Topshop Lipstick - Nevada

Topshop's make-up range surprised me when I first bought it - I was thinking it would be your average high street fashion does make-up thing but I was mistaken, and I'm glad.

I only own one other lipstick by Topshop and it's the highly coveted Pillow Talk. I've had it for a while and I get a fair bit of wear from it given that I don't wear lipstick that often. When I was in London last week I had already thrown caution to the wind with spending when I kissed goodbye to my cash in Victoria's Secret so I treated myself to a smaller purchase in Topshop - a lipstick in the shade Nevada.

The packaging is faultless and fuss free. A cardboard outer box with the plastic lipstick tube inside which closes with a little clicker lid.

 Nevada is a pinky brown nude shade. It's creamy and soft and doesn't leave a matte finish. It's got a satin sheen to it and it wasn't particularly drying on me. I can't stand matte nude lipsticks since nude shades are relatively unforgiving as it is but a drying matte is to be avoided at all costs in my book! That's one reason why I like this shade - it's creamy and even under a gloss or balm it doesn't slip around and look badly applied.

I can't guarantee I'll get a lot of wear out of this shade on its own purely because I have very pigmented lips so for me this nude needs a lipliner to ensure the colour is evenly distributed. Having said that I really like the formula and the colour payoff with only one application is good for a high street product so I think with a little bit of patience and some practice with mixing shades I will be able to pair this lipstick with a smokey eye for my first work night out!

You can buy this lipstick online here (click!) for £8.

Topshop Lip Crayon - Coy

Topshop's coveted make-up line has rarely disappointed me. I own a number of lipsticks and nail polishes (all varying shades of pink, of course) from their range over the last couple of years. I've seen swatches of this shade, "Coy", around the internet and desperately needed to buy it for myself when I was in the middle of my dissertation. 

As a very, very peachy, nude pink, Coy is a much better choice than "foundation lips" that some ladies still seem to be sporting. Myspace called and they want that beauty faux-pas back. Pop to Topshop instead and part with £7.00 for your go-to pale lips.

As you can see, Coy has a very, very drying formula. It's totally matte and on some lips this will not be forgiving! I've had to smother my lips in balm in preparation for this lip colour, and even then they still look chapped! 

However, a sweep of balm after application it does leave a smoother finish, if a little bit "smudgy". With balm on top this formula seems to slide round my lips a little if I'm not careful.

When wearing this colour I've paired it with a simple cat-eye, lashings of volumising mascara on my top lashes and a peachy blusher. The lasting time really does vary, with a balm on top it's much shorter than without but honestly, I think it only lasted for a couple of hours...but then I have a weird habit of pursing my lips, especially when there's colour on them... (don't ask, I don't know the answer either!)

As I said, this lip crayon retails for £7.00 in Topshop stores and online. If, like me, you're a student then you could receive a student discount as well making the price even less of a worry. 

Next on my list of "pink stuff I need" is the crayon in the shade "Powder Room" found here. It's a perfect summer pink!

Do you have any other shades by Topshop? Link me to your posts on them ♡