I finally got around to putting up these Shiro Cosmetics swatches. I always think that you need a lip swatch to truly see what a lip product looks like :)

First thing I’ll say is they are all similar in quality and application. They have the same base ingredients of shea butter and jojoba oil which is lovely and moisturising.  When I apply them they are a little hard for a few seconds, but they quickly soften up on contact with your lips. Once warm they glide on nicely and they all give a quite opaque finish straight away. All the following swatches are straight from the tube and were no hassle to apply and importantly, there was no patchiness! In the past I’ve had some strong coloured products that can be patchy when you apply them, but these were perfect! :)

Now on to the swatches! Here is a quick reminder of the tubes and the arm swatches.

Now for the lip swatches! First there is Three Wolf Moon. A dark, bold red which is cinnamon flavoured with cinnamon oil. This one smells really strongly of cinnamon, so if you don’t like it you may not like applying this baby! Your lips do tingle when you apply it because of the cinnamon oil, but it doesn’t feel weird or anything. I leaves a lovely dark red colour and it does stain to leave a similar dark red tint if it wears off. When it wears off you are basically left with the same colour, but it’s not glossy. Definitely do not go around kissing people on the cheeks with this on, you will stain them! :p

Next is OVER 9000. A bold pink, a shade or two darker than bubblegum which is grapefruit flavoured. Weirdly, I realised I had no idea what grapefruit smelt or tasted like until I tried this! I have the strangest gaps in my “foods I’ve tried” list! This goes on just like a lip balm and leaves a lovely pink. Any lighter and I wouldn’t be able to wear this pink. I can’t pull off baby pink colours, so this is perfect for me. It does leave a light coloured stain too, so no kissing babies/strangers!

This one is my personal favourite, Yo Dawg. A bright but wearable magenta which is raspberry flavoured. This is very similar to OVER 9000, but a touch darker/more purple. This is definitely my favourite and I’ve had lots of complements on it. It’s pretty much the same colour as the slices in my hair. All I need now is some purple blush and eyeshadow and I can be a creepy magenta coloured animé super hero! That would be quite awesome actually! :P This colour is quite dark in the context of the rest of my face, but not too dark it looks vampy. I can see myself easier using up this tube with the amount I am wearing it and it is a really tasty raspberry flavour. Again it leaves a good stain and is so easy to touch up due to that. I can apply this in the morning and go into town and only have touch it up after eating/drinking. It’s the perfect no worry lip product. Although due to staining you do need to watch out when trying on clothes!

Now to get a bit further from my usual comfort zone. This is Robe & Wizard Hat. A mid-toned blue with gold sparks and it is blueberry flavoured. They gold sparkles are more apparent in real life, but I couldn’t get the lighting right, you can kinda see them in the picture. I really liked this, more than I thought I would! I had a thing about wanting a blue lip product since I’ve seen so many lovely lip products being swatched by Lillian on her blog! She has awesome lips and an amazing make up collection! Since I saw her swatching blue lip colours I’ve been obsessed with trying one! I was quite happy when I saw the Shiro one and had to have it, not only for the gorgeous colour, but the awesome name! :) It goes on really smoothly and cleanly and is not at all patchy. I applied this from the tube and was quite careful and I don’t think it came out to bad. I think you could get a cleaner look with a lip brush as you can see some imperfections in my application. This blue is surprisingly wearable, I probably wouldn’t wear it to uni, but I’d wear it on a night out definitely!

This is the last full sized Intertube I bought and it is Longcat. It is a colorless base with silver sparks and is peppermint flavoured with real peppermint oil. I had to have thing one for two reasons.

1. Longcat is awesome.

2. I have a unhealthy love of all things mint flavoured.

Again due to the peppermint oil is have a minty, tingle when applied, which due to my love of mint, I really like! The sparkles are really pretty and I think you could wear this alone or over another lip colour. I have been putting in on my lips when my bold colours when worn off to a stain and I cba to reapply them. If you put this one over the top you get a nice stain coloured sparkle :)

Lastly, this is Rickrolled and it was sent as a sample. It is a red-orange; can appear coral which is ginger flavoured with real ginger oil. Please excuse the dodgy application, I had to use my finger to warm up the goo in the pot and I applied it with my finger. Now…what I learnt from this is I don’t like ginger. I actually really like the colour, it’s bold and different, but not unwearable. I found it difficult to apply due to me pulling a face of disgust as I applied it! I tried to not do it, but it’s just such a weird flavour! I didn’t keep it on long as, in fact it was hard to do this picture without my disgust face! Caitlin, the creator of Shiro Cosmetics has mentioned that she will start to make any of the Intertubes without flavour if anyone asks. I think that is really lovely of her!

So there you go! They are really awesome, I’m quite blown away by how much I love these! They are completely affordable at $6.50 each or around £4 and £2 postage. You can ever buy a batch of 5 or all 10 at a discounted rate. Bargain! I cannot recommend these enough, I really love them and I can see me ordering more. There are 4 other colours I haven’t tried including 2 rather lovely purples, 1 dark and 1 a light lavender colour. Also, the lavender one it is called Leeroy Jenkins and although I quit WoW I still have a soft spot for the hours and hours of my life I put into it. I still remember how funny it was when I first say the Leeroy video. Almost as funny as MOAR DOTS!, but not quite, that’s an all time favourite for me :P Probably because I remember people going mad at people for falling in the whelps when I played all that time ago!

Has anyone else picked up any Shiro Intertubes? What do you think? I’d love to see swatches of the colours I haven’t got :)

Also, it’s the weekend! I’ve handed in what I’ve been working on all week and now I’m going to have a lovely relaxing evening! Catching up on blogs and relaxing, what a lovely evening! :) Hope you are all having a relaxing Friday evening! Enjoy your weekend! xxxx