Lip Collaboration: Orange Lip Product Swatches

EDIT: This is a really old post. I'm trying to archive all my lipsticks, and Blogger ate this very important post, hence reposting it. Stupid Blogger.

Wendy from Turtle Beauty, Lily from Beauty's Bad Habit and I were nattering on twitter about lippies, as you do, and we decided to do a swatch collaboration. Wendy posted her purple lipstick collection yesterday, I'll be doing my oranges here, and Lily will be posting her reds tomorrow.

Wendy posted her purple lipsticks here.
Lily will posted her red lipsticks here.



I don't have as many oranges as Wendy has purples and I'm pretty sure that Lily has 12,387 red lippies, so this post will be a little shorter and sweeter. Orange is a shade that I find very difficult to both buy and wear, so I hope that this helps someone out.

For reference, here are my bare-a-roonie lips:



Sexeh.

All these pics were taken with flash - there has been no sun here for about ten bazillion years. I meant to take skin swatches, but as you can see my lips aren't that pigmented, and with the "light" here I couldn't get good ones in the end. Let me know if you need a comparison.

Orange you glad you bought me?

-Fyrinnae Lip Lustre in Hair Dye



Oh hai, chippy toof!

I love this Lip Lustre! While not as vibrant as I was hoping, the gold sparkle throughout is super pretty. If you're not sure about oranges, you can't argue with the price of Lip Lustres and this is a less in-your-face orange.

-Barry M Lip Paint in 117 Orange




Ah, Barry M Lip Paints. Barry M lovers will know that their lip paints either go on creamy and fabulous or horrible and drying. Sadly, this is the latter. A good slick of balm underneath does help. For £4.49 though, it's not a bad call. I have to be very careful with how I wear this shade though as does wash me out a tad and the shade can look a little 'dirty' on me.

-66 Lip Palette Orange.



I wasn't sure whether I would include this as a) there are ten billion lip colours in these palettes and it's obvious you'll find a harder-to-find shade there, and 2) you can't wear them out unless you want to cart around the massive palette. However, as the finish is a fair bit different to the others and the colour is a slightly more creamsicle orange, I thought I'd stick it on for reference. It's a shame I can't take this with me as I really like it!

-Gosh Velvet Touch lipstick in 82 Exotic.



The frostiest of my oranges, and a little less red in real life. This is a new purchase so I don't have too much to say about its wear, but I do really like the Velvet Touch formula even if I think its a bit of a incongruous name for a frosty lippy. Comes in at around £7 which I consider a bargain.
-High Voltage Lip Candy in Kinky.



Lip Candys aren't currently available on the HV website, but I spoke to Jasmine on Twitter and she can still make them. This is my favourite of the lot. It's the most flattering shade on me, the price is excellent and you get great wear out of it. Unfortunately the best way to apply is to take some out the pot, warm it up on the back of your hand and then apply with a brush, which is a pain in the arse but I think it's worth it.

-Barry M Lip Paint in no 54 Peach



A much nicer formula than Orange, but still a little drying. I bought this in hopes that it would be like Lime Crime's Cosmopop, which I fell in love with but won't buy. It's hard to tell both from online swatches and this picture, but Peach is a little more orange, a little more neon. I've never worn this so if anyone has any suggestions, please tell me because it is awesome!

Universally a-Peel-ing

-Primark Well Licked Extreme Shine Gloss in Sorbet



Sloppy application.... flash will expose you. Whoops.

A bargain find I snapped up for 50p! I don't think this is available anymore which is a shame. Obviously as a gloss is sheerer, it's going to be a lot easier to wear. If you can find this in Primark, I'd recommend picking it up - it's very sticky, but in a dry way but it lasts for ages on your lips - if not, Barry M has a less red-based Lip Gloss Wand.

-Nyx Round Lipstick in Femme.





I was unsure whether or not to post this, as it's not an orange at all, but it is a pretty orange-y red and Wendy was curious about it. Again, a way for the fainter of heart to get their citrus on. I love the formula of these and would certainly recommend snapping this one up.

(From here on, lipsticks are added to the post as and when I've bought them.)

-High Voltage Lip Whip in Lil Devil

High Voltage Lip Whips are the indie equivalent of OCC lip tars. The website states this as being a great light orange for blondes and redheads - while it's not as light as I was expecting, it's perfect for my hair/skin.

-Shiro Cosmetics Intertube in Rickrolled


A super pigmented, glossy lipstick with a strong ginger scent. I love this shade to bits! And it's hilarious! Win!

-High Voltage Lip Candy in Material Girl


A deep, coral-leaning orange. I love this shade - classy yet unusual enough to make me happy. Love the Lip Candy formula!

-Milani Orange-Gina

Despite everyone trying to ruin this for me by forcing me to read 'Gina' like 'vagina,' this lippie was well worth the wait. Crammed with gold shimmer, it's bloody lovely for summer. Thanks Wendy!

-High Voltage Kiss of True Love

Hoorah for more orange Lip Candy! A lovely coppery orange.

Hope that helped someone! Other oranges I've got my beady little eyes on are:

*Evil Shades Deviant Lipstick in Ardour
*High Voltage Amplified Lips in Kiss of True Love
*OCC Lip Tar in Traffic
*Milani Orangina ( I'm pretty sure it's DC'd but if anyone can find this for me, I will love you forever.)*MAC Morange


Any oranges you'd like to recommend for me? Orange liners?

Did you like this post? Would you like more swatch colloborations, or more swatch 'archives', i.e., a purple shadow collection post, or a hot pink lipstick post?

Robyn xxx