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!
- Mardi Gras Lip 4 palette, Sleek Makeup (review here)
- GT15, Lipgloss, Blackup
- Shameless, Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm (review here)
- Mina, Sheer lipgloss Illamasqua
- Jazz lip pencil, Make Up Store
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
Yeah you love your purples too! Oooooooo I love the Sleek Purple, do you know if its available in stores?
Hi. No it’s only available online on the Sleek website which is a bit annoying.
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!
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!