Fake On The Outside

Collection cosmetics is one of my favourite brands. Cruelty-free and on the high street with good prices, what’s not to love? Recently I needed to get some more of their glitter liners (post coming soon).

Meet the Velvet Kiss range. I recently picked up two of these colours. They cost £2.99 online or from your local high street stockist.

Now while they are semi-matte, they are not long wearing. So they will need to be reapplied but that does mean they are not at all drying.

Wonderland is the first swatch and as you can see it pulls very pink on me. The bottle is very coral. It’s got good coverage and is nice and matte.

The other colour I picked was Rosey.  It’s a blue based red, so better for cooler skin tones. This one didn’t go quite as matte. It’s also pretty opaque on me.

Overall I like these very much. They’re cheap and do a fantastic job for the price. I like them very much and if they were vegan I’d have picked up more. Sadly they’re not so I’ll have to do with these.

 

The Revolution Beauty Lip Kits costs £6 from Revolution or your local stockist. The We Rule kit contains a lip gloss and matching liner in rose gold.

The lip liner is of standard size but only has a 3 month self life. Given how long my other liners last with constant use I find this a little short. It’s also not vegan making these sets not vegan either. The lip gloss contains 5.5 ml of product with a 12 month shelf life.

This is a pretty little kit and I really love the colour of this. The gloss itself is fairly long wearing for a gloss and with the lip liner it’s even longer.

So let’s quickly talk about what I was expecting and what I got.

• I was expecting a matte liner and instead it’s metalic shine. It’s also quite sticky on it’s own, so not something you could wear alone.
• I was not expecting a gloss. I was expecting a matte lipstick that dries down to a metallic finish. It’s also not very opaque.

 

In the end the lipgloss over the liner looks really good. The gloss isn’t heavy or sticky. They are the perfect pair. I do like this kit and if you’re looking for rose gold lips they;’ve got you covered here.

Available from Revolution Beauty or Superdrug for £6.

 

Kim Chi is a matte lavender mauve with a unique hint of transparent aqua and violet sparkles. It also smells like doughnuts. It’s so pretty but really not for me.

It is a pastel shade and really washes me out. As you can see it pulls really pastel grey on me, very different to online swatches. The glitter really does begin to show through when you’ve been wearing it for a while.

I did a first impressions review on youtube if you’d like to check that out check the video below. I do still really like it but tastes do change and for me, it’s just not something I’ll get again.

It costs £14.95 from UK Suppliers or $18 from Sugarpill Direct.

Meet Raccoon from Trifle Cosmetics. Let’s first address the elephant Raccoon in the room. A lipstick called Raccoon? Yeah, I am not personally fond of it but the name isn’t the end of the world. Let’s move on to what I do like about this lipstick.

That’s pretty much everything. It’s a lovely shade of fuschia in a creme finish. It is very opaque and is nice a comfortable. I love the packaging. It’s very cute and I like the fact it is mostly cardboard, much better for the environment. That might mean it gets damaged easier but if you have a lipstick case pop it in there and it’s protected.

It won’t last over the course of a meal and it won’t last all day but it is a cream lipstick so I didn’t expect it too.

It costs $18.95 (I can’t find UK suppliers, please comment below if you know of one) from TriffleCosmetics.com. With no UK suppliers and postage costing $24.95 (like seriously WTF), I won’t be purchasing more from this range but it was lovely to try.