VIVO Lipstick

Hello everyone I thought I would make a brief post about VIVO cosmetics lipstick today.

I picked  it up a while back and only just got around to testing it out. So I bought the lipstick in Barely There...it is a perfect pink nude with a cream finish. It glides on the lips and really hydrates them leaving them soft with ahint of colour. The only bad thing I can say that it is not as long lasting as I would personally like it to be. But it is a perfect colour for the daytime during my work hours..its not too much and perks up the lips. :)


I hope that you are all well!
Ash xx

MAC Viva Glam

I just had to buy the new MAC Viva Glam Nicki Minaj Lipstick. I had heard so much about it that I could not resist I also decided to pair it with the Viva Glam Ricky Lip Conditioner as I wanted to be fair to the lipstick :P Plus I have never tried a MAC lip conditioner before and I was intrigued by this duo.

The lipstick is a bright yellow pink which is so suited to any skintone it eventually gives a coral like effect and the lip conditioner works wonders..I am happy that all funds go to the MAC AIDS fund so I felt like I was doing my bit AND looking glamourous :P. My MAC girl was so happy that I bought the pair because she also was in love with them!

I love the Ad picture of this campaign too!

Keep smiling lovelies!
Ash xx

MAC Haul

I was very tempted to check out the MAC Naturally collection and buy some stuff from it...however I was really disappointed with the Mineralize Eyeshadows...they just seemed a little boring to me..and I love wearing them on nights out or special occasions...but this collection had dull eyeshadows in my opinion.

HOWEVER!!!!
I did discover that MAC have added a few old mineralize shadows to their collection...upon which seeing this I was in SHOCK....therefore I just had to get my hands onto them. So does anyone remember the MAC Style Black collection? This was back in 2009 I think...and MAC released these amazing Mineralize Eyeshadows..4 of them infact. I only managed to get two of them. 'Cinderella' (A mineralized black with silver pearl) and 'Blue Flame' (A mineralized black with blue pearl). As far as I can remember these were sold out instantly and I missed out on the other two colours...which I was SO SAD ABOUT. BUTTTTT MAC have bought these back! All four shades from the Style Black collection and a new Green shade to add called 'Smutty Green' (Cream/Warm Green/Black veining) (LINK) I was just so happy to see these in the store and now I have completed my collection!

I picked up the Gilt by Association (A mineralized black with gold and bronze pearl) and Young Punk (A mineralizd black with pinkish and purple pearl) I didn't get Smutty Green as I already have that colour in another mineralize eyeshadow that was in the Venomous Villains collection. It is safe to say that I am extrememly happy with these purchases. I had wanted these colours for so so long! 

So the first swatch is of Gilt By Association  and the second is of Young Punk . (By the way...I used the Diptic app on my iPhone to take these pictures. It is so genius!)

I also got a Lipstick as I am really in love with them at the moment! I bought an Amplified Creme lipstick in Cosmo. I am really loving the pink nude shades right now and I wear them every day. So this is just another addition to my collection. It is a really long lasting type of colour and it feels so velvety on the lips.

Oh and my Dad was abroad recently and I asked him to get me a Estée Lauder Pure Colour Lipstick in Crystal Baby. I have wanted this for soooo long too! It always seems to be sold out in the stores here. I just needed a light pink that would go with everything and this was the colour for me. It does look similar to Cosmo but it is pretty different...it is more sheer with a peach undertone when applied to the lips.

Anyway that was my Haul. I am totally in love with these products!
What is your opinion on Mineralize Eyeshadows? Are they really worth it? I for one love them so much and prefer them to pigments. :)

Hope that you are all well!
Ash xx

Lip favourites.

I never really buy that many lip products, mainly because my make up addiction lies between eye products. But here are some that are my favourites at the moment. They each have their own reasons. :)


1. Sleek Pout Polishes in Sugar May and Monte Carlo. (Limited Edition) RRP £4.99
I really love these balms, they are lovely colours perfect for daytime uses and also contain an SPF 15. Which is always great for hot days! They look lethal in the pictures but I assure you from the swatches that they are both wearable for any skin tone at the matter. They really are conditioning and so easy to carry around for touch ups.

 Sugar May is the peachy tone and Monte Carlo is the flouro pink.

2. Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick in Coral Queen. RRP £5.99 (I think)
This is my favourite drugstore lipstick! I bought my first one about 3 years ago when they first came out and I have loved it ever since. This coral is a bright pinky coral rather than a red toned one. It's perfect for summer (although I wear it in any season) Or lovely to dab over a nice lipbalm for some light colour. I am not sure about the moisture renew aspect, as it doesn't really last for hours, but the colour is fabulous!

 The top colour is Coral Queen faded out and the bottom swatch is the full colour. I love experimenting with them!


3. Topshop Blush in Neon Rose. RRP £6.00
I know I know a cheek product in a lip favourite post? Well not only is this my favourite and only blusher I regularly use I also use some of it on my lips before applying a lip product. Most of the time I will pair it up with a lipbalm. and for some reason it lasts! I think this is Topshop's best selling blush and rightfully so, it is so perfect for my skin and gives me a natural non-cakey glow.

4. Vaseline in Rosy Lips. RRP £2.89 (I think)
This is the lipbalm of the century for me! And believe me I have used many vaselines, lipbalms etc...etc..So as mentioned in the last product this would be the balm that I would put over the neon rose blush and it is a match made in heaven for my lips. I feel like vaseline is so much better for the winter months where as the Sleek pout polishes are better for spring/summer. Amazing colour and a good investment, can be used at any time of the day and just perks up your lips whilst repairing them. If you check out anything from this list...then check out this!.

5. Sabaya Moisture Lipstick in 24. RRP 55 AED (So about £10 depending on the exchange rate)
As I mentioned in a post before I recently took a trip to Dubai and although I didn't buy too much stuff I did pick up a lipstick. Now the story behind the reason for this lipstick can only be fully explained in the next product that I talk about. But for now...I got this lipstick from an Arab make up store and it is called Mikyayj. Yep I cannot pronounce it either. Now Dubai is good for many things, but I wanted to see something authentic and UAE based rather than the brands that I am used too. Anyway this shop was soo lovely and they had some really nice make up in there which was an average price. I picked up this lipstick, it is the pefect dark rose colour but still has enough pink in it to make it pop. I would probably wear this more in the winter, but I like it nonetheless!

6. MAC Lustre Lipstick in Gem of Roses. Limited Edition RRP £13.50. From the Semi Precious Collection Summer 2011. 
Now this collection was amazing, I mean I love mineralize products as it is and I was looking forward to buying it. So before heading off to Dubai this collection was released in the UK and I managed to pick up 3 eyeshadows and forgot about the lipstick as I couldn't find it around my local MAC store. When I got to Heathrow Airport I saw that this lipstick was there...however some b**** infront of me got the last one.. I was soo heartbroken because I REALLY wanted this lipstick more than anything but she got the last one!! If only I had gotten to the stand 2 minutes earlier. Anyway this explains why I bought the Sabaya lipstick I was looking for a similar colour to this...but I was so so sad that I couldn't get this colour its lame but it just suited me so well. It has also been sold out EVERYWHERE in the UK.. and wasn't released in Dubai until about 2 weeks after I had left...
Fast forward a month, and I have been a bit sceptical on people selling stuff on eBay but I saw that this seller has a eBay top seller badge and lots of people had bought products from them, so I thought WHY NOT! I found this lipstick and I bought it straight away. Anyway it was delivered a couple of days ago and my my I love this colour. It is the right shade of gum rose pink and perfect for day times or night times. Eugh I love this colour so much and I am so glad that I posesss it now!

7. Estée Lauder Pure Colour Lipstick in Melon. RRP £18.50
Technically this isn't my lipstick, it is my mums but she never used it. So I thought I would use it so that it would not go to waste of course!  Lauder always seem like an 'Old Lady' brand to me probably because the packaging is gold and navy and that well I always see Mature women at the stands. I feel like I am being slightly mean though, I do like Lauder products because of their quality, they really put a lot of work into their products and nowadays their new collections are appealing to a broader audience, which is always good!
Anyway I lovee this lipstick, its the perfect frosted peach. I am always trying to avoid frost lipsticks but this is the only one I truly love, for me its my go to spring colour. It is a bit expensive at nearly £20 but the product is amazing and lasts for years.

So that is all the products I would like to mention for now,
My question to you:
Is there a lip product that you cannot live without? and Why? 
:)




Note. All products were purchased by me with my own money apart from the Lauder Lipstick which was purchased by my dad with his money for my mum hahaa.