5 Must-Have MAC Lipsticks for Brown Skin

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When I say I was obsessed with MAC lipsticks back in the day...I was obsessed. Despite only working around 8 hours a week, I used to take myself off to House of Fraser once a month, after payday, to treat myself to a new MAC lipstick. This was back in the day when they were only £12 or so, might I add.

Although my obsession with MAC has somewhat died down, their lipstick are still my most reached for.  I've round up my top 5 MAC lipsticks of choice for those of you with a similar medium brown skin tone to myself. Warning, these are all matte but don't worry they aren't drying!

The Red Lipstick Collection

A phrase often said to me is "why do you need another red lipstick Daena?" - well every red lipstick is different to me.  Below is my current collection of red lipsticks, and from the swatches you can see that all are very very different. 

  

I would probably have to say my most used are the Revlon Lip Butter in Candy Apple, the Revlon Colourburst Matte Balm in Striking Spectaculaire and lastly the Collection lipstick in Queen of Hearts. The Collection lipstick was in fact my first ever red lipstick, so although it is probably well past its use by date, I feel I cannot part with it.

1. MUA Shade 1
- Creamy and pigmented but hard to remove

2. Miss Sporty - Dream
- Very Bright, not too long lasting either

3. Maybelline Super Stay - Continuous Cranberry
- Stays on ridiculously well, matte finish

4. Revlon Lip Butter - Candy Apple

- Sheer colour, moisturising and slightly glossy

5. Revlon Colourburst Matte Balm - Striking Spectaculaire

- Matte (duh), not too pigmented, staying power is ok

6. Collection Lasting Colour - 1 Queen of Hearts

- Not the best staying power and a bit drying to the lips

7. Elf Matte Lip Colour - Rich Red

- Matte finish, bit drying on the lips but the tip makes it easy to apply precisely

8. GOSH - 60 Lambada - (newest edition to my collection)

- Gorgeous colour, moisturising and easy to build up colour

9. Sleek Matte Me - Rioja Red 

- Applicator makes application easy, bit drying on the lips, matte finish, hard to remove

10. Rimmel - Kate Moss 107

- Matte finish, slightly more vampy, not too drying

11. Rimmel Apocolips - Big Bang 

- Glossy Lip Lacquer, gorgeous colour, gets on teeth easily despite tricks!

Some may say I have far too many red lipsticks, but this is only the beginning my friends - I guarantee I will have at least 4 more by the end of Summer. Admittedly 2, 3 and 6 do come out very similar but the texture of them is far from similar. 

Each lipstick has its own perks and its own disadvantages so they are all good and used for different purposes and events. 

I used Micellear water to see how easily they could be removed and to really test their staying power. As you can see, the MUA lipstick, the Maybelline Super Stay and the Sleek Matte Me lip colours stayed on the best! I am not even exaggerating when I say I was scrubbing at my arm for 5 minutes and the Sleek one is still there fully  even now. 

I hope this has been helpful and inspired you to go out and buy a red lippy...or two...

My Lipstick Collection

Hello everyone!
Hope you are all well on this (very) cold Monday. 
I was thinking of posts I could do over the upcoming week and thought it would be nice if I could show you all my Lipstick collection/lip glosses, although it is not large. I thought it would be interesting not just for you but for me as well, so I can look back at the end of the year and see how much the collection has grown!

So I store all my lip products in an empty Glossybox because they look super cute and pretty on the outside, and I just haven't got space to buy drawers to store all my makeup in. I use these boxes to store Nail Polish and all my other makeup as well, except the stuff I use everyday. 

The random bits and bobs I have - All the lip products here are from brands which I have no more than 2 lip products from, or from brands I cannot remember

 In the above photo, my most used products are probably my Elizabeth Arden Eight our Cream, my Sleek Matte Me and the MeMeMe Cherubs Blush which I use as a lip stain.

My small MAC lipstick collection - Speak Louder and Morange

I particularly love the Collection lipsticks I just find they are super creamy and easy to apply! They don't have the best staying power but for such a cheap price I cannot fault them.

A few NYC Products - not the best available on the high street I'm not going to lie

Calvin Klein - Eros, Orange Too and this one on the right is called Contrast

Revlon is possibly one of my all time favourite high street brands for Lip products, they have such an amazing variety. My favourites are the Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains and the Lip Butters. I have the Stain in Rendez-Vous and Lovesick, the Lip Butter in Candy Apple and their regular lipstick in Softsilver Rose. 

Another amazing brand for Lip products is Rimmel. The Apocolips are a huge love in the blogger world and so is the Kate Moss lipstick in 107. There is not one Rimmel lipstick in my collection that I don't like, they are all phenomenal and again such a bargain.

Maybelline do some good lipsticks that stay on for a huge period. The Maybelline Super Stay 14 Hour Lipsticks which are on the left literally do not budge at all! Sometimes I think the staying power is better than my MAC lipsticks. On the far right we have the Colour Sensational Popstick in Cherry Pop which is just a tinted lip balm. I think I only bought this because it was pretty...

Last but not least my MUA Lipsticks. Lets not even talk about the Matte ones because they are the worst thing ever made, but the regular ones are amazing for £1. There is not a huge colour selection but they are super moisturising and go on the lips smoothly. 

I hope you guys enjoyed looking at my lipstick collection! There are a few more products that aren't in here that I just could not find to photograph which is a bit of a pain, but I am looking forward to seeing how much this collection grows by the end of the year!

What are your favourite lip products?