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Feb faves I've been loving this month.

Makeup
Just generally, and I know that's silly, we know I love makeup and that's basically what this blog is about. But I've been wearing makeup a lot this month and I've really been enjoying it.
I've also bought a LOT of new products (oops), so it's hard for me to pick from things I haven't had a chance to wear yet.
Oh and generally a lot of love for lipstick too. Fave.


MAC Faux

MAC Satin Lipstick in Faux

I've been wearing it quite a lot this month, it's my go to lipstick for interviews, a lovely pale pink - although it is quite sticky for a satin lipstick, my hair does get stuck in it!
But I've been loving it. I recently got Please Me as I wanted a light pink colour, when in fact, on me, Please Me is basically a bright pink. And all along Faux was there, the pink I'd been searching for.


Rimmel Wonder'full Mascara

Rimmel Wonder'full Mascara

I got this free in the post sometime last year, I don't remember entering a competition or a SoPost sample thing, so I have no idea where it came from, but I'm glad it turned up. I was a bit dubious at first, as it's quite a light mascara and as I have long lashes usually one swipe of mascara is too much, but this one didn't seem enough. But I actually like that, for once, I can build up a mascara.
So I usually pop it on at home in the morning and I can easily swipe it off with a face wipe if I decide to do my makeup properly once I get to work.
The only annoying thing is the end of the brush is quite rounded and I am forever stabbing the side of my nose and leaving black smudges.

Rimmel Wonder'full Mascara

Real Techniques Blush Brush

Real Techniques Blush Brush

 This brush. It's just. So soft, so fluffy, so amazing. I actually think I might be a little bit in love with it. I have two of them, one for blush and one for powder. Depending on the blush I do use a Real Techniques Buffing Brush (from the Core Collection) instead for a more concentrated look (which I always have to blend out as I put WAY too much on - love the blush).
I could own a hundred of these brushes.


Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick in Between The Sheets

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick in Between The Sheets

 What can I say? The perfect pink, matte finish and yet it's SO creamy.
I absolutely love this and I'm so glad I got it, well my husband bought it for me, but I picked it. I would definitely recommend picking it up, especially as they're currently running out of stock! (I think it might be out of stock now - sob. And wondering if I should have bought a spare.)

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Rvolution in Between The Sheets & K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Lipstick in Kiss Chase

TRESemmé Keratin Smooth & John Frieda Hair Products

TRESemmé 7 Day Keratin Smooth Shampoo

I just started using some OGX shampoo and conditioner, and whilst it smells lovely and I love the bottles (even if it is ridiculously hard to get the product out), I just don't think that they're great on my hair. It seems to be a bit more flyaway and drier, so I'm disappointed. Finally, getting to the point, for the last couple of months I have been using the John Frieda (one of the brunette ones) and TRESemmé Keratin Smooth shampoos and conditioners and I LOVE them. They smell nice, feel nice and make my hair lovely too.
Especially the TRESemmé hair mask, it is AH-mazing. I just picked up anther one as it was on offer at Superdrug.

TRESemmé Keratin Smooth Hair Masque

That's it for another month! I should have 1000 favourites next month with all the stuff I've bought this month.


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I recently got my first NYX Matte Lipstick, after umming and ahhing over which shade to get - Natural, Tea Rose, Whipped Caviar and Eurotrach - I settled on Whipped Caviar, it's something about the name.

Whenever I buy a non-MAC lipstick I find myself comparing it my beloved MAC lipsticks.
Whilst I like the Whipped Caviar shade, it's right up my street, I feel like the staying power of the NYX is lacking somewhat.
Whilst any lipstick I wear tends to come off a bit through out the day, hence my love to reapply, the MAC ones seem to fair better. But whichever lipstick, they do get put through their paces as I graze throughout the day and ingest my own volume in tea (I am an English gal after all!). The MAC lipsticks tend to stay on my mouth a bit more (instead of making weird smudges around my mouth from my tea cup) and maybe they stain my lips more or maybe they just stay more.
But I find that I can't reapply the NYX lipstick often enough, it really fades on my lips and it's just gone from the edges of my mouth.

For me, it's a bit of a deal breaker.

Looking at the NYX lipstick in the bullet, I also thought it looks like it contains less product than a MAC lipstick. However I had a quick look online and was shocked to find that it actually contains a whole 1.5g more than a MAC lipstick. But maybe this is outweighed by having to reapply...but as I said, I reapply A LOT anyway.

I know that the NYX lipstick is considerably cheaper, but it's my first cheapy lipstick in a while and I find the packaging to be so disappointing. I know that it's to be expected for the price, but the MAC ones are so sturdy and the click when the lid goes on...

I had a quick look and saw that a few people thought that MAC Faux and Twig were dupes for Whipped Caviar, as I also have both of those I thought I'd do a comparison. I also added Brave into the mix!

As you can see, Brave is certainly my favourite and has had quite a lot of wear!

L-R Brave, Faux, Twig, Whipped Caviar

I always find it so surprising how they can look so similar in the bullet and so different on skin/lips.
So none of them are the same, I'd say that Twig is quite a good dupe, followed by Brave, but Faux is quite different. But all of them could be very different paired with the right lip liner.

I'll definitely keep wearing (and constantly reapplying) Whipped Caviar, but I probably would repurchase or buy another NYX matte lipstick.
But don't hold me to that.

And the real question is, would I rather have 1 MAC lipstick or 3 NYX lipsticks? (Yes, I know it's like 2.4 NYX lipsticks, but we'll round up).
 I think what we've learn from this is that MAC definitely is my favourite...maybe to a slightly obsessive, adoring level.

What do you think of NYX lipsticks? Am I missing something? Or being too much of a makeup snob?

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