Ever since I was 11 I have been infatuated with the idea of having pink in my hair. As a older friend
had it in hers and I saw it as the dream.

One day I will be old enough to dye my hair and get pink!
But suddenly I turned 16 and I did blue, blue?! Where did blue come from idk. But I had dip dyed
blue hair and loved it. Then I dyed it brown. Then it went ginger. Eventually I plucked up the courage
and went red. From red I started the year long struggle of going blonde. But pink has always been at
the back of my mind.

I suppose it's been like a first love, something you never forget.
So a few months ago I brought the question to my hairdresser ‘what dye would you suggest for
temporary pink ends?’
‘Non.’ She replied.
But suddenly it was 2months later and I was stood in superdrug googling reviews of pixie lotts temp
hair colour range. I found very limited posts.
So here is mine.

I decided I didn't want to risk the dye just yet and bought her paint spray range. Pink glitter. The
glitter kind of went over my head, however it's mainly a can of glitter with hints of pink.
It took to my hair very well; it was the exact shade of pink I wanted, light but noticeable. I only did
the underneath of my hair as I still had work the next day so if anything went wrong I wanted to be
safe.
Now I loved the colour loved how it looked.
What I hated was how it felt, and how glitter went everywhere. All over everything in my room. I'd
recommend applying it naked with a bin bag round you(sounds stupid but trust me)
I tried combing the dryness and glitter out which helped the feel of it a little but it still made me feel
like my hair was going to snap off. So I knew it wasn't going to be a few day look more a few hours.
However I kept it overnight had some feedback the next day and went out to buy the actual dye.

If you saw my last post I mentioned that I was finding it hard to choose colours for this series, so I acquired the help of my partner. He decided he would pick one that I wear a lot and then go off what he thought looked cool and choose a few colours ive either never worn, or I don’t particularly enjoy as much as some others. So he got demoted from his job.

But this colour was one we were both unanimous on. It’s been worn down I’m struggling to actually apply it and this makes me sad. Its Maybelline bold matte, mat5. It’s a gorgeous bold red that feels silky smooth when applying to your lips. It’s the perfect statement to either complete a look, or add to a simple face day. Making your lips the focus point of your face.


The lasting stay depends on the lipstick I feel, some days it doesn’t fade at all and others it transfers onto my fingers, bottles and slowly fades in a few hours. But this doesn’t stop me loving it as the colour alone is just so beautifully bold.
If your looking for a bold red without the harshness that often comes with applying bold colours, look for this beauty next time your browsing the aisles.

These are the names of my next two which ive paired together for this post as they are the same kind from the same brand.
I fell in love with this lipstick at the start of the year and although I have a current falling out with them I couldn’t not add them to the list as I sit here staring at them. Ive even decided id wear one tomorrow to try it again. The love affair continuous….

With Rimmels Provocalips.

This lipstick/gloss has two sides, one side is the colour applicator that applys like a gloss. The otherside is a clear gloss which you put on after a few minutes of allowing the floss to dry, this seals in the colour and turns it a little into a matt. Leaving it staying on your lips for as the stick claims 16hours. I find after first applying it and then drinking something some of it will transfer on, however it has never affected the colour left on my lips and I love the fact I don’t have to worry about it.


Although, the reason I will confess as to why I have fallen out with this product is recently its started to crumble away, it dries and flakes and I find myself biting at my lip making it worse and making my lips in general look awful.
Im unsure if this is because ive used it a lot or if its just something im doing that’s causing this as when I first got the product I never had this problem, hence why I fell in love and talk so highly of it.


If youre looking for something for your lips on those long nights out where you don’t want to spend hours making bathroom trips of feeling conscious everytime you take a sip or bite to eat, pick up this beauty of a product!

To write this piece ive just emptied all my lipsticks out onto my bed, and it has dawned on me while picking which ones make the cut; how hard it is to choose your favourites! In which with this post im going to have my top 5(with help from my boyfriend to pick them) a Bonus post, to follow the tradition and in that bonus post I have decided to add some honourable mentions for the lip colours that haven’t lucked out at their own post. This way it is a fair to all my colours and makes my decisions easier.
So stay tuned for that this week.

BUT NOW.
Number 2 –

When I bought this lipstick I remember raving to people about how unique I found it and being told numourous of times it wasn’t a lipstick but a lip liner. I can tell you, as I told them. Its not. It IS a lipstick, one which offers such a vibrant range of colours.

It’s the Maybelline colour drama intense velvet in the colour red essential; as I’m a sucker for deep reds. Now before any comments start on the picture featured or any pictures featured throughout this series, I wasn’t blessed with bows on my upperlip, therefore I sometimes attempt to add them on. They don’t always go right straight away and I saw after I took the picture that they were a little dodgey but hey that’s okay im not perfect!


There are pros and cons to this lipstick I will admit, it’s such a beautiful colour adding to a simple eye day I love to make my lips pop. There are two ways to wear it, either apply full coverage for a deep red or grab a smudge brush and lightly blend it in from the edges. Personally I love the fuller look. It does seem to last a while the only issue being when I drink or eat the middle seems to fade and I find myself being self-conscious of reapplying as I don’t want it turning into a dark mess.
This links in with the cons of this beautiful colour, if anything comes into contact it will transfer, fingers, outfits, bottles, food. Along with this I often find myself being clumsy and having it smeared across my finger and my face. When I first got this colour my problem as well was finding a sharpener big enough to fit it! Which led with me a smushed down lip colour which was a lot messier to apply. However I did manage to find one in my local makeup store in England rather than NZ.

If you’re fancying a change with this pencil that applys like matt but feels like a gloss pick it up and add it to your collection now.

Another week and another blog series. This one had been on my mind for a while and I very much enjoyed(and I hope you did too) my last series.

This week its my Five Favourites of lipsticks!
I invested in lipstick when I was 17 and had an interview for a clothing store, not being the best with fashion etc I decided that if I bought some lipstick it would help with my interview. The lipstick I bought was called audition, I hope you can guess why. And I got the job, so I stand by my statement. Lipstick makes it.
Makes the outfit.
Makes the face.
Makes you.
If you don’t have the face for lipstick that’s fine, you still rock your lips. But my main statement for the past year is that a face isn’t complete without a good lipstick.
I find myself moving from wearing lipstick just for when I went out to wearing lipstick every day, I rarely put my face on and don’t add a colour to the lips.
Now if I had it my way, I would have so many lipsticks floating around I would probably need a whole makeup bag just for lipsticks. But sadly I do get told many times while staring at the different makes that I don’t need any more and I have enough etc.
I do get lip envy when I see people with such an extensive range or wearing such a beautiful colour. My main lip envy is with youtuber/blogger Helen Anderson who excels in beauty and has such a wonderful lip collection.
Mine may be still growing but I have acquired some favourites I wanted to share with the pros and cons of them. Let me know your favourites along the way and of your own.


DAY 1 –
Is the second lipstick I ever bought and for a long time was my primary colour and is still highly rated on my lip list. It’s the perfect go to. It’s Punky Pink by Barry M. Number 145. I know this off by heart after an incident where I lost it on a night out and the next day couldn’t remember what it was called and accidently got the wrong one. Nice one Lucy.
Its not too dark or light but I find the perfect blend of pink for a pale persons skin. I tend to make it my go to when im not wanting a giant statement face, for simple eye days or work when I don’t feel like my customers deserve my best. However I know when wearing it I always feel good.
Its lasting time can vary; I often find I only have to reapply it once after I’ve eaten and
even then it’s just to brighten the colour up a little. Although it does come off with surfaces/hands/bottles that touch it, ive found this doesn’t seem to affect the colour lasting on my lips as I frantically panic and search for a mirror.


If you’re looking for a just a suitable piece to add to your outfit I would highly recommend this to add to your collection.