Review | Rimmel Provocalips 16hr kiss proof lip colour - 730 Make Your Move

I am SO excited to writing this review! In fact I don’t think I’ve been this excited to review a lip product ever, because quite honestly Rimmel have blown me away! First things first the Rimmel Provocalips lip colours are available 8 shades and cost £6.99 each,which is a complete bargain for how well they deliver.

The Provocalips are essentially a matte liquid lipstick on one end with a balm type of sealer product on the other end. I picked up the shade ‘Make Your Move’ and I honestly don’t think there could be a more ME shade out there! The colour is PERFECT, it’s a brown toned rose mixed with mauve. A darker MLBB, and it looks so effortless and classy. It also had the ability to some how pull my whole face together at 7:30am on a Tuesday morning when I’m on the train and I want nothing more than to be back in bed!

I don’t know what it is about these somewhat 90’s lip shades, but they are floating my boat like no tomorrow, and I have not used any other lip product since I bought this!

If you’ve been a reader for a while you will be aware that I have a large collection of lipsticks, glosses, balms etc. which don’t get used because to be quite honest with you I cannot be bother to keep up with them! I hate retouching makeup, it’s a pain and time consuming and so I’d much rather just apply a clear balm then deal with feathering and fading and moving about etc;.

The provocalips are the perfect solution to my problem, I apply it at 7:30am and by 4-5 they are still intact, if a little faded in the middle of the lips. I normally have a hot drink in the morning, fish and chips on a Friday afternoon and I’m continuously drinking water, snacking and talking throughout the day. So the fact that I can apply the provocalips and forget about them, because they’re so darn comfortable, yet glance in a mirror and see they are perfectly set and haven’t budged.... it is mindblowing! Whenever you hear about a long-lasting product you imagine it to be dry and crusty on the lips, but these apply very smoothly and the balm side goes a long way in giving it the moisturising/comfortable touch.

The application is great, standard doe-foot which are the perfect size for applying the liquid lipstick exactly where you need it. I’d recommend wiping a bit off when you open it because sometimes a little too much product can be applied. The pigmentation is also phenomenal, you just need one swipe! Once put on the lips, give it around 40 seconds to set and then go in with the white side, which is a slightly gooey balm. This stops the liquid lipstick for drying up and feeling tight on the lips, it adds moisture and sets it in place. Personally I like it to be less glossy, and I am just in love with how easy these are to get on with! The fact that they stay and stay and stay, with no rubbing off on teeth, no peeling, flaking is just incredible. It exceeded all my expectations, well done Rimmel!

 

If you’re looking for a long-lasting lip product, which isn’t horribly drying and which will not be disrupted by your food and drink, then check these beauties out! There are a range of shades, however I don’t think I’ll personally find anything that I get on better with than Make Your Move for every day! Researching swatches, I think the shade ‘Play with fire’ would make an amazing red lip for special occasions, especially because you don’t have to worry about it budging from where you placed it! ‘I’ll call you’ also looks like a pretty more natural alternative for an everyday lip colour ^_^

 

Final Verdict:

Product rating: 10
Pros: It is long lasting. This shade is gorgeous, a stunning brown toned nude which looks extremely classy. It isn’t drying like most long lasting products, you can wear it and forget about it, it’s just THAT comfortable! There are 8 shades to choose from, it lasts all day and stays defined without any lipliner.
Cons: It doesn’t quite last 16hours, but long enough for me to get through a day of Uni without worrying about it!
Repurchase? 100% These have totally exceeded my expectations and I know I’ll be repurchasing Make Your Move as soon as I start running out!

Have you tried these beauties yet?

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Review | Rimmel Provocalips 16hr kiss proof lip colour - 730 Make Your Move

I am SO excited to writing this review! In fact I don’t think I’ve been this excited to review a lip product ever, because quite honestly Rimmel have blown me away! First things first the Rimmel Provocalips lip colours are available 8 shades and cost £6.99 each,which is a complete bargain for how well they deliver.

Review | Lord & Berry ASOS Exclusive Lip Colour Set

I recently picked up this set from ASOS and seeing as it’s even cheaper now (£11) I thought it would be a suitable time to review it ^_^
*EDIT: Just read that these are RRP £7.50 each!! SO THIS IS AN AMAZING BARGAIN*

Lord & Berry is a makeup brand that I’ve only seen on the internet, but I was drawn to it’s cute sleek packaging. I’ve also really started enjoying using lip-liners, either as an all over the lip matte or just to define my lips. Its a step a lot of people tend to skip, but can make a lot of difference.

I only own two or three lip liners from Rimmel, so this set is a great introduction to the brand aswell as a range of colours I hadn’t previously owned. I’m especially happy with the lightest and darkest shade, because a good neutral lip liner is invaluable and for a darker lip, lining and defining the lips is essential.

Prior to trying these out, I had the expectation that they would be a little drying as obviously they’re a pencil product. I’ve tried a cheap lipliner from Natural Collection which left much to be desired, and the Rimmel ones are lovely but lack a wide range of shades. So I was expecting a decent pigmentation, at least slightly creamy/easy to apply and also long lasting. They’re labelled ‘Kissproof’ and ‘waterproof’ so these expectations weren’t much to ask for.

My favourite, and the one that will undoubtedly get the most use blush is a beautiful neutral pink colour that matches my ‘go-to’ lip colour of choice perfectly. I tend to favour the nudish-pinks and this liner defines my lips beautifully, even when just wearing a gloss (this Barry M one or Bobbi Brown one). A little trick I’ve picked up is instead of applying this all around the lips, just line the top (cupid bow) and bottom middle part. This will make them appear fuller as it emphasises the fullest part of the lips. Blossom is a mauveish-bluish pink and again lovely for a slightly darker pink lip. I don’t have a great deal to say about it other than it’s a welcome addition to my sparse lipliner collection. Sienna is a red with a tinge of orange mixed into it. It’s a nice enough colour, not anything particularly special but I’m sure it’ll come in handy when doing a red lip. Finally my second favourite Black Red which is more of a purple and matches PERFECTLY with Rimmel’s lasting perfection lipstick in 04 (the vampy one). I think with any bold/dark lip a liner is essential and I can’t express how perfectly these two go together. Not that I’ll be reaching for this often, but it was an awkward bold colour to find the perfect liner for, so happy Lord&Berry have provided that for me ^_^

They're smooth and easy to apply. Not the MOST creamy but defo worth their combined price!

You can find the lipliner set here.

Do you have any favourite liners? Please share them below I’d love to read your favourites!

Review | Lord & Berry ASOS Exclusive Lip Colour Set

I recently picked up this set from ASOS and seeing as it’s even cheaper now (£11) I thought it would be a suitable time to review it ^_^
*EDIT: Just read that these are RRP £7.50 each!! SO THIS IS AN AMAZING BARGAIN*

Review | Barry M Lip-gloss ‘2’ Toffee

Barry M Lipgloss Toffee | LINK | £4.49

Hello! Now way back at the end of July, I mentioned this little gem in my favourites, but never got round to do a full review of it so… here is why I love this gloss so much and the reason it is an essential in my makeup bag!

As you can see from the photos I’ve used over 50% of this, which is rare for me. I’m not a massive ‘lips’ person, though I am trying to change this constantly, but I find the faff of making sure it hasn’t bled, faded, smudged etc. too much of a hassle most days. However I would say the most comfortable colour for me has got to be lighter pinks/nudes. You normally cannot go wrong with this colour combo, university, out shopping, work, even for an evening out/party look a nudish pinks works well. I won’t even go off on a tangent about the difficulty of finding the perfect nude however…lets save that for another post!

All I can say with confidence, is this lip-gloss, paired with any colour adds life to the lips. I find nudes and lighter colours can sometimes look very flat and dull, but when I add this gloss, due to its neutral/nude tone and subtle sparkle it jazzes up the lips, without taking away from the actual colour underneath and essentially keeping it classy and subtle.

It also smells pretty lovely and looks good alone too! It has a doe foot applicator, and is feels comfortable and moisturising on the lips (not that horrid heavy, gloppy, sticky feeling you get with some glosses!) I find it is the most versatile shade and gloss I have come across and it’s one of those trustworthy ‘you-just-cannot-go-wrong’ picks (HG status perhaps??)

With flash

Without flash

It is ever so SLIGHTLY more of a brown toned nude, which some how means it works well with most natural lip colours, and beautifully on top of all bright and light coloured lipsticks and liners :)

It is basically my favourite drugstore lip-gloss ever and I envisage many repurchases of this baby – at £4.50 it’s a total bargain in my eyes! 

Have you tried any lip-glosses from the Barry M range?

Review | Barry M Lip-gloss ‘2’ Toffee

Barry M Lipgloss Toffee | LINK | £4.49

Hello! Now way back at the end of July, I mentioned this little gem in my favourites, but never got round to do a full review of it so… here is why I love this gloss so much and the reason it is an essential in my makeup bag!

Review | Manhattan Soft Mat Lipcreams

Hey lovelies!
A while ago I did a little shop from frangrancedirect.com a fantastic discounted makeup and perfumes online store. They stock well known brands such as Maybelline, Revlon and Essie to name but a few and they also have cosmetic brands that aren’t so well known. I picked up a few things, including these Manhattan ‘Soft Mat’ lip creams. They were 99p each and because the NYX lip creams are so inaccessible in the UK (or ridiculously overpriced) I’ve been on the look out for similar products.




Manhattan is a German cosmetics company and there’s not much else to say about it I'm afraid, other than the fact that I’ve never seen them anywhere else before other than fragrance direct. The packaging for all matte lip creams I have seen so far seem to look awfully similar – is that just me or is this the case?? The link for these on the fragrancedirect website is here.



In any case, these contain 6.5ml of product. Unfortunately the two colours I got are not named but they are numbered; the red one is 45H and the coral colour is 31S. The packaging is nice and simple -nothing fancy or special, just the colour of the product on the outside and a rubber lid with an ‘M’ as their logo on the top. It has a pretty standard doe-foot applicator which makes the product really easy to apply.




I picked the colours on a whim, mainly because it was pretty unclear what they would look like anyway from the online swatches (as always ._,) but I’m over the moon about the red one! It’s most noticeable in the second picture, and slightly too bright in the first (British lighting issues..) but its a blue toned red that looks simply amazing. I don’t own Mac’s Ruby Woo but it looks similar to that – ever so glamorous!

I loved everything about this when I first tried it on (for lip swatches head over to my instagram @theblushinggiraffe) It is the smoothest matte product I have ever tried and on the packaging it states in German ‘Ein wunderbar softes..’ and I have to agree with them, it is so very soft! The thing I was most pleasantly surprised about was how non-patchy the application was and and none of the lines or roughness on my lips were accentuated at all. Shade wise it is a really stunning red colour and although I don’t often have occasions to go to where red is the colour of lippie choice, whenever I get the chance to be this will be on my lips!

When first applied for a few minutes it doesn’t quite look matte, but after a short while it does dry down and it lasts for a very decent amount of time (I'm terrible with timing the exact lasting power of lip products when I’m in the house!) but I’m sure it would exceed your average lipstick due to it’s texture.

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The lighter coral colour is also the same with consistency but I felt like it was slightly patchy when applying. It also looks pretty odd alone with my medium skin tone, however it looks lovely with some gloss/ a cocktail of other products.

Overall I’m really impressed with these and next time I make an order from there I will be ordering the other colours for sure. They beat my experience with the Collection one hands down both in pigmentation, lasting power and colour payoff/consistency and I highly recommend them to anyone looking for accessible and reasonable matte lip creams!

Final Verdict:

Product rating: 9

Pros: The red colour is gorgeous! The consistency is lovely, SUPER AFFORDABLE, long lasting colour and not overly drying on the lips.

Cons: There isn’t a huge colour selection.

Repurchase? Without a doubt! I have so many products to review and try out and more importantly USE that I’m not planning on makeup shopping for a while, but in a few months these will be jumping straight into my cart :)

Do you enjoy using matte lip creams?

Review | Manhattan Soft Mat Lipcreams

Review | Blistex Relief Cream (HG STATUS)

This is a simple but very essential review of a lip balm…infact not just any lip balm, but the best you can buy for any lip woes you have and YES it IS at a purse friendly price too.

As the colder months are approaching I thought now would be the perfect time to talk about the Blistex Relief Cream (link) available from a number of pharmacies and drugstores. It is priced at around £2.25 and you get 5g of the good stuff. For me, using a decent lip balm throughout the year is a must because I’m always suffering from dry, peeling, rough lips! (sounds AND feels horrid ._.)

I picked this up a few months ago during a 3for2 and honestly since using this, nothing can compare. It is described by the company as ‘A soothing cream with a conditioning blend of ingredients to bring medicated relief to sore, sorry-looking lips’  So it’s suitable for bigger lip woes such as cold sores too but it works wonders on your average chapped and sore lips. I love to apply this before bed and a few minutes before I’m going to put any sort of product on my lips.

The packaging is in a simple tube, small enough to fit into pockets and I quite like that it’s not ‘girly’ in any sense, because men could easily carry this around without feeling self conscious. The tube itself isn’t made out of plastic exactly, but that metal which stays in the shape you’ve bent it and is always cold (I know you know what I'm on about!). The little nozzle makes it easier for enough product to come out without wastage so thumbs up from me! Simple, functional and portable.

Because it is medicinal it does have that medicinish smell which doesn’t bother me too much as it fades away shortly after applied. The main 'issue' is it's white colour, it is fine for at home before bed or before applying makeup but because it IS coloured white it's a difficult balm to carry around in your handbag for touch ups on the go. That being said, since using this regularly I haven't needed to remoisturise my lips as often as before, but for those with extremly dry lips it could be worth having a clear balm too! It contains two main ingredients ammonia and phenol which help to relieve pain and kill germs and when applied, straight away I feel a bit of a tingling/cooling sensation and within minutes my lips are soft, smooth and the perfect canvas for even the mattest of matte lipsticks. Honestly this is a HG for me because I’ve never found a lip balm/treatment as effective as this.

I haven’t been lured into purchasing any other sort of chapsticks since then because once you find a product that ticks all the boxes, why look elsewhere? But that still won’t stop me from asking you guys – what is your favourite lip balm/chapstick? ^_^

p.s I've wanted to take a lot more photo swatches but I'm having a little trouble with my SD card atm :( please bear with me until another one comes through!

Review | Blistex Relief Cream (HG STATUS)

Review | MUA Power Pout in Rendezvous

Hey guys! We’ve seen quite a few brands across the drugstore create these chubby, twistable sticks of colour in the form of a balm, following the well known Clinique chubby sticks of course. MUA’s version is a whole lot cheaper and personally I think we’re on to a winner.

I now own two shades, Rendezvous and Broken Hearted which I haven’t actually opened yet. They’re £3 and available from Superdrug or the MUA website (which recently had a massive sale on so worth signing up to e-mails me thinks!)

MUA states that it is ‘a lip treatment with colour intensity that relieves dry, cracked lips providing immediate moisturisation’  And I agree with this. As someone who often has dry lips, applying colour can be a pain because there’s nothing worse than lip products accentuating the cracks and looking like a bright mess D:

The power pout’s aren't the most moisturising product available, but they do provide re-hydration and an impressive amount of colour. They are extremely easy to pop into you bag and reapply without a mirror throughout the day because of the useful crayon shape, not to mention the twist up style, which makes it a very practical, sharpener and fuss free product. The writing on the packaging however, after spending a few weeks in my bag, has managed to half rub off and it’s worth mentioning that the top of it can get a little messy, but that is usually the case with all crayon like lip products.

                              Left- Right; Rendezvous in natural light| Rendezvous flash

The colour however is a little misleading, As you can see from the swatches, it appears on the skin as a pinkie nude shade, but when applied it turns out to be a pretty berry colour. This could just be because of the pigmentation of my lips, but the flash image also shows a different shade of pink, and online swatches of this particular shade vary too. So it’s worth checking out to see how it’ll come out for you…a mystery colour haha. Initially I was disappointed that this wasn't the nude it promised to be, but I quickly got over it as the colour is very pretty, and for the price I don’t think I can complain. I enjoyed wearing and carrying it around so much that I know eventually the other four shades will join the two I own right now.

What also impressed me was the colour payoff, despite it claiming to be a tint I found a lot more colour from this than from Peach Parfait review The lasting power is average, but it does leave a slight stain across the lips. It also has a slight mint smell and ‘feel’. The tingling feeling is brief however and in no way uncomfortable.

I really think these are brilliant lip pouts, and MUA have done a fantastic job. For the price, you are getting a quality product which not only lives up to its claims but also gives a lot more colour than expected. Thumbs up from me!

Final Verdict:

Product rating: 9

Pros: Great colour pay off, great value, available in a range of different colours, shaped nicely so easy to apply when out and about, twistable, leaves a slight stain when gloss goes – longer lasting!

Cons: colour isn’t always what it seems, packaging is a little cheap

Repurchase? These gems really impressed me, and for that price I certainly wouldn't hesitate to repurchase :)

P.S Apologies for the poor photo quality of this post, I’m trying a few different editing sites, but I couldn’t keep the quality looking awesome unfortunately :(

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Review | MUA Power Pout in Rendezvous

Hey guys! We’ve seen quite a few brands across the drugstore create these chubby, twistable sticks of colour in the form of a balm, following the well known Clinique chubby sticks of course. MUA’s version is a whole lot cheaper and personally I think we’re on to a winner.