7 Lips in 7 Days: Kiko Velvet Mat Satin Lipstick "612 Strawberry Pink"

Day 6
Today i'm going to be reviewing something that i picked up whilst i was in Germany over the summer and up until recently i was sure we didn't get in the UK. But since then, i have seen a store opening up in the Trafford Centre which suggests to me that it is coming to the UK or i've just missed it and it't been here the whole time. However, i was so impressed by the store in Germany and the products that i picked up there for the money that i am super excited to get my hands on some more bits and pieces. 
Regarding this lipstick, i love it. I love the formula and the finish but i especially love the packaging. Okay that's a bit shallow and materialistic but it's just so cool. I'll try and insert some pictures in to show you what it's like. I love the colour of the packaging, it feels really weighty, like a much more expensive product and the way the opens is pretty cool. I could go on all day about this, but really these little things just get me, it makes it feel much more luxurious and eyecatching and really is a super little touch from Kiko. 

The formula of the lipstick is supposed to be satin, as the name suggests, and i would agree with that. It's a pretty subtle sheen and it's lovely for everyday wear as a slightly deeper nude lip. It's kind of sophisticated which i love and although the name suggests that it is a pink, which i would disagree with, i'd say this colour leans more towards a brown, mauve colour, which i find really flattering on my skin tone and i think it would on different tones also. It's just a really easy to wear nude shade.

For a satin formula, this lipstick is really creamy, which makes it really nice to apply and really comfortable to wear. However, this of course means that the wear time isn't forever, but i have found with this, that as it wears, it leaves almost a tint to the lips under the creamy colour. This is lovely as it means that your lipstick wears off evenly and you don't have to worry about reapplying every half an hour. And when you do reapply, i haven't found that dries your lips out at all, and i feel like it doesn't cling to any dry patches or imperfections on the lips like other products do. 

In all, this is a really well rounded product and i would definitely pick some more up given half a chance. I must admit however, that there is just something that i can't put my finger on that really doesn't





do it for me. There is just something different about it that i don't like. But hey, i don't know, it might just be me being used to other lipsticks and not being obsessed with this one on me. Who knows?

Anyway Thankyou for reading guys and i hope you all had a really good Halloween night and I'll see you tomorrow for my last lip post of this series. 

Jo x  

7 Lips in 7 Days: Maybelline Creamy Mattes "Divine Wine"

Day 5
Happy Halloween!
I'm sorry i've fallen a little behind with my posts, i had my assessment appointment with my doctor for my surgery yesterday and it all meant that everything got a bit late. But hey, I'm back and i'm going to get two posts up today so we're back on track. 

This lipstick is one that i picked up out of interest of the hype from America, of course with their twenty shades available there, they are raved of and several bloggers i have read really rate them. So when they arrived here, i was really excited to give them a try and i picked up this one thinking i can't really go wrong with the colour as it's exactly up my street. I realised afterwards that it is a really great dupe (although it initially doesn't look like it in the bullet) for my all time favourite lipstick, Mac Diva. So if your looking for that shade and don't want to splash out on Mac, then there is a really nice dupe for the colour and the finish. 
Since then, i got one of these bad boys for my birthday in the lighter red colour and i really like that one as well, so i can say with a bit of a pinch of salt, that they have definitely been pretty consistent so far.  And my first impressions are great.

The formula of these lipsticks is comparable to the Revlon Matte Balms in my opinion, although i think these might even be a tad creamier in consistency, and i would say that they don't last as long in my opinion. However, they are super comfortable for a matte lip and i would go as far to say that for me, they are even creamier then just an average normal lipstick. They apply really well and evenly and the colour is reasonably opaque, although i would say if you want a really striking deep colour that they do need building up a little. But i quite like this, as it means that you have a little bit of variation in the colour, depending on the day, the place and the occasion. 

They do wear really evenly too, and don't deteriorate in any specific areas first. This of course means that even if you don't reapply, you don't have to worry too much about the lipstick leaving a horrible stain on the lips and looking messy. Like i said before, these aren't too long wearing and will need touching up, but wearing a liner does improve wear time, and i can live with this, especially if my lips are feeling particularly dry, like they are at the moment  and they can't quite cope with the Mac alternative.
I would say however for the record, that due to the super creamy nature of the lipsticks, they can  be a bit messy and do not set at all, meaning that they can be a bit smeary and on my lips, i can't say they actually bleed, but i could see the potentially to, so i would use a liner if you are using a darker shade such as this one.



I must say that this is one of my favourite lips for this time of year and i really enjoy darker shades and this one is definitely up there. I am really exited for more of the range to come over so i can try some more shades as there are definitely some nudes that i have been eyeing up that are available in America currently. I would recommend you try these out if you are after a matte formula that isn't going to dry your lips out, which is the struggle we all face at this time of year. They are priced at £6.99 which doesn't break the bank for a lip product like this and i think they are worth trying if you are in the market.

Thankyou for reading guys! 
Jo x 

7 Lips in 7 Days: Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in '30'

Day 4
This lipstick is potentially one of my favourites ever. It was the first one i ever bought and i wore it to my prom two years ago. Since then, it's been a staple in my collection and i wear it so often as it's just a really gorgeous and flattering but somewhat unusual colour. 
30 is a really pretty berry shade, that has a pink undertone to it, that means that although i reach for it more in autumn- winter, i can work it all year round. It's quite girly for those people who may not be fully comfortable going with a super vampy berry look for autumn. 
The pigmentation with this lipstick is great and this holds true throughout the whole of the Kate collection. They all apply smoothly and evenly and i really like the feel of them on my lips. They don't slide around or dry my lips out and although there is a whole separate matte range, i'd say these as a range generally are semi-matte anyway, and as someone who has pretty much all of the Kate lipsticks, i think i am able to talk about the whole range pretty well. 
I wouldn't say they last 8 hours how they say they do, but they definitely last well and when they do start to fade, it is very even and doesn't look messy. When you touch up, they don't go cakey and don't cling to dry patches on the lips as some lipsticks do. I also haven't found that they bleed at all, with or without a liner, and i can apply them very evenly round my lips quickly and easily.

For me, these lipsticks, especially this one, are like the baseline for comparison of other lipsticks so i see this as like a 'normal' lipstick, so i find it kind of hard to talk about. The line itself is huge with so many colours and it's still expanding. I've got around 24 of these and i know i still haven't got the full range, which i intend to over time.
The smell is something that is argued about a lot and is a bit like Marmite, you either love it or you hate it. I actually adore it, and it's probably one of my favourite scents in makeup that i have found. It's really hard to explain so i do recommend that you have a swatch and a sniff if you see them on your travels. Each to their own, but i do really love it! 
My only only criticism, is that i WISH they had proper names, the numbers are okay, but i'd love them to have names to refer to properly. But it's such a tiny picky comment that has no impact on the quality of the product, i don't mind that much.

In all, these are really affordable, good quality lipsticks, that i can comfortably wear for long periods of time without bleeding or any sort of smudging. These are potentially one of my favourite lipstick lines from the drugstore and they are just consistently good. So if you are after a specific everyday colour for not that much money, i'd have a look at these as they are well worth a try at £5.49 each.



Thankyou for reading guys and I'll see you tomorrow with another lipstick post and maybe later on with a post on something a little different! 

Jo x

7 Lips in 7 Days: Rimmel Provocalips in 'Kiss Fatal'

Day 3

Good Morning lads and lasses, how are we all on this wet morning (or at least where i am)?

I realised after having the pictures taken of this lipstick for maybe about 3 months that they were all super blurry and a bit crap quality, but i didn't have time to retake them this morning after having a very busy day yesterday and not getting round to pre-blogging, although i'm probably going to write a couple now to get myself back into the rhythm of it all. So i'm sorry about that and although i debated leaving them out, i thought that they are better then nothing but i wouldn't take just these as law, definitely Google some better swatches then mine to get a better idea of the proper colour. 

Okay so, this product is one of those that promises huge things and at '16 hour wear' claims, i was less then convinced to be honest. But i picked it up in Boots a while back after seeing and absolutely loving the colour thinking it was something that fitted into a gap in my collection colour wise. It's a beautiful grungy plum colour that applies really intensely and evenly and can be built up to a deeper plum if that is what the desired look is going for. 

The formula is kind of strange, as it's in two sections. The colour is applied with the colour stick and this goes kind of tacky when first applied. When it does go tacky, you pop the 'lock and shine' step on top of the colour and it sets it to a subtle shiny lip in a bold colour. This then lasts for a really long time without need to top it up, i tend to reapply a little of the second step throughout the day as the lipstick itself does tend to dry out my lips a little and the lock and shine does tend to add some well needed moisture, so if you do try these, i'd keep that in mind. 

The colour itself lasts a really long time, i can eat and drink and it still lasts pretty much all day, and looks just as fresh as it did when i first applied. If the colour does start to wear off, it can be reapplied in the areas that need it without looking at all cakey or flaky. However, the downside of these doing lasting so long of course, is that they are a real bitch to remove. It takes quite a lot of scrubbing which, depending on your lips can dry them out something chronic. But i actually find in a really weird sort of way, this seems to exfoliate my lips slightly and leave them soft and smooth, mad i know, but it's doing something that i like which lends in it's favour. 

In all, i love these. They truly do last as well as they say they do, and they are actually pretty decent to wear, although you could argue them being a bit too dry. But as long-wearing liquid lipsticks go, i'm really happy with these and i do wear this one on a regular basis, if i want something to last all day. Writing this blog post has made me rediscover these little beauties and i'm pretty sure i'll be picking some more up next time i see a colour that takes my fancy. 

These are available from anywhere that stocks Rimmel, which is Boots, Superdrug and most supermarkets etc etc, and they are priced at £6.99 which is a little more pricey for a Rimmel lipstick, but i think they are definitely worth the money if you are in the market for a product like this.

Thankyou for reading guys!

Jo x

7 Lips in 7 Days: Makeup Revolution Salvation Lip Velvet in Rebel

Day 2

So you've probably heard me raving on about Makeup Revolution for such a long time now. And i do still love it, but as with any brand there are definitely hits and misses, and this one, unfortunately is a miss. I now have two of these and i speak for both in this post somewhat, so it's not just a one colour problem.

Both have the same downfalls and it's so disappointing as they are just such lovely colours and have so much potential to be great.

Let me start off with a positive. The colour is so beautiful, like a rich red, pink in a matte formula. But that's where the problem lies somewhat. It's kind of too matte. The formula is really dry and when you first apply it's really sticky, which makes it quite patchy to apply. The stickiness then dries very solidly to a matte finish, It's almost crusty. This then takes little to no time to start deteriorating starting in the middle of the lips and wearing outwards until you get that ugly lip- line thing left on your lips. 

I feel i'm a pretty good judge of lipstick formula's as i have tried a lot, and i haven't actually found any lipsticks that are as drying and deteriorate as quickly as these. And my lips are in pretty good condition meaning that i've pretty much given them the best chance possible to perform. 

Another thing i can't stand about these lipsticks is the smell. They smell pretty grim, and it's not the sort of scent you want to put all over your lips. Like if it was a really good product, i'd say i could deal with the scent for the product but i can't even say that about it. 

It's a shame because when i picked them up i was expecting them to be very much like the other makeup revolution lip products in the similar packaging, the name escapes me, but i've got a couple of those that i really like and although they aren't a matte finish they are not exactly totally shiny. I thought these would just be the matte versions, which i guess they are, but they are not what i expected at all.

In all, i wouldn't recommend you pick these up unless your looking for a specific colour and don't mind the wear time being short, because they look great in the very short term, (look not feel) and the colour selection is appealing to me being dark, vampy colours. They are quite inexpensive too but for the same price you can pick up the other type of liquid lipstick from makeup revolution which i much prefer and would recommend over. 

Thanks for reading guys and I'll be back tomorrow with day 3! 

Jo x 

7 Lips in 7 Days: Mac Twig...

Day 1
It's the return of 7 lips in 7 days and this time there is a bit of pre-planning and scheduling getting done. Last time i did this, i had intended to do them the day before each post was going up but i soon realised that that was not working and some days i just wasn't getting it done for whatever reason. So this time, i'm breaking it down and doing it in advance to get some decent quality posts that i think are actually worth reading, so hopefully these will get a bit better attention then they did last time.

Anyhow, onto the actual lipstick. This is probably one of the most worn ones in my collection as i absolutely adore it for an everyday nude. It is quite a deep nude, but this is what i generally prefer as i do have relatively dark pink lips, to the point of being red, so lighter nudes just look wrong and messy on me. This is, dare i say it a real 'Kylie Jenner' lip, with the purple and brown undertones but it is very flattering on lighter skins as well as the slightly darker toned skin as i have found.

The finish of Twig is a satin and this usually means that the lipstick is quite drying and uncomfortable to wear, not usually as bad as mattes, but still. But this one isn't too bad, like it isn't the best but it certainly isn't the worst. Satin's as well also tend to have a slight sheen to them, but not enough for me not to like them, but enough not to totally dry the lips out. It applies really evenly and is super opaque and does last on the lips for a pretty good length of time, but then when it does eventually start coming off, it does fade really nicely and isn't patchy and doesn't cling to dry patches.

Mac packaging is nothing new, so i won't bang on about that too much, but needless to say, i love it. There is something super satisfying seeing them all lined up in a stand, and i think they are definitely a luxury product. Of course, saying this, they do come with a luxury price and i wouldn't normally dream about paying that much for a lipstick, but the collector in me just longs for Mac and i would say that despite them being extortionate, i do get a lot of use out of the ones i do pick up. I wouldn't buy them if i didn't love them, lets just leave it at that. 

Overall, i do love this lipstick, it is without a doubt one of my favourites and one of the few that if i lost, i'd repurchase. I know it's an expensive product and definitely not a budget buy but i do enjoy a splurge from time to time and if your going to buy an expensive product, i do think it should be something you can't get quite the same elsewhere, which this one is for me. 

Thankyou so much guys, i'll be back tomorrow with some more lipstick posts and i'm also going to plan to get a few others up alongside so it's not too lipstick heavy, but lets not make any promises. 

Jo x 

P.s. excuse the awkward selfie

Lush Lip Scrub...

This is one of my favourite skincare products, but it's one those things that kind of get overlooked. I use this every night and have done for the best part of a year since i picked this up and have barely even used half of the product.

Lush is classically a brand i really enjoy for skincare products and although the flavours and scents are a bit hit and miss for me personally, i have genuinely never found any lip product that i enjoy quite as much as this. And it works so so well. These Lip scrubs are something that i know people like me who love a matte lipstick need in their lives. They work wonders in terms of lip resurfacing and getting rid of any dry flakes without it hurting or leaving a nasty residue on the lips. The actual 'scrub' tastes really nice, which although i know your not supposed to love a lip product for as your not actually supposed to eat it, but at the end of the day, if it's going on your lips, you don't want it to taste bad. I believe there are other flavours of this, but i can tell you for a fact this one is sweet and tasty without being overpowering or tasting bitter. It also doesn't taste false, like it doesn't taste chemically or unnatural, which again is something highly appreciated in a lip product. Mine tastes a lot like mint chocolate which i must admit i really enjoy.


The scrub is not too harsh, it lasts a few moments on the lips and as you rub them together, it gently dissolves to leave your lips feeling smooth and comfortable and it means they are in much better condition to be able to apply a lip product, even if it one of those that extenuates flaws.  You also don't need a lot, a little goes a long way with this product and i just put a light dusting of this on my lips, rub them together for a couple of seconds until the crystals melt then pop a lip balm on and i'm good to go. And it's just the right amount of 'scrub'. It's not too harsh that it leaves my lips raw but its not too light that it does nothing. I have definitely seen a difference in my lip texture over time and i use this once or twice a day, sometimes more if my lips are taking a bit of a beating. This really seems to do something pretty great for my lips and it's just a staple in my makeup bag now.

 I've also had this one for a really, really long time and although i was a little worried about the price at the time of buying it, i do not regret it in the slightest as it works really well and lasts such a long time.

And that's it really, there is not a lot to say about lip scrubs. I'd 100% repurchase this when it runs out, and they are definitely worth a look next time your in lush as they are really good quality for money. If your in the market for a really good lip scrub that does exactly what it says on the tin, this is the one i'd go for! 

Thanks for reading,
Jo x