If you follow me over on the old Insta, you may have noticed a sharp increase in selfies over the last month.
That's because I've been playing along with the Fashionista In Suburbia 30 Lippies for 30 Days challenge, where I set myself the task of wearing a different shade every day.
Guess what? I TOTALLY DID IT!
Coming from someone who had about four lipsticks on rotation only a few short years ago, this is a telling indicator of how beauty blogging can affect your life in a very short space of time. . .
Here I present a months-worth of my head, with bonus unseen Auto-Awesome pics where appropes. I took the photos in the same place out the front of my house which accounts for differences in lighting, depending on what time of day it was!
That's because I've been playing along with the Fashionista In Suburbia 30 Lippies for 30 Days challenge, where I set myself the task of wearing a different shade every day.
Guess what? I TOTALLY DID IT!
Coming from someone who had about four lipsticks on rotation only a few short years ago, this is a telling indicator of how beauty blogging can affect your life in a very short space of time. . .
Here I present a months-worth of my head, with bonus unseen Auto-Awesome pics where appropes. I took the photos in the same place out the front of my house which accounts for differences in lighting, depending on what time of day it was!
L: Tarte Cosmetics Lipsurgence Liptint in "Sweet" R: Rimmel Lasting Finish in "Airy Fairy"
L: MAC Cosmetics Lipglass in "Naked Space" R: Rimmel Lasting Finish in "07"
L: Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate in "32" R: Clinique Chubby Stick in "Super Strawberry"
L: Maybelline Color Drama Lip Pencil in "Nude Perfection" R: Rimmel Lasting Finish in "Birthday Suit"
L: Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate in "29" R: Australis Velourlips in "Pa-Ree"
L: Urban Decay in "Wicked" R: Rimmel Lasting Finish in "Undressed"
L: Benefit "Benetint" R: MAC Cosmetics in "Rebel"
L: Maybelline Color Drama in "Love My Pink" R: Lucas' PaPaw Ointment
L: Australis Velourlips in "Mi-A-Mee" R: Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate in "20"
L: Maybelline Super Stay 14hr in "Red Rays" R: Kora Organics lip balm
L: Kat Von D Studded Kiss in "Lolita" R: MAC Cosmetics in "Rebel"
L: Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Matte in "103" R: Australis Velourlips in "Ma-Li-Boo"
L: Rimmel Lasting Finish in "04" R: Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Matte in "Kiss of Life"
L: Maybelline Color Drama in "Minimalist" R: Australis Velourlips in "Shang-Hi!"
L: Rimmel Lasting Finish in "15" R: Rimmel Lasting Finish in "Starry-Eyed"
Thoughts and Observations
I have a lot of Rimmel longwear lipsticks. Probably because they are well-priced, generally well-pigmented, come in a great variety of shades and are long lasting. That ticks all of my lipstick boxes.
That being said, the only criticism I have is that they need to put some more effort into their shade names. Numbers are boring. Having a mix of numbers and names - especially in the same line - is weird.
It wasn't terribly challenging to use a different lipstick every day, it just meant I had to think about what I had on and not "waste" any shades. I tried to save my neutrals for my at-home days and go bold for work or occasions, then I had the back-up balms for no make-up days.
Although I had enough lipsticks to complete the challenge at the start of the month, I went ahead and got some bargains at Chemist Warehouse that were incorporated into the rotation - Rimmel Lasting Finish in "103" and Maybelline Color Drama in "Minimalist" - and I didn't see anything that took my fancy at the Adelaide Hair and Make-up Show.
Favourites - hard to pick. While I do go for neutrals more often, I still love a bright bold lip. I am still really down with the Kat Von D Studded Kiss lipstick in Lolita though, so I'm going to go for that as it's kind of inbetween.
Least Favourites - As mentioned on the corresponding Instagram post, the Rimmel Lasting Finish in "15" is one I picked up in a Priceline dump bin for $4 and never wear because the colour payoff is minimal and it kind of looks a bit Halloweeny. I also rarely wear the MAC LipGlass (bit sticky) or the Clinique Chubby Stick because I'm more of a set and forget type of girl, even though they are both pretty colours. I don't dislike anything enough to commit to throwing it in the bin though!
For your interest, the first lipsticks I went for after the month was complete were Maybelline Color Drama in "Minimalist", then the Kat Von D Studded Kiss in "Lolita" for work the following day.
How many lipsticks do you reckon you have? How many do you actually wear?
- October 02, 2015
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