Summer Love: Lips - 3 Picks

Happy September 1st, everyone! I'm here, casually blogging from the Hogwarts train. ;) Let me present to you the last three items I've been loving this summer!

KIKO Kiss Balm - 07 "Strawberry"

When I first got an e-mail from KIKO talking about their new Kiss Balms (because I'm a KIKO geek and I'm suscribed, duh), I just knew I had to get one. It's a tinted lip balm and it feels really nourishing on the lips as it's got repairing properties as well as SPF. The website claims they've got "vibrant colors" and I have to disagree on that one because as you can see in the picture above that's not the case and I picked up the brightest shade I could find. Also, it should smell like strawberry, but I think it's more of a red licorice smell - not complaining though!

Kate Moss Rimmel London - 110

I should probably just buy the whole Kate Moss collection because I seem to love them all! This one's a very bright pink-toned coral and I think it's the perfect shade for summer that would fit all skin tones. It does dry out your lips after a while but as a matte lipstick it's a bit glossier than I believed it would be. It's also highly pigmented, so it goes opaque in a swipe.

Rimmel London Apocalips - 501 "Stellar"

I have finally jumped on the Apocalips bandwagon! *applause* I really didn't know which shade to pick as they all looked amazing but in the end I went for Stellar and I love it. When you first put it on it's a bright hot pink (so bright, in fact, that's almost neon!) but as the hours pass by it fades into a softer, darker pink. A swipe is more than enough to make it opaque and it lasts a long time without having to re-apply. 

So that's it for my summer picks.

What have been your favourite lip products this summer? 

Have you tried any of the above? Let me know!

Review: MUA Lipsticks

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Laura from Vanilla Kingdom texted us all excited telling us about an Spanish makeup website called Maquillalia. It turns out they sell stuff from a lot of different brands (Essence, NYX, China Glaze...) and obviously we just had to pick up some stuff. 

Seeing as the MUA lipsticks were only about 1'50€ each, I picked up three of them. Yes, three. I figured that if I wanted to try any new lipstick colour, it would be better to go for a cheap one, that way I wouldn't feel bad about wasting my money on something I was probably never going to use again. 

These are my picks! Shade 16 Nectar, Shade 6 and Shade 14 Bare.

I am obsessed with the first one, Nectar. For some reason it does look quite orange on the pictures but once you put it on it's a lot more of a pinkish peach than a bright orange and it has quickly become one of my favourite lipsticks to wear on a daily basis. The Bare one is great too, maybe a bit too pink for me (I just don't think I can pull off baby pink lipsticks), but I quite like it. I'm not so crazy about the pink one, though, but only because I dislike the fact that it's quite shimmery. Not sure if that was mentioned on the website -I didn't see it! However, I do like the colour, so I'll try to wear that one with a lip gloss on top and we'll see if that helps a little or just ruins it completely. 

The only problem I've had with these MUA lipsticks is that my lips are quite dry in general and they only seem to dry them out a bit more, so I would recommend using a good lip base/balm underneath or whatever suits you best and you're good to go. They don't last forever and you might have to touch it up every couple of hours or so, but hey, what more can one ask for?! :)

 What's your favourite MUA product? Do you own any MUA lipsticks? Do they do the job for you?

Tania

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