I was shopping the other day, and made the necessary stop into Boots and was bombarded by all of these signs saying the exact same thing; 'Discover your perfect lipstick colours matched to your skin tone.' They were everywhere! I thought I'd have a little wander over and see what all the hype was about.
No7 have had a shade match service for quite a while now to match you up to a foundation, which worked really well, and No7's Stay Perfect Foundation is a pretty decent foundation; I just know of better ones. The new lip match service uses the exact same machine used to shade match foundations, but it has now been adapted to find the perfect lip colours to go with your skin tone.
The makeup artist took several photos of my skin, as they would normally, and found that I was the shade Cool Vanilla; one of the coolest shades in the collection (looks like Winter is definitely coming!). There are then about ten shades that have been matched to that shade.
And does it work?
The three shades I have bought are Soft Ruby (deep plum), Rose Dream (dark pink) and Raspberry Silk (dark fuchsia), which are all really different shades, and not ones that I would usually pick for everyday colours, especially Soft Ruby. However They are such gorgeous colours and go perfectly with my skin tone, and my eyes seem to stand out more.
The lipsticks themselves come in two different finishes. There is the new Moisture Drench collection, which are very buttery and have a glossy finish. The other collection is the Stay Perfect collection which have a more matte finish, and claim to stay on for 6 hours. I haven't worn it long enough to check out this claim, but I will feed back that on the tried and tested page eventually. So far however I am loving the Moisture Drench lipsticks more. I just love a creamy finish more than a matte finish. They all retail at £9.95 which isn't bad for a high end lipstick.
Have fun picking out some new lipsticks guys!
Bye for now!
xxx