Friday, 1 February 2013

Treat Yourself...

Hola everybody :) In the past few weeks, I've had my first four university exams. When I was finally freed on Thursday 17th, I decided to treat myself. After a not-so-pleasant experience ordering from  Mac online (which I'll discuss in a future post when my order finally arrives...) which resulted in a lipstick being refunded, I decided to find something to replace it...

After walking around the Mac counter in Harvey Nichols for a while and swatching almost everything I looked at, I decided on Syrup. Seen as I already have slightly-darker-than-average lips, Syrup is like a slightly more pink nude on me, which is exactly what I was hoping it would be.



In the swatch above, I had a tiny amount of gloss over the top but by the time this photo was taken it had pretty much faded away. The colour you see above is fairly true to how it looks on the lips. 

And here's what it looks like from more of a distance... I wore it out to a family party last night and while the colour did stay all night, I did find that my lips felt a little dry so I reapplied a few times. With the exception of this, so far I really like this lipstick and feel that I will definitely get more use out of it than any of the more typical nudes I own by Mac (aka Hue and Creme Cup, which are lovely but quite hard to work with). 

 What do you think? Do you own Syrup? What's your favourite Mac lipstick? Let me know in the comments :)

 Thanks for reading,

 Rachel x

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6 comments:

  1. daniella-r1 February 2013 at 17:33

    My favourite Mac lipstick is probably Ruby Woo, but I've been wanting Syrup now for a while! I love the colour, it suits you
    Daniella x

    http://daniella-r.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Rachel5 February 2013 at 12:04

      I've never tried Ruby Woo but I've heard a lot about it. Thanks for your comment :)

      Rachel x

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  2. Unknown3 February 2013 at 14:19

    I have this Mac lipstick too and I really like it!

    Nice blog, i'm a new follower.

    Kimberley x

    http://kimberley77.blogspot.com

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    1. Rachel5 February 2013 at 12:04

      Thanks for your comment Kimberley :)

      Rachel x

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  3. KayleighJane5 February 2013 at 07:00

    Hi Rachel, I have nominated you & your blog for a Leibster Award :)

    Lots of love

    beauty-by-numbers.blogspot.com
    xxxx

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    1. Rachel5 February 2013 at 12:05

      Thanks for the nomination Kayleigh :) I've actually recently done a post on that, which you can find here: http://so-she-dances.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/liebster-award.html. I'll mention it in my next post anyway though :)

      Rachel x

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