Lipstick Queen is the new(ish) line by Poppy King. I was a big fan of her first line in the 90s, which was sadly discontinued when the brand over-diversified into other cosmetics and even clothing. She relaunched a couple of years ago with her Saints and Sinners - a line of 10 lipstick colours in both sheer (Saint) and intense (Sinner) formulations. She followed this with the Oxymoron glosses (matte glosses) and then Medieval lipstain.
I became obsessed with this product when I read about it online before it was released in the UK; I even dreamt about it. At the time this was being featured in magazines and raved about on US beauty boards the BBC series Merlin was on, and I was convinced that only Medieval could give me the gorgeous flushed lips that the lead actress in that series wore. It was finally released in SpaceNKs over here just before Christmas last year, just in time for me to add it to my Christmas wish list.
The idea is that this product gives a natural flush to the lips, and for me, it does just that. It gives me a soft sheer cherry red blush that looks as if I've been biting my lips. This has a permanent place in my everyday makeup bag. I reach for it on days when I'm not wearing any makeup (sometimes it happens!) to brighten up my face, or when I'm concentrating on my eye look and just want to add a little colour to my lips. I also find it moderately moisturising, and I have very dry lips; I can actually wear this without a balm underneath it most of the year round.
This definitely has a cooler tone; I need to wear neutral or cool blush tones with it, which also tend to look more natural on me than warmer peachy tones. This isn't the product for you if you can't do or don't like cooler pinky tones. The picture is with one light coat blotted down; I can get more colour if I apply a couple of layers.
Lipstick Queen products are available at SpaceNK. This is showing up as £19 on the website, which is pretty expensive for a tinted lipbalm.
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