L'Oreal Color Riche L'Extraordinaire Liquid Lipsticks!

So as some of you may know/remember from my MaxFactor post: http://januarybeautyful.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/quick-review-of-maxfactors-new-wild.html
I am a member of the Boots tester panel and so they sometimes send me things for free to try! Which is super nice of them and it's always a nice surprise to have a package waiting when I get home!!
I have had all sorts from toothpaste to really expensive Charles Worthington hair products so when I get makeup it's an extra bonus in my opinion :D


This month they have sent me the new L'Oreal Liquid Lipsticks...
FORGET everything you know of "Liquid Lipsticks". Now, I want you to think of balms, glosses, stains, lipsticks, all lip products. Now, roll them all into one. What do you get? A Balmy, soft lipstick that doesn't feel sticky yet has the amazing shine of a gloss, has great pigmentation and lasts relatively well!

I am not a huge lover of these but I do like the fact there's nothing else like these on the market. If you're not a fan of lipsticks, you prefer the gloss, but get annoyed you get not a lot of colour payoff-these are great!

Lovely Packaging! 'Scuse the finger prints!!

Tops :)

Applicators & Colours on side of tubes :)

Pros:
-Pigmented
-Soft & Balmy
-Last well (couple hours no retouching needed-which in my opinion is great for something so soft!)
-Fairly Inexpensive
-Lovely packaging
-Nice soft applicator that's a good size too

Fuchsia Drama

Nude Ballet

Cons:
-Smell. I don't mind the smell but it is very strong (kinda passion fruit/mango-ey, so if you don't like strong fruit smells see if you can sniff it out in store first!)

That's it, the smell is literally all I can think of that is wrong with this product! I really like these :) Go get yours here: http://www.boots.com/en/Loreal-LExtraordinaire-Liquid-Lipstick-by-Color-Riche_1427476/
There's a tonne of colours to choose from! I am looking out for a purple :3 x

*UPDATE-I found this amazing gal on YouTube who swatches stuff really well-Give her a Subbie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=channel%3A52941ae4-0-2179-99e6-1a11c2d77a&feature=iv&src_vid=w-aIejpAGf8&v=B7h5VEFWX6I

H&M Lip Tints Review

 H&M have started coming out with some really great cosmetics products recently and I instantly thought of the whole OCC lip tars with these, I was so excited that on my first outing I bought all three of these! (I have seen other colours in other branches but online isn't very good... -.-)

In their little plastic boxes >.<

Another view of the tubes.

Initial swatches (no filters on pic).

I firstly tried on Hot Pink (who could resist this colour!?) and I love how opaque this shade is. It's a nice bright blue pink meaning your teeth also look whiter :) *Bonus!

Hot Pink.

Next up I had to try the red! But I was a tad disappointed that this wasn't as pigmented! It's still a lovely deep red shade but it just needs a little build up in comparison to the pink.

Deep Red.

And lastly is Mandarin, similar to Deep Red in consistency and pigmentation but not as glossy. I do love this pastel-ey orange colour and think it's a very flattering shade on warmer tones :).

Mandarin.

The Pros:

• Non drying! They aren't balmy but they do feel like a light lipstick on your lips, they DO NOT dry out your lips at all and that's nice :)
• Nice shade range
• They have a nice glossy finish
• Nice texture on the lips, not heavy feeling at all
• Last well throughout day, didn't stain lips but lasted well :)
• Didn't bleed off of my lips
• Wasn't so sticky my hair stuck to it! (isn't that THE most annoying thing!? When you're wearing gloss, you look all sexy and your hair flies over and sticks to it. Then it decides to drag it across your face all attractively too D: These don't do that!)
• You can mix shades together
• Huge amount in tubes, you only need a small amount of the product so these will last you a little while!

The Cons:

• Not easy to apply if you don't have a lip brush! If you do not have a lip/small brush, you will really suffer with these products!
• Consistency of pigmentation is not great between shades, some are stronger and better than others-having said that, they're all nicely pigmented it's just some (like hot pink!) are just insanely pigmented!

So as you can see, I quite like these >.< (slight understatement!) I think they are so worth the cost! They're something like £2.99??

You can get them online here: http://www.hm.com/gb/product/22325?article=22325-A

But as I said I've seen different branches stock different colours also :)

I really do think you guys should go pick these up, I'll be keeping my eye out for other shades I can find! 

x x x

LOTD: Green & Pink...A clash or not?

A few days ago I decided to use my Lush Cream shadow in Intuitive (as I hadn't worn it out yet) and I asked Ed to pick out a lip colour (thinking he'd pick up a balm stain or something quite neutral as he normally just picks up the first thing he sees that is large; and those have larger packaging that most...) and I think he probably thought I would tell him off for giving me something so bright, but I just slapped it on! haha! And this was the look that came out of that...

Ma Full Face...And those Lips!? BAM!

Those Eyes... <3

So the standout products for this look are Lush's Cream Eyeshadow in Intuitive, a neutral beigey brown of some kind (I am wearing LOOK Beauty's Mono Shadow in Gilet) and for the lips I used Wet N Wild's Megalast Liquid Lip Colour in , if you can't get a hold of this then MUA's velvet lip thingies should have a dupe. Also, with this look I feel like it's important to keep your cheeks quite neutral & natural, so, I have used my Bourjois Bronzing Primer (which I cannot lie..I really love!) and Tarte's blush in Exposed (a good colour from Sleek would be Suede =D).

Products Used :)

And that is how many a good look has been born...do I like it though? I am still kinda on the fence!