Lip Service : Tricks to get that perfect pout!



Ever buy a lipstick, get home, apply it and wonder why it's not looking as amazing as you expected? Well maybe you haven't prepped well enough for the perfect pout! With a lot of lipsticks, matte formulas in particular, the overall finish of the lipstick will depend on how well you take care of your lips prior to application. Here are a couple of tips to help you achieve the perfect pout! 

There are two key things you need to bare in mind when keeping your lips in good condition. Exfoliate and moisturise. Do both of these regularly and your lipstick will always apply smoothly and look fab. 

You could use a store bought Lip scrub like Mint Julips from Lush. These retail at £5.25 and are available in other flavours, Bubblegum being a close favourite of mine. Simply scoop a little bit of the mixture out of the pot using your finger and generously apply it to your lips like you would a lip balm. The sugar gently exfoliates your lips, leaving them nice and smooth. A perk with using these lip scrubs from lush is that they taste nice so if you eat any then it will be okay.

If you'd rather try making a lip scrub of your own at home, you only need a few ingredients; 

1 tablespoon of Sugar 

1 tablespoon of Honey

 half a tablespoon of olive oil

 half a tablespoon of vaseline.

 A 'flavouring' of your choice. It could be lemon or something sweeter like vanilla extract. 

Mix all the ingredients together and store in a small container, it's as simple as that. If you already have everything in your kitchen cupboards you may as well give it a go!

Another cheap and simple way to exfoliate your lips is with a toothbrush and a little bit of vaseline. Apply a light layer of the vaseline to your lips, then taking a dry toothbrush, gently use it in circular motions over your lips to get rid of any dry or flakey skin.

After you've made your lips lovely and smooth by exfoliating them, its time to moisturise them using your favourite lip balm. My go to balm of choice recently has been this Figs & Rouge balm which I think came in one of the many beauty boxes I used to be subscribed to! I like using lip balms like this one that are a lot thicker in consistency, compared to Vaseline as I feel its really doing something to my lips. Vaseline is great as an extra step when exfoliating but I don't feel it really does much to moisturise my lips.

If you fit the above steps into your routine then I guarantee your lipstick will apply nicely and last a lot longer on your lips. You  wont be reapplying your fave mac limited edition lippy while slowly crying inside that your using up a lipstick you cant repurchase! ha!

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I've been loving .... #16



Amelia & a few other bloggers were lucky enough to spend a day with Kim Kardashians Makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic. I loved the post she put together sharing some of the tips and tricks she picked up from him. She also put together a video using those tips showing how to contour and highlight, something I will be putting into practice! 

I've featured Aesthetic Magazine in a post before. A beautifully put together magazine including content by some of my favourite bloggers. I suggest when the next issue comes out, you skip over to purchase it, as you wont be dissapointed. If however, like me you want to get your Aesthetic Magazine fix on a more regular basis, you can follow their online blog, with daily features from Restaurant reviews, how to's, styling tips and more. You can follow via Bloglovin' here.

I've discovered a new blog this week thanks to Tabitha (Read her blog here) and that is Jammy & Jelly. A great lifestyle blog written and illustrated by Emily. I just love the fact she does these cute illustrations to go with her posts! So talented!

I havent done leopard print nails in an absolute age. I'm inspired by Fee's bright leopard nails post and will have to dig out the nail art pens and bright shades and give myself a manicure!

What have you been loving this week?

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Nails : Barry M & Models own. A perfect combination.

Since moving I've been sorting out all my beauty bits and pieces and realised I hadn't actually painted my nails in the longest time. I decided to dig out some old favourites and give my nails a treat! I actually own two bottles of the Barry M Berry Ice cream shade. Clearly I love it so much I needed a backup.

 It applies really well and is such a pretty lilac colour. Not happy with sporting a plain lilac manicure, I opted to add a bit of sparkle with models Own Freak out over the top. I just love all the different shaped glitter bits, who can say no to a bit of glitter eh? I don't know why, but I see the two polishes together and think of Hannah . It's a combination I could see her rocking!

This weekend I am going to have a sort out of all my polishes and dig out some of my more spring/summer shades and have them on display! I do have a fair few nail polishes still, but not as many as I used to thanks to my big clear out I did earlier in the year. If you want to know what I did then have a read of this post here. It's a bit hit and miss with the sun at the moment, for example yesterday it was dull and grey, and now as I type this is relatively warm and the sun is shining. I wish this weather would sort it out! My theory is that if I paint my nails with bright summery shades then maybe, just maybe the sun will stay out! :-)

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