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Is there any better feeling?! 

My latest Makeup Revolution order landed on my doorstep today, and I love it! 

I love love loveee MAC lipstick collection videos, because I'm so damned nosey, haha! So, now that I finally feel I'm getting somewhere with my collection, I wanted to make a video showing the ones I currently own. Featuring lip swatches. The burn was so beyond real, lemme tell ya! 

I know my collection is nothing compared to some out there on YouTube, but I'm incredibly proud of it and in love with each and every lipstick I own. Hopefully you guys enjoy it!

I'm a massive liquid to matte lipstick fan. In fact, 90% of the lipstick I wear is usually liquid lipstick. I love the wear and longevity on them, and the matte finish is my favourite for a lip product. Recently, after hearing so much about them, I decided to order some of the LA Splash Lip Couture liquid lipsticks to try, and I wasn't disappointed!

I picked up both OG Ghoulish and Ghoulish (I couldn't choose between them) and Latte Confession. 

The packaging is a little hit and miss for me. It's a standard liquid lipstick tube. The font use definitely make them look high quality... but then the overly shiny yellow-gold lid? Slightly tacky in my opinion. That said, it doesn't affect the product so I'm really not all that bothered by it.

 I really love these! I definitely want more of the range, and I'd go so far as to say that I can already tell they're going to be my favourite, most reached for out of all my liquid to matte lipsticks. LA Splash has nailed these beauties! 

LA Splash Lip Couture lipsticks can be purchased in the UK from Love Makeup and Cocktail Cosmetics.

I've got to say, as much as I love my brighter lipsticks, I'll always be a sucker for nude lips. Teamed with a bold eye look, or to go for a more natural effect, I just adore the understated look that a nude lip provides... Alas, though, like so many others out there, I've struggled to find a nude lipstick that just feels right. Either they're too pink-toned, or too shimmery, or to sheer, or too dark, or too light, or just not quite nude for me. It's been quite a depressing journey, truth be told, and I'd all but given up.

Lately, though, I've been watching a lot more YouTube videos, and I came across Rimmel's Nude Delight quite a lot, and decided to invest, so while we were in Chester on Sunday, I popped into Boots and went to pick it up. I swatched the tester on my hand and was mildly impressed by it. Then, on the row below it, the Kate Matte Lipstick 113 caught my eye. The shade sticker on the bottom looked very similar to Nude Delight, and it was £1 cheaper, so I swatched that on my hand too. The difference was minor, but 113 just looked... right. I can't explain it. If anyone else has managed to track down their perfect nude lipstick shade then you'll know exactly what I mean - when you see it, you just know. In my basket it went, and I'm completely in love with it!

Recently, my most often purchased makeup item has got to be lipstick. I have so, so many, and wear them all. That's gotta be a good thing, right? At least they're not just lingering, unused. Up until recently, I was all about nudes/light lips, and all I owned was Barry M Lip Paint 101. 

I used to stare longingly at women with bold, statement, colorful lips, and long for the courage to wear something so daring myself. Then, one afternoon last year, I realized the only person stopping me from wearing something brighter was myself, so the next time I was in Superdrug, I picked up three vibrant - by contrast - shades. It was strange at first, seeing the new lipsticks on my face, and I convinced myself they didn't suit me. They were left in the bottom of my makeup bag, until my husband asked why I didn't wear them anymore, because he liked them on me, and I realized I was just being hypercritical of myself (something of which I'm very guilty). 

Since then, my lipstick collection has flourished, and I'm starting to be bolder and braver, and I'm loving it!

Pictured above is MAC Rebel, MAC Nicki Minaj Viva Glam 2, an unbranded lipstick, shade name Sherbet that I recieved as a gift, Barry M Lip Paint 153, Rimmel Moisture Renew Coral Queen, Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Moss 110, Barry M Lip Paints in 100 and 101, and Maybelline Moisture Extreme Passion Red. 

My newest, most daring (for me) additions is the MUA Luxe Velvet lip lacquers, pictured above (L-R: Atomic, Criminal, Funk, Reckless, and Kooky). A few months ago, I never would have dreamed about purchasing one of these, let alone the whole collection! Now I find myself wearing these bad boys a lot more than I ever thought I would. 

Do you have a favourite lipstick? Do you prefer bold lips, or pale/nude lips? What's your lip style?