Revlon Matte Balms Swatches & Review

Hello loves,

Today I have a review of a new line that was released by Revlon, called Matte Balm. I'm sure you are familiar with their Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain (I did reviews on these product here 1 & 2) and these are just like them only the finish is matte.

As a matte lippy lovers, I quickly got interested and decided to grab 2 of the colors: Sultry & Shameless.

 Sultry is your medium pink with warm undertone. 

 Shameless is a stunning medium purple.

Unlike their long lost cousins, the Balm Stains, Matte Balms are super duper pigmented. They also don't drag on your lips like most matte lipsticks tend to do. I truly enjoy the color payoff, especially Shameless which is perfect for Fall.

Have you tried Revlon Matte Balms? Tell me your favorite because I might pick up a few more ;)

Toodles~

Swatch: Revlon Girly

Pretty much self-explanatory :)

I did "jelly sandwich" mani using OPI Care to Danse? as "base" and "top" coat for Girly. I think it turns out really cute!

NOTD: Revlon Whimsical

Isn't this the cutest polish ever? <3

Part 2: Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain

Follow up of my last post on Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain, I did go and pick up 2 other colors and ended up loving these. Walgreens is having BOGO 50% on the new Revlon products, including the Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain so if you want to try them, try them NOW :)

The two other colors I got are Honey Douce and Cherish Devotion aside from the Lovesick Passionnee I already picked up earlier. Honey is a brownish pink color, a really nice and neutral pink which leaves a MLBB stain. Cherish is a gorgeous rose pink color.

Honey 

Cherish

Lovesick

Thanks for reading!

Product Review: Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain

Recently Revlon had come out with their new & improved lip stain/balm hybrid shizz which are called Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain.

Try say that 3 times.

I noticed people have been saying that this particular line is a dupe of Tarte LipSurgence and Clinique Chubby Sticks but since I've never owned those two products, I can't really say much in that area. However, I'm reviewing these for what they worth and what they claim to be.

Ok, first of all they look like fat crayons, which is cute...and they have this sweet minty candy initial scent. After a while the scent would disappear so if you're not a fan of fragrances on makeup products, don't worry about it. Having said that, actually the scent is not bad at all, you know. I could think of worse fragrances they could have put in there instead of mints.......like bacon or something. I love bacons but I don't want to give people impressions that I eat bacon whenever I apply this stuff, you know what I mean?

Alright, since this post is not about bacon, we should move along.

Does this balm/stain do what they promise to do? Yes and No.

Yes because they do stain my lips and not in a gross way. The stain looks very even on my lips, unlike most of lip stain products out there, and they last quite a while too. No because although this applies like lip balm, they're not the most moisturizing thing ever (still better than Revlon Lip Butters tho). You can always apply Carmex or whatever lip balm you'd like prior to this although that would defeat the purpose now, wouldn't it?

The color that I have is called Lovesick and it is a bright, gorgeous fuchsia pink. This color stains my lips as if I've been eating too much berries.

this how it looks on with heavy hand, the stain would look less fuchsia 

Do I like it? Yes, I quite do...surprisingly. What I like to do as an alternative, is to apply it all over, blot it with tissue so that I would be left with just the stain, and then apply lip glosses over it. I also like to use it as a base for my lipsticks that are too pale to be used on their own.

So far I only have Lovesick but perhaps in the near future I would get two or three more colors.This was $8.99 but I'm pretty sure you can find them cheaper on other places. I found mine at my local Target, not sure if the drugstores here in the island have them yet since we're always 2 weeks behind on pretty much EVERYTHING :'(

Hope that helps!

EOTD: Drama Drama Drama!

Hello again!

Just a quick post on this look I created using theBalm and the Beautiful Palette I reviewed not too long ago. I chose some of the cool grey-ish colors and was quite happy with the result.

Used:
NYX Milk JEP (base)
The Mistress (inner corner)
The Guy Who Died But Didn't Really Die (middle lid, middle lower lash line)
The Oil Tycoon (above crease)
The Mother In Law (crease, outer lower lash line)
The Basket Case (browbone)
Milani Liquif'Eye in Black
Revlon Fantasy Length False Lashes in Precision
Covergirl Lash Blast mascara

Thanks for checking out :)

Revlon Lip Butter Swatches & Review

Herro der beautiful people,

This would be a long overdue post I've been meaning to do ever since everyone was jizzing about Revlon Lip Butter. Apologies for the mental image, but it was almost true because these little suckers were raved everywhere. Living in one of the world's most beautiful places obviously have its perks but since we're also very much isolated and literally in the middle of Pacific Ocean, sometimes we don't always get things shipped here fast enough.

Therefore, yes, we didn't get Revlon Lip Butters until the beginning of this year...unlike drugstores in mainland which started carrying it since Fall/Winter 2011. Having said that, it's always better late than pregnant never, so here is my take on the product and some swatches for your hungry eyes.

I only bought four in the shades of: Pink Tuffle, Tutti Frutti, Lollipop, and Sugar Plum. However my local CVS (called Longs Drugs) had almost all of them opened and available to swatch, so here's my quickie swatches:

 As you can see, they are very glossy and pigmented. I was actually surprised by the color payoff of the darker shades like Raspberry Pie and Cherry Tart. Creme Brulee is so pretty but on my pigmented lips they just go on clear and gives me that dead look so that one is a no-go. Tutti Frutti was chosen over Peach Parfait (not in the pic) because I just can't deal with the sparkles in Peach Parfait although the color is more appealing to me. Berry Smoothie is so gorgeous as well, but I chose Sugar Plum instead (they look pretty close irl) because it's just a tad darker, less vibrant and muted...appropriate for office.

So, here are the ones I bought:

• Pink Truffle: brownish pink (great for brightening complexion if you just want to add some color to you face)
• Tutti Frutti: wearable orange (think of a sheerer version of Revlon Siren I reviewed here. Gorgeous!)
• Lollipop: bright fuchsia (surprisingly not too in-yo-face bright, just enough to make a statement)
• Sugar Plum: muted brown with plum tinge (looks kinda dark in the tube but it has the sheerest consistency among all. It's soft and lovely.) 

The formula is amazing (it's like a combo of lip balm + lipstick + lipgloss) and you could definitely build them up to very vibrant if you want. The name "Lip Butter" is quite appropriate because they are also really soft, like butter. And speaking of butter, it reminds me of Paula Deen.

Anyway, oh yeahhhhhhhh lip swatches yeaaaaahhhhh:

 Revlon Lip Butter Pink Truffle

 

 Revlon Lip Butter Tutti Frutti

 

 Revlon Lip Butter Lollipop

  Revlon Lip Butter Sugar Plum

Excuse the weird lighting and shiny face...it was the end of the day and I tried my best to not look as poopy.

Revlon Lip Butters are sold for around $7 in most of drugstores available in your area but you can always get them for less during the BOGO 50% off deal.

Happy Sunday & thanks for reading!!!

Not-So-Scary Purple Lips?

I wasn't sure if my previous post did justice on how beautiful Revlon Berry Haute looks in real life because I just realized the picture I had wearing it was a little warm toned. Here is how Berry Haute would look in normal lighting:

It's a wearable purple that doesn't look washed out on lips, I absolutely adore the finish which is very creamy with no sparkles whatsoever and the blue tone purpley pink color makes my teeth look whitener. Another good news is that Berry Haute is a very moisturizing lipstick. I honestly never expected to reach out for this color as much as I have but apparently I've gone through almost half the tube and I just bought this 2 months ago (in my record, this is amazing) so really....... YOU NEED TO GO GET YOU SOME.

Product Review & Swatches: Revlon Lipsticks

I finally jumped into the Revlon lippy bandwagon and quite pleased with the quality. I got 4 Super Lustrous (in Creme finish) & 1 Matte lipstick.... they are all pigmented and glide on smoothly. The least favorite texture from the bunch would be Siren because it seems to be more drying than the others. I purposely wean off the nudes since I already had tons of them and during the colder seasons, I'd prefer to have darker lips anyway.

The colors I have:

• In The Red (matte)
• Cherries In The Snow (creme) 
• Sassy Mauve (creme)
• Berry Haute (creme) --> SUPER GORGEOUS & WEARABLE LAVENDER !!!!
• Siren (creme)

So without further ado, here are the swatches:

On lips:

Bonus

"In The Red" topped with NYX Round Lipgloss in "Deep Red" 

"Siren" worn

"Berry Haute" worn:

Enjoy~