Monday 15 April 2013

MUA my fav new makeup brand


My totally favourite makeup brand at the moment has to be MUA available to us in the UK at Superdrug. I had heard a few make up bloggers talk about MUA and thought I would check it out, and now I am hooked!

Firstly MUA is very affordable, and their makeup ranges from lips sticks for £1, blushers £1, £2. I have put a link to there website- http://www.muastore.co.uk/

 

So what have I brought and what did I think?

 

As you can guess from my blog name LipSticksOfLove I do love my lipsticks, so I was drawn straight to them.

I brought the following colours…

Shade in order from left to right
Shade 9, Shade 6, Shade 4, Shade 3
 
On my wrist..
In order on my wrist (because I mixed them up opps!)
Shade 9, Shade 3, Shade 6, and Shade 4
 
Now I have dark hair and dark brown eyes, and I always think that reds and bright pinks normally look better on me. But I have started to be a “bit” more daring! I will start with my favourite of the 4 and that has to be shade 3, wow what a colour. I have a very similar colour by Sleek called loved up. Think I paid about £5 for it, so an alternative for £1 is fab! The colour itself has great pigment, the colour is really rich. I would say that the sleek one, once applied to the lip isn’t going anywhere, where this isn’t as stay proof. But it does look very fresh on the lip, rather then dry.
My next fav colour is Shade 6, again a lovely colour. For me more of a day to day colour. I work in an office with all men so don’t always want a heavy lip! Again it isn’t stay proof all day, but I would say it needs applying once or twice. It is moist on lip, so great if you are prone to dry lips.
Next is Shade 9, this is more of a brown shade then I would normally wear. I have only worn it the once and I wore it with a quite light make up. I was actually surprised how much I liked it, and made a change from the normal red and pinks I wear. The lipstick again, looks fresh on the lips, and this shade has a slight shimmer to it, so not ideal if you like your lips matt. Same as the other shades, it doesn’t last all day so will need to be touched up once or twice thought the day.
Lastly and the one I was most disappointed with is Shade 4, and just because it doesn’t really come out. You can see on the swatch on my wrist, it is very light and I have put quite a bit on. This is ideal for a really light lip, if you have gone for a heavy eye and instead of just going for a glossed lip you want to add a little colour!
 
All in all, I will defiantly be using all these lovely lippys, and I am pleased with my purchases!
 
I hope this has help you a little if you are looking for some new lipsticks :0)
 
Thanks for reading
LipSticksOfLove Leanne xx