My 'go to' lipsticks

Compared to other bloggers, I am not a very experienced lipstick wearer. I stick to similar shades and don't really step out of my comfort zone. Lately, as I mentioned in an earlier post, I having been buying a few more bolder shades, in an effort to drag myself out of that zone and be a bit more adventurous. However, today are my recent go to lipsticks. Who knows, next time I do this post, you may see a great change in my lipstick behaviour. 

Left to right: Avon colourtrend in nude flash, Natural collection in sandcastle, Revlon just bitten kissable balm stain in darling, Revlon just bitten kissable balm stain in Honey, Natural collection in pink orchid and Wet and wild in 511B (I can't find the name of it!)

I find that all of these shades work really well will my skin tone and look good with both a dressed up or dressed down outfit. All of the formulas are really long lasting, and stay put for hours regardless of eating and drinking. The overall winners in this category would have to be the Revlon balm stains. I find that they don't budge all day and feel really nourishing on the lips. I won these two colours (Darling and Honey) on a blog giveaway over a year ago and went back to buy more as I fell in love instantly. What have you been loving lately? 

Niki 

A package from the USA!!

Just a few months ago I began speaking to a girl called Jessica on twitter from America. She seemed lovely and it wasn't long before we started making plans to do a swap. If you've never seen or heard of this, you basically swap products with someone else (preferably from a different country), in order to try out new things. We decided to swap beauty products that were only available in our country, meaning that both of us would be able to try  new products we might never have otherwise tried. If you'd like to see what I bought for Jess, please go and check out her video on the swap here!!

I have never been to America before, nor have I spoken to an American or owned anything American before this experience so on the day my package arrived I was so excited!! So here we go, here are the things Jess bought me...

The New York Post!! I really wanted to read a newspaper and see some everyday things from America so I asked Jess to get me this

A lovely letter from Jessica!!

A mint green bag

A menu from one of Jessica's favourite places to eat! It's so strange to see the prices in dollars

An American flag decoration

Some little fluffy ballet slippers

Two mainstays candles in Island luau (dark pink) and Sweet pea (light pink)

Crabtree and Evelyn citron honey and coriander cleansing shampoo, replenishing conditioner and skin quenching body lotion

Peace, love and juicy couture body lotion 

Oscar Blandi pronto invisible volumising dry shampoo spray

Wet n wild wild shine nail colour in lavender (pink) and blazed (orange)

Sinful colors professional in love nails (blue) and innocent (yellow) 

Jurlique rosewater balancing mist

Jurlique moisture replenishing day cream 

Eos lip balm 

Strawberry lip smacker lip balm

Wet n wild trio palette from eyelid, crease and browbone in sweet as candy

Wet n wild blusher in heather silk

Bonne bell eyeshadow box in girlie pinks

NYX Xtreme lip cream in natural (beige) and candyland (pink) 

Two one n' only argan oil samples 

Wet n wild lipstick in 511B

NYX jumbo eye pencil in lime 

NYX pin-up tease mascara 

I am so happy with everything that I got and I will definitely be following this up with mini reviews on all of these products to let you know how I get on with them. I want to thank Jess, who is such a lovely person, for taking the time to get to know me and picking things you knew I'd love. I hope we keep chatting our days away and you've become a good, other side of the world friend! 

Check out Jessica's blog, Youtube channel and follow her on twitter @iloveny91

Thanks for reading

Niki xx