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May 31 Day Fashion Blogger Challenge: Day 18 – Your brightest lipstick

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I think the brightest lip product I own is a Sleek Pout Paint, but a) I don’t like the way it looks alone so I’d only wear it mixed with other colours and b) it’s not a lipstick.

The brightest lipstick I own is Revlon Cherries in the Snow. I’ll take this opportunity to speak out about a certain fact regarding Cherries in the Snow, inspired by Charlotte at Lipglossiping: It is not red.

That’s right. Revlon ‘Cherries in the Snow’ is not red. Despite what magazines and some other blogs may tell you, it is not red. ‘Cherries in the Snow’ is pink. Really pink. Not even red-pink. Definitely pink.

And quite a bright pink at that. Before I got my own tube, I was under the impression that it was red. I was expecting it to be red. Then I put it on, and BAM. Hello, unexpected pink. Even with reddish-pink lipliner underneath, it still definitely pulls pink.

Despite the unexpected colour, I really like this lipstick. It lasts very well and doesn’t go patchy like some lipsticks do.

May 31 Day Fashion Blogger Challenge: Day 17 – Something you wear when it’s sunny

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I am almost religious about wearing my sunglasses. If I leave the house in the daytime, they come with me. I’ll even wear them in winter if the sun’s bright enough. I don’t care if people give me funny looks for wearing sunglasses with a wooly hat. I even have to take them if I’m travelling in the evening, in case I round a corner into the glare of the sun whilst it’s setting. I don’t like to squint, it makes me feel like my contacts might pop out. I also find that if I’ve got a headache I’m much more comfortable when I’m wearing my sunglasses.

For most of last summer I wore a pair that my sister got from Primark a few years back, with a massive chunk missing out of one lens. They were hideous but I was determined to wait until I found the perfect new pair.

Happily, I got these cat-eye-ish sunglasses for £1.50 (yes really!) from a M&S outlet. What more could I have asked for? I just hope they continue to serve me well this summer!