Revlon Colorburst Holiday Set - Elusive, Sultry, Whimsical, Demure, and Provocateur

Today I have Revlon's Colorburst holiday set to share with you. Mr. Juice was very kind to me this Christmas! This holiday set contains four pinks and a red. The four pinks are all very different from each other, however. 

These shades are all very easy to wear shades and would be suitable for any occasion. The formula on these things is AMAZING. I haven't had anything like them before. They're smooth like lip balm but have the colour pay-off of a lipstick. They also feel a bit minty on the lips, and have a pleasant smell.

Above is Revlon's Colorburst matte balm in Elusive, a pretty pink lipstick - close to being my absolute favourite of the bunch!

Above is Relvon's Colorburst matte balm in Sultry - this reminds me of my go to MAC lippy, Mehr. This one is deeper and darker than Elusive.

Above is my favourite of the set, Demure. Revlon' Colorburst lacquer balm Demure is a lovely light sheer glittery shade, that makes full use of my naturally light pink lips. I adore it. I can see that this will be the first one to go!

Revlon' Colorburst lacquer balm Whimsical is a gorgeous fuchsia lippy, it's just sheer enough to suit any skintone without being too overpowering.

Provocateur was the surprise! As the other shades are all somewhat sheer or matte, this one really makes the best of both worlds. A delightful bright red that just glides on!

Stay tuned for more lip swatches!

MAC Mehr

Another lip post :)


This is Mehr from MAC's Mickey Contractor collection that was released a couple of weeks ago. I had high hopes for Gulabi too, but it didn't wow me as much as Mehr.


Mehr is a really pretty natural looking pink. It is quite opaque once you put it on. I always like to wear a basic balm underneath as it is a Matte lipstick, so it can dry you out or make your lips look dry.


It looks really great with the lipglass Lust. Lust is sort of like the glossy version.

MAC Liberty Of London - What I Picked Up!

 

These are the pretties I picked up from the release party. You may want to enlarge these photos to get the full detail.

Luckily a few lipsticks and glosses I was looking at, didn't suit me what so ever, so my bank account was happy. The items I loved and purchased were Petals & Peacocks lipstick, Blooming Lovely lipstick, Vestral White nail polish and of course.... Blue India nail polish.

The lipsticks were $42 each and the nail polishes were $30. $30 is crazy. Luckily MAC finally got a better formula going on. It will make me think twice about purchasing a MAC polish from now on.

 

MAC Lipsticks

These are my most recent MAC lipsticks to show you. I have shown you swatches of Pink Burst and Victorian. I also told you I will swatch Bubblegum, but it turned out I was allergic to it so swatches will come when the problem has cleared up :)

Lipsticks in order:
Pink Burst, Laugh-a-lot, Victorian, Bubblegum, Fresh Salmon & Saint Germain.

The first five lipsticks are from MAC's recent collection called Spring Forecast 2010. And I believe Saint Germain is in the main line of lipsticks.

I got Saint Germain for the catwalk show. I hope it goes on nicely :)

Swatches clockwise from bright bubblegum pink:
Saint Germain, Bubblegum, Laugh-a-lot, Pink Burst, Victorian and Fresh Salmon.

MAC Spring Forecast 2010

Mum and I were super excited to read about this collection! We kept updating lists of what we wanted to get from it for goodness knows how long! So far I have gotten: one of the Ombre blushes- Azalea Blossom, a few lippies called Pink Burst, Victorian and Bubblegum. I have worn the blush just about everyday since receiving it. I really love the colour, a soft pastel pink with lilac undertones.


- Victorian was quite... un-wearable for some reason. A very bright coral/pink a with golden sheen. It just doesn't seem to sit nicely or apply nicely on my lips.


- Pink Burst is quite a bold fuchsia, very shimmery as well. I am not too sure how often I will wear that one.

- Bubblegum is my absolute favourite. I have never come across a lipstick quite like it! It is a lilac toned pink. It is also quite shimmery. I keep wearing this every time I put my make-up on :) I also like how it leaves a pink stain on my lips after I have eaten. (Pics to come soon!)

This collection will be released in New Zealand in a couple of weeks.

MAC Make-up!

Well the sun has start to come out and i've been spending a lot more time outside so I went to MAC recently and found out that i've changed from my winter skin NW15 to my summer skin NC20 :D

Also Mum was very kind in giving me Fun N' Sexy from the Fafi collection. She didn't like the glitteryness and the blue flash, but I'm all for exciting lips colours!

We also had a trade, Sweet Thing for Patisserie. Patisserie I've almost worn every single day since I got it. It's pretty much the same colour as my lips but sort of defines the lines of my lips (if you know what I mean) and gives them a nice shine.

Why the random lipstick spam? Well, I love looking at photos of them deciding whether or not I should get them, so i'm hoping I will be aiding someone else :)

Did I tell you that I'm starting my make-up course in 8 or so days? I'm quite nervous! At the intro day there weren't people like in my nail class... But I suppose only half the class showed up so there might be!

What to wear on day one? (mani wise) We have to wear black everyday... for 34 weeks! >_<

Lemme Show You My Lippies...

I finally have a use for this plastic thing! I can also still fit 5 more lippies in there... ;)

Well this is the lot at the moment. Snob, Pink Nouveau, Strayin', Girl About Town, Sweet Thing, Big Bow and Made With Love.


































Snob: Snob is a really nice light pink, my kind of 'nude'. It goes on either lightly or opaque. Can be drying if you don't have lip balm or prep underneath.











Pink Nouveau: My absolute favourite at the moment. Goes on quite opaque and bright. I think Pink Nouveau is like what barbie has on her lips. I got this one because my friend had always worn it and I couldn't find it because the MAC ladies told me it was DC'ed. Thankfully one still had one.









Strayin': Love at first sight. Rivaling Pink Nouveau although I haven't worn Strayin' out yet. It is much creamier and a little more shiny/sparkley and more yellow toned compared to PN.










Girl About Town: My first lippie. I haven't worn it as much because its a little hard for me to put on and because it is such a bold colour, you can see where you go wrong. As shown here lol. My tutor kept telling me to put a gloss on it and a classmate said "Steph, jsut a headsup, I think your lips could look really glamourous with some gloss on top". Um, k. So I went to MAC and the guy put one on top. It didn't look at all different to me, only close-up. Whatever - I wear it by itself :)









Sweet Thing: I didn't think i;d like this one as it isn't quite as standy-outy as the others I own. But! I tried it on in the sunlight and it was really pretty. Sweet Thing just added a tiny bit of darker pink to my natural lip colour as well as some sparklies. I like.










Made With Love: Is a pretty orange/coral. It goes on quite sheer but builds up quickly. I think I will choose this one on one of my 'not feeling so bold' days. Made With Love also looks similar to Big Bow, but once the sunlight hits Big Bow, WOAH!











Big Bow: Looks quite subtle until light hits it. I like how Big Bow gives me a peachy/coraly lip with a whole heapa sparklies. I also loved that it had Bow in the name and has a Hello Kitty Face in the lipstick. So cute!