PRETTY YOUNG THING

When we were in London a few weeks ago I had a look around Kiko and it was too busy so I headed into Birmingham and checked out the store. It's new in Birmingham and has recently opened a store in the Bullring. I wanted to check out their Eyeshadow sticks after reading some good things, I swatched a few in store and went for this silvery mink shade, called Light Taupe, my first impressions are good, I swatched them on my hand and they lasted all day, i've used this for the first time and i'm really impressed they are so so easy to use. They have loads of shades and I will be picking up some more!! I picked up a couple of eyeliners in the sale aswell. 

I picked up this Vivid lip colour in the sale for £1.70 the finish is lovely and the colour is really nice. I love the Velvet Mat lipsticks, they are only £6.90 and they have so many different shades. I picked up a dark nude shade which is lovely. I really love the finish of this lipstick and will be picking up lots of shades next time i'm in Birmingham. I also picked up one of these lipliners which is a lovely creamy finish so I think I might pick up some more of these. 

I've been so impressed with everything I picked up in Kiko and I will be heading back to pick up more. If you are tempted to have a browse around Kiko, be sure to download their app onto your phone and sign up for their rewards. You get 10% off your first shop and collect points, when you reach 2000 you get money off your shop so it's worth signing up 

So everyone seems to be going crazy over the Kylie Jenner Nude Lip, Sales of Mac's Velvet Teddy have gone through the roof! I'm really not a huge fan of matte lips so I went in search of some nude lip products to have a play with. I wanted to find some affordable products so I headed to boots. 

I picked up the Loreal Paris Infaillable Lip Liner in 708 Always Toasted, Loreal Paris 630 Beige A Nu Color Riche lipstick and Rimmel London 077 Asia lipstick. As you can see from my swatched below these are nice nudes shades with a slight pink colour to them. 

The Rimmel London formula is really nice and has a slight matte finish, as I said I don't really like matte formulas because I find them drying on my lips. The rimmel one is really nice your lips feel hydrated and moisturised but the finish isn't glossy, its just got a slight hydrated finish rather than completly matte and dry. The colour is a nude with a slight pink/brown colour to it which is really nice and it works well with the lip liner that I picked up.

The Loreal Paris Color Riche is a really similar shade, it has abit more peach undertone to it. Again it leaves the appearance of a matte lip product but is actually quite moisturising on the lips and isn't drying. It's less matte than the Rimmel forumla but its such a lovely lipstick 

The Loreal Paris lip liner is really easy to use, I think next time i'd rather buy a pencil rather than a twist up mechanical style pencil. I snapped it a couple of times so ended up wasting loads of product and I'd like to be able to sharpen the pencil for a more defined and precise line. It's easy to use and long lasting, the colour is really versatile and you'd be able to use it with loads of lipsticks.