Revlon Lip Butters!

So today, I want to share with you one of my most loved products since the beginning of this year, which are the Revlon Lip Butters. When it first came out, it was sold out in every drugstore near me so it took me a while to find the ones I wanted to try out.

As you can see, I own 6 of them, the colors are (from left to right): Creamsicle, Sugar Frosting, Cupcake, Candy Apple, Tutti Frutti, Sweet Tart. I'm thinking about picking a few more up but they need to be restocked in my local Walgreens first. XD

Formula wise, I love these~ They are very moisturizing and some of the shades pack on a lot of pigment, just like a lipstick. They can also be worn sheer for a hint of color. For some reason, some of my lip butters are unscented while a few of them have a slight sweet vanilla scent to them. I'm not bother by this at all though, since the smell is very light and not noticeable after a few minutes. The finish of these are somewhat dewy looking but they are in no way sticky, feels just like butter. I hate sticky lip products! If you don't like giltter, I'd suggest looking at the tip of the cap to double check since some of them, like Peach Parfait has glitter suspended in it.

065 Creamsicle:
This is more of a light peachy color and it lightens up my lips quiet a bit. This color might not look that great on darker skin tones.

005 Sugar Frosting:
This is a very sheer lip color. This one has a bit of a frosty look to it so I like to use it when I'm not wearing too much makeup.

055 Cupcake:
I actually am disappointed in this color since it makes my teeth look yellower than they are. This is a purple tone pink that has the same finish like Sugar Frosting.

090 Sweet Tart:
I think this color is really nice if you're looking for a brighter pink color.

015 Tutti Frutti:
This color is straight up orange and I love it but I don't have much to say about it. It can be a bit hard to wear if you want to wear it opaque.

035 Candy Apple:
I think this is a warmer red but it's really easy to wear. This is coming from a person who is scared of red lipsticks.


To add to this, I picked up the Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in the color Charm. This is a more orange version of Creamsicle and it leaves a really nice coral stain. So far, I don't love it nor hate it. I do have to say that it made my lips peel so I'm not sure if I'm having an allergic reaction to it or not.

 

035 Charm

Long swatch on left side: Balm stain in Charm 

Top row: Cupcake, Sugar Frosting, Creamsicle

Bottom row: Sweet Tart, Tutti Frutti, Candy Apple

These past few weeks, I've been trying out many different skin care lines to help with my acne problem but I haven't found anything I love yet. Adult acne is so frustrating to deal with. :[

Etude House Shini Star

Hi there! It's been a while since I have written a post~ I've just been very busy with school and life but I'm back with a review of two things I bought from the Etude House Shini Star Special Edition line featuring SHINee<3

Etude House Shini Star Clear BB Lotion
Packaging: This bb lotion comes with a vacuum pump which I found to be kind of hard to use. I feel like it's not really a vacuum pump seeing how every time I use it, I have to pump once or twice before the product comes out but who can complain when the packaging is this cute! (30mL)
Scent: This has a very clean baby powder scent that isn't too strong and it disappears soon after application.
Coverage: This is a bb lotion, not a bb cream so don't expect a lot of coverage with this. This gives a very sheer tint and overall brightens the face. It doesn't cover freckles or acne scars so if you want something that covers that, this isn't a product for you.
Consistency: I love the consistency of this bb lotion~ It's not thick at all, it's a very thin and smooth lotion that absorbs into the skin very well.
Comments: I like how it gives a "no makeup" effect when applied and the staying power on my skin. This leaves the skin with a very natural skin-like finish where it's not matte or overly dewy. This product controls oil pretty well, which shocked me since this is suppose to be a moisturizing bb lotion. Another plus to this is that this bb lotion is free of parabens, mineral oil, benzophenone and ethanol.


The other product I bought from this line is the Shini Lip Balm in #2, Grapefruit. This one has Jonghyun's signature on the bottom of the tin after all the product is used up. I don't know what to say about this product though since I don't love it or hate it. The product is solid in the tin but once it comes into contact with heat, it melts into a non-sticky lip gloss texture. It has a really pleasant citrus scent but I feel like the pigmentation is lacking on the lips even though it looks really pigmented in swatches. I like to use this balm over a lipstick as a gloss.

Here's the ingredients list on the side of the box for the bb lotion.

The color of the lip balm is very orange/coral in real life.

 

On the top corner is a swatch of the lip balm, below that is a pump of the bb lotion and on the left of that is a blended out swatch of the bb lotion.

I've been buying things like crazy on ebay for the past month but I don't have time to share my hauls anymore</3. I will try to update more with reviews of products I've been using though~