(sorry for the lighting/my face!)

Ever since I saw Vivianna raving about this, I knew I had to pick it up, as she always has great recommendations. After trying it out for the past few weeks, it's safe to say i'm thoroughly impressed.
First, lets chat about my favourite bit of any product- the packaging. I really love this packaging, it's simple, sleek, and stylish. It's also really easy to just slip into a handbag, and the bright colour means it's easily visible. (I'm always losing my lipsticks in my bag if they have dark packaging!) The packaging gets a huge thumbs up from me!
The formula of this product is quite creamy, and wet, but it dries completely matte. What I do is put a layer on my lips, blot it off, and then apply another layer, and within a couple of minutes it's completely dry, with only the tiniest transfer. It's really pigmented, and it lasts for ages. I went out for a meal, and I didn't need to top it up once. These also do not dry out my lips at all. The longest i've had it on is around 5 hours, and even towards the end of the night, my lips felt fine, which is a huge plus!
One downside is that they aren't the easiest to apply, because they are, well, liquid. Definitely take your time applying these, or they will look awful!
They have a nice selection of colours, and I chose "Frambourjois", which on hindsight, I maybe shouldn't have gone for. I never wear pinks, and I wanted to try something different, but i'm s till not sure it suits me? (As you can see from the photo above)
These retail in the UK for £8.99 (get it here) and i'll definitely be checking out more colours in this range!
Have any of you tried out these? What did you make of hem? Let me know!

A bit of a different style post for you, but I really wanted to talk to you about this book series, as I loved them so much.
I first read them back in around March time, but I recently started reading them again, after forgetting how much I loved them!
If you haven't heard of them, there's five books in the series, I Heart New York, I Heart Hollywood, I Heart Paris, I Heart Vegas and I Heart London. They are by an author called "Lindsey Kelk".

The books themselves are all addictive, I literally couldn't put them down, which is probably why I read all five of them within three weeks, maybe even less than that! (I read books so quickly, because when I start, I literally cannot stop haha.) They are an "easy read". You don't have to think about them too much, you can just enjoy reading. They would be perfect to read on a beach holiday, or if you were trying to relax. The storyline itself is the kind of typical "romantic" story, but with quite a lot of twists. For instance, the main character does a bit of blogging, like me, which I love! I don't want to give too much away about the novels, but i'll just warn you, you will become very attached to the main characters. I know I did anyway! I find the character's are easy to relate to, as I find that in some books, the main character is always "perfect", and the main character: Angela, is by no means perfect. She makes mistakes, she's not a skinny minnie. She also loves fashion and makeup, and traveling, just like me! (not that i've traveled a lot, but i'd like to!)

This is the description on "GoodReads"  for the first book in the series, "I Heart New York":