Fall Makeup Look | Dark Lips

Hello! I recently bought a super dark purple lipstick from Mac called Instigator and was playing around with it. It's the darkest lipstick I own and slightly out of my comfort zone. I ended up really liking how this looked so I thought I would do a makeup post to go with it!

Face Makeup 

Benefit Porefessional, Makeup Forever Mat Velvet+, Mac Pro Longwear Concealer, Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, Doll 10 palette- Sculpted for my contour, Dolled Up for my Blush, Glow for my highlight. 

Lips 

Mac Instigator over top of Nyx Nebula Lip Liner

Eyes 

I used the Tartelette Palette for my shadow. Wanderer as my transition shade, Power Play in my crease, Fashionista in the outter corner and lower lash line, Natural Beauty on the lid, and Super Mom in the inner corners. I used Loreal Lineur Intense for my eyeliner, UD shadow stick in Rehab in my water line, and Covergirl Super Sizer for my mascara. 

*My September favorites video should be up tomorrow! I wanted to do that post today instead but when I upload to YouTube, it steals all my internet so I get too impatient lol!! I will probably upload it tonight and do a post on it tomorrow! I'm wearing this makeup look in the video so you can all see it in action!*

What is your go to makeup look for Fall? Let me know in the comments! 

Maybelline Color Elixir in Caviar Coutuer

Hello!! I have officially jumped on the dark lips trend for fall. I always admired someone who could pull off that super dark, vampy lip color. I however, never thought I could. I started off with some Berry toned lipsticks to get myself out of my comfort zone, but I saw a Maybelline Color Elixir a few days ago that was darker than anything I owned and thought, why not? I knew I wanted to go into Mac soon and try on a few darker shades, but I thought I would test it out first with a cheaper, affordable lip color. 

Let me tell you, I am in love. 

This is Maybelline Color Elixir in Caviar Couture.

This was my first time trying out these Color Elixirs, so I will be doing a review for them in this post too. 

The wand is a typical doe foot applicator. Nothing special, but not bad either. 

I was really drawn to this dark purple shade with a hint to red in it. It's super glossy, but if you blot it then it can be more matte. 

My thoughts-

-I'm really loving this color and I love how it's dark but doesn't look too dark against my pale skin. 

-I honestly didn't like the formula of this color elixir too much. I found it kind of difficult to apply and it came out really patchy when worn by it's self. But the next time I wore it, I applied it over a lipstick and it turned out better. I don't know if this is because it's a dark color, and maybe the lighter shades don't do this? 

-These are super pigmented, but are also buildable  in color. Which I think is nice for darker shades, so you can sheer it out, or build it up. 

-When applying this one, I had to apply it and then blot it, and then apply it again to get rid of the patchiness.

-I also liked how glossy this looked, but if you blot it then it toned down the sheen and turned more matte. 

-I didn't find this drying out my lips or settling into any cracks I had since my lips are pretty dry. 

-This is great for the price and even though I didn't love the formula, I didn't hate it either. Definitely something I can work with since I love the color so much. 

I can't wait to try out more dark shades!

What are you favorite dark lip colors?? Let me know because I am on the hunt for more!