30 Lips in 30 Days - Maybelline Matte Lipstick

Oh I do love a red lipstick. A bold red lip and a nice rosy cheek coupled with the (obviously fake) red hair is my go-to holiday-season look, that and some glitter, there's always room for glitter at Christmas time. So today I have a new pick from Maybelline and I just knew it would have to be a red. This is one of their Colour Sensational Matte Lipsticks in "965 - Siren in Scarlet" and its a bright, true red. The formula is a comfortable matte that won't drag on the lips during application and it's lightly scented with a sweet almost nutty(?) scent that wont linger on the lips.

The packaging isn't my favourite, the base is a bit short which can make it a tiny bit fiddle-y to open and the frosted black plastic lid does nothing for me aesthetically and is a bit flimsy. The lid on mine has actually already split and so it's probably not the best for throwing in your handbag/travel bag.

Friday Review - Percy and Reed Smoothed, Sealed & Sensational Volumising No Oil Oil

I've mentioned on this blog many a time that I'm not a hair-product enthusiast, so when I find something new that wow's me I'm really impressed. With that in mind, I can't say I was entirely thrilled to open my most recent Birchbox to find a generous sample size of this product, the Percy and Reed Smoothed, Sealed & Sensational Volumising No Oil Oil (try saying that 10 times fast), because I knew hair products weren't really my things (AND I mentioned that on my BB profile), but I tried it anyway, and am I glad I did.

This light hair oil is another one of those restorative but not heavy hair products that are prefect for girls like me that are somewhat low maintenance with their hair and don't like to feel product weighing it down. I add a tiny pump to the ends of my hair after blow-drying to tame any feeling of fried ends (I'm so overdue a hair cut) and if you do a day 3 bun (or a day 4 bun, I know, it's shameful), this is nice in the lengths to tame any fly-aways in a really nourishing way.

I wouldn't run it through the lengths of my hair on hair-down day, just as with it being an oil it can add that slight oiliness to the hair that isn't particularly visually pleasing, and I wouldn't take it anywhere near the roots (the roots don't really need a product like this anyway) but other than that, it's a really lovely product.