Last week I was perusing the Maybelline counter at my local Boots when I noticed a flurry of new lip launches that got me extremely excited. Pencils! Lipglosses! Tinted Lipbalms! Yet I thought to myself “You have more than enough lip products. Put the matte fuchsia pencil down and back away from the stand”, which I promptly did and felt extremely pleased with myself. Then I returned two days later and bought five things. Five beautiful things that I have to show you today.
I’ll start with the product I’m least excited about which is the Baby Lips Electro. Regular readers will know how much I love a tinted lip balm, yet for some inexplicable reason I just couldn’t get excited about the Baby Lips when they launched, even though everyone was going crazy for them – in fact I think I have a couple of unopened shades in my stash.
The Baby Lips Electro version are a little more appealing and I have to say that surpassed my expectations as they really deliver on both moisture and pigment. The shade I picked up was Pink Shock and I wanted to get my hands on Strike a Rose too, but they’d run out. The Maybelline site says there are 6 new neon shades, but I can only find four. These are an insanely well-priced £2.99 here – link.
Next we have the biggest launch, which are the Maybelline Color Elixirs available in ten shades, some of which are seriously stunning. These are hybrid products that deliver a gloss in a balmy texture with plenty of colour pigment – to me they’re a little bit like the Revlon Moisture Stains just without the stain element and instead with more gloss.
I picked up two shades, Hibiscus Haven – a blue-leaning bright fuchsia (right in the above picture) and Blush Essence – a muted pink that’s a really lovely take on a nude finish (left in the above picture). These are £6.99 here – link.
Last are my favourites which are the Color Drama pencils which are creamy, matte lipsticks available in nine shades. These are well worth checking out if you’re a fan of a matte lip as the finish is lovely, as are the shades available.
I picked up Fuchsia Desire – a relatively muted magenta (right in the above picture) and my personal favourite In With Coral (left in the above picture) which I think most people will go a bit crazy for as it’s a very flattering take on coral; surprisingly orange yet muted enough to not look too in-your-face. These are £4.99 a go here – link -which is money very well spent and these are truly fab.
There’s currently a 3for2 on Maybelline products at Boots so if you fancy trying any of these products then now is the time!
*I paid for these with the justification that they’d make for an awesome post.
OMG I really don’t need any more lip products, but these are seriously tempting me!
Just avoid Boots as if you’re anything like me then the 3for2 will sway you…xx
The Colour Drama pencils are gorgeous! Must try them!
They are every bit as good as they sound – absolutely brilliant! xx
These all look so lovely (and make an awesome post, your money was justified)! I spied the Color Drama pencils the other day and was quite intrigued as I’m a massive Matte lips fan, this post has just sold me on them. The colours you got are great!
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THanks so much! Me too – I love matte lips as I think you can go for some really bright shades and they’ll still look muted and not too OTT. These are truly fab and well worth checking out xx