The Summer edit: Drugstore summer lip products

With the warm weather here, my make-up routine has started to change a little. I've tended to turn more to creamier products instead of powder, and want something that looks clean and fresh. I've also been turning towards light pinks and peaches on my lips, which provide a pop of colour and sheen but not too dramatic.

In the summer I don't really tend to go for strong colours on my lips, instead opting for sheer washes of colour to brighten up my day to day look. I'm all for a more natural summer make-up look.

The Rimmel lasting finish Kate Moss lipstick in no.38 is a my lips but better pink/nude colour. It's a great everyday colour, especially for work. It is well pigmented and the colour lasts a good few hours before wearing properly. It has a slight sheen on the lips, so doesn't necessarily need a gloss over the top, which is great.

Maybelline colour sensational in peach poppy (418) is very much a peachy coral colour, as the name suggests. This one is possibly my favourite of the three lipsticks, but I think that is because it screams summer to me. It applies quite sheer, but is a really build able product for more colour. This lipstick applies smoothly and has an almost creamy finish, which feels moisturising. It isn't the most long lasting lipstick, disappearing after a few hours, but if it is applied with a light hand, fades well. This is perfect for everyday wear and just looks like summer in a lipstick. 

Collection lipstick in no.2 Tulip is a great product for the £2.99 price tag attached to it. It is a pastel peach/pink shade with a matte formula, but isn't drying on the lips. Again it is a product that can be built up for a more dramatic look. For a matte formula this product feels really smooth on my lips and wears really well, lasting quite a few hours before needing touching up. 

Rimmel Oh my gloss lip glosses in Stay my rose, Glossaholic and Purrr... glossy cat are my favourite things! These lip glosses have been my go to high-street lip glosses for years, previously called Stay Glossy lip glosses. The formula is great, it feels moisturising on the lips, provides a tint of colour to the lips and wears really well. I really can't rave enough about these lip glosses and I go through far too many to prove it. There is a vast colour range, but these three are my favourite go to products, especially for summer when I just want a quick bit of colour.

Essence Lash Princess Volume Mascara

The past few weeks I've been stuck in a bit of a make-up rut. I've not really liked or loved anything new or things that I already owned. But, in my March Glossy box I received an Essence Lash Princess Volume Mascara and I'm back in love with make-up again!

It's brilliant! It's got a unique 'cobra head' shaped brush as the company have called it, but it does seem to be able to coat all of my lashes pretty easily and lets me get right into the corner of my eye pretty easily. 

I've taken a picture with it on one eye and not the other, and I think it's pretty good. This is one quick coat applied and I've not curled my lashes as I would normally have done, so you can see it properly.

It gives plenty of definition, they're fuller, longer and it holds a curl pretty well. It gives a very fluttery looking finish, which i personally like, but enough definition. I can be quite fussy with mascaras sometimes, I want the product to do everything and this pretty much does! 

If you're wanting mega volume, then maybe it isn't quite for you, but for me this is an excellent everyday mascara with enough volume and length. I do normally wear a little liquid liner on my top lash line too, which gives that little extra definition and a fuller appearance.

The packaging reminds me of the new Benefit Roller lash mascara, with the grip-able coral lid, but I can't compare the product as I've yet to try it.

I've worn it for a full week now, and it doesn't transfer onto my eyelid, it hasn't flaked down my face and it can last a full 45 minute spin class and not budge, which is incredible!

It is also priced at an amazing £3.30! So at this price I think it has become my favourite mascara, bye bye Clinique high impact! For UK readers, it is stocked in Wilko, so I think I'll be heading down to my nearest store and checking out some more of their range as the price and the quality of this mascara, have set my hopes very high indeed!

Little black boots

Thankfully we've had good summer weather in the UK for so long this year, that when it suddenly turned freezing this week I completely panicked. I love sandals, floatly tops and coral nails and didn't want to give them up!

But as much as I love summer I do love cosy winter clothes and wrapping up all warm and snug. I popped into new look to try and get my some boots and found this lonely pair sat on the shelf:

They’re simple, classy and go with almost everything on a day to day basis, which is what I wanted.

They’re priced at £24.99 which I didn't think was a bad price, but when I got to the till the Girl said £12!!! I didn't argue with her because they were a bargain, cheaper than Primark! I've checked the website since and they’re still £24.99.

They’re not the comfiest of boots so far, but I'm determined to break them in for that price.


*Pictures courtesy of New Look website