MAXFACTOR VS. MUA - RED LIPLINERS

Hey guys! Straight on to today's products: Lip liners. I've always been a bit weary when it comes to lip liners because I'm not great at getting the perfect line around and it can end up being a bit of a mess, but since I've gotten into wearing my red lipstick a bit more recently (and noticing it was coming off a bit quickly!) I thought it was time to branch out to the liners to help it stay put longer. I got a couple to try because I'm not too familiar what brands are good for liners etc, and I settled for Maxfactor Colour Elixir Lip Liner, and MUA Intense Colour Lip Liner. The colours are pretty much exactly the same which is good!

First up was the MaxFactor liner in Red Rush (£4.99). I chose this one because it looked like the perfect colour to match my MAC Russian Red lipstick, and I was right. The packaging is really nice which was a plus, but overall it was a little disappointing. It was perfect when first applied and I loved it, however after an hour or so it started to go really dry and flake off. I tried wearing on it's own without the lipstick and it had the same effect, the formula is just too dry. I was really disappointed because it's not the cheapest of liners around and the colour was so perfect too (boo!)

So after that, I wasn't too hopeful for my £1 MUA lip liner in Red Drama. However I was pleasantly surprised! The colour wasn't quite as perfect as the MaxFactor, however it still matched my red lipstick of choice, had a nice creamy texture and it didn't flake off either! The packaging isn't quite as lovely and gold, however you get  a sharpener included in the lid and for £1 who is really going to complain about a bit of plain packaging?! The only thing that was worse than the Maxfactor was that the actual pencil crumbled a bit when you are actually applying it, but that's not really a big problem. Basically, I could have got 5 MUA liners for the price of 1 Maxfactor one, and I know that's what I'm going to be doing next time!

Lauren x