Top 5 Budget Red Lipsticks under £5

Hi there my pretties!

So, seeing as Valentine’s is today, the internet is practically abuzz with all sorts of V-Day makeup look tutorials! Did you know, that the Chinese have their own Valentine’s Day based on the Lunar Calendar? And tomorrow, for the first time in a long, loooong time, the Chinese and English Valentine’s coincide on the same day! Right, trivia for the day done with… time to get to the topic of the day which is budget red lipstick!!

Back to Valentine’s looks, most of these seem to contain that quintessential red lip. Depending on how you pair it with the rest of your look and whether it’s a warm or cool red lip, it can be sexy, dangerous, classy, inviting… you name it. Honestly you can never have too many red lipsticks and I for one don’t think I’ve found my ultimate, perfect one yet but I have found loads of amazing budget ones in my parsimonious quest for good makeup.

This post is for those of you who want to rock that glam, V-day look without breaking the bank 😉

And even if V-Day is not for you or it’s long past by the time you read this, a red lip that you like should always be an essential part of your makeup bag!

1) MUA Matte Lipstick in Scarlet Siren

Scarlet Siren

You’ve probably read my million and one posts that I’ve already done about the amazing MUA Matte Lipsticks and how they’ve come to my rescue in a makeup emergency one time in Germany but I can’t resist mentioning them once again.

MUA Matte Lipsticks Scarlet Siren and Wild Berry

Hi Bargain Beauty Babes!

So like I mentioned in my recent MUA Mini-Haul, I’ve finally got my hands on the remaining two shades of the MUA Matte Lipsticks that I was missing, hurrah!!!

If you want to see a review/swatches for the shades Totally Nude, Peachy Keen and Pouty Pink, you can see my previous review over here, I also mention how the wear is (amazing).

My collection is complete!! And it only cost me £3…

I just have to comment on the packaging again… got to love the little round blob of colour at the bottom, the prettiest thing about it ever and it’s utterly true to the colour of the actual bullet.

MUA Matte Lipsticks – Review + Swatches

UPDATE: See the rest of the swatches here and read about how these lippies can literally do your whole face of makeup here!

Hello my Budget Beauty Lovers!

I have something here today that you’re absolutely going to love and it’s the amazing MUA Matte Lipsticks.

For those who aren’t familiar with MUA, it’s Make Up Academy and they’re famous (or infamous) for their extremely cheap makeup, even by drugstore standards! There’s plenty of hits and misses but they actually do some amazing products sometimes that make the misses all worth it. You can only find them in select Superdrug stores or online.

I’ve been seeing reviews about the new matte lipsticks popping up and everyone’s been raving about them and going ‘it’s only £1!!’, I just can’t resist a good bargain… and funnily enough I just happen to need new lipsticks as well. My search for a true red is still on-going and to be honest my old ones are wayyy past their expiry date >_<

By the way, the amazing photo below is courtesy MUA, as you can see the matte lipsticks are really MATTE.

MUA Matte Lipsticks!

Don’t worry, I’ve got some swatches of my own below! But I didn’t manage to get all the colours so I thought I’d stick the MUA picture in as well 😉 On to the review!