I am a huge Lisa
Eldridge fan. Seriously, if you haven’t seen any of her “How To” videos, you are
missing a treat. Make-up artist to the stars, she is also a very down-to-earth
and honest lady who seems to be entirely humble about her amazing make-up
skillz. I also love the fact that she looks like a normal human being without her face on - she has some blotches, spots, bags, dark circles (although she is still gorgeous despite that) - but then takes you through a tutorial which turns her into the epitome of natural (but glamourous) perfection.
As an avid reader of
Lisa's blog (and having recreated a few of her “looks” for myself, to varying
degrees of success), I do like to try out some of the products that she uses or
recommends in her videos. My “want to buy” list currently averages about 100
items, and I would probably attribute at least a third of these to products
that I have seen Lisa use to magnificent effect.
That brings me on
nicely to my recent purchase – No.7 Perfect Lips lip-liner. Lisa uses the Nude
shade frequently in her videos, but I have also recently seen her use Blush –
seeing as Boots had a 3 for 2 offer on No. 7 products when I paid a visit, I
thought this was the perfect time to try out both shades to no further
financial detriment.
Shade 10 – Blush is a softened berry-pink shade. Lisa used it
with a feather-light touch and managed to make it look like the most perfect “just-bitten”
lip stain. This shade is particularly gorgeous under a light pink lip gloss
such as NYX Sweetheart – the lip liner just gives it a bit of depth and oomph.
Shade 20 – Nude initially worried me – the arm swatch looked distinctly brown
(which, as we know, suits me NEVER). However, undeterred and having faith in
Lisa, I tried it on my lips and lo! Behold! My natural lip colour turns this
into a fantastic neutral-toned base, which will literally go with every neutral
lip shade I own.
L = 10 Blush, R = 20 Nude. The twist-up mechanical pencil design is one of the best I've found. |
L = 10 Blush; R = 20 Nude |
10 Blush - shoddy application (my bad) |
20 Nude |
Out of the two
colours, Nude is the creamiest and the nicest to wear over longer periods. That’s
not to say that Blush is terrible, but it does have a little more tug and pull when applying than Nude. Although I haven’t
worn either of them for longer than four hours, I can envisage that I will need
a decent dose of Lanolips when I remove the Blush shade, but Nude (although not
actively moisturising) didn’t seem drying at all.
No.7 Perfect Lips
liners are currently available from Boots for £7.50 each.
Jen
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