Finding The Right Shade

Hi Guuuuys! I hope you're all alright this is my first beauty post and it's all about them liipppsss! Finding your weapon of choice is ridiculously complicated, I usually feel just as mind boggled when looking for the right lipstick as I did when I sat at the back of my maths lessons-out of place and damn we'll confused. As perplexing as it may seem, patience and good lighting go a long way when testing out different, brands, textures and shades of lipsticks. So for a second forget about that dry spot on your face that just caught your eye in the mirror by the beauty counter and grab a shade, any shade! Okay not just any shade, you know what I mean!? 

Everyone's different and so is every brand so finding the right shade is HARD but not impossible. My go to brand (as a beginner-which I still am and probably always will be) is Topshop. Seriously they have so many different types of lipsticks that range from pencils to tints and even crayons. I personally have bought 3 lipsticks from Topshop, the first was a lip tint in the shade Bitten Berry. For my first attempt I was SO IN THERE! The tint is thick and glossy but not sticky at all, it stains your lips and is very vibrant. This is so my shade and that's why it works, I like the tint because It doesn't require much effort to sustain and pull off. HOWEVER! It's been discontinued, but check online as it may still be available there. 

Discovering my second shade was NOT a good time. It is a nude lipstick in a creamy finish and dirty pink shade, called Beatnik, I bought this lipstick because I thought it would compliment my skin tone, I thought that sticking to a soft neutral shade would be just fine. BOY WAS I WRONG! I tried all the techniques that I knew of, moisturising my lips first, using a liner, mixing colours-this just wasn't working out. I know that using a lipstick is scary because of the texture that can show if your lips aren't as baby soft as they could be, and shimmer is just a big fat no for some of us! 

Finally, the most recent buy from Topshop is again another creamy finish lipstick, which is important if you already have lips that are prone to drying out. It is in a dark pink slash purple shade called Damned, I now understand that I can have a pop of colour when it comes to lipstick, I just need to line them properly and choose warmer rather than cooler tones. 

To prep my lips for some smooching action! (I'm just juicing it up calm down) I use the LUSH lip scrub in Bubblegum because it lightly exfoliates my lips and leaves me feeling LUSH. 

Then I smear my lips with the Body shop Born Lippy lip balm in Watermelon! YUUUMMMM!!

I hope this helps if you're new to lipsticks and all that jazz and if you're a pro have you got any tips to share? Please bring forth all your suggestions, Thank you xxxx