Pink Pout Picks

left to right, Showy matte balm, lip butter strawberry shortcake, mac girl about town, mac creme cup, mac girl next door, aurora by tanya burr

Hello everyone, Sorry for the lack of posts this week, blame university work combined with a full time job while trying to my wedding, but I am one of those people who tries to spin about 100 plates at once so I have no one to blame but myself.

When it comes to my pout I am a fan of all things pink, be it bright pink, baby pink, nude pink, shimmery pink, you name it, its probably in my slightly large lip collection.

So today I wanted to share with you my top pink lip products....if you hadn't already guessed.

Revlon lip butter- Strawberry Shortcake
For regular readers of my blog this lip product will come as no surprise, I am a big fan of the Lip Butters from Revlon and rave about them regularly. The lip butters are a great every day lip product, they are a buttery balm with great pigmentation and a glossy finish. There are normally 2 (maybe 3) of these lip butters floating around my handbag. My favourite shade is strawberry shortcake, its a lovely everyday pink shade, which really compliments any skin tone. Strawberry short cake is a creamy soft baby pink shade, with lilac undertones, but I find its not too blue and frosty toned. Its my go to lip products and I wont admit how many of these I have been through it the past year....cough cough three.

Mac Girl About Town
As most beauty bloggers I have a love affair for Mac Lipsticks (and eye shadows but that's a different post). I just love Mac for lipsticks, there is so many pretty shades and collections to browse and pick from, I love the formula's and they aren't too pricey either.Girl About Town was the first bright lipstick from Mac, I was influenced by Tanya Burr and one of her tutorials if I remember rightly. Its a beautiful bright fushia pink shade and is a amplified cream formula, so its unlike some bright shades it leaves my lips creamy and buttery and doesn't dry them out. This lipstick it is very build-able and can worn lightly for the day time but build up for an evening look and this lipstick does not budge at all, which is great for a night out. This is one of my favorite bright lip sticks and I think its a great first bold lip colour if your not too confident with bright lip colours.

Mac Girl next door
Sticking with Mac my next favourite is one of the pieces from the Archie girl collection, its nothing to do with the super cute packaging, promise. Girl Next Door is a luster formula and the shade is a very light pastel opaque toned pink with blue under tones, so this wont be everyone's cup of tea, but I personally love it. It gives my lips a sheer pink finish and I find this works really well with a dramatic smokey eye. Not looking forward to the day this little beauty runs out so if anyone has a dupe please let me know.

Mac Creme Cup
Sorry one more mac lipstick, last one promise. This is my go to Mac lipstick for everyday. Creme cup is a cream sheen which is my favourite mac formula, because as the name suggests it leaves my lips soft and creamy. Creme cup is a soft pink nude shade and gives me lips the perfect pink glow with just one swipe of colour. 

Aurora By Tanya Burr
As soon as I heard Tanya Burr was releasing her lip gloss and nail collection I knew I would be purchasing a few bits and pieces. Tanya's make up tutorials were the first I ever watched on YouTube and I have been addicted to make up and beauty tutorials and blogs ever since, which then led me to write my own little blog, so I have a lot to thank Miss Tanya Burr for, thanks Tanya I am now a make addict, but I wouldn't have it any other way. So anyway enough fan girl rambling, back to the gloss. Aurora is a really great everyday light pink toned gloss with a subtle glittery particles. Worm alone this gloss gives the lips a really pretty pink sheen and is great to give you a pop of pink colour, buts its also great over the top of a nude pink colour to give it a shimmery finish. I also have the gloss in ' Afternoon Tea' but I need to try some more because these glosses are amazing, they are long lasting, really well pigmented and smell so yummy. You can read my full review here.

Revlon Colourbust Matte Balm in Showy
This is a bit of a new lip product to my collection, I did a full review of this balm as well as two of the Lacquer balms here. I am not normally a fan of matte lipsticks or products but I have fallen in love with this balm. I think because its a balm formula with added coconut, mango and shae butter it leaves your lips soft and hydrated but with a matte finish. I love the shade of this balm too its not to dissimilar to 'Girl about town' from Mac, in that its a bold bright pink with purple undertones but it has a more opaque finish. This can be worn more as more of a sheer bright pink in the day and then built up with a few more coats for a more dramatic bold finish.

So that's it my favourite pink pout picks, or simply put my favourite pink lip products. Do you have any favourites I need to try.

Thanks for reading lovlies

Sleek Pout Polish

Gone are the days when lip products were simply available in stick form. My lip products collections has a whole host of have lip butters, crayon style lip balms, matte glosses, glossy lip cream and now I have added a Pout Polish by Sleek to my collection.

So what is a pout polish I hear you ask? A pout polish is a creamy tinted lip conditioning balm; it leaves your lips nourished but with a subtle hint of colour, so in a few words a tinted lip balm.

I picked up the pout polish in ‘Raspberry Rhapsody’ for £4.49 from super drug. The shade is a purple toned baby pink, it looks very bright and vibrant in the tin but once applied to the lips it leaves a soft pink shine to the lips. This polish leaves your lips glossy for around 30 minutes and it sinks into the lips leave you with a sheer tint for a good few hours.  For a balm product the pigmentation is really good and it great for adding a pop of colour that it’s too bold for a more natural stained lip look.

The pout polish is formulated with natural oils including almond oil and shea butter, which gives the polish a lovely soft and cream texture, which left my lips feeling, conditioned and nourished.  The polish also has added SPF so will be great for the summer time, I can definitely see me wearing this on my holidays this year to give me a hint of colour but it will also keep my lips protected from the sun and moisturised.

The pout polish does have quite a strong vanilla and coconut scent, for some it may be too over powering but I love both those scents so I didn't mind at all. The packaging is a sleek little tin which looks a lot more high end then the small high street price tag. It’s a good sized product to pop in your hand bag or for travelling. My only small moan about the packaging is that I am not a fan of sticking my fingers in lip products but that’s just me being a tad OCD and I am sure most people don’t mind this.

So if you’re looking for a conditioning lip balm with a glow of glossy colour this Summer  I would definitely recommend the pout polish from Sleek, it won’t break the bank and there are nine shades to choose from so something for everyone.

Thanks for reading beauts I would love to hear if you have tried this pout polish or any other summer lip product recommendations.

Revlon Colorburst Balms

Revlon have done it again! They have released yet another range of lip products I just can’t get enough of. You know what I am talking about right? Yeah you guessed it, the new Revlon Colorburst balms both in a lacquer and a matte finish have found their way in my makeup collection. It seems like I am not the only one, there has been a lot of hype about this crayon style lip products.

Like any good blogger I made the most of the 3 for 2 offer in boots and purchased three of these balms, to be honest the temptation to get 6 was pretty high, but I managed to resist.  I purchased demure and coquette in the lacquer balm and showy in the matte balm.

The lacquer balms are a high shine formula, intensely pigmented and leave your lips with a glossy and crystal shine finish. Unlike some lacquer like lip products this isn't over sparkly and has just the right amount of glitter to give you lips a subtle sheen, but still leave your lips hydrated and with a buttery texture. The lasting powder of the lacquer option is not as long lasting as the matte balm but for a glossy product it has a good staying powder and I find it lasts a good few hours on the lips before I need to reapply. Demure is pale nude pink it’s a great every day colour and I have been reaching for this wearable shade daily, I actually find this shade to be very similar to Mac hue which is a favourite of mine, this is definitely my favourite of the Lacquer balms. Coquette is a medium pink shade, with orange undertones, this is really dynamic shade and can be worn more sheer for a day time look or build up for a bright bold lip for a night out.

The matte balms have a velvety opaque finish but with a balm like feel. I will be honest I am always a bit dubious when it comes to matte formulas but unlike so many matte products I was really impressed with this balm, it wasn’t drying on the lips, or clung to dry patches and actually left my lips feeling moisturised and creamy. The pigmentation is really good and has amazing colour pay off. Showy is bright bubble gum pink with blue under tones, I think this will be a perfect bright lip colour for summer, if we ever get some sunshine here in the UK.  I actually think I prefer the matte balms so I can’t wait to try some more out.

All of the Revlon lip butters have mango, shae and coconut butter in the formula, hence the buttery and conditioning feel that these left on the lips. They have a peppermint scent but I didn’t find them over powering in any way.

The great thing about these balms is there just so easy to use, the twist up crayon literally just swipes effortlessly across the lips, and I have even managed to reapply these without a mirror.

I am really impressed with the Revlon Colorburst lacquer and matte balms, for £7.99 they are easy to use, highly pigmented, there is a beautiful array of colours available to suit every skin tone and they are the perfect on the go handbag lip product. I can’t wait to try more.

Thanks for reading beauties, have you tried the Colorburst balms? What do you think?