Top Winter Lip Picks

As we slowly move into warmer weather and the northern hemisphere are bound for the colder months, I thought I would end this Winter with a lipstick post. I've picked out my top eight winter shades, (to be honest I wear them all year round) but for the sake of the post I've chosen the deep reds plums, cherries... 

Rimmel Show Off Lip Velvet - 307 Meteoric Mat

I'm all about matte lipstick and liquid lipsticks right now. This beauty is super pigmented, glides on like a dream and lasts well. It is a plum colour with red undertones. Not too dark but definitely a statement lip! Great dofur applicator for precise application and nice packaging.

Mac Lustre Lipstick - Capricious 

Beautiful sheer formula makes this shade easy to wear during the day and night. Lasts pretty well considering it is not matte. I'd say it's mauve with a slight brown undertone. Smells good and buttery on the lips.

Rimmel Kate Moss - 107

Definitely a popular shade, a dark cherry colour with a semi-gloss finish. It lasts extremely well, up to 6-7 hours without touch ups, drinking and eating and it still looks great! Another bold lip colour and it smells absolutely amazing.

Australis Velourlips Matte Lip Cream - NY-CEE

A bright red colour, that smells like blueberry bubblegum. I would definitely use a lip liner before hand just because it is very bright, highly pigmented and has a dofur. Once it drys matte it ain't going anywhere, so plan to wear this for a while.

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream - Monte Carlo

Another liquid lipstick but this one is a crimson red colour. Pigmented but not as much as the other two liquid lipsticks. Still a great colour, sleek packaging and very affordable.

Rimmel Kate Moss - 30

Quite similar to 107, but this lipstick is a bit more 'purpely'. They have the same semi-gloss finish and staying power. If you are a lip freak like me then by all means have both and enjoy them, but if you are just experimenting with lip colours I'd go for 107 over 30 (but it's close!)

Sportsgirl Pout About it! - Dark Angel

The darkest shade of them all is this beauty by Sportsgirl. A really dark plum colour, it's matte finish makes the formula a little drying but with lip balm underneath there's no problem. Be careful with dark purple shades because they can make you teeth appear slightly more yellow, but don't let that put you off. This was one of my first dark lipsticks and still a favourite, I can't recommend Sportsgirl lipsticks enough!

Wet n Wild - Just Garnet

Suuuper afforable and a gorgeous colour, what a score! This lipstick is a mixture of deep red, plums and purple, slightly duo-chrome but more of a pearly finish. Very pigmented and lasts pretty well.

Lip Swatches

audrey x