I
know this tag is primarily a YouTube thing but I
thought it would be fun to join in.
TAG
QUESTIONS
1.
Favourite balm/treatment?
2.
Best eye-catching red?
3.
Best luxury & best drugstore/high street?
4.
Best MAC lipstick?
5.
The most disappointing?
6.
Liner - yes or no?
7.
Best gloss?
8.
Something extra!
Read
on for my answers...
So
1. Favourite balm/treatment.
It
just has to be NUXE Reve de Miel. I have seen
rave reviews on it for probably years now and always put off getting
it until earlier this year, when for about a month I was unable to
wear any products as my lips were so sore. This stuff really
works and what I like the most about it is that it's matte so colour
sits on top of it really well.
A
close runner-up is the Jason Lips Bee Healthier balm.
2.
Best eye-catching red.
Can
I have a high-end and low end? I love Hourglass Opaque
Rouge in Icon, a non-sticky, long-lasting blue-red
although it is so much more expensive than similar quality products.
For a cheaper red option I love the Maybelline Super
Stay 24 Hour Color in 510 Red Passion which is more
of a true red and a bit more tacky feeling but a beautiful colour.
3.
Best luxury& best drugstore/high street
My
favourite luxury, or what I view as being luxury, is without a doubt
the OCC Lip Tars. I love the formula and the
endless variety of colours. They last a long time on the lips
and I'll literally never be able to finish a tube as you need so
little of it.
My
favourite high street lip products (sorry can't choose one) are
the Rimmel Apocolips lacquers and
the Revlon Colorburst Matte Balms. They're both
really comfortable on and opaque, although Revlon probably wins for
on-the-go ease.
4.
Best MAC lipstick
Well
I wore Brave on my wedding day so surely I should
say that? I used to reach for it all of the time but I don't find it
that interesting any more. My lasting favourite is
probably Viva Glam III. An earthy reddish colour,
it's perfect for this time of this year but it's also just really
complimentary on my skintone and somehow seems to make my eyes look
more blue. I'm always confused when a lip colour does that. I
really like that it is a matte.
5.
The most disappointing
I
struggled to find something for this category until I remembered this
beauty, Sephora Utra
Shine Gloss in Black
Energy.
And it really is beautiful, just look at the close-up below.
Purple glitter suspended in a black gloss. However the
formula is really thin and barely shows up, unlike say Urban
Decay's Perversion Lip
Junkie gloss.
6.
Liner - yes or no?
A
big fat yes. 90% of the time I'll be wearing a liner as without
my lips are like 2 indistinct little blobs. Over a decade of
coldsores has left my natural lip line in tatters, I need liner so
make my mouth look like a mouth! There is the odd day when I'm
in too much of a rush, and those are the days when I'm also not
wearing winged liner. These things take time...
7.
Best gloss
It
has to be the Illamasqua glosses. I like both the Sheer and
Intense formulas. There's a wide range of shades, from nudes
and pinks to oil-slick and grass green. I love the smell of them and
that they are a bit sticky so actually last more than a few minutes.
8.
Something extra.
I
really, really love glossy stain type things. I like them for
layering under a lipstick to prolong and/or intensify the colour. In
this category I would include the Urban Decay Lip
Envy (discontinued), Maybelline Super Stay Tint
Gloss, OCC Stained Gloss, L'oreal GlamShine
Stain Splash (the weirdest name!) and LA Girl Glazed
Lip Paints amongst others.
I
tag...
Hannah
at Hannah
Louise 1406
Jasmine
at Magpie Jasmine
Thanks
for reading! Feel free to join in :-)
Rachel
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