MUA Lipsticks

As I'm only just beginning to explore MUA lip products (I've usually stuck to their shadows, concealers etc) I thought I'd let you all know what I make of them as I go along. And I can happily see me making my way through them all, as they're so cheap! You can never have enough lipsticks :)

So far I have two moisturising lipsticks and one matte. I've not really been very attracted to matte lips before, as I tend to have dry lips and this doesn't help much. But hey ho, give it a go!

Left - Shade 3, Middle - Peachy Keen (Matte), Right - Shade 2.

I am always more likely to go for reds when choosing lip colours, even though I don't wear them on a daily basis. I save those powerful pouts for special evenings usually, but I can't resist them! There's something about a great red lip that always makes me feel really womanly and strong. Anyone else? No?.. Okay. Therefore when you look through my lipstick collection you will see lots of different varieties of red. Pinkish reds, blue toned reds, plum reds, coral reds.. So really you can't blame me for these three MUA picks to be heavily red based.

The first, the creatively named Shade 3 (snooze..) is a like a deep pink/red and a pleasure to wear. Still a hint of delicate 'girlyness' for me to pass off in daytime if I wish. Great formula, oh so soft and easy to apply. Although I realise you wouldn't think so from that photo above.

Secondly, we have the much more aptly named Peachy Keen. Now this is the Matte one of the bunch. And while I love the coral tone, I'm just not sure I love this formula. In fact I know I don't. Look how bad it looks on my lips! Now, I'm not slagging off this poor little matte. It really doesn't help that my lips are naturally dry. When I popped some vaseline over this lipstick, the colour looked gorgeous! But that's defying the point of a matte lippy then isn't it? Sorry to say I'll be straying away from matte lipsticks for a while.

Last but not least we have Shade 2. This is the plum coloured red and oh my gosh I have to tell you guys I love it. Again it applies lovely and feels so smooth and soft on my lips, but the colour is just the bees knees for me! I've wanted to experiment with more plum/darker tones for Autumn/Winter and I think this is the first I've found which looks nice on me and I feel comfortable wearing. Also, it lasted a few hours on me which is quite impressive (for me).

The final plum shade is easily the winner for me. I'll definitely be experimenting with darker shades for this Autumn, and I can see me replacing this MUA one as soon as I've ran out because I've fallen for it so much!