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!

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?