How to Wear Purple Lipstick!

When I was looking into how wearable MAC's Cyber lipstick was, I found no real helpful reviews. I've had Cyber for over a month now and I have to admit, I love it. I wear it in 3 different ways usually. It looks scary dark in the tube - more black than purple but it really is the prettiest colour.
It's a real versatile lipstick that can be worn as a stain, as a flush of colour or worn full on.

To 'stain' the lips, make sure they are well moisturised and dot the lipstick on the bottom lip, then rub together. I've found this is the best way to get an even colour.

















Wearing this lipstick full on still isn't as bad as I thought it would be. The purple is still very much there and I have found myself wearing it this way quite a lot. It's great for a night out with some heavy contouring.

















 My favourite way to wear it though, is to put a medium coverage on the lips with Cyber and then use the 17 Mirror Shine Lipstick in Scrumptious - a real plumy purple with a gorgeous shine to it.


















MAC Cyber on the left. 17 Scrumptious on the right.

The start of Autumn haul.

Today, I did a little shopping and started on my Autumn make up.

Left to right we have;

MAC Lipstick in Cyber. I was talking to my MAC girl about this lipstick today, it was between this and Rebel but she suggested this as Rebel is actually quite bright and not as dark as it appears. Cyber is the same, it looks almost black but in fact is a gorgeous deep purple. I've played around with it today and dabbed on the lips it deepens the lip colour with a purple hint, for a more everyday look and when fully applied it's a solid, gothic colour. It's not as scary as it looks - I looked on the website and the swatch does not look like the same lipstick in the tube! I think it's going to be one of my go-to lipsticks for the Autumn.

MAC Studio Fix Fluid and pump. Not much to say about this, I think most people have tried it. It's my go-to foundation and have it in a few shades depending on my tan. This is in NW15 - yes, I'm pale! But this is for the no tan, winter days. Though, surprisingly, doesn't wash me out at all and actually compliments my skin really well.

Essie nail polish in Sole Mate. This follows on from my Vogue, October post when I said I wanted a new polish. This is a great colour, a really deep reddy purple but doesn't look too brown. As with all Essie polishes it takes two coats but then you have a rich, deep colour and lasts, on me, 3 days without chipping. And for me, that's really good! I did find it looked a little strange on longer nails so I did file mine down and I think it looks a lot better. I highly recommend this polish for an Autumn colour! Essie is definitely becoming my favourite nail polish brand. Looking for a dark, forest green next...

I also bought a few standard beauty items. Nirvana Spa's mint shower gel - which I love. Simple face wipes. Original Source mint shower gel. Original Source mint and walnut scrub - are you seeing a pattern yet?