Prepping the lips for a lucious clean base

Hi Ladies,

Today I thought I would do a little blog post on creating a nice clean base for your lips ready for your lipstick application.

I know some of us do not always have the most perfect soft lips on a day to day basis, mine do tend to go dry and sometimes which if not treated can make your lipstick look cracked, dry and flaky.

Below are a few tips for you to follow which will result in super soft lips.

Preparing your lips prior to applying lipstick (to remove any dry or flaky skin)

· Gently exfoliate the lip’s, a good treatment for this is Hollywood Lip’s Sweet Sugar Scrub.

· Finish off with a cool lip balm to heal the lips and protect them, I use Carmex Original Formula, this heals, protects and soothes and leaves your lips feeling really cool and fresh.

Preparing your lips ready for lipstick application:

· When applying your foundation do not skip your lip’s, make sure you brush the foundation over your lips, this creates a perfect canvas ready for your lipstick.

· Lipstick will stay on longer if the whole lip is filled in with lip liner. This will create an extra layer of colour.

· Apply your chosen shade, apply one layer then blot with a tissue, apply a second layer again blot with tissue. Grab a dusting brush and dust a small amount of transculent powder over your lips this will set the lipstick.

· To make your lips pop add a touch of gloss to the centre of the lips.

TIP - Matte Lipsticks tend to last longer but can dry out the lips, to avoid this and still use a matte lipstick mix the lipstick with some lip balm then apply to the lips.

After following these simple steps your lips should look super luscious, J

x

MAC Heavenly Creature New Collection

MAC Heavenly Creature Colour Collection

MAC have brought out an amazing new collection called Heavenly Creature. MAC are constantly amazing there fans with new and exciting make up ranges and this one will definitely not fail to impress it’s fans.

The collections colours are based on the universe, the mineral make up products have a mix of eye-catching colours merged into its palette that will give the skin a boast of radiance. The lightweight texture results in the skin receiving the perfect amount of colour.

This collection is perfect for the summer period. The strong colourful pigments are perfect for transforming you into a Heavenly Creature.

The New Collection consists of:

4 Mineralize Skin finish £21.50 – great for highlighting the cheeks and brows and anywhere on the body. Gives the skin an amazing polished look

 Centre of the Universe

 Earthshine

 Starwonder - Amazing colour

 Lightyear

4 Mineralize Blushes £19.00 – Baked minerals refined in to a powder formula, provides sheer and lightweight application. The formula provides layer upon layer without to much coverage. Fantastic for a pearlized look.

 Ring of Saturn

 Soalr Ray

 Stratus

 Supernova - I love this colour

5 Lipsticks £13.50 - Five textured Lipsticks in shades Fire Sign, Venus, Caper, Pleasureseeker and Cusp of Dawn

5 Crème sheen Glass £16.50 – A product that infuses MAC’S Crème sheen Lipstick with the shine of MAC’S Lip glass. The result a soft non-sticky gorgeous lipcolour 

 

Enjoy x

Max Factor - Flipstick Lets Get Creative

A Lipstick for us Creative Make Up Lovers – Mix it, Flip it Create it with Max Factors Innovative New Lipstick.

This Max Factor Flipstick has being in the shops for a little while now, but I finally managed to grab myself one yesterday. I purchased shade Bloomy Pink, please see swatch picture.

What a great product that really lets you get creative easily with no fuss. With the double-ended design it could not be easier to mix it up. On one end of the Flipstick you have a rich creamy colour and on the other end a lighter iridescent shade.

You can get four uses out of this Flipstick,

• Wear the colours alone
• Wear one on each lip
• Blend them together
• Or apply the lighter shade to the middle of the lips whilst the darker shade sits around this on the outer parts of the lips.

I have to say if you would like those two toned fashionable lips then go for option four, this gives a great dimension to the lips.

At the moment in Superdrug you get this FREE if you purchase a False Lash Effect Mascara.

Normal retail price £8.49

Have fun ladies experimenting with Lip Artistry x

Lip BOOM - Make Up Academy

Make Up Academy - Lip Boom


f any of you lovely ladies are looking for a affordable, colourful on trend lipstick, then look no further. Check out the above link and purchase one of Make Up Academy's new Lip Boom's which are also in conjunction with Alexandra Burke. The 4 in 1 lipstick and gloss come in 8 fabulous shades. I have purchased shade Cheeky, it is a light pink colour i love it. I normally wear the lipstick (x2 coats) then add the gloss end into the middle of my lips top and bottom which creates that sexy fullness. Or you can wear the lipstick alone for a classic matte look. The third look is to wear the gloss alone, and the last look you can wear the lipstick (x2 coats) then add the gloss on top all over the lips for a super glossy pout. :-) and there you have it a 4 in 1 lipstick and gloss. Fabulous.
The Lip Booms are only £3.00 each, such a bargain. Head over to the link below and grab yourself some new colours for your Make Up bag. :-)

Glamour Days Palette MUA and Revlon Lip Butter

It is a gorgeous day again today so I opted for some pastel colours from my lovely MUA Glamour Nights Eye Palette, and my new Revlon Lip Butters. The Lip Butters are great for giving you colour and hydration. Personally I think they are inbetween a lipstick and a gloss with the added balm in, as they give more colour than a gloss but also give you that sheer effect. Perfect for those hot days. Your lips feel much softer with the Lip Butters.
You can purchase the Glamour Nights Palette at www.muacosmetics.co.uk you receive this FREE when you spend over £4, what a bargain. The pigment is this palette is fantastic and there are some really lovely shimmery tones in there, again perfect for these summer days. The Lip Butters can be purchased from Superdrug or Boots they have £2 off at the moment so you can grab one for £5.99. Unfortunately I can not upload the look I did as my camera is a no go at the moment. x