My Top Lipsticks For Summer: Brights

Considering we're now almost half way through the month of May, I have well and truly got my 'must prepare for summer' frame of mind in place and am making all the changes from the colours in my wardrobe, to my footwear choices, to my daily make up picks, to even my breakfast decisions! - You can't eat porridge on a warm morning, it's just wrong.

As soon as the sun decides to come out and play from behind that big old black cloud then there is a handful of lip products that I know I will be gravitating towards with no doubt about it. You might sense a little bit of a theme with this post about what my favourite lip colours are, but here are my top picks for summer lips: 

 (I definitely did not originally spell 'Vegas Volt' wrong and have to correct it....)

MAC
Vegas Volt

My Mac lipstick collection is far from huge, but out of a small range of choices Vegas Volt easily comes out on top as my favourite shade. It's an amplied finish lipstick which means that the colour pay off really packs a punch with an opaquely pigmented shade but a creamy soft and long lasting formula. It's a lovely strong coral shade that can really perk up your day.

Topshop

All About Me

All About Me is a moisturising matte lipstick which again means that there's a strong colour pay off that's going to last all day - that's exactly what you need on a hot and humid day, you don't want pink waxy stuff smearing all around your mouth do you? All About Me is a gorgeously bright hot pink shade with blue undertones to really bring out the pink-ness in it. It's love.

Fire Cracker

Firecracker might actually be not so much of a practical choice, based on what I just said above about a lipstick having the ability to melt off your face as this is a moisturising velvet finish which means it's a lot more creamy, i.e. more slippy and slidey! But, there's no denying that the shade is absolutely to die for. It's an extremely bright red with strong orange hues that makes a huge statement and is a nice alternative to a classic pure red.

Rimmel
Kate Moss Lasting Perfect - Shade 20

Hey hot pink lips. You're my favourite. You can never have too many shades of hot pink lipsticks! I think I would go as far as to say that this is my favourite lipstick that I own. It's very similar to All About Me but it leans a tad more purpley and it is the most flattering shade of bright pink that I have ever seen. 

Kate Moss Matte Finish - Shade 110

More orange?! This is another coral shade but it has a bit more of a red base to it than any of the other coral shades that I own, and for such a bright colour I think that this is one of the easiest ones to wear and is definitely one of my most worn lipsticks, ever. Also the semi-matte finish of it means that it stands the test of time, even in the hottest weather.

Okay, so the running theme of this was post was that I love hot pink and bright coral lipsticks. I hope that you enjoyed my top 5 choices for summer lip products!
Which is your favourite?


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Topshop Make Up | All About Me Lipstick

 

I recently had a little spend on some Topshop make up as a treat to myself and 'All About Me' is the lipstick that I picked up in this haul after a very heavy swatching session and a lot umming and aahing. I absolutely loveeee this little tube of pinky goodness! 'All About Me' is an extremely bright and bold shade, as the name would suggest it. It is a bright, bright pink - almost neon it's so bright. When I bought 'Brighton Rock' a few months back I thought that was vibrant.. but now I've seen this one it makes 'Brighton Rock' look pretty subdued! See the two of them side by side below for colour comparison; 'All About Me' is a lot brighter and a deeper, richer pink shade and the blue undertones within it are quite noticable.

 

It is a matte lipstick, but it's a 'moisturising matte', meaning that there is no tugging and pulling on the lips or emphasis on dry patches, but it still has the long term staying power and good colour pay off. Basically it has everything that you could ever want in a lipstick. Yesterday, I gave this lipstick the test of time, applying it at 10am and it did not need a touch up at all until around half past five. As the hours passed this lipstick gradually but evenly faded away and left a hot pink stain on the lips. I reapplied at 6pm and then ate a full roast dinner with pudding and a few cups of tea later and it was still looking good.

 

Topshop lipsticks all cost £8.00 each so are at the higher end of the drugstore price range but they're definitely worth it as they easily give brands like Mac a run for their money in terms of quality and I certainly wouldn't say that their make up is overpriced like a lot of Topshop's clothing items notoriously are. When it comes to the packaging I do think that this plays a part in the overall rating of product because if I'm going to pull something out of my bag for a touch-up, or have it sitting on my dressing table, then I want it to be visually appealing as a whole, not just when the product is applied onto my lips. At first I really loved the packaging on Topshop make up items; I thought they were 'cute' and different. But now, the novelty has worn off and I find that it makes them look a little bit immature and those lipstick tubes just don't have the durability factor to be able to withstand transport. I took one of these on just one night out in my bag and it is now disgusting to look at; it's scratched, scraped, dented, chipped and just downright grubby! So, I'd give these a thumbs down on the packaging, but other than that I think that the price, the shade, the colour pay off, the consistency and the wear time of 'All About Me' score very highly and this is one of my new favourites for a bright and bold lip colour.
 

 

 

See the other Topshop goodies that I treated myself to in my beauty haul - LINK.

Do you have any recommendations for other Topshop lipsticks I might like?

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