In Pursuit of the Perfect Purple Pout: The End!


Voila Violet…..Pucker Up Purple

My quest for the perfect purple put began many light years ago (feel free to read Part I of the epic here and Part II here). Nearly all the colours that I spotted online and mentioned in those previous posts looked completely different in real life which was very disappointing.  I hunted high and low but it seems it was the wrong season for the colour purple. Or more accurately the perfect matte purple shade  I was looking for. Nevertheless I persisted in my mission and found some fantabulous lipsticks.  Also a big THANK YOU you to everyone who pointed me to potential purples.

Turns out I am the Goldilocks of purple lipstick. I tried a gazillion but they were….too pink, too blue, too glossy, too shimmery, too berry, too dry, too Goth, too Star Trek, too lilac, too black, too sheer, too glittery. I could go on.

Like all great journeys there were lessons to be learnt along the way. I wasn’t able to find one absolute perfect purple but I found the perfect colour by combining different products. So without further ado, may I present MY perfect purples!

Purple lipsticks
Perfect Purple Pout
Purple lipstick swatches
Purple lip swatches. Left to right: Rio from Sleek Mardi Gras lip palette, GT15 Blackup lipgloss, Shameless Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm, Mina Illamasqua sheer lipgloss, Jazz Makeup lip pencil
Sleek Rio and Blackup GT15 lipgloss
Swatches in sunshine of Rio Sleek Mardi Gras lip palette, GT15 Blackup lip gloss

THE END

Well I say THE END but we both know I will keep looking for that one perfect purple!

P.S. I’ll be sharing my purple pouts over on Instagram 

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My name is Ava Wells and I’m a skincare lover with a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Glasgow.

12 responses to “In Pursuit of the Perfect Purple Pout: The End!”

  1. […] Read Part III: In Pursuit of the Perfect Purple Pout: The End! here […]

  2. […] promised a review of the Revlon ColorBurst Matte Balm in Shameless that was one of my perfect purples so here it […]

  3. Yeah you love your purples too! Oooooooo I love the Sleek Purple, do you know if its available in stores?

    1. Hi. No it’s only available online on the Sleek website which is a bit annoying.

  4. […] I thought I would share the lipstick lessons I learnt during my quest for the perfect purple.  […]

  5. […] no secret that I adore purple and Prince. I’ve already chronicled my pursuit of the perfect purple pout so when I got tickets to see Prince on his recent tour I knew it was going to be a purple makeup […]

  6. […] you know I’m a purple lip lover so when I spotted the Mardi Gras Sleek lip palette I only had eyes for the gorgeous mesmerising […]

  7. I adore purple lipstick! I usually wear nudes & neutrals for the most part, but when I do wear color, it’s usually some form of purple. I know this article is from quite a while ago, & there are some pretty great purples that have come out since then: Pretty Zombie cosmetics liquid lipstick in 3 Witches is what I would call a true purple, with cool undertone. Then they make one called Purple Poison which is like a warm toned purple, like a plum color. Then there’s NYX macaroon lippies in Violet, which is more of a magenta purple, but mixed with black looks more purple-y. And then NYX Wicked lippies in Immortal & Betrayal; one’s more of a vampy deep purple, the other’s a deep violet. Both are metallic, but not frosty. I really love that Sleek purple, it’s so pretty! I live in the US, so we don’t get Sleek here unfortunately. It can be ordered, but I envy UK people that can just walk in their drugstore & get it!

    1. It’s so funny that you envy us having Sleek because I totally envy all your other brands – NYX is quite hard to find here. Thank you so much for all those tips – you’ve added to the purple lust list!

  8. […] how much lust in my heart I have for purple lipstick right? I’ve already got some gorgeous purples in my collection but I always needs a new fix so am always on the hunt for new options. Below are the purple […]

  9. […] love Lipstick Queen lipsticks. And as you know I adore purple lipstick so when I caught a glimpse of the new Silver Screen lipstick collection featuring a purplicious […]

  10. […] too many purple lipsticks? Duh. The correct answer is no. Obviously.  I’m permanently on a purple lipsticks quest to find the perfect purple. The latest cause of purplegasm is Lippy Girl’s […]

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