Review Max Factor Lipfinity Lip Tint Pen

I received this product in an event goodie bag, and tried it with relish the very next day. The child in me in intrigued by these felt pen- style lip products, and I have wanted to try them out for awhile.

Shade: 08 Nice n Nude, a new colour that comes in an orangey brown casing

Initial impressions: The product looks exactly like a felt tip pen! Has a fruity pleasant scent

Application: Very easy. The lip pen acts as both a liner and colour, allowing you to accurately trace the outline of your lips before colouring in. A speedy and precise alternative to the laborious lip brush.

Colour: This is really a lip stain, so the colour is a vibrant but translucent. Though labeled as a nude, on me it built up into a unmistakable red, granted with brown undertones but red all the same. Less of a commitment than lipstick, it looks just as striking and I got several 'looks' whilst doing a mid-Saturday Tesco shop; the colour is too bright to be passed off as natural.

Longevity: Branded as 'lipfinity' is a little rich. It does have good staying power but is in no means infallible. The product does not absorb into the lips as Max Factor state, it resides on the surface with a slightly sticky feel. After drinking a glass of wine I was left with a 80s style strong lip line and little else!

Verdict: This is a decent alternative lip option for daywear but by no means discreet. It definitely requires topping up after eating and drinking so remember to pop it in your handbag. Perhaps avoid this product if you suffer from dry lips, I overheard a makeup artist comment that when applied to dry lips it 'sticks in the cracks like dried blood'! Not an attractive look!





I hope to do more product reviews soon; I am currently testing some exciting Remington products and look forward to sharing the results!

Hypnotic Fragrance

You can only wear one fragrance at a time, which poses a problem for a perfume hoarder like myself. I love buying or receiving new scent, and as a result I own a dressing table full of alchemist like bottles. I usually go through phrases of different day perfumes, and my flavour of the month is Dior's Hypnotic Poison.

Perhaps the first to channel the enchanted apple-esque bottle (Nina Ricci and DKNY have followed) this perfume looks as good as it smells. Opening the amethyst jewelled lid reveals a scent that is both candy sweet and sophisticated and musky. It reminds me a bit of those cupcake dolls you could get in the 90s...they had a cake shaped casing that could be flipped into a skirt and were 'scented'.

I sometimes write about perfume in work, and I find it quite fascinating how a smell can be broken down into a list of ingredients. So my cupcake doll scent is in fact:

Top notes: bitter almond and carvi
Heart notes: Sambac jasmine and jacarandra
Base notes: vanilla and musk


I can definitely get the vanilla but my nose is not delicate enough to detect jacaandra (a tropical flower apparently). Does your favourite perfume contain anything suprising?

Laura Palmer and Lipstick

I must be a true blogger, when unpacking 23 years worth of belongings in my new dwelling, I couldn't resist trying on my blonde wig...and taking photos of it. I wore this long fringed wig for a Twin Peaks party, Laura Palmer in a black jumpsuit with red lips. I have never bleached my hair, and the sight of light locks upon my head was a shock. It made my skin take on a pinker hue, and my eyes looked positively black.

Changing your hair colour gives you different freedom with make-up, and I have always envied blondes as they can do brights and neons effortlessly. Whether vivid pink or deep wine hues, the look is ten times as striking.



I now live on a road of hair in North London. We have Wig World, Wig Land...lots of wig and extension destinations. I am keen to expand my wig collection and would love rows of mannequin heads with delightful dos to choose from. Next on my list is probably a firey ginger.

Paul and Joe Lipstick

Being presented with a pretty paper paisley lipstick tube on Christmas morning is delightful enough, but winding it up and finding a lipstick carved cat at peeping out was a joy indeed! The only problem is that I don't want to use it! How can I smudge this feline to mush in the name of vanity? I was thinking that a delicate lip brush would be the most humane way to use this product. Any suggestions?