In my absence from the blog, I've developed a new lipstick love. There was a serious gap in my lip colour wardrobe for a pink that's a little darker than my natural lip colour, but not quite in the same region as my Chanel lip pick of choice, which definitely border on the neon. In essence, what I wanted was an unoffensive lip shade with a bit of a kick, I have a lot of barely there pinks from MAC (Lovelorn, Sunny Seoul, Viva Glam Gaga..) but nothing that I could wear with a neutral eye without being too 'done', or I could apply lightly with a bit of a smokey look.
Whilst YSL's Rouge Volupte Shine #17 Rose in Tension would have filled that gap wonderfully (I spend a lot of my time at work gazing lovingly at that one) my budget was a little less excited by that option, so a little aprés work swatching at the MAC counter in Selfridges and I left with this shade, Lustering (and two Lola's Cupcakes, but we won't mention those). I thought this might have been new because I don't think I've ever come across it before, but apparently it's been around for ages!
It's a warm pink with red undertones, something I don't usually favour, but quite like in this lipstick. I actually went in thinking about Crosswires, after seeing a few people mention it recently, but when I swatched it, it was a lot more peachy than I expected. My eye however, was instantly drawn to this number. It's a lustre finish which I'm not usually a fan of, but in this case is a good thing, since you can wear it sheer, or build it up, like I have in the above photo (also, please excuse squinty eyes in this photo, it was so sunny but it's the only photo I have of me wearing it!). It actually looks a little darker in that picture than in real life, I think that's just down to the sunlight though.
It's not too intensely pigmented so it makes it quite easy to wear, and it's definitely a more daytime appropriate take on the bold pink lip I've been loving for summer.
All in all, I'm really pleased with this lipstick, so much so I barely noticed the cheeky little price hike MAC seem to have taken? I can see myself wearing this for the rest of the summer!
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