The Latest From The Highstreet

Boots and Superdrug have both had 3 for 2 recently, which obviously spelt disaster. I took advantage of it to stock up on autumn lip products and one powder. I noticed a serious plum lip gap in my collection and went a little overboard filling it.

I picked up the L'Oreal Nude BB Powder, since I LOVE the foundation from the same line. This is a very light, finely milled powder, not much coverage but good as a setting powder. I personally think it's a little pricey, it's marketed as a BB Powder but it doesn't offer enough coverage for that. I probably wouldn't buy it again, despite the fact it's good, just because you can get the same thing cheaper (ahem, Rimmel Stay Matte).

Side note: I have no idea why my eyes are closed in all these photos. Sorry about that. Weird.

I loved the original Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipsticks, so when they repackaged and reformulated them, I new I needed to pick a couple up. I went for Let's Get Naked, a coral peach toned nude, and Glam Plum Fullham. I thought I was going to prefer Glam Plum Fullham, but it turns out my favourite is Let's Get Naked. I don't own anything else like Let's Get Naked, but I've had so many compliments on this colour, a woman even stopped me in Starbucks to ask me what lip colour I was wearing. Glam Plum Fullham is nice but much pinker than I expected, but the creamy formula means it gets everywhere. I do quite like it as a stain though.

With all they hype when the Apocalips were first released, I was really surprised that a whole new set of colours filtered into the drugstores without much notice from anyone. I have a kinda love hate relationship with these things, but I loved one of the new shades, Eclipse, so I thought I'd try it. It wears a lot darker, and a lot redder than the packaging would lead you to believe, but I actually love this colour. It's very much a statement lip colour, but it doesn't look like too much, it's really wearable. 

I also picked up Nude Eclipse from the original colours, since everyone and their mothers loves it, but I'm not a fan. It looks so weird on me, like milky, and it just sits on my lips and doesn't really set like the others. It washes me out too, no matter how much bronzer I pile on.

I'm not a massive gloss girl, but I do like Revlon Glosses, because they aren't sticky at all. This colour 056 Embellished is from their new winter collection. In the tube it looks like a deep purple gloss with a lot of shimmer, but on the lips it's more of a dark red colour, with only a slight hint of shimmer. Very pretty, and much more wearable than a lipstick of the same colour for the day.

Again, nobody seemed to really mention the new shade additions to the Bourjois Colour Boost line. This is Plum Russian which I just love. You can build it up to a dark plum colour, or wear it like this for a more subtle look. This ones been in my handbag since I got it.

Have you tried any of these? What have you bought at the drugstore recently?