No tricks just Treats for me!

Despite the title of this post it actually has nothing to do with Halloween, - other than the fact that Halloween has just been and gone ... and I decided to treat myself to some new goodies!

Working in a busy high street store I am always travelling into town and wittingly allow myself some browsing time before work starts. We've recently had a brand new shiny MAC store open up in Cardiff and I seem to be 'popping in for a look' most days before work. This week I made two new purchases to add to my expanding MAC collection; Subculture lip liner and Stubborn pro longwear blush. 

I have had my eye on Fever blush for a while now thinking that it would be my next purchase, however when I did pay a visit to MAC last week they didn't have it in stock. Just as well because I spent a considerable amount of time comparing the two yesterday and I think I actually prefer stubborn! I was in the market for a deep red or mauve toned pink autumnal blush would work well with berry toned lipsticks- i thnk stubborn is a perfect shade!

Subculture on the other hand was a purchase attempt at creating the famed Kylie Jenner lip look, not for fullness but colour. A few weeks ago I finally got my hands on Brave hoping to achieve her look, but for me this shade isn't 100% spot on next to my nw25 (Mac) foundation. I really love it and it's a great everyday lipstick for work or even a night out - it's one of those 'your lips but better lipsticks' so I would definitely recommend it to everybody! I think it has too much of a sheen to be comparable with Kylie's mystery product and there are so many suggestions and comparisons online in pursuit of her look - this probably isn't her exact shade! (Some YouTubers suggest velvet teddy.) Youtuber Kandee Johnson, (who I adore!!) Has got the look pretty much spot on in my opinion using Urban Decay and Makeup Forever lip liners (check out her amazing lip liner tutorial here) and Nic from Pixiwoo also produced a fab Kylie tutorial check it out here. She used Soar lip liner and Honeylove Lipstick, both from MAC.

After some experimenting I found a mix of products that work well for me in pursuit of emulatin Kylie's trend. Subculture to fill in and line the lips with Brave on top and to finish off Urban Decay's Rapture Lipstick (review coming soon). I'm sure there is a much easier way of achieving the desired look (probably with less product and to a more matte finish) but for now this works for me and I think it will be my go to look for a while.

Finally, along with a few new purchases from Barry M, and another Tanya Burr Lip gloss, I also got my hands on some items from her new range...false eyelashes! I wont go into too much detail about them as I want to do a review post soon, but here are some snaps of the ones I picked up, I'm sure wont be disappointed with these!

Tanya Burr lashes in Pretty Lady (left) and the Individual set (right)

How do you achieve Kylie's lip look? Comment Below!

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Love Amy x