Collection Cream Puff in Cotton Candy

Seems like I'm going through phases with products. Nail varnishes last week, lip products this week...

Let's address the elephant in the room. This lip cream smells of Flump!! I was impressed when THIS MUA product smelt of liquorice but this smell is the next level! Anyway about the actual product..

I think the name of this is deceiving, when I think of Cotton Candy, I think baby pink. This is more of 'your lips but more pink in a good way' purple undertoned pink (if that makes any sense to anyone but me!). It's been floating around the blogosphere that this is a dupe for something from Mac. Correct me if I'm wrong but this is what pushed me to pick it up. I haven't actually tried anything from Mac (shock horror) but a drugstore dupe for such an esteemed brand, I was intrigued. 

As you can see, it's described to have a matt finish. This tends to discourage me as I hate the fact matt products make it hard to rub your lips together. When I first applied this, I hated it for just that reason. The colour (I'm in love) however made me persevere and I'm glad I did. There's no need for me to rub my lips together so I don't. Problem solved! The wear time on this is good, which I would put down to it being a matt product. Even after a couple of hours, with eating and drinking, there was still remants of it there. Extra bonus points in my book for the fact it wore evenly. I cannot stand how a bad wearing lipstick looks!



Rant over! Have you tried any of these lip creams? I'm tempted to get another but I'm unsure of the shade selection?

 

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Miss Sporty Hollywood Forever Sweet Dance lipgloss

In my search to expand my lip product collection, I came across Soap and Glory's Sexy Mother Pucker in Punchbowl. To say I fell head over heels for that colour would be an understatement. I swatched up half of Boots (and Superdrug!) looking for an affordable dupe! As good as the product is, as a student, I can't justify £9 on a lip gloss. Whilst not finding anything that replicated that gorgeous candy floss pink, I did find this Miss Sporty lip gloss in Sweet Dance. A light pink wouldn't be something I'd usually go for (fuchsia pinks and purpley pinks being my safe area) as they can make me look weird but I really liked this one.

The application is good, a couple of swipes and you've got a good colour pay off. However it doesn't last for long. After a couple of hours, I was having to reapply but I feel that this is to be expected with anything that isn't a lipstick. It wears well, in that it doesn't hang to the dry areas on your lips and it doesn't have that sticky lip gloss feel on the lips (as long as you don't rub them together too much). The one down side to this lip gloss is that you can't reapply more than twice before you have to start over with clean lips. It doesn't handle layering too well. Not the best choice for people with little time for reapplication.

You can order it HERE or pick it up in your local Superdrug/Boots

Have you got any Miss Sporty lip glosses? Any recommendations of lip products? I'm dying to try some new ones!

   

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Sally Hansen Lip Inflation and Poundland Discovery

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I have been absolutely crazy for lip products recently! I can't seem to get enough of them! Luckily for me, I made a potentially money saving discovery, Poundland sell make up! They sell them in clear packets and stock a range of products and brands. However, it's a bit like a jumble sale, you never know what gems you'll find, if any at all. I spotted some Wet n' Wild products in there, which will sure have me going back for more! I will say, however, the colours and shades aren't always desirable, which is maybe why they're only a pound.

Anyway, ramble over, I picked up this Sally Hansen lip gloss in Sheer Blush in Poundland. As the name says, its a sheer gloss with a hint of peachiness and shine. It's designed to make the lips inflate and has that tingly feeling, which I personally quite like. It has a sweet candy like smell to it, which is an added bonus. It would look great over a lipstick to add shine or just on its own. The one blip is the applicator. It's not bad, just unusual. It's taken me a few applications to get used to 'painting' my gloss on! haha

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