Lipstick Love

I love wearing all kinds of lipsticks from nudes to bright reds. Usually, I wear a red but mostly mute it out by just using it as a stain. I do this by dabbing some red lipstick on my lips and then applying lip balm on top giving my lips a red stain.  But if I'm being really lazy I just wear my Maybelline lip balm in Cherry Me - I know the packaging is really girly, as in grade school girly, but it gives a perfect  hint of color.

 MAC Movie Star Red and Lip Fusion Clear Lip Balm - perfect long lasting stain         Maybelline Cherry Me Balm - hint of color but not very long lasting                                                   (both are swatched below)

Lately I've been, wearing all kinds of bright lipsticks. I mean don't get me wrong I love a nice nude, especially when I'm wearing a smoky eye. But nothing makes a statement like a bright lip. And it doesn't hurt that it brightens up your whole face.Plus it's nice to have some color during gloomy gray winter days.

Rimmel In Vogue, L'oreal Cherry Freeze, Revlon Cherry Tart, Revlon Coral, L'oreal Beyonce's Red, MAC Movie Star Red, Mac Basic Red pencil - the last three aren't really lipsticks but I wear them like lipstick because they last forever (swatched below in order)

Looking at the pictures now I see many of the colors look similar but I swear they are different. The Rimmel is a deep fuchsia, the L'oreal next to is similar but less opaque and softer, the Revlon has a hint of glitter and is redder, the next Revlon is a lovely orange red, the L'oreal is a beautiful bright true red, the mac is a deep matted fuchsia berry, and the MAC pencil is a deep matte orange red that is amazing on my lips. So, you see I'm not really insane, well maybe a bit but we won't get into that.

What do you think about wearing bright summer colors during winter? What's your favorite lipstick?