Today I used Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick – ‘In love with Ginger’

Hi everyone!

Sorry for the late post today but a busy morning meant my usual schedule was a little thrown off!

Anyway has anyone noticed that Autumn officially arrived in the UK today? Chill-y. That’s all I’ll say. To truly get me in the mood, I rocked an orange hued lipstick today from Rimmel’s newly reformulated lipsticks in the Moisture Renew line – which has been a target of many a beauty blogger’s review in the past few weeks.

The shade I chose was ‘In Love with Ginger’ which people argue is a great dupe for Mac’s ‘Morange’ (which I also own). I can’t say it’s a bang on dupe. Mac’s tone is much more brazen whereas the Rimmel version is a little bit redder. However, if you’re doing beauty on a budget this is a great orange for Autumn. It comes out much redder in my photos than it really is so be warned – go see it in the flesh for yourselves first!

I swatched a sample of it below but I say again, it looks really red on here and it isn’t so go check it out in your local Boots or Superdrug before buying and you’ll see what I mean! The formula is definitely improved on these, really moisturising and great pigmentation! I’ll be previewing a really disappointing L’Oreal product in the not too distant future so you’ll get to see how much colour payoff is truly important to me!

Today I used Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Lipstick in 107 (Wine)

Morning all and welcome to the start of another working week!

Today there is definitely a nip in the air and Autumn certainly appears to be on its way! Despite holding out over the last few weeks which has seen mild after mild day, I now feel ready to start channelling true Autumnal make up looks – starting with…lips! (Where else for me, really?)

Although I loved the Kate Moss collection for Rimmel as soon as it hit stands and picked up the neutral colours months and months and months back when it first launched, I held off on this shade for some time. I debated for some time that it wasn’t the right shade of plum but on further inspection I’ve decided the more purple shades don’t suit me and the wine stains are much better instead.

So after many months, I went and got it. A word of warning, this is from the matte collection so is much less moisturising than the other lipsticks in the first round of the launch. That said, the colour pay off is so amazing, and teamed with a gloss or balm over the top, it could feel just as slick.

I absolutely love this lipstick, although it should come as no surprise given my love for the Kate lipsticks in their entirety.

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Today I used Garnier 5 second perfect blur smoothing perfecting primer

If you can get over the long winded-ness of the name of this product then keep reading!

I was first introduced to the world of primers at Christmas last year when my (then) dry skin was causing any blush product I used to go patchy and cling by the mid point of the day. My skin has since turned EXTREMELY oily (a lovely hormone change I didn’t see coming) and I now have the opposite problem that most make up slides around by 10am.

The girl I targeted worked at my local MAC counter and I lavished my woes on her. It was then she suggested I use a primer and while it sounded like a COMPLETE hoax into buying more expensive products I just went for it. I used their Prep + Prime radiance primer and I have to say it was brilliant. It didn’t break me out and my make up situation definitely improved. That said, at £29 for a pump tube that lasted less than 3 months it felt REALLY expensive and I haven’t found it in myself to re-purchase it yet.

To cut this extremely long story short, I have since been on the hunt for a replacement which is much more cost efficient. I saw a review for the Garnier product which was extremely positive and was subsequently on offer in Superdrug for about £8.60 – much better.

 

I had tested out the ever-popular cult product Nanoblur as it was cast off from my mum, but I found exactly the same problem she did – way too heavy and far too drying. My skin was upset just at the thought of it. After one use I never went back. This product is certainly lighter and definitely stops my make up sliding so much. It also has a weird texture though, and went applying it to my skin has this strange tendency to roll up in itself and just peel off. The first week of use also resulted in a GINORMOUS spot on my chin which was very frustrating. I continued using however, and it doesn’t cause major breakouts so this could have just been a coincidence with a hormonal surge.

All in all, I feel like the L’Oreal skin perfection instant blur product is the best of the three.

 

It’s got the thinnest texture and absorbs into the skin the easiest. I unfortunately don’t own the L’Oreal product and only used it once on the lend of a friend but it didn’t cause any immediate skin issues.

By way of a conclusion I still feel highly indifferent to most of these ‘instant blur’ products currently flooding the market. They’re definitely a good alternative to anything more high end but their formulas are more dangerous in terms of what they’ll do to your skin. If you can manage it definitely go for something which is purely a primer and doesn’t promise any magic and comes from a high end brand. If not give any of these a go and good luck!