So you wanna call me the devil's advocate?

I've noticed my lipstick collection has been building over the past few months, so I thought I'd share a few swatches of my favourites! At the moment I seem to be sticking more to the red and purple palettes, winter just makes me love the darker shades that little bit more. (Sorry about the not-so-brilliant photos, lighting is a bit rubbish at the moment and it's kind of hard to get all the shades as accurate as possible.) 
I seem to go through different make up obsessions, and at the moment it's definitely lipsticks! 

Pink palette

(From L-R) 

1) Glossy Box in Glossy Pink- RRP £9.50

2) Dainty Doll in 003 It's my party- RRP £12.25

3) Lancome Colour Design in Wannabe- RRP £9.95

4) Barry M Lip paint in 113 Sheer pink - RRP £4.25

Red Palette

(From L-R)

1) Yves Rocher in 101 Framboise/Rouge- RRP £14.50

2) Avon Ultra Colour in Red Kiss- RRP £0.99

(this shade is no longer available through Avon so I had a look on ebay, just for you guys!)

3) Barry M Lip paint in 121 Pillarbox Red- RRP £4.25

(no idea why this looks orange- it's definitely red!) 

4) Rimmel Volume Lipstick in 085 Holler- RRP £1.19

Purple Palette

(From L-R) 

The first 3 shades really aren't showing all that accurately...sorry! 

1) Revlon Super lustrous Lipstick in 475 Icy Violet- RRP £7.49

2) Rimmel Volume Booster in 062 Desirable- RRP £3.99

3) Revlon Colour Burst Lipstick in 010 Plum- RRP £3.49

4) No7 Sheer Temptation Lipstick in 9 Sassy- RRP £9.00

5) Rimmel Lasting Finish in 400 Lights Out- RRP £2.99

I leave for New York on Friday, so I'm hoping to raid Sephora while I'm out there. I've had my eye on the Tarte brand for quite a while, so although this is going to be New York on a budget (i'm taking very little money out there) I'm hoping to find a lipstick or blusher that will making parting with my $$s worth it! 

If there are any lipsticks you feel I should know about, please do let me know! Lipsticks make me happy :) 

Also as a small side note- hopefully I'll be able to blog while I'm in New York so be sure to keep an eye out for those posts. It'll hopefully be everyday but it completely depends on how busy we are (or how sleepy I get!) 

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Just wrap me up in chains

I'm wearing shade '400- Lights Out' Rimmel Lasting Finish. 

As you can see, my black lipstick arrived! I was just about to leave the house to walk to work when the postie turned up on this, so I took the risk of turning up to work looking horrendous and decided to try it out anyway! It was pure luck that I decided to go for very light eye make up! I already feel a little bit 'Shakespears Sister' with it on so heavy eye make up would have just about topped it off. 

I'm still undecided if I like it enough for it to become a staple along with bright red. What do you think? Is it okay for day wear or just too over the top? (I'm also a little worried about how it looks when I actually talk...I can imagine it being a little off putting to anyone who I'm having a conversation with!) 

I have so much love for this song, but it makes me feel so depressed! My sister always used to play it when I was younger because she knew it made me cry, and that seemed to amuse her. Odd. 

Here it comes, a better version of me.

If you're anything like me, any organisation system is never quite good enough. This plagues me in every aspect of my life, but more recently (as I've been on a major make up buzz) it has been my make up storage that has been annoying me. Beforehand, I simply had 2 make up bags- one for my most used make up, and one for the 'extras I might use at some point in my life.'
Last weekend I went shopping for stationary (such a good student!) and came across these little storage boxes.

I got these on special offer from WH Smith for £9.99. Not too shabby! They're nice and sturdy, very pretty and really handy.
At the moment I have adopted them as my make up storage, but they're definitely multi-use so who knows what else they'll be used for in the future.

In the bottom, and largest, box I've opted to store my eye make up. Because for some reason I feel the need to own a thousand eyeliners. 

In the second box, I'm keeping all of my foundations, concealers, blushers etc. 

(Featuring my beauty blender...I still love it!) 

And last, but by no means least, my lipsticks!

With these boxes being so big...I need to buy more make up to fill them up, right?!

The only down side, that actually doesn't bother me, is that I can't store my brushes in them. However, I recently bought a new set of (32) brushes and it came with a case, so I'm perfectly happy with them being safe and protected in there!

Anybody got any better methods of storage...have I just overcomplicated things? Let me know!