Top 5: Drugstore Lipsticks!

Hey lovelies! I decided I would start a top 5 series, as I love reading them, so wanted to share some of my top products with you. I am splitting them up into categories and highstreet/drugstore and high end, as it would be way to hard to narrow them all down into a top 5! So today, I am starting with my top 5 drugstore/highstreet lipsticks!

L'Oreal Rouge Caresse 'Impulsive Fuchsia'. I have spoken about these lipsticks before and this has to be my favourite colour from the ones I own. It is a bright fuchsia which is so, so glossy on the lips and leaves a gorgeous finish. I lovvee the packaging, it almost has a high end feel about it and the formulation is lovely! This retails at £7.99, which I think is a great price! My full review of Impulsive Fuchsia can be seen here.

Elf  Lipstick 'Nicely Nude'. This is from the eyeslipsface mineral line and is my favourite highstreet nude. Its that 'my lips but better' in colour and has an almost matte finish when first applied, but when built up gives the slightest gloss finish. It is really pigmented and I think this shade would suit all skin tones aswell as work well with both a dark and nude eye! This lasts for ages on the lips and is a bargain at £5.

Miss Sporty Perfect Colour Lipstick 'Innocence'. I have owned this for ages now and is one of my most worn lipsticks. (as you can see I have nearly finished it!) It is a light, bright, but wearable pink that looks lovely for a night out, or even to add a pop of colour in the day and I love how this works against my dark hair. It has slightly sticky feeling on the lips, but not in a bad way, this means it stays on for a long time. I'm not actually sure if this shade is still available, as I bought this so long ago, but the range is definitely worth checking out as they are only £2.59 each!

Revlon Lip Butter 'Sweet Tart'. These lip butters are very popular and I for one love them. Of the few that I own Sweet Tart is my fave. It is a lovely bright pink with a slight berry under tone, which makes it so wearable. They are very similar in formula to the L'Oreal Rouge Caresse lipsticks, although I would say the Lip Butters are creamier. It is so moisturising and leaves a lovely glossy finish. Lip butters retail for £7.99. 

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain 'Rendezvous'. Revlon have been bringing out some amazing lip products recently, firstly Lip Butters and then these! So, i'm slightly cheating with this one as it isn't exactly a lipstick, but I love it all the same. Rendezvous is a bright coral colour which I lovee and is the dupe for the Clinique Chubby Sticks. I love the crayon packaging and how it applies. It can be softly worked onto the lips for a sheer wash of colour or built up for a intense bright lip. I have done a full review on this, which you can check out here. The Balm Stains retail for £7.99, although they are on offer in Boots right now for £5.99!

Hope you enjoyed this post! Feel free to leave requests on which top 5 you would like to see next! What are your top 5 lipsticks?

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain

Hey lovely ladies! I hope you are all well! After my recent shopping trip (which involved alot of coral!) I needed something to coordinate with my new handbag which I am in loovveee with! So I picked up one of the Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains in the shade 'Rendezvous'. These are suppose to be the highstreet dupe to the more expensive and very popular Clinique Chubby Sticks and at £7.99, they are definitely a lot more affordable. The colour is a gorgeous bright coral which can be applied very sheerly, or built up to create a lovely bold lip. The forumla and finish is somewhere inbetween a lipstick, a balm and a gloss and doesn't feel at all drying on the lips. Despite the unnecessarily long name (I mean who's going to say in passing "Hey! I just picked up one of Revlon's new just bitten kissable balm stains!" !? Not me!) I am really sold with this product. I love the crayon style packaging and I am a big fan of lip stains as a whole. In comparison to the Clinique version, I much prefer the name of the chubby sticks, its very distinctive and recognisable, where as these I definitely wouldnt remember the Revlon name and I would most likely end up calling it a chubby stick anyway! 

These are currently on offer at Superdrug for £5.99! 

Have you tried these lip stains? Do you have a favourite colour? I would love some suggestions on which colour I should pick up next!

Review: Revlon Lip Butters

I have been meaning to try out Revlon Lip Butter's for ages now, but it's been one of those things that I kept forgetting to pick up and then gets put to the bottom of my list of 'to-buy's'. I was on Buyapowa recently, and saw an amazing deal they were having for three of the Lip Butter's for £9.50. I thought this was an absolute steal as they normally retail for £7.99 each, so getting three for under a tenner was a great deal and plus, they were all colours that I had wanted to try out.

The colours I got are Strawberry Shortcake, Lollipop and Sweet Tart, which are all variations of pink. 

Strawberry Shortcake//Lollipop//Sweet Tart

I had heard these were a lot like the L'oreal Rouge Caresse Lipsticks which I lovee and have been wearing a lot recently and I actually picked up a couple more the other day (post to follow). When comparing the two, I would say that they are in fact very similar, but the Lip Butter's are slightly creamier whereas the Caresse Lipsticks are more glossy feeling.

Strawberry Shortcake

Lollipop

Sweet Tart

The Lip Butters are lovely and glossy, and are almost a three in one of lip balm, lipstick and lipgloss together when on the lips. The colours are gorgeously pigmented, but can definitely be sheered out to add just a wash of colour if you wanted. They are very wearable, and could be dressed up or down.

Strawberry Shortcake//Lollipop//Sweet Tart

I love all three of the colours I got and will definitely be looking out for some other colours in the range. I think the coral toned one would be right up my street!

Sweet Tart

Have you tried the Lip Butters? What did you think? Let me know if you would be interested in seeing a more in depth comparison of the Lip Butters and Caresse Lipsticks :)

x

Favourite Drugstore Mascara's

There are some great, affordable products on the highstreet and one of my favourite things to pick up when in  Boots or Superdrug, is a mascara as I am always looking to create that perfect lash.

I have some firm favourites that I have tried, tested and love, so I thought I would share those with you!

First up is two from Maybelline. I actually really like a lot more of the Maybelline mascara's, in particular, The Falsies Black Drama, but these are the two I am using at the moment. I always seem to have atleast one of their mascara's in my 'currently using' handful. The two I have here are The Falsies Volum' Express Waterproof and The Colossal Volum' Express Cat Eyes. 

 The wands are fairly similar, with both having a curve, but Cat Eyes in noticeably thinner than the Waterproof. I love these both for different reason. The Waterproof is my go to long wearing mascara, as it doesn't smudge or rub off under neath my eyes leaving the panda look. 

Cat eyes I like to use for my bottom lashes. With the brush being so thin, it is the perfect size and shape for the bottom of the eyes and makes applying the mascara super easy.

These mascara's are around £7.99, so are affordable and really really worth the money.

Next up is the Bourjois Volumizer. This mascara uses the two step system, with the first step lengthening and the second concentrating on volume.

I love this mascara for everyday, it makes my lashes full and long, but natural, without them looking clumpy.

Lastly is another of my favourite day to day mascara's, its the Revlon Grow Lucious Mascara. This one has the biggest brush of the lot and claims to help your lashes grow. I am a bit skeptical of this, but in all fairness, I switch my mascara up so much that I have not given it a fair chance or used it solidly to see results. That said, I love how it makes my lashes look, full, volumious and a lovely length. 

Like I said, I do like to switch up my mascara and try out different wands and brands, but these four have stayed in my firm favourites!

 Do you have any favourite highstreet mascara brands?

Clinique Superbalanced Makeup

Just over a month ago, I decided it was time to switch up my foundations. I had been using Revlon Colourstay for a while and had been slowly falling out of love with it. I felt the coverage was too heavy and it didn't last on my skin as well as it had in previous months. I tried out a few samples of foundations and came across Clinique Superbalanced Makeup which I instantly fell in love with and ended up purchasing. I have been using it for a few weeks now and I still really love it. 

I have combination skin, my T zone tends to get quite oily while my eye lids and cheeks get quite dry which can cause problems when looking for a foundation. This foundation combats both those problems, it absorbs oil where needed whilst also providing moisture. 


What I love most about this foundation is the coverage. It provides medium coverage and covers any blemishes or redness, whilst leaving the skin looking flawlessly natural. WIN! I apply this foundation with my Real Techniques Stippling Brush and love the finish it gives.

I am in the colour 36 Beige Chiffon (which looks a little orangey in the photos, but I promise that is just my lighting!) This foundation is also water resistant, which makes it perfect if you are somebody who still likes to wear a bit of makeup when exercising or at the pool. 

                                                        Swatched Straight from bottle

                                                                        Blended


This will definitely be one of my staple items in my makeup bag this summer. What foundations do you love for summer? x