Unless
you follow my personal twitter/tumblr/any other social networking platform,
most of you probably don’t know my deep dark secret. I am a HUGE (referring to
my interest, not my dress size) One Direction fan. S kept this in mind when
purchasing my birthday presents (she is fabby), and bought me a lipstick, lip
polish and nail varnish from their new 1D for MUA “little things” make up
range. As she knows that I have singled out Harry Styles as my one and only,
she bought me his colours. This means that I have the “Fuschia Frenzy” nail
varnish, Harry Loves Strawberry lip polish, and “Be Mine” lipstick. Now I knew
that I wanted these products (I love makeup and I love 1D, of course I wanted
them), but I’ll be honest, I didn’t have very high expectations for the
quality. MUA, in my opinion, used to be a bit rubbish. Although recently they
have seriously stepped it up, I will admit. I have had some really good pieces
from them, and I know that Sam loves their heaven and earth palette. For such a
reasonably priced brand, you can’t really complain.
So anyway, after receiving these from S, I was tres excited to try them out. I
dived straight in with the lipstick. The packaging is nice enough. They all say
kiss you on the outside, a cute little merger of a 1D reference and obviously,
lips. The lid stays on, which is majorly important for me, and the bottom of
the packaging is clear, so you can see what shade the lipstick is. It’s cute,
and serves it’s purpose. “Be Mine” is actually a really nice shade. In the
packaging, it looks a dark, cherry shade, but when applied it’s actually a very
pretty, strawberry kind of red. Not matte, but not glitter overload. It has a
shine to it, but you could apply a gloss on top if you wanted a different kind
of finish. This product is impressively highly pigmented, and is lovely to
apply. I’ve tried it with a lip liner and without and was pleased with it’s
staying power. Overall, I really like this product. (And I think it’s so cute
that Harry’s signature is on it, awh).
On
to the lip polish. Now, I know that me and Harry are destined to be together
because I love strawberry too! Coincidence or what? I am a big fan of lipgloss.
I love the shine it tends to give, as well as the fact that I don’t always have
a mirror to hand which makes applying proper lipstick a risky business. At
least with lipgloss I know I can’t go far wrong,. The packaging of this polish
is actually really cute. It’s fairly flat, which means it fits well in my
makeup bag. It doesn’t look exactly high end, but I’m fine with that. It lids
are coloured pretty much the same as the actual gloss, so that you can see what
shade it is straight away. And, of course, the boys have their lovely
signatures on top. The lids twist off, which is great for making it secure (is
there anything worse than ending up with lipstick all over your bag? I think
not). Now, the first thing I noticed about this product, the second I had
untwisted the lid, was the smell. Harry Loves Strawberry smells amaaaazing.
Like strawberries, weirdly. But it isn’t sickly or overpowering. It’s
strawberryish in a lovely subtle kind of way and I like it a lot. I applied
this product with my fingers. I didn’t need a lot, and it literally glided on.
What I liked was that it didn’t make my lips feel too sticky, and it actually
stayed on really well. The colour showed up a lovely baby pink. My lips felt
extremely kissable (hint hint, come on H).
Finally,
came the ultimate test. You lot will probably know by now that I love to have
my nails painted, and therefore am a huge fan of nail polishes. However, for
some reason, every kind of polish that I put on my nails seems to chip within a
matter of hours. I’m pretty critical of nail polishes, I don’t mind admitting.
A lot of them, I think are rubbish. So to me, I’d saved the most interesting
(and potentially disappointing) until last. My nails are currently in a bit of
a sorry state. I recently had acrylics, and although I absolutely loved them,
they didn’t last very well at all. I had to take them off and now my real nails
are all short and sad. This means that I have the perfect excuse to paint them,
and make them look a bit more presentable. Cue time to try out “Fuschia Frenzy”.
Again, the packaging of this is quite nice. The bottle is a decent size, and
all clear glass so you can see the exact colour that the product is. Plus it
has a cutesy little plectrum of Harry’s face, attached, always a winner in my
book. On opening the bottle, I had a look at the brush. Let’s be honest, a lot
of brushes that come in nail varnishes are utter crap. They’re cheaply made,
the bristles come off and end up stuck in your polish, or they just don’t apply
smoothly at all. I was very impressed with this brush. A lot of product came
out with one dip, enough to paint several nails. This was so easy to put on, I
couldn’t believe it. Not much product was needed at all, due to the
pigmentation and consistency of the polish. I applied two coats, more for peace
of mind than anything else. Habit, I suppose. These both dried in record time. And,
as of yet, they have not chipped. So weirdly ,the product I expected to be the
least impressive, has been my favourite. Thanks, Harry! And thanks to S for my perfect birthday presents. Love you, kid.
B
xxo
