Saturday 15 February 2014

Top 5 Favourite Dark Lip Products


Hi everyone,
Remember that series I started way back in December, where I told you about my favourite lip products of various different colours? Well I realised that I never posted the concluding part of it, so here it is.
I'm relatively new to dark lip products, I've only started to wear them in the past couple of months, and tend to stick to sheer or berry colours, because:
 a) I'm still not brave enough to go all out and buy Black Cherry or something (although I have considered it)
b) Because I'm quite pale, a lot of  the colder purple colours completely wash me out, so I have to be careful what I buy
But anyway, here's what I came up with, if any of you are thinking of branching into darker lip colours, I hope this helps :)

Revlon Colourburst Lipgloss in 'Embellished' 
I did a full review of this lipgloss a couple of months ago, which can be found here. What I like about this lipgloss is that it's probably the darkest lip product I own, but because it's a lipgloss and not lipstick, it's still quite sheer, if like me, you're new to and a bit afraid of dark lip things.

Max Factor Lipstick in 'Mulberry'
Once again, I did a full review of this here, if you're interested (I just learned how to insert links, so they're all over this post). As you can see from the swatches, this is like a slightly more muted down, less-glossy version of the Revlon lipgloss.

Kate Moss for Rimmel Matte Lipstick in '107'
Unlike the other two, this is more of a dark red than berry colour, and annoyingly any photos I take of it never really do it justice; it's a bit darker in real life than it shows up in the photos. My one critique/bit of advice for this lipstick is that because it's matte it can be a bit drying, so you need to wear some kind of lip balm under it.

By the Face Lipstick in '15'
When I bought this lipstick I expected it to be much more of a plum colour. In the top picture you can see that it looks very dark in the bullet, but in reality it's actually very pink. Nevertheless it's a nice colour, and a really moisturising lipstick. The downside is that I bought this in Mallorca, and as far as I'm aware, By the Face isn't available over here.

Rimmel Apocalips in 'Eclipse'
Since starting this blog, I have made no secret of my love for the Rimmel Apocalips, and this is quite possibly my favourite one. This was my lip product of choice during the winter, I wore it so much. I just think it's a really unique colour, and would look great on loads of different skin tones.

*Bonus* 17 Ultimate Volume Lipgloss in 'Very Berry'
I thought since the By the Face lipstick isn't widely available, I better throw in an extra one. This is a lipgloss that I wore a lot last year, and I think that again it's a good one if you're starting to delve into dark lip products, because you have the choice of putting a little bit on and having a simple red lip, or building it up so that it's quite dark and vampy.

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