All About Lips #27 - Dark Lips

I love a good dark lip, there is no denying that.

All About Lips #20

My goodness, time certainly has flown by.
To mark the entry of Autumn, well we sort of are a good few weeks in, in all honesty.

Here's the OCC colour which is essentially the darkest colour I own.

BLACK DAHLIA

Orange you happy, Bob?

Orange was so last season, Bob.

I know. Tell me about it. But I can't get enough of it! 

The moment I saw orange being the 'IT' colour on the Spring '14, my eyes would not stray. You could ask Christabel all about my orange obsession. Every shop, every orange, every swatch. And she could vouch for me that I've got a building collection of orange based lipsticks in my drawer. For the love of makeup, I don't know why I'm obsessed with it.  I feel like in this post, I'd have to share with you every Orange journey I've taken in the year itself and I think I am very content with my purchases. I'm done looking for Orange.

In started with:

1. MAC Neon Orange, 2012, Amplified, £15.50.
2. Topshop Rio Rio, 2012, Satin Matte, £8.00.
3. Nars Cinematic Short Circuit, Nov 2013, Luminous finish, Limited, £19.50
4. Giorgio Armani Rouge Ecstacy CC Tangerine, January 2014, Moisturising, £26.50.
5. Giorgio Armani Lip Maestro Flesh, February 2014, Matte Lacquer, £26.50.
6. Maybelline Color Sensational Shine Gloss Electric Orange, March 2014, Glossy, £6.12.
7. Nars Satin Lip Pencil Timanfaya, May 2014, Satin, Limited, £18.00.
8. MAC Pro Longwear Pencil What a Blast!, July 2014, Matte, £15.00
9. OCC Lip Tar Beta, July 2014, Matte, £11.95.
10. Givenchy Le Rouges Fruit Défendu, July 2014, Amplified, Limited, £25.00.
11. Bobbi Brown Lip Rich Color Blazing Red, July 2014, Matte Moisturising, £19.50.
12. Nars Lipgloss Wonder, July 2014, Gloss, £18.50.

If I had to pick a favourite and to wear one anytime, anyday. I think I would pick OCC Lip Tar Beta. It's such a bright yellow tone orange that lasts so long and has a very comfortable finish to wear (4th one down in swatches)

Swatches in the Shade and Natural Light.
1 to 13 (bottom up)

And to finish the orange post, I decided to make one final orange purchase to tie the whole look together when I wear my orange lip and that is an all rounder blush that compliments these lipstick:

NARS Taj Mahal
(Blazing Burnt Orange with Golden Shimmer)

Have you got something orange lurking in your make up that you love? Please do share it with me in the comment box!

Guru MakeUp Emporium

Who is Guru MakeUp Emporium?


Situated at 12 Kensington Church Street London, W8 4 EP,
they hold a load of product that you don't get to see elsewhere! Ranging from

Make Up For Ever
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics
Ben Nye
Embroylisse
Parian Spirit Brush Cleanser
EX1 Cosmetics

and many more!


Bob brought me there and I was really very overwhelmed.
Here are some pictures of things I remembered to take pictures of!

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics

These are all the lip tars, gloss stains and everything lip!
The pots behind are actually concealers but I was not looking for any concealers so stayed on this side to have a little play around

The pigmentation, is all sorts of crazy, this was the tiniest dab.
*Also, my hand is stained from the Revlon Colourstay Moisture Stain swatched earlier in the day and removed with just a baby wipe - lesson of the day : they really do stain.