I am a firm believer that red lipstick should not just be for formal occasions. For me, it is more of an everyday staple. If it's not red, then it's orange or pink. There are no nudes here (expect an occasional terracota hued brown-orange shade I love). I have been wearing red lipstick for quite a number of years and even before I embraced the vintage style I was sporting a rouge pout most days, so I regard myself as quite a connoisseur. I have dabbled in a few higher end brands, such as MAC but mostly stick to highstreet affordable brands. I will always sample new red lip products to see if it rivals my favourites but at the moment I am pretty much 100% happy with my top lippies, so I thought I'd share all my red lip products and you can choose your own winner.
I originally was attempting to photograph all of the lipsticks actually on my lips so you could see what they look like on, but as you can imagine that was a complete fail owing to the fact I have pretty small lips and most of my lipsticks are long wearing, matte and opaque so trying to remove each shade neatly was just never going to happen so by the third lip swatch I was looking like I'd been eating strawberries all day! Not attractive! So, I've just stuck to good old arm swatches and I have also photographed each product (in a festive fashion, I might add!). Hopefully, you might finish this post itching to get to a Boots or Superdrug to try my winners for yourself and if you have one that isn't listed here and you know it is your most worn, then please do share in the comments section!
