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7.03.2012

Revlon Colorstay Whipped Foundation - Caramel





 Hello everyone! This post is going to be on Revlon's new 24hr Colorstay Whipped Creme foundation. I purchased mine in the shade 340 Caramel at Target. Target was the only store that had the most wide range of shades to choose from.
It retails for about $12 to $14 depending on where you buy it from.
This foundation can be found in a GOOD size GLASS packaging. No just throwing this into the makeup bag, it may break. There is no spatula to scoop out the product just a little plastic covering to prevent product into the lid. So unless you have your own, be prepared to use a brush or your fingers.

Ok, now on to the fun stuff. This foundation is none like anything that I have in my own collection. It's VERY creamy and feels smooth to the touch on your fingers. It doesn't have a strong smell like the Colorstay liquid and since I usually wear Caramel shade in the liquid, this is a very close match for me. It IS a LITTLE bit light but once blended in, it goes unnoticeable on my skin.

Alright, how does it feel? Well I used this 3 different times so far. The first time, I used one of my beauty blender sponges because I thought it would set quickly like the colorstay liquid, which is NOT the case, so feel free to take your time blending. It's not the amazing race.
With the beauty blender, it gave me a light to medium coverage and felt and looked very natural. No complaints.
The second time I used it. I just used my good ole' fingers and I THINK I applied too much. It felt a little heavy, gave me a medium to nearly full coverage, but still VERY easily blended out with no problems of patchy, blotchiness.
The third time, I used my fingers again and found the right amount of product to take out to apply to my face and it was PERFECT, amazing experience. I didn't really get that much of a heavy coverage feeling and it really felt AMAZING and LOOKED good on the skin. No masks over here!

So all in all, I like this foundation. I will say that you should play around with it to see what application style works best with what overall outcome you want to face to look like. This foundation will definitely give you medium to full coverage! And even though it's summer, I still find this to be a good foundation unless it's over 100+ degrees outside and then it will melt off your face.

I hope you all enjoyed to read! Leave any questions or comments down below!






TnP ~ MsSB 
Xoxoxo

1.10.2012

NEW! Revlon Colorstay Products: Colorstay & Photoready


Hey everyone! So I got a bonus card from work and after gas expenses, I wanted to buy some makeup! Revlon has come out with new Colorstay and Photoready products and I wanted to try them out. I purchased the new Colorstay 16hour Eyeshadow in Siren, the Colorstay Creme Gel Liner in black, and the Photoready 3D Volume mascara.


First I will talk about the 3D Volume mascara. I got this in the hopes of thickening my lashes. I was disappointed in the product. It wasn’t the worst mascara that I have tried, but it definitely did not give me the volume that I was expecting, even after two coats. It clumped a little after the second coat, so I was afraid to apply a third. It provided a natural thickness to sum it up.

The gel liner was a much better product. It’s SUPER creamy and easy to apply with the brush provided. The only other type of gel liner that I have tried is the one from L’Oreal and compared to that I like the Revlon liner better. With L’Oreal I felt that I had to work with it more to get it from the brush to my lids, I do not get that with the Revlon gel liner. I will say that the L’Oreal gel liner is a darker black than Revlon. This liner lasts! It lasts ALL day! The first time I used it, I wore it for about 11 hours and it did not fade at all. I did use a primer beforehand just because my lids are VERY oily. I REALLY like this product!

Last thing that I got for my little taste of the line, is an Colorstay eyeshadow quad of the "16hr" in 525 Siren. Siren is a oceanic-type color scheme which I love because I have been reading a book about the ocean, magical creatures...etc.
In the quad there is a pale blue (ocean), a lavender color with white glitter pieces (makes me think of sea stones or siren jewelry), a silvery taupe (sea foam/bubbles), and a matte black (danger, mysterious deep ocean). (All in my parenthesis are my random thoughts of interpreting the colors in rereference to Sirens/ocean =P )
I have to say, I really like this quad, but I love Revlon eyeshadow in general. I do like how it's a little hard to collect color on my brush, it's like the color is hard packed into the packaging. The colors are not chalky (to me) and easy to blend. I would just say beware of the glitter particles because they kinda went everywhere and I didn't expect them to be so noticeable.


Final thoughts: Loved everything except the mascara....could have done without it
Click here for the video review!




TnP ~ MsSB