Review Part 1: It's All About Moxie!

If you haven't already heard Bare Minerals have brought out a new Lip collection called Marvelous Moxie Lips. Moxie is a collection of Lipsticks, Lip Liners and Glosses. Over the next few days I will be bringing you pictures, swatches and my views of this collection

First of all lets talk about the Lipsticks!

I have a two of the Lipsticks in shades Never Say Never* which is a bright Fuchsia Pink and Be Free* which is a creamy pink nude. These lipsticks are beautiful they are creamy, opaque and don't feel heavy on the lips at all.

What is so great about these lipsticks is that they are extremely long lasting I managed to get away with 4 hours without needing to have a touch up. The other plus for me is that they don't dry out the lips because of the conditioning ingredients which are as follows: The formula includes Abyssinian Oil, Omega Fatty Acids and Vitamins A, C and E.

The packaging is very luxurious and with its unique design there is no chance of the lid coming off in your handbag which I think is great.

Would I purchase other colours? Yes I would, I would actually like to get some of the reds and some more of the nudes from this collection.

Would I use them on a model for a shoot? Yes I would due to the Opacity of the product and the longevity they would be amazing.

The Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie Lip Collection is in stores nationwide and on their website and comes in 18 different shades including some amazing Red shades and a super amazing Tangerine shade for all you darker skin tones, plus Tangerine is bang on trend. The Lipsticks from this collection are retailing at £16.00.

Have you tried this collection? Let me know what you thought in the comments.

Review & Swatches: Living Nature Lipsticks

A few weeks ago, the lovely people at Living Nature offered to send me some of their Lipsticks including their current best seller, Summer Rain Lipstick. After reviewing their make up remover a little while ago and being impressed, I jumped at the chance.

I immediately loved the packaging. I always think anything stored in a matte black container gives off more class and elegance. I have no idea why, its just something I like!

Ingredients

The box that the lipsticks come in contain all the standard information you would expect to see, plus a sell by date, as these products are all natural.

Onto the colours. I received Summer Rain, Warm Rocks and Warm Wood. I am not really a fan of brown lip colours although I would wear Warm Wood, as its a fairly light nude brown. My favourite, like everyone else, is Summer Rain, which is a light mauve-pink and suits my skin tone really nicely. (Probably doesn't suit the Red hair, but what the hell).

The Lipsticks have great pigmentation especially the darker shade, Warm Rocks, which has an almost matte finish, where as the other two have more of a sheen to them. What I love about these lipsticks is the fact they don't dry out my lips. I normally suffer with dry, chapped lips, but not with these, they glide on and leave my lips feeling soft and subtle when removed.

I really like the texture of these and I will definitely be wearing a lot more of Summer Rain, its a beautiful colour.

You can purchase these products from Living Nature's website for £15.00 each.

What do you think of the shades? Have you tried this brand before? Let me know what you think of them.

Ems xo

*PR sample sent for review. All views are my own