Stains and Shadows: Revlon Lip Butters Review

From left to right: 035 Candy Apple, 001 Pink Truffle, 025 Peach Parfait, 050 Berry Smoothie

I was very much surprised by these lipsticks despite being very popular amongst the blogging and youtubing community, when they came out I didn't think very highly of them. This was until I decided to try them this winter, I took advantage of the buy one get one free offer at watsons during december and got four shades. I believe they were meant as dupes to the chanel coco shine lipsticks, they are packaged in a similar way and are both lipsticks with a shine finish, sadly I do not own any of the coco shines and will not be able to do any comparisons.

The Revlon Lip Butters are very smooth in consistency, they are very moisturizing and buttery and does not turn dry when they fade (I'm looking at you Just Bitten Balm Stains). Although they do not last very long (since they are quite a shiny and sheer formula), they are apply so heavenly I do not mind touching up every 2 hours or so.

My favourite shade out of the four is Pink Truffle which is a very nice pink brown, it is very versatile and is kind of like a deeper MLBB shade. Candy Apple is, for lack of better words, a sheer candy apple shade, great for both warm and cool skin tones. I'd absolutely adore Peach Parfait if it weren't for the chunks of glitters. Peach Parfait is an incredible pink color (like the much lighter and less brown version of pink truffle) great MLBB color, loaded with gold shimmer and glitter, but is not gritty. The only thing that keeps me from wearing Peach Parfait more often is that, when freshly applied the bigger shimmers are not quite noticeable, but when it fades, all you can see is shimmer particles stuck to your lips and you will never get rid of them until you use a cleanser (not the wipes or the bioderma, a real cleanser) at home, forcing you to constantly reapply (no getting away with not reapplying after eating). Berry smoothie is a plummy pink color with fine gold and purple shimmer that is great for a girly look and the shimmer does not adhere to the lips as annoyingly as Peach Parfait does.

Revlon Lip Butters are HKD$98 (quite a bit on the higher end of drug store lipsticks) a piece and is available in a wide range of colors. They are a bit pricey for a drug store lip product, and although they are marvelous, I do not think they are worth the full price (I might as well add on a bit and get a MAC lipstick with that price), so take advantage on any offer you encounter!!!!