Hands up if you love Lipstick, Diet Coke and Money off your Makeup? Well get your skates on and run off down to your nearest Boots store because you have just a few hours left to get £3 off a L’Oréal Paris Color Riche lipstick in three different shades - Bois de Rose, Rose Tendre or Red Passion and all you have to do is purchase a 500ml bottle of Diet Coke.
All three of these lipsticks are just stunning and if you like your pinks then Bois de Rose (302) is for you, for those who love a good nude then Rose Tendre (303) is perfect and finally for the loud, proud and lovers of red lips you haven't been forgotten because Red Passion (297) is the one for you.
Once you have got your new shade of lipstick did you know that you can use it as more than just a lipstick! Well I didn't either. But you can use it to make your lips look larger, use as a cream blush and even use it as a concealer!
To make your lips look larger just by using lipstick and a Diet Coke bottle? Apply your chosen shade all over your lips, then choose a shade in the same colour family but slightly lighter. Use the bottle lid to mark where the centre third of your lips is – that’s where you need to apply the light shade of lippie. Voila, a gorgeous, full pout.
You can, believe it or not, you can use lipstick as an under eye concealer to neutralise dark circles, a trick I have seen quite a few Bloggers mention, though I personally haven't tried it. However all you need to do is ensure you pick the right colour to suit your skin tone – try a pinky or peachy hue is you have fair skin, or an orangey-red for darker complexions. Apply the lipstick under the eye, let is set for about a minute and then apply your usual concealer.
Finally, you can use that lipstick and double it as a blush - genius. Give your cheeks a subtle flush of colour by using your fave lipstick as a blush. Apply your chosen lippie to your first two fingers and gently dab onto your cheek, blending as you go, by doing this you can have as little or as much of a pop of colour that you are comfortable with and it means you can carry less makeup up around with you!
So all you have to do now, is go to Boots, grab your bottle of Diet Coke and your Lipstick and try some of these hacks yourself, or maybe you have tried some already. If you have, I would love to know what works for you!
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