Makeup Revolution Amazing Lip Liners || Review & Swatches

Hi everyone, I hope your all having a lovely bank holiday weekend! I've actually been so exited to get this post up for you today because as a lot of you know I love lipsticks! Recently I have been obsessed with lip liners and finding the perfect shades to match my favourite lipsticks. Now that I've started lining my lips (Thanks Kylie Jenner) I can't stop and my lips don't look nearly as full without it.

Whilst I've made it my own personal mission to find those must having winning lip liners, I was beyond excited to hear that one of my favourite makeup brands Makeup Revolution have released eight gorgeous lip liners of their own and I was lucky enough to get my hands on them - Cue excitement!! I'm sure you all know by now but some of my favourite lipsticks are from Makeup Revolution (Ken Will Want Me - I'm looking at you!) Its great that Makeup Revolution have not only brought out some amazing shades to wear with your favourite lipsticks, but liners that will also match some of their lipsticks perfectly.

Before I go into detail as to why I love each shade I think it's important to go over why these lip liners are so fantastic. First of all I love the design of them, the pencils are coloured to match the exact shade of the liner which makes it easy to grab first thing in the morning. Secondly the pencil sharper on the lid of the pencil is just genius! There is nothing worst that using a blunt pencil, so it's really handy having one of the top of the lid.

As for the quality of the lip liners, I can honestly say I'm amazed especially as they only cost £1.00 each - Such a bargain. Each lip liner is fairly creamy, super pigmented and isn't too drying on your lips either. This combination makes the lip liners so good as they can be worn just to draw the outline of your lips or be worn all over the lip. 

Starting with the lightest shades in the collection, 'The One' and "Nearly Naked' are not shades that I would want to wear all over my lips as they are incredibly light. The One is the only nude lip liner in the collection and it really is a pale nude and works great with all my light toned nudes, especially Mac's Honeylove. I really love that Makeup Revolution already have a nude toned lipstick called 'The One' which is the exact same shade as this liner, these two together really do make the perfect nude lip. The light pink shade (bottom) is called 'Nearly Naked'. I've not used this yet as it's such a pale milky pink, it almost looks white. I don't wear lipsticks this light so I would have to say it's my least favourite, however for such a light shade its incredibly pigmented.

The next two shades are what I would call the girly girl pinks and they are the perfect liners to match any pretty girl pink lipsticks in your collection. The top picture shows off 'Baby Pink' and the name for this lipliner describes the shade perfectly, it really is such a soft pink. The bottom picture is 'Soft Pink' which is probably one of my favourites in the collection as it's such a soft blue toned pink and works with so many different lipsticks, especially Mac's chatterbox.

Another two lipliners which really stand out for me in the collection are 'Bold Pink' (top) and 'Cherry Red' (bottom). These two lipliners are stunning and look amazing on, especially Cherry Red. I would describe 'Cherry Red' as a bright pink fuchsia and it looks so gorgeous on, it reminds me a little bit of Mac's Impassioned. As for 'Bold Pink' again the name describes this shade perfectly, it's a really fun vibrant bubblegum pink with blue undertones. I have a lot of lipsticks in these two colours so I know I'm going to get so much use out of these liners.

The darkest shades in the collection are 'Rebel' (top) and 'Vamp' (bottom). I have to say it's so nice to be able to add some darker pink/purple toned lip liners to my collection. I think it's always best to use a lip liner with darker lipstick and these two shades are so perfect, I know I'm going to be able to pair them with so many lipsticks. Rebel is a deep pinky purple shade and it reminds me a little bit of Mac's rebel. I don't own it (yet) but I think if you did this would pair beautifully with it. As for 'Vamp' OMG it's gorgeous! During winter I love wearing berry toned lipsticks so Vamp I'm sure will come in handy and become a favourite towards the end of the year.

As you can see these amazing lip liners are amazing! I'm so pleased Makeup revolution finally released them as they have so many lipcticks, it's great to be able to find the matching lipliners to some of the shades. I really hope that MR add a few reds, corals and oranges to the collection too as I feel it's missing these and I do love wearing a red lip! Like I said earlier the quality of these liners are amazing and for £1.00 you can't go wrong!

I would love to know what your thoughts are on these lip liners? What shades will you be picking up? Let me know in the comments below.

Lots of Love

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Hair Tutorial || Boho Bun

The summer months are just the perfect time of year to allow us ladies to be a little more carefree with our hair and wear it a little messy. With the summer being festival season, I think big loose curls and messy boho buns are the perfect way to style your hair. I always find it a little funny how us ladies can sometimes spend ages tweaking and adding products to our hair just to make it look messy. However styling your hair a little messy doesn't have to be time consuming and today I want to share with you all a completely fuss free way to achieve a simple boho bun.  I am a huge fan of the messy bun but sometimes I want a bit more umph and volume to my buns and the hair donut is a fantastic hair tool that can be used to achieve quite a few looks. If you would like to recreate the look in the top picture then read on...

A hair dounut - 

(Choose a size on your hair length and how big you would like your bun)

Kirby Grips/Bobby Pins 

A hair bobble

A hairbrush 

Your favourite hairspray

Step One: For maximum volume and for easy styling I find that creating this hair style works so much better on second or third day hair. This way your hair isn't as soft and it makes wrapping it around the hair donut so much easier. I thought I'd pop a picture in of my sexy just got out of bed hair... I did whack in a load of dry shampoo just to freshen my hair up before hand and just give my roots a bit more volume.

Step Two: Take your hair brush and comb your hair into a ponytail, I find it much easier to comb the hair back neat and tight as it makes messying it up a lot easier before trying it up. To achieve more of a boho look I tend to go quite high with my ponytail so that the bun will sit quite nicely on the top of my head.

Step Three: Before tying my hair up with a hair bobble, I will always use my fingers to loosen up the hair at the front - This way my ponytail wont look too perfect once its held in place with the bobble. 

Step Four: You just want to place the hair donut around your ponytail, so that it's ready for the hair to be wrapped around it.

Step Five: For a more messy bun I like to backcomb the hair at the very top of the ponytail. This step is not essential, but I find that it creates a little more volume and gives your bun a more boho look to it for the finished result.

Step Six: Wrap your hair evenly around the donut - Keep twisting the hair around so that the donut it completely hidden and out of sight. For a a neat ballerina bun a hair bobble could be used here to secure the hair, but as this is a messy bun I use plenty of bobby pins/kirby grips to hold the bun in place. As I don't want to bun to look too perfect, I pull out little stands of hair as I grip and go along just to give it that boho look. I find that the more flyaway hairs you have, the more it looks as though your not even using a hair donut - When I wear my hair like this people often think that its all my own hair underneath that bun which is always a nice little plus.

Tip: Don't worry about being too perfect when placing your pins, it's a messy bun!

Step Seven: Once you are happy with the way your bun is looking, you will want to hairspray it to hold it all in place. When it comes to hairspray the Schwarzkoph Got2Be Happy Hour Hairspray is one of my favourites - It's a great hairspray for keeping your bun in place all day; It's not too heavy on your hair either, nor does it coat it so much that the hair feels crispy or hard. If your not wanting to wash your hair the next day, this hairspray is easily brushed out so restyling your hair is ever so easy. I also love its purple and blue ombre packaging - Amazing!

Step Eight: If your really wanting your bun to look cute, girly and summer ready then add some accessories - When it comes to hair styling I'm forever reaching for flowers as they just because I love them. For this tutorial I've added an elastic floral headband from River Island around the bun and secured it with some grips. I think this just completes the look and gives your hair festival boho look... and it is as simple as that!

I am forever reaching for this hairstyle ladies, not only does it look good, but it is so easy to do and takes me no more than five minutes to style - Perfect for those of you who are on the go in the early morning. I love how this type of hairstyle doesn't have to be neat or perfect which is what makes it so easy. Each time I style my hair this way, my bun always looks a little different and I'm forever adding different accessories to jazz it up a little. If you decided to give this ago please let me know, I would love to know how you get on. 

Are you a fan of big messy buns or the hair dounut? I would love to know your thoughts!

Lots of Love