Recently, I have loved wearing lip stick more and so thought I'd right a guide to lipstick; the colours to wear, how to apply it and make it last. Lip colour can look good on anyone, the key to making it work is finding the right colour, and then it all depends on how you wear it.

Choosing the right colour: 

When choosing the right lipstick colour you have to think about a few things; If you want to go natural Bobbi Brown always says to find a lipstick near to your natural lip colour then go up a notch. So if you have pale lips, then wear a beige, pale pink or sandy lip coloure. For a medium colour lip, go for a rose colour and for dark lips go a purply colour, raisin, chocolate or blackberry. 

Another factor to take into account when choosing lipstick is the warmth of your skin tone (rather than skin colour), you either are warm or cool toned, when looking at the veins on your arm, if they look bright blue you are cool toned where as if they are more of a green colour you are warm toned.  Warm tones look best in browns and orange undertoned reds or for paler warm shades go for champagne colours. Cool tones look best with classic beiges, blue undertoned reds or sheer pinks. 

How to apply lipstick:

To apply lipstick you want to start with a lip liner, as close to the lipstick colour as you can get and line your lips, for a bolder and longer lasting colour you can fill in your whole lips first. Start with the bottom and go from one corner to the other, then rub against your top lip to spread colour and blot. Next fill in the top lip with your lipstick, start in the middle of the top lips and move out to the corner and then repeat on the other half. You can now add a lip gloss or if you need to, blott with a tissue. To make your lipstick last longer, after applying a coat, apply translucent powder and then a second coat of lipstick.

How to make lips look fuller:

When making lips look bigger, you don't want to risk drawing them in and making them look fake, instead make lip gloss your best friend. The shimmer will reflect the light, creating the illusion of bigger lips. Dab on the middle of your top and bottom lip a shimmery gloss or pearlised lipstick.

M.A.C 'Pink Plaid' lipstick and M.A.C. 'in anticipation' pro long wear lip pencil Lip Linerreview:

For Christmas this year I got a M.A.C lipstick which was £15.50 and a matching lip liner for £15, after finally bringing myself to take off the packaging I tried it and it gave a good strong colour. It lasted a long time and the colour was beautiful. The lip liner gave such a strong colour that it could be used as a lip colour by itself. Will defiantly be buying more as although they are expensive they are worth it.

Lipstick Wishlist: 

My lipstick wish list I'd love to try, from top left to top right, bottom left to bottom right:  

Bobbi Brown Lipgloss in the colour 'rose' (£18.50)

Chanel Lipstick in the shade 'craquante' (£25) 

NARS Semi Matte lipstick in the colour 'Pagalle' (£19.50)

Bobbi Brown Sheer Lip Colour in the shade 'rosy' (£19.50)

Yves Saint Laurent 'rouge pur couture vernis a levres glossy stain (£25)

M.A.C lipstick in the shade 'Ruby woo' (£15.50)