M.A.C Lipsticks

In my previous post I talked about some of the more high end products I've bought recently, including three MAC lipsticks that are really the three main lip colours I tend to wear. I decided to go for familiar colours as it means I know I'll wear them, and get my money's worth from the lipsticks.

As well as the three lipsticks, I also have a bit of a thing for lip liner, and I have three that go perfectly with each shade I have.

A friend asked me the other day why I always wear lipliners with my lipstick, as most people we know don't, and I'm not really sure. I think it's just because I tend to smudge my lipstick a lot, and lipliner is less likely to smudge. Also I have quite small lips so it helps to make them look a little bigger. I realised recently too that what lipliner you use can change what the lipstick looks like, so I can get several different tones and looks with just one lipstick, which adds a bit of value for money.

The top two are both Rimmel, the first is shade 004 Indian Pink, which I've found is ridiculously versatile with lipstick that has a pinky undertone. I also like wearing it with my Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in 107, but that's for another post another day.

The second is shade 063, Eastend Snob, which makes for a great lipliner for any neutral lipstick. It's about the same colour as my lips but with a few extra tones, and is really easy to wear. The only problem I've really found with this one is that the tip is constantly breaking off. I'm not sure if it's just the way it's dispensed (a twist top with an angle for application) but it's very irritating.

Finally the bottom one is a Max Factor colour elixir lip liner in 10 Red Rush. It's a very bright red, which is a bit of a contrast to the darker Russian Red I wear with it, but I find it adds some dimension to the look.

Here are the three MAC lipsticks I own and the lipliners next to them.

Top: MAC Russian Red and Max Factor Red Rush, Middle: MAC Pro Longwear Unlimited and Rimmel Eastend Snob, Bottom: MAC All Fired Up and Rimmel Indian Pink

 This next bit is very selfie-heavy, so please excuse my ridiculous expressions.

MAC Pro Longwear in Unlimited and Rimmel Eastend Snob

MAC Russian Red and Max Factor Red Rush

These are both MAC All Fired Up and Rimmel Indian Pink, but the first photo looked way too similar to the red (i'm using my IPhone camera as my actual camera's packed away in a garage somewhere) so I tried it with the front camera and it looks more pink.

On an unrelated note, I'm not really sure what's going on with my hair at the moment. It used to be bright red, but I stripped the colour a few months ago and then dyed it back to my natural colour because it went a funny blonde. That seems to be washing out a bit now though, and I've got this strange grown out light gingery brown thing going on, which i'm not really sold on. I'm considering dip dying it again, and then maybe adding some bright temporary colours, but I'm not completely decided.

Finally, for a bit of fun, some selfies that hopefully prove that I'm capable of doing actual face expressions: