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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Review+Swatches: Revlon Lip Butter in ‘Lollipop’ and Scented Nail Polishes

Revlon Lip Butter in ‘Lollipop’

Finally Revlon lip butter available in Indonesia, I wait to have this product for months! So many beauty gurus on Youtube rave about it and so many beauty bloggers in love with it. So absolutely I want to try it.

With so many colors to choose from, more than 15 I believe. I couldn’t decide what color I want, but after I saw  Emma Stone Golden Globe 2012 makeup breakdown on some websites, I finally decided that I want the ‘lollipop’ one. Yep, they say that ‘lollipop’ was the color that Emma wore on Golden Globe. Check out the rest of her makeup here:


Emma Stone wore 'lollipop'

After I tried it, I came to conclusion that ‘lollipop’ is not similar with the one that Emma wore. It is much darker in real life. Either all the camera flashes really washed her out, she applied it very veerrrryyyy sparingly, or she ate all her lipstick on her way to red carpet, LOL!!!

But nonetheless, ‘lollipop’ is still a very pretty color. Dark pink with purple undertone. In my opinion, If you like to apply lipstick over and over again on your lips, then ‘lollipop’ is going to look very ‘strong’ and ‘too much’ for everyday wear (if you confident with bright lip then absolutely go for it ;D ). For a person who wants to be more subtle on daily basis, try to pat ‘lollipop’ gently on your lip or go for lighter color lip butter instead.


With flash

Pros:
-I’m not the biggest fan of shimmery lipstick. ‘Lollipop’ is not too shimmery, not completely creamy finish. In my opinion the shimmer in ‘lollipop’ is understated. Just perfect.
-For lip butter ‘Lollipop’ has such great pigmentation. Pigmentation is different from one lip butter to another, some of them are opaque, some of them are sheer. I suggest you swatch them first to see how pigmented it is.
-Cute packaging. The quilted texture reminds me of Chanel 2.55 bag :D
-For some people who hate their lip product scented, then Revlon lip butter is perfect. It doesn’t smell like anything for me. I notice only a very faint scent of shea butter on my ‘lollipop’.

Without flash

Cons:
-The cap is hard to open. Be careful when you try to open it.
-I don’t know if my lips just been very dry lately or this lip butter is not hydrating enough for me. It is ok. I have tried other products that made my lips crack and super dry!  Well maybe for other people who don’t like sticky lip product that Revlon lip butter is perfect for you.
-I got mine for Rp 75.000,- ( about USD $ 8). It is quite expensive for me T_T  (I’m broke fresh graduate)

Conclusion:
Highly recommended!!! and I want to try another color!!! ‘Peach Parfait’, ‘Berry Smoothie’, ‘Creamsicle’, ‘Cotton Candy’ I want them all!!!!!! Maybe I persuade my mother to buy lip butters, If she buy it, then I’m going to borrow (well usually I borrow her things and forget to give all that back to her…she doesn’t mind though…)

Revlon Scented Nail Polish

 I bought these babies about two weeks ago when Watsons had promo buy two Revlon nail polishes get one free. So I got these :D

Raspberry Rapture, Gum Drop, Peach Smoothie

As a person who loves perfume and anything good smelling I just can’t resist this little gem. Usually nail polish smells really bad, strong alcohol or accetone.  and I made a mistake when I tried this for the first time. I smelled it from the bottle…Oh my Gosh…it smells horrible!!! Apparently you need to use it first on your nails. Slowly the scent just develops. I love these polish!!!

They are all smells different. So far my favorite scent (and color) is ‘Raspberry Rapture’. A fruity sweet scent with opaque creamy hot pink color. Perfect for summer, looks very cute on the toes.

Raspberry Rapture

This color is called ‘peach smoothie’ it is peachy nude with shimmer.
Peach Smoothie

This one is ‘gum drop’ a creamy sheer pale purple color, very pretty. However to achieve the color like in the picture, you need to use about 2 or 3 coats. If you just use one coat the polish is going to be very sheer .
Gum Drop

Conclusion, I love these nail polishes, really wants to try other colors :D

Have you tried any of these products? What do you think? Any other color you recommend to me? I love to hear your opinion :D

PS: Excuse my very amateur photograps. Also English is my second language. Don’t hesitate to correct my grammar. I’m willing to learn. Tell me on the comment below, email me, or tweet me @melisaberry

Sunday, January 22, 2012

FOTD: 40's-50's Inspired Makeup

My super tomboy sister finally wanted me to do her hair and makeup. So for this rare occasion I decided to go all out and took inspiration from the most glamorous Hollywood starlets.

                    Ava Gardner                                              Lauren Bacall
              


So, this is the result

Face
Revlon Colorstay Foundation for Oily/Combination Skin in 180 Nude
Maybelline Clear Smooth Extra Powder Foundation SPF 20 in Natural
Revlon Wet/Dry Shadow ‘In the Buff’ as cheek and nose contour 

Eyes
MAC Paint Pot in Bare Study
Revlon Wet/Dry Shadow ‘In the Buff’ (the brown shadow in the socket)
Revlon Wet/Dry Shadow ‘Pink Tulle’ (the white shadow in the iner corner)
MAC Fluidline in ‘Blacktrack’
Morrise Eye Lashes

Lips
With flash (left to Right: Ruby, Crimson, Rebel)

No flash (left to right: Ruby, Crimson, Rebel)

Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in ‘Crimson’ and ‘Ruby’
MAC Lipstick in ‘Rebel’
And a little black shadow pat down in the middle

Check out lovely pictures of Ava and Lauren in here :

Saturday, January 21, 2012

FOTD + Review of Clarins UV Plus HP SPF 40 Day Screen High Protection and Clarins Joli Rouge

Hi all Vixens out there, I won Clarins Twitter contest and they sent me this two products. For more giveaways please follow @ClarinsID on Twitter. After more than a week playing with these two things, here I give you my thought about these products.

Clarins Joli Rouge in 731 Rose Berry

No flash

With flash 

I think this is a very nice underrated lipstick. I never hear someone talking about this product before. Such ironies because for me, this is literally the most comfortable lipstick I ever try. Even better than MAC lipstick. Very creamy, very moisturizing, no waxy feeling, long lasting, amazing pigmentation, and nice heavy packaging. The color I have is ‘Rose Berry’, it looks very dark in the tube, but one or two swipes on the lips give me a natural mauve color. Very lovely! Overall I really want to try another Joli Rouge and I recommend this lipstick to everyone.

 Clarins UV Plus HP SPF 40 Day Screen High Protection



This sunscreen is very lightweight. The consistency is like water, very ‘liquid’ and thin in texture. When I apply it on my face it goes on smoothly and slightly sticky, but do not worry because it absorbs quick and dries matte. The downside for me is the scent. I just don’t like the scent, it is not a super strong scent but It just not a good scent for me, I believe everyone is going to have a different opinion about the smell but I just don’t like it. If you don’t mind a little bit scent in your sunscreen then I say go for this product. 

Face of the Day


Face:
Clarins UV Plus HP SPF 40 Day Screen High Protection
Revlon Colorstay Makeup with Softlex SPF 6 for combination/oily skin in 180 Nude
MAC Studio Finish Concealer SPF 35 in NC15
MAC Blot Powder in Medium
Revlon Powder Blush in Soft Spoken Pink

Eye:
Morrise eye lashes
Maybelline the Magnum Volume Express Waterproof in Black

Lip:
EOS lip balm in Summer Fruit
Clarins Joli Rouge in 731 Rose Berry (one swipe then dab it to the entire lip)

So have you tried these two products? What do you think about it? Is there any color from Joli Rouge collection that you recommend to me? Please tell me on the comment section below.

PS: English is my second language. Don’t hesitate to correct my grammar I’m willing to learn. Tell me on the comment below, email me, or tweet me @melisaberry