took my self on a much love jaunt to the Boots near to my place of work and found a couple of '£2.00 off any Lipstick or Mascara in store' vouchers Today is a good day!

I browsed round for a while and purchased 2 Barry M Lip Paints, as I have not bought one in what seems the longest time!

The 2 shades I purchased are Peachy Pink and TMLP (Turn my Lips Pink).

Turn my Lips Pink 

Well... I feel the obvious place to start with this Lip Product is .. well the fact that it is Green. 

Don't worry Blogger Dolls, I have not lost my mind, this products uses the natural balance of Alkali in your Lips to produce a Pink shade that is tailored especially to you.

 Yeeep.. That's right, the minging Green bullet transferred onto the lips into (on my lips) a really lovely Fuchsia  colour :) Although I actually really do love this products, I gave it to my Mother-Darling as it went suuuuch a beautiful bright berry colour on her..

The Formula of this is a lot more Balmy than 'normal' Barry M Lip Paint and glides on nicely :)

Definitely one for the Make-up experimenters like myself!

£4.49 - Boots ( I got mine for £2.49 with the Voucher)

Peachy Pink - 147

So back to normal Make-Up Land :) 

This colour , unlike the other, does exactly what it looks like it will in the tube. It is unsurprisingly a Peach toned Pink, which i personally am loving for Spring/Summer.

It makes such a nice change to wear a more neutral lip, without it being insipid or tarty.

I did find this Lip Paint a little drying as it is a Matte effect, although after applying a little Lip Balm it was all good. I actually can look past the drying nature of this given that -

a) It is less than £5.00

b) The colour payoff is super excellent

c) It stains the lips for a really long while 

Have you tried the Turn my Lips Pink- if so what did you think?

What do you about Barry M & what other products have you tried as I haven't tried a lot :)

Love Em xx

Lip Products// Latest Products & Review

Working near a Boots is never good for a Beauty Freak like myself. The call of make up and cosmetics is far to strong for me to resist, some lunchtimes, going to have a little mooch round.

Toady was one of the weak willed days and I ended up picking up three gorgeous lip products whilst I was there.

L'Oreal Paris Glam Shine Splash - Shade 'Princess'

There has been a lot of hype on Beauty Blogs about these Lip glosses, so I was eager to try them out and see for myself what they are like. 

Firstly, I absolutely love the packaging, I think it looks so expensive and chic. The aplicator on these products is also really nice as it is a heart shaped wand, meaning you can cover your lip in one swish, whilst also being able to go back with the pointed end for a more precise application in the corners. I was a little disappointed by the colour selection, there was maybe 2 others besides this one that I liked.

When I first swatched this on my hand it look quire sheer, however after 2 coats, as you can see by the picture above, it builds up to a beautiful bright Coral Orange colour. 

This colour is soo up my street, it is bright. but it is also really wearable for the day time which I think is great.

The greatest thing about this product, however, is the staying power! Once applied, this Lip Gloss is going no where fast. To put it into perspective, I swatched this on my hand at 1PM and now, at 8:30 PM it is still there! The glossy finish has long gone, but there is still a definite stain. Unlike other stains of this strength though, it is not in the least bit drying.

To me this product is amazing, amazing, amaaazing value for money, from its sleek packaging, to the colour, to the phenomenal staying power, this product ticks all the boxes.It is priced at £7.99 at Boots.

Bourjois Rouge Edition Lipstick - Shade 11 Fraise Remix

Bourjois is quickly become of one my go-to Drug Store/High Street beauty brand. Recently it is just churning out great product, after great product.

One of the reasons I noticed this particular Lip Stick was because of the unique packaging. The base of the Lip Stick is a swatch of the colour inside, make it great for finding the colour you want when you're in a rush to get ready. The slick, black, bullet container is also very  expensive looking. 

In the Rough Edition collection there are 17 different shades, ranging from a true Red shade to neutral Browns, meaning you are guaranteed to find a colour that will suit you.

 

The consistency of this Lip Stick is very creamy and smooth, it glides on so easily- it almost melts onto the lips, it really is lovely to apply. For just a smooth, moisture rich product I though the bright Fuchsia colour might apply rather sheer. How wrong I was! This Lip Stick is so pigment and the colour so true to the swatch on the base. The gorgeous bright pink came out just how I had hoped.

The finish to the Rouge Edition Lipsticks is subtly shiny, and nice middle ground between matte and glossy, which I love! The colour stayed put for a really long while, and it faded nicely into a 'my lips but better' tint after a few hours, unlike some Lipsticks which patch off horribly.

Like the L'Oreal Glam Shine Splash , this product was £7.99, which I think is super great value for money. Because of the wide range of lovely colours i suggest everyone takes a look at these as your sure to find something amazing!

Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Pucker Gloss Stick - Shade Fuchsia-Ristic

For a long time I have loved the Soap & Glory body care range. Which is why I was so confused when i realised this is my first purchase from their Cosmetics line.

Like the body care range, all the Cosmetics are beautifully packaged. I chose this 'Gloss Stick' for 2 reasons - 1) I really fell for the the colour and..

2) THE SMELL.. I repeat.. THE SMELL

Good grief, this thing smells so darn nice! It is a Vanilla scent which is just so yummy. Another thing i liked about this is the fact that it is a Twist-up stick, not one you have to sharpen, I don't know about anyone else but I struggle like an up-turned Tortoise trying to sharpen these things such as this.

 

The colour pay-off, I have to admit, I was a little disappointed with, although after a few coats you do get a nice, sheer yet bright pink colour. Although the colour may not be very strong on these, the staying power is great! Especially for a gloss/balm product. A good 3 hours after first apply it, it was still very much there and still smelly amazing.

If you are into natural sheer finishes, this is definitely the one for you. Also, because of the handy pen applicator, it is great for an on-the-go splash of colour, as they are so quick the apply- even with out a mirror.

I paid £8.00 for this Gloss Stick which I think is really awesome value as I think, because of how long each application stays on, it will last a long long time. 

Okay folks :) that's it for my latest Lip Products.

Hope you enjoyed this post and found it useful, please comment below as I really love getting feed back on my posts :)

Have you tried any of these products and what are your favourite lip products at the moment?

Love Em xx

Benefit//Go TropiCoral - Lip & Cheek Kit

On Saturday I gave my Brother a lift to John Lewis, while i was waiting for him to finish shopping, i nipped into the beauty department and had a look at the Benefit counter. 

Benefit counters are always so beautifully arranged and well presented, just like the packaging of all their products.

I was admiring a bottle of the 'Cha Cha Tint' when one of the lovely girls at the counter suggested this gorgeous pallet. I instantly loved the beautiful packaging and once I opened it up, it was love at first sight!

Inside the pallet (from Left to Right) is:

Cha Cha Tint

For those of you who have not tried a Benefit 'Tint' before, it is basically a Cheek & Lip Stain. This means that is a fairly thin liquid which you apply to your Cheeks and Lip. This product smells amazing and looks as good as it smells. The colour of it is a bright Orangey Coral shade and it is just so pretty and perfect for Spring and Summer as it can be apply sparingly for an amazing natural and healthy glow of colour.

Although I love this product there and a few niggles that I have with it. One is that, with this product you have to move fast when blending it out. Because it is a stain, when it dries there is no moving it. I suggest, when you apply this to your cheeks you do one cheek at a time. I apply a few dots on the apple of my cheeks and use my fingers to dab and blend it into the skin, only then do I move on to the next cheek.

The other 'problem' is that you cannot apply this products to powdered skin, only to fresh foundation//moisturiser as it will not properly adhere to the powder. This is fine for me as I use a translucent powder anyway, but for those of you who use a coloured powder it may be a little tricky avoiding your cheeks after using this, when you come to powdering.

HighBeam Highlighter

As God sadly forgot to bless my poor little face with cheek bones, I am always on the look out for products which is help me pretend I have them. This highlighter is amazing. It adds a really dainty shimmer to the face and will instantly take your dull Winter skin and inject a boost of Spring-like dewy freshness.

I am always a little wary of Liquid highlighters as I find they can be harder to blend out than powders, but this little gem is lovely to apply. I use my fingers or my Real Techniques Buffing Brush to work it into the tops of my Cheeks, on my temples, on the inner corners of my eyes and on my Cupids bow.

I actually have been sat here trying to find fault with HighBeam, and I  genuinely  cannot. This might seem crazy but, in all honesty, it really is just a great all rounder and would look great on all skin tones as the shimmer is so delicate.

Coralista Blush

I'll be honest, I only recently have become more of a blusher girl. I've always preferred bronzey hues on my cheeks and I always felt quite intimidated by a bright pink blush. However for the past 6 months-ish I have fallen more and more in love with, Berry colours in winter, and now pinks and corals. 

Coralista is a pinkey Coral blush with a shimmery gold finish. Like the Cha Cha Tint, this product smells like you would NOT believe, which personally I love, but I know some people are not too keen on scent cosmetics.  This blush applies much more sheer than it appear in the pallet but can easily be built up into a stronger colour. I like to use a wash of it over the top of the Cha Cha Tint, this creates a lovely dewy and (if this makles sense) a subtle yet bright look.

This pallet also comes with a cute little brush which I use to apply the blush. You could, I suppose, use it to blend the 2 liquid products but I find a bigger brush works better for that in order to buff the product into the skin. The fact that this pallet comes with a brush makes it the perfect piece of kit to take away on holiday or even just in your hand bag and it has an amazingly big mirror (for the size of the pallet) in it too!

This blusher would be great for Blush-Phobes like I was, as it can be made to be so understater. Also, although it is a 'pink' blusher, it definitely has orangey hues to it which makes it an easy product to transfer to instead or along with bronzer with out it being too much of a massive change.

Coralista LipGloss

Finally, the last product in the pallet is the Coralista Lipgloss. I had never tried a Benefit Lipgloss before and was quite excited to do so. Overall I liked it quite a lot, I must confess I really am not a Lipgloss type of Girl. I would always pick Lip Sticks over a gloss as I love a bright, and more often than not, matte lip. However this Gloss was actually really nice.

Now, I haaaate it when people say 'nice' but i cant really think of another word. This products was definetly not unpleasant. It smells ( and tastes) so beautiful and the colour is very very lovely. It comes out as a sheer, pink, very shiny gloss and it last for aggges. I applied it and an hour later, after a cup of tea and a packet of Collin the Caterpillars, it was still there - albeit a little faded. I also really liked how moisturising it was on the lips too.

In general I did like this product. It's just that for me, its not something I would buy. But for gloss girls, this product is definitely one for you to try!

What I thought overall...

Overall I am really delighted with this pallet. Benefit have done such a good job of picking these products, which means they can all be used together to create a beautiful summery look, no matter what your skin shade or complexion. 

I would also recommend this product to people who are new to make-up, or perhaps don't know where to start when updating Winter make up for Summer. This is because this product also comes with 2 pages of handy Tips and Tricks showing you how to apply the products and also where to apply them. Which I know can be a little tricky with Tints and Highlights. These 2 pages also keep the mirror protected and clean which is a huge plus for me!

This Pallet was £25.50 and I brought mine from John Lewis, however Benefit is also available from Boots and also online.

Anyways I must away to the land of Bed-fordshire.

Hope this is helpful to some and you enjoyed reading it, please comment and let me know any products you have brought recently, or what your favourite Benefit products are ...

Love Em xx

PS Oooo one other thing, is that at the the moment , at benefit counters they are giving away free make overs to those who spend £30.00 or more. Perfect to redeem for a special occasion or a night out :)