Review: Revlon Colorstay Whipped Creme Foundation

Hey beauty blabbers!!
Okay, so I haven't used a liquid foundation for the last 6 or 7 years. I've used a mineral foundation for the last 6 or 7 years because I had extremely oily skin and liquid foundations broke me out so bad. Anyway, since I've grown up a bit my skin has grown as well and isn't so oily anymore. So lately I've been looking for a little more full coverage foundation. I have seen sooo many reviews on both high end and drugstore liquid foundations and finally found one I think I'm going to stick with, Revlon Colorstay Whipped Creme Foundation.

It comes in a cool glass container and you get .8 fluid oz. in this lovely thing. Now when you open it up there is a plastic cover on the top of the container to keep any spillage from happening. Then you'll take the plastic cover off of it and you'll have this "melted milkshake" (as Amarixe herself called it) looking foundation. 

When you put your fingers to this foundation it actually has a really weird feeling because it's not actually liquid, it's whipped, but not like the mousse foundations you've seen from other brands. It almost feels like jello on top. What I usually do to apply this foundation is take a q-tip, dip it in and put it on the back of my clean hand. Then I use a beauty sponge like you see above to apply it to my face. I've used a brush and just my fingers to apply it and I felt that the sponge did the best job. 

 

The picture on the left above is my hand before apply the foundation, the picture on the left is the foundation on the sponge about to apply.

Both pictures above are after the foundation was applied to my hand. The picture on the left was right after I applied the foundation, you can tell because of the dewy finish. The picture on the right is about 5 minutes after applying the foundation, you can tell because it's a matte finish foundation. I really like the wear I get with this foundation. I have oily skin so I was afraid any liquid or whipped foundation would just melt right off but this one claims to have 24 hour wear (why would anyone want to wear their makeup for 24 hours I don't know) but I wore this through a crazy work day today of 8 hours and it was still just as it was when I applied it. It is buildable coverage which I like because even after I build it a little bit it doesn't look cakey and doesn't settle into the fine lines on my face. This foundation also blends really well into my skin, I was worried when I bought it ($11.99 at Target by the way) that the foundation would be too dark for my skin tone but it blended so well into my skin that it matched perfectly!
I hope you guys enjoyed this review and let me know what you want to see in the future!

As always,
Jen the beauty blabber

Review&Swatches: Revlon Lip Butter

Hello beauty blabbers!
Today I've got a review of one of my favorite new lip products. Okay, maybe not brand new to most of you but pretty new to me. These are the Revlon Lip Butters! I have them in 2 colors "Cotton Candy" and "Strawberry Shortcake"
To start off, I do not like wearing lipstick at all. I'm way more of a lip balm or lip gloss type of person but I had seen so many good reviews about these so I thought I would give them a shot!

The lip butter on the left is strawberry shortcake and the lip butter on the right is cotton candy. 

The packaging on these is pretty cute with the quilted design on the cap. They have the names on the bottom just like any other lip product would but what I really liked about these were that the top of the caps are see through so you can actually see what the color looks like in the tube without opening it! This is excellent for when you're checking them out at the drugstore! They open and twist just like a typical lipstick would but when you put them on they are extremely moisturizing and pretty glossy, a lot more glossy than I thought they were going to be, which is perfect for me!
Anyway, you twist it up and this is what you get!

This is strawberry shortcake right out of the tube. Now I've had mine for a couple months now so it is loved, which explains the messy looking tube. You get a decent amount of product right off the bat but not as much as I had hoped for. I've tried looking online at the actual amount in grams that you get but I can't find it anywhere.

This is what cotton candy looks like right out of the tube! From these pictures you can tell that strawberry shortcake is a bit brighter than cotton candy in the tube and it definitely is. I like to wear cotton candy on an every day basis and wear strawberry shortcake for more of a going out color or when I start to get a tan. Now here are some swatches for you guys!

The swatch on the left side of my hand is cotton candy and the right is strawberry shortcake. As you can see, cotton candy is definitely more of an every day lip and strawberry shortcake is brighter. You can also see in this photo that they are definitely glossy. Cotton candy has a little bit of gold shimmer in it while strawberry shortcake doesn't have any shimmer in it.

The only bad thing I have to say about these lip butters is that since they are more of a glossy balm that they won't last as long as a lipstick would. Which is fine with me but if you're looking for something that you can apply just a couple times a day and still have some color this isn't for you. I know I have to apply this more than a couple times a day because it wears off. 

Until Next time,

Jen the beauty blabber

Review: Revlon Photoready 3D Volume Mascara

Hey beauty blabbers!
Sorry for the gaps between posts but today I have brought you another review! This time it's of one of my favorite mascaras I've been using lately. I have used the Maybelline Falsies mascara for a pretty long time now but about a month ago I ran out of it and wanted to try something new. I had seen the commercials on television for this mascara and the wand looked kind of like Benefit's "They're Real!" mascara so I caved and bought the Revlon Photoready 3D Volume mascara and I absolutely love it! 

Now usually when I purchase new mascaras I hate using them the first couple of times because the wand always comes out with a ton of product on it and of course it clumps my lashes and they just look gross. However, with this mascara that didn't happen. I was actually shocked when I pulled the wand and mascara out of the packaging and put it into the mascara that it came out with what looked like barely any product on it. So I put this bad boy up to my lashes and began applying it and to my surprise, no clumps! I do notice that the first coat barely looks like you have any mascara on but after another coat you're good to go! I just recently checked out the Revlon website about this mascara and they specifically say "Apply to lashes from root to tip" and "Apply once again to add more volume and length" I have tried 3 coats of this mascara but noticed that it started to look clumpy.
I would say I have pretty short lashes so I don't curl them because I can barely get them into the eyelash curler. This mascara makes my eyelashes look longer and stand out so it looks like I used one.

I can really coat each lash with this mascara and I can thank the wand for that one! It has a wand similar to Benefit's "They're Real!" mascara that I have been wanting but can't seem to justify spending over $10 for a mascara. This Revlon one was about $7 at Target. Anyway, here are a few images of the wonderful wand!

As you can see, the wand has bristles at the very top so that you can coat each lash. I have heard others say that the mascara starts to clump at the end of the wand but as I take the wand out of the tube of mascara I just wipe the tip on the top part of the tube just as it comes out so no clumping! I haven't noticed any flaking with this mascara either so far and I wear it everyday for about 12 hours.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this mascara to everyone! I believe there is also a waterproof version as well so be sure to check this out if you haven't already!!


-Jen the beauty blabber