My first MAC lipstick!

After visiting London for my first London based blogger meet, I visited Selfridges with two of my favourite bloggers, Katie and Simone. Unsurprisingly, they enabled me into buying my first MAC lipstick, which I wanted to share with you today:

After swatching what seemed like the every lipstick in Selfridges, I finally settled for Impassioned. It's an Amplified finish, which is bright, strong and matte - just how I like it! The colour applies to my lips just how it appears on the bullet, and I like the vibrant colour it adds to my look. The application is smooth and doesn't feel drying - although it would probably benefit from the use of a lip liner too, but I'm just lazy!

I would never have previously paid £15.50 for a lipstick before I started blogging, and I still feel like this is a huge splurge for me. I have justified this luxury by comparing it to how much I spend on clothes - if I can spend £20 on a top, why not pay £15 for a lipstick which I will wear many more times? It's a shift in logic towards beauty which is new to me, but I'm really enjoying starting to discover more high-end makeup. I'm now extremely tempted by something from Charlotte Tilbury - I love the look of Coachella Coral or Amazing Grace for a more matte look, but at £23 my tastes are getting more and more expensive!

Are you yet to launch into MAC? Or, if you are fan, what was your first MAC lipstick?