Makeup Revolution vampy lip velvets

Hello you!

TOP L VELVET BLACK HEART TOP R VELVET REBEL
BOTTOM L VELVET DEPRAVITY BOTTOM R VELVET VAMP

BLACK HEART TOP
REBEL BOTTOM

DEPRAVITY TOP
VAMP BOTTOM

As soon as I saw these lip velvets on a blog I was on the Makeup Revolution website like a shot.

Vamp and Black Heart are very similar in colour, in fact I got myself in a pickle when it came to allocating names to the photos. Black Heart is slightly darker and more a deep purple black (but not completely black) whereas Vamp is more a cherry black. I found the two darker colours to be harder to apply than the red and purple shades, quite possibly because I knew if I made a boo-boo, it would be hard to clean up. (I use grapeseed oil on a cotton bud).

The product is a thinner consistency than the MUA velvet lip products, but you still need to work quickly and accurately, which didn't always happen for me as you can see in my close up swatches. It was definitely a case of practice makes perfect. I applied a thin layer of lip balm before each colour to help with glide. I find if the product is still wet you can go in for a second pass to clear up any missed bits, but whatever you do don't put your lips together while it dries or else you'll get glue lip. If you can master the blow up doll mouth you'll have no problems while it dries. Once on I didn't find them particularly drying, but I'm sure the lip balm helped.

As to longevity, on the outer parts of my lips they lasted hours, but not very long on the inner parts of my lips - I drink water constantly as my meds give me a dry mouth.

You can find these lip velvets for £3 each here, and in selected Superdrug stores. My favourite shades are Vamp and Rebel.

Thanks for reading.
Leah xoxo

A FOTD & how I take my DSLR selfies

Hello earthlings!

I was looking back through last month's make up photos when I realised I hadn't posted these photos of a look I did with the Urban Decay Naked 3 palette. I can't remember exactly what I used on my eyes. I *think* I'm using Liar over the main part of my lid, Buzz on my lower eyelid and Darkside in the outer corners and blended out.

Brows - Fashionista
Eyes - Urban Decay Naked 3 palette
Liquid eyeliner - VIVO Plum
Mascara - Soap & Glory Thick & Fast
Foundation - Fashionista Luminous foundation in Nude - this foundation is amazing and is £3!
Contour/blusher - Dainty Doll Money Talks blusher - old product, might turn up in discount stores
Lippie - MUA Luxe lip velvet in Criminal

You can see the green in my eyes in this one

Necklace, Black Heart Creatives
Hat, Primark (old.)

I take my make up selfies with flash 90% of the time because we lack complexion-flattering sunlight in the UK for most of the year. I have quite rosy cheeks and I like the lightening effect that using flash close up gives. That's why they use a shitfucktonne of bright lights on professional photography shoots. It's all about the light, daaaahlink! It masks minor imperfections and gives skin a bit of 'oomph' that it might otherwise lack in the dismal grey light we get here most of the time. Flash can wash out the intensity of my make up sometimes, but I'm a vain bitch so I'll take that over looking ragged (and I usually slap on extra make up to account for that.) I usually use the AV setting on my camera (aperture value) and set it to a low aperture like 4.5 so anything in the background is very blurry and my face is the main focus. Vain fo lyfe! Of course, on a sunny day I'll be searching out the real stuff, but we don't get too much of that. ;)

Do you use flash or natural light for your make up selfies?

Thanks for reading.