Good Day Everyone,
When it comes to make up, I believe in selecting one or two
features to focus upon, and leaving the rest in the background so
to speak. For me personally, I’m lucky enough to be blessed with good skin
(thanks mum) and eyebrows, and so my makeup tends to focus on eyes and skin. I
don’t believe that my lips are my best feature. Whilst my lips are an average
size (not particularly thin or full), I don’t have a well defined cupids bow.
The natural outline of my lips is quite blurry/jagged (if that makes any sense) and so
I always struggle outlining my lips with a lip liner. Typically, they either
end up looking too big, like I've drawn outside of my natural lip line, or if I
stay within/on my natural lip line then inevitably I have jagged bits of my
natural lip sitting outside of the lip liner. It’s a no win situation :o(
As a result, I've never been a big lipstick wearer. I always
tend to opt for lip glosses, tinted lip balms or lip stains. If I ever do where
a lipstick, I don’t tend to use a lip liner (due to the aforementioned
challenge) and therefore tend to stick to colours similar to my natural lip
colour. I tend to avoid wearing bright and opaque lipsticks because of the
challenges of defining my lip line and because I have a fear of the colour
wearing off from the centre of my lips and leaving me with the dreaded lipstick
ring around my mouth. I’m also no good at topping up my lipstick or checking it
after meals. Plus I don’t like the heavy (and sometimes drying) feeling of
traditional lipsticks. So, in case you hadn't already realised... I am not a
lipstick girl... just so we’re all clear ;o)
However, all that changed when I came across the Revlon Colorburst Lip
Butters – it’s lipstick for lipstick scary cats like me! These lip butters are
a-mazing! I absolutely love love love them! They are incredibly moisturising, like
a lip balm. They do not dry out my lips, no matter how often I wear them and
they feel very light on the lips.
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| L-R: Candy Apple / Macaroon / Peach Parfait |
They have a beautiful gloss like shine to them without being
particularly sticky and best of all, I find that the colour wears of pretty
evenly, thus avoiding the dreaded lipstick ring. In terms of staying power, I
find that they last a good six hours or so, depending upon what I eat/drink etc.
Whilst the gloss like shine may fade after a few hours, the colour remains on
my lips for quite a while longer. The lip butters are sheer but buildable to
some extent and they remind me a lot of the Dior Addict lipsticks (but without
the hefty price tag).
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| L-R: Candy Apple / Macaroon / Peach Parfait |
There’s a huge range of colours available so there’s
something for everyone and the colours are actually great wearable shades. The
lip butters do have scent, a kind of cinema sweet popcorn smell, but it’s not
particularly strong and fades quite quickly once you've applied it.
The packaging is super cute with colour co-ordinated plastic
lids that are embossed on two sides. The top of the lid is clear so you can see
the colour of the lipstick inside. My only gripe with the packaging (and it’s not relevant to most
people) is that because the lids are very long, there isn't much of a base for me to hold onto when pulling the lid off, which means it
often takes me 2-3 attempts to get the lid off (due my arthritic fingers and
problems with grip).
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| L-R: Candy Apple / Macaroon / Peach Parfait |
So far I've bought three colours and love all three of them.
The first one I bought was Peach Parfait which isn't particularly peachy in
colour, in fact, it’s definitely more pink in colour. On me, it’s very similar
to my natural lip colour and so for me it’s a MLBB (my lips but better). Peach
Parfait has the most sparkle in it out of the three that I have and I can
definitely feel the sparkly bits on my lips but they’re not big glittery bits
that irritate me and so being able to feel them doesn't bother me.
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| L-R: Candy Apple / Macaroon / Peach Parfait |
The next one I bought was Macaroon, which I love so much
more than Peach Parfait, because to me this is my ‘perfect’ raspberry pink
shade. I have been looking for my perfect raspberry pink shade for years and
failed to find it... that was until now. I’m really fussy when it comes to my
‘pink’ lip products because I don’t like anything that’s fuchsia, Barbie pink,
pinky violet or pink with a blue undertone. I definitely prefer pinks with a
brown undertone (if I’m going for a MLBB look) or a red undertone as the colour
really lifts my whole face (and makes my teeth look whiter). I absolutely love
this colour and hope it never gets discontinued. In fact, when I next go home in a few
months, I’ll definitely be popping into Boots to stock up on this colour.
Macaroon has teeny tiny flecks of shimmer in it but nowhere near as much as
Peach Parfait as I can’t feel it on my lips at all.
My most recent addition to my collection is Candy Apple
which has no shimmer in whatsoever. For some reason my photos make this look
more sheer than it actually is. On my lips, it is definitely the most opaque of
the three when you build the colour up. I love Candy Apple because for someone
like me who never really wears a full on red lip, this is a perfect muted kind
of red that isn't too bright and scary to pull off. It has an ever so slightly
pink (raspberry pink) undertone to it which I really like as again it makes my
teeth look that bit whiter. This colour looks great with a neutral eye with lashings of mascara and black eye liner. I think Candy Apple is another one that I may
stock up on when I go home.
I twisted my most recently purchased lip butter all the way
to the top to see the amount of product there is and to be honest you don’t get
a huge amount. Given that some days I do build the colour up, and apply a few
layers, I’m not expecting these to last a very long time. However, as these are
relatively inexpensive when compared to some of the high end brands that offer something
very similar, I don’t mind having to re-purchase as I love these lip butters so
much!
Have you tried these Revlon Lip Butters? What did you think?
Which is your favourite colour?
My verdict: 5/5
(Note: I bought these products with my own money)
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