Lipstick Queen Rear View Mirror and Lipstick Queen Lipdulgence Lip Mousse

Go through those coat pockets. Rattle your piggy bank. Ferret around down the back of the sofa for one of these, from our old friend Poppy King’s Lipstick Queen make-up brand. Because we think January definitely calls for a cheering make-up splurge – and we know just where to start.

Which you choose depends on whether you’re in Team Sheen or Team Matte, lip-wise. Whichever, we’ve found something fab from Lipstick Queen for you.

For lovers of a sheen-y lip, we have Rear View Mirror: a swivel-up, narrow-bulleted stick of colour that is a dream to apply. (Could probably do it without a mirror at all, at a push.) Why the name? Technically, this is designed to echo the reflective paint job on a shiny new car – although on our lips, it stops short of that real mirror finish. It’s fantastically comfortable – so moisturising, it’s more like a balm. There are a couple of neutral shades, but most add a great pop of colour to the lips (we were sent Joy Ride Java, a subtly pearlised of brown-y pink, but we’re going straight out to buy Berry Tacoma. And there’s a stunning red, Little Red Convertible.)

The other product is a fascinatingly mousse-y textured lipcolour by the name of (yes) Lipdulgence Lip Mousse. It’s as velvety as the other one is shiny – polar opposites, finish-wise, yet equally comfortable. You literally don’t feel it’s there, yet it’s creamy and soothing, delivering a real line-blurring effect. (It does have a hint of sweet vanilla scent to it – which may or not be your thing.)

Can’t rustle up enough change for either? It’s only five days till payday.

Lipstick Queen Rear View Mirror/£22 – buy here

Lipstick Queen Lipdulgence Lip Mousse/also £22 – buy here

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