Perfect Purple Pout

I remember as a kid i was and still am obsessed with the colour purple, particularly a lovely rich dark shade of purple. Thankfully i was a 90's kid and happened to grow up in a time when people wore dark purple lipstick. So imagine my excitement when i realised 90's trends, make-up and otherwise are making a raging come back for 2015, Hooray!! :)

So... I've been scouring all of the best UK drug stores to find the perfect purple shade, unfortunately being a student I can't spend loads of money trying out different expensive lipstick shades, but to be fair a lot of the drug store options could be dupes of the more expensive brands such as MAC. Although if i could afford to I would love to buy as many MAC lipsticks as I could!

          Perrie for collection - Rimmel colour rush balm in Keep Mauving - Collection Gothic Glam in Scorned 

I set out onto social media and called for the help of my fellow lipstick lovers. I was surprised at the amount of responses I got, so I planned to make my way through the list using swatches on the back of my hand to guide me. Finally I thought my prayers were answered and I chose the Perrie lipstick for collection and the collection Gothic Glam lipstick in Scorned. I really love them and Owen (my partner) thinks they both look great on me too but I just don't think they are the perfect purple pout I was looking for, The Perrie one is still a bit too light and I really wanted to make a statement with this lipstick, whereas the Scorned one is a really strong dark purple but it doesn't stay that way very long.

Wearing: Collection Gothic Glam in Seduction

Wearing: Collection Gothic Glam in Seduction

So! I'm still on the look out for my perfect purple pout, I know its out there! and I'll keep you updated on my progress.

I'm making another call out to anyone who can give any more suggestions, please comment below!

 Charlotte Emma x