Kylie Lip Kit/Metal Matte 'Heir'

I was super excited to bag one of Kylie's Metal Matte Lipkits on the first release, shes really smashing the beauty world at the minute, and the hype for her coveted lip kits doesn't seem to be showing any signs of slowing down. 

The new Metals collection consists of three shades: 

King, Reign & Heir, all very regal in the naming, so how do they compare to the original matte releases?

They are just as pigmented, and they still dry matte, they bring a hint of shimmer to the lips though, I have been layering my Heir over Koko K and people always ask what I'm wearing on my lips.

Heir is a beautiful rose gold hue with gold shimmer running through it. 

This image shows Heir in sunlight on the left and in sunlight in the right. 

They have the same sweet vanilla cake smell and the packaging matches all the other mattes. I may say the staying power isn't quite as long as the solid mattes but it's still worth the money. 

In addition to her glosses, mattes and metals Kylie promises us she will keep the beauty range coming, I'm super excited for what shes going to do next.

Check out the release video for her glosses, I'm hooked on the tune & her crochet outfit, she's a total babe. 

Kylie Lip Kit/Koko K & 22

Since booking our vacay to NYC later this year I have been taking a huge interest in all things American.

You cant help but notice them, and I've joined the Jenner/Kardashian fan club, the hype for Kylie's Lipkits is literally sweeping the beauty world by storm. 

Getting hold of these kits is difficult, but not impossible, unless you pay a monthly subscription to the Kylie app then you'll have to rely on other sources for your release time and date information, for me I hunted down a lipkit update account on Instagram and made sure my post notifications were switched on.

This release was the one that struck gold for me took place on Monday the 7th of March was scheduled at 12 noon PST, or to us here in the UK 8pm, so I was poised and ready to jump onto her online store and place my order.

These things sell like hotcakes and sold out in just 12 minutes on the latest release. There are a few things you can do to ensure you get to checkout as fast as possible, auto fill, ensure your billing and shopping address match are valuable time savers! I will also be posting on my Instagram news on any future releases so you can have the chance to own one of these coveted kits.

I had my eye on the brand new shade '22' and the best seller and one of the original shades 'Koko K'

22 is a vibrant, burnt orange colour, if you like tangerine, coral shades then you'll love this one, I had my eye on this for my new found love of the shade khaki, what a combo for summer ;)

Koko K is a pale pinky nude, although I'd say on me it's almost a mauve-nude shade, I love it though, and it's nice enough to get away with everyday.

The colours and swatches you'll find online at the Kylie Cosmetics site are quite deceiving and I'd say they all look a little brighter online than they actually are, so something to bear in mind if you are buying them. I've taken pictures in natural daylight and with a flash so you can see the difference.

If you've ever ordered from the US you'll know the wait is agonising, especially when your waiting on the hottest lip product to arrive, it felt like a year, and then they arrived....

The detail that's gone into the packaging and the little note you get in the box is just gorgeous, Kylie has put a lot into designing her coveted and debut product, and people are going crazy for the lip kits. 

The smell of the lipkits, delicious!
 I love sweet smells, and these are total vanilla cupcake mix, yummy. You'll smell it a little when you apply it, and it does linger a little, but it soon dries and goes away.

The lip liners are super smooth, and so pigmented, I'd say the colour pay off is even better than a higher end brand, the pencils look like they twist up, but they are regular pencils that can be sharpened with your make up sharpener.
I apply my liner first, then my liquid lipstick, personally I've found any more than one layer and you'll get flaking and rub off, one coat is all you need to achieve perfect Kylie-esque lips.

The liquid lipstick means application is foolproof, and this stuff doesn't budge, it seems to just melt off the lips, without drying of leaving flakes it bits behind on your mouth, something I've definitely experienced with some other brands of matte lipstick. 

She's got this formula so right! 

The swatches on my hand in the pictures below are taken in natural daylight on the top image and the bottom image have been taken with a flash.

Koko K

22

Each kit retails at $29 which equates to around £19, for a lip liner and a liquid lipstick that's amazing value for money, shipping works out to around £10 and customs may catch you out which could add another £12 on to your final cost, but even so to own one of these It's safe to say a beauty crazed chick would give her right arm LOL.

Kylie has promised great things for her beauty line this year, I'll be sure to hunt down the products for review as soon as I can, shes just launched a gloss range but they don't appeal to me, glosses have been done by so many celebs, her matte lip kit's really have brought something that has real staying power to the beauty market.

She's just launched her eighth shade to her matte lipstick collection, save her website to your fave's your going to be hooked....Kylie Cosmetics

Which shades have you got your eye on?

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Make Up Storage Part 2

I know I briefly posted my make up storage a few weeks ago, if you missed it catch up right here

 I have had so many questions on it and I have just updated it again this weekend I thought I would share it with you. I don't own as much make up as I used to mainly due to the fact that when I first got my storage I had a major clear out as I only wanted to organise and keep my fave and best products in it. 

I don't wear nail varnish so that saves me a ton of space, meaning I have loads more room for make up. 

Here is my now even bigger (and ever growing) collection.....

The extra 5 drawer unit costs just £24 and its given me 5 extra drawers, they are the perfect depth for mascara and lipglosses.....

I have recently moved things around in our house too, meaning I have my own dressing room now, which allows my Muji & my make up to get the space and attention it deserves! 

Although a gloss black dressing table is firmly on my wish list for when we get our own place, I know this will look good standing proud on a real dresser :)

How do you organise your make up? 

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My Make Up Storage

   If any of you 'Keep Up' the Kardash's you'll have no doubt seen their make up storage, and like me been incredibly jealous.

I mean A Lister or not, which girly girl wouldn't like a clear, clean and tidy storage solution to keep their face in?! I am Miss OCD and have been on the hunt for a storage solution for sometime now.

My poor boyfriend has had to listen to my longing for this stuff for quite sometime now, and there was me thinking it fell on deaf ears, well I couldn't have been more wrong.

Following a recent trip to London he went off to do some shopping of his own, and came back with a rather large carrier bag from Muji, (If you haven't ever ventured into this place and you LOVE being Little Miss Neat then you need to go there, you'll be in your element) anyway back to the bag.... I couldn't believe it when I opened it up to find exactly what I had been looking for...acrylic make up storage, the boy did so good he even got me a variety of sizes, and a couple of clear pots for my brushes.

These pictures were taken on the day I got home and popped some of my make up in so you can get an idea of the size of the drawers, I love them so much it's such a good way of storing make up and they look amazing on a dressing table.

(I have since filled it and already need more)

How do you store your make up?

I would love to see some of your storage solutions, email, tweet or pop them on my facebook page, links are all to the left hand side of this post.

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