Long Lasting Lips

Super long lasting lip colours seem to be the flavour of the month with great releases from both the high end concessions and the highstreet alike.

The most recent release is the Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet which is a long lasting liquid lipstick that dries to a matt finish. The formula is good and surprisingly not drying on the lip. I find that if I blot between coats to layer the colour then I get a long lasting result that wears evenly. No lines around the outside of your mouth here!

The colour as you can see below is a vibrant red, this shade is 01 and is a true pillar box red. The camera is showing is as slightly more orange than is true. A great bold lip and perfect as a handbag emergency colour for when you need to quickly vamp up a look. At £8.99 these won't break the bank either although it may be hard not to go out and buy every shade in the collection. (Available from Boots)

The second offering is more of a muted every day colour and I bought this one with the intention of wearing it to work. L'Oreal L'Extrodinare Liquid Lipsticks are available in 9 shades and boast to have the colour intensity of a lipstick, shine of a gloss and softness of a balm. This rosy pink is shade 101.

Personally while this one makes a nice lipgloss I don't think it has great staying power. Things seem to wear after the first drink and go downhill from there. As the formulation wears off it also seems to drastically dry out my lips. 

As you can see the colour is pretty enough but doesn't look drastically different to a good gloss. Again for £8.99 (available from Boots) this one won't break the bank but Tanya Burr's new Lip Glosses are £6.99 (available from Superdrug) and have a more even formula.

And finally, the most talked about lip product of the last few years? The YSL Glossy Stain. This one is in the shade 103. Bought on a whim to cheer me up one rainy day over the winter, this is possibly my most underwhelming YSL purchase ever. 

The colour in the packaging is lovely, a pale fuchsia colour with a blue undertone. On the lips however as you can see below it translates with a lot more red. I also struggle not to find this product streaky. Two or three coats are needed to build up the colour and unless you have recently exfoliated your lips, it will drag and catch on any dry skin.

I also haven't been too impressed with the staying power of this lip product nor how it wears. I seem to end up with the dreaded ring around my lips after less than an hour. I will balance this however by saying that hundreds of people rave about the glossy stains and it could easily be down to user error on my part. That said I *personally* don't feel it is worth its £25 price tag (available from John Lewis).

What is your go to steadfast lip choice? I would love to know in the comments below.