Review: MAC 'Saint Germain'

Totally bought this on whim after watching a Youtube video where the girl was wearing this colour and instantly fell in love! Ever since dying my hair purple, I feel like I have free range to wear obnoxious lipstick colours, so I've been making the most of it. I love a good Barbie pink and Saint Germain fits the bill perfectly!

Saint Germain is amplified formula, so it's super pigmented and opaque. The colour in the tube is true to how it appears on the lips, which is actually quite rare! But I love it - the colour is long lasting, slightly offensive but I happily wear it around university because I'm obnoxious like that.

I have no idea why my arm is so ugly omg I'm so sorry.

 As you can see, it as great colour pay off. After 1 swipe on my very sad looking arm, it's opaque. It is slightly more pale on my lips than it appears here, but the swatches are quite accurate.

This colour is said to suit pale cool tones (which I am) and darker skin tones. It's definitely a blue toned pink, so it can look very 'concealer lips' on people who aren't super pale or super dark. If you have any form of a tan, I wouldn't recommend this (I'd go more the route of Girl About Town or Candy Yum Yum for a bright pink). I see this as a more wearable version of the Nicki Minaj for MAC lipsticks.

I find it lasts around 4 hours before I have to reapply, but I find this difficult to judge because I am constantly drinking something, but like all MAC lipsticks, it lasts well with little to no feathering.

I'm looking forward to wearing this on my summer holidays, I feel like it's quite premature wearing such a bright shade while it's still cold (not that it really stops me). Overall, I love this colour. It is difficult to pull off but it's worth giving it go. I bought this for $40NZD at the MAC counter. You can buy them online cheaper but I've heard too many stories about fakes so I never buy MAC products online.

xo Bridget