How To: Blue Lips

I actually love this look a lot more than I thought I would, and it is surprisingly wearable. I used the NYX Soft Matte Lip Creme in Moscow and I did review this product a little while ago (here) so I don't want to babble on too much about that. Although this isn't the best liquid lipstick ever, it does work if you persevere, and I found it worked best when you apply it one coat at a time and let it dry down slightly in between each one.

As this is such a bold shade, and I am still a bit of a make-up noob, I decided to keep the rest of my face pretty simple, just sticking to my everyday make-up routine, you can find the basics in this post. I just added a light brown eye shadow to the crease of my eye for a bit of definition, and added a lot of mascara. I wanted the lipstick to be the star of the show.

I personally think this looks best with a good contour and highlight combo, it just makes it look a lot more polished.

This isn't the easiest look to pull off, but I am in love, and am definitely going to be taking more risks with  my make-up in the future. Let me know what you think of this look. Is it something you would try? 

Votre Amy x

NYX Newness: Review

So my local Boots in Leeds has recently put in a massive NYX display, and I mean massive. They have pretty much every NYX product a girl could want, and as everyone has been raving about the Soft Matte Lip Creams, I thought I would give in to the hype and try them out. The shades I got were Moscow (navy blue) and Prague (blue-toned pink). A lot of the more neutral, popular shades were sold old but that didn't bother me too much, because I have plenty of nudes.

So I'll start off with the shade 'Moscow' because I've been wanting a navy matte lip cream ever since seeing the Kat Von D version look so good on so many people, but I didn't want to fork out too much money for it in case I didn't like it on me. I saw that NYX did one in that shade, so I grabbed it straight away, and at only £5.50, it is a bargain. However, I found that it came out quite patchy and took forever to dry down to a matte finish, and even then it smudged very easily on my lips. The applicator also isn't the best, and feels kind of spiky when you apply the lip cream. I am going to continue to play around with it though, because I really want to make this shade work, so you might be seeing a possible make-up look on this if I'm successful.

The second shade of the two, Prague, is by far my favourite. I don't have a shade like it in my collection and it is really flattering on, That being said, I experienced the same problems as with the first shade. Although this wasn't as patchy, it smudged around my lips when I went out for a meal with my friends, which isn't ideal. These definitely aren't drying, but in a way I would prefer them to be slightly as at least they wouldn't move around as much. I do think this is a really nice shade for summer, and will continue to wear it, but just make sure to carry it around your handbag, as it will definitely need reapplying,

Overall, I was slightly disappointed with this product, as there was so much hype surrounding it, but I don't know if I'm just being picky. I would definitely recommend checking out your local NYX counter though as they do have an amazing colour collection, and the more nude colours seem to have a better reputation. Let me know if you've tried any and what you think of them!

Votre Amy x