BEAUTY // MAC Velvet Teddy

Hey!

Remember that post saying I bought two MAC lipsticks? Well, that was not a lie and the second baby I bought was the one, the only Velvet Teddy. I once said that if I ever saw it in stock in a store that I'd buy it but, when I got it for half price online, I had to give it a go. My friend Louise (aka Fern) had it and I was pleasantly surprised when I tried hers out. I'm not the sort of person who can work nudes, especially brown toned ones, but this lipstick could not look more different on, in comparison to the tube, if it tried.

On me, Velvet Teddy is a dark nudey pink. Yes - it's pink! It looks like a shade of bad fake tan as a swatch but thankfully it does not look like that on. I was surprised when it suited me because the majority of people I have seen it on are either tanned or at least have dark hair and that, to be frank, is the complete opposite of me! I'm blonde and pale as a ghost!

Getting over the fact the lipstick actually suits me and makes me feel like a 90s diva with my flicked out hair (darn you lob and your flicks!). It is matte, my favourite type of finish, and seriously does not budge. It looked just as good at the end of my shift at work as it did at the beginning and took some serious scrubbing to get off. I have Russian Red which is a slightly creamier matte and, in comparison, Velvet Teddy is a lot more drying. My lips definitely needed a scrub after taking it off, that's for sure. This doesn't bother me too much though because, like I said, the colour is just lovely.

Last point, does anyone else who has this find that it makes their lips look absolutely huge!? I don't have the largest, most voluptuous lips but I felt like I was a Kardashian with this lipstick on. No word of a lie.

Have you got Velvet Teddy? How do you wear it? Let me know!