Review: Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss in Coral Reef

Today's review is of a lip gloss from Revlon, one of their Super Lustrous lip glosses in Coral Reef. Now Revlon has recently repackaged and reformulated the Super Lustrous lip glosses, but this is one of the old shades, which are still being sold. 

The formula for this gloss is probably the best I've ever had from a lip gloss. I shouldn't be surprised though; I've heard many people rave about these glosses. It's thick, but not too sticky, and it gives off a high shine. The pigmentation is great too.

In the tube, Coral Reef looks like more of a coral that leans quite pink, but when it's swatched and on the lips, it comes off much more like a true coral. 

The colour is still gorgeous though, and it's one I'm going to be using a lot this summer! I highly recommend checking out the Super Lustrous glosses.

Thanks for reading!

Melissa

NOTD: China Glaze Flirty Tankini

Hi everyone!

Today's blog will be just a quick post about the nail polish that I'm currently wearing, China Glaze's Flirty Tankini. 

Flirty Tankini was released with China Glaze's Summer Neons collection last summer, and the reason I'm showing you this now is because China Glaze has recently released another neons collection (The Sunsational Collection) and this colour is similar to a couple of colours in that one. 

Flirty Tankini is a gorgeous neon pinky coral with hot pink shimmer. My camera had a very hard time picking up this one, but in the pictures you can see the coral side of it. In some lights it looks like that, and in some lights, it leans more hot pink.

A close up so you can see the shimmer in this. It's gorgeous! China Glaze does neons very well, and from what I've heard, the Sunsational collection hasn't disappointed with the vibrancy of the neons. 

This is a very multi dimensional colours, and changes a lot depending on what light you're in!

This needed two coats to be opaque, and becomes very shiny once you add top coat!

Thanks for reading!

Melissa

Review: Revlon Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya

Today's review is of another Revlon lip butter, Juicy Papaya. This was released as part of Revlon's summer collection. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get this when that collection came out, because all of them sold out too quickly. 

However, Juicy Papaya and the other three lip butters that were released with the collection have been made of Revlon's permanent Lip Butter collection. So if you missed out on the summer collection, like I did, don't worry, because you can still find them!

Juicy Papaya was the only one I really wanted out of the four new lip butters, the other three being Sorbet, Wild Watermelon, and Pink Lemonade. 

Juicy Papaya is a gorgeous coral colour which is coming off more orange than it actually is in the picture above. Imagine that shade, just with more pink tones. 

When swatched, it does come off quite orange, but on the lips, it looks a little different. I read some blogger's reviews who said that it came off more pink on their light coloured lips, but since my lips are pretty pigmented, it came off as more of a true coral on me. 

I have been so into corals for the summer, I have coral lip products, nail polish, clothes, eyeshadow, blush, you name it. 

As with other lip butters, the formula of this is moisturising, smooth, and shiny. This is a little sheerer than other lip butters, though. 

This is a couple of swipes of product so you can sort of see that it's sheerer than other colours in the line. 

Thanks for reading!

Melissa

Review: ELF Studio Blush in Candid Coral

Today's review is of a blush from ELF that I have worn every single day since I got it without fail. I've been really into coral colours for summer, and this blush is no exception.

ELF's studio blushes are quite popular, as they are very inexpensive but very good quality. That doesn't change with Candid Coral.

Candid Coral is a beautiful corally pink with golden shimmer. It adds such a beautiful glow to your face, but doesn't make you look like a disco ball!

You can see the glitter (yes, it isn't a fine shimmer, it is glitter) in the pan, but when you swatch it, it sort of disappears. That being said, it is visible on your face when you are in light, but it looks so pretty that I don't mind it.

The texture of this is a tiny bit chalky, but it doesn't dry your face out. It does have a matte appearance despite being so shimmery. So don't worry, you oily skinned people, the shimmer in this won't make you get oilier faster.

Overall, I am thrilled with this blush and intend to wear it for a very long time!

Thanks for reading!

Melissa

NOTD: China Glaze Bare If You Dare

Today's NOTD is an old China Glaze polish. I'm pretty sure this was released as part of the Tokyo collection (I think it was 2008?), but I found it in the clearance bin at the salon I buy my nail polish at. I've seen colours also from this collection at different salons, so if you hunt around you might be able to find this polish.

Bare If You Dare is a peach/coral colour with golden shimmer. At first I was afraid it would be too frosty for my nails, but it really doesn't look that frosty on the nails. 

It was opaque in two coats, and lasted for quite awhile!

I've been really into coral colours and they are really in for summer. If you're looking for a colour similar to this, you probably won't have to look very hard!

Thanks for reading!

Melissa

NOTD: China Glaze Fade Into Hue

 

Today's NOTD is from China Glaze's Avant Garden collection, which was released for Spring 2013. However, I have still seen it in some stores, so you might still be able to find this polish.

 Fade Into Hue is a creme periwinkle blue with a hint of purple. I didn't have a single colour like this in my collection and it seemed like a really pretty shade!

The formula on this was pretty good. The first coat was quite sheer, but the second made it completely opaque. This seemed like it was kind of a mix between a creme and a jelly formula...a crelly I guess.

This chipped a little after about four days.

Thanks for reading!

Melissa

100th Post Highlights!

I can't believe I'm reaching my 100th post on this blog! That's crazy! So for this post I thought it would be fun to do something a little different. I took the time to read through all of my 99 posts and found every single random thing I have ever said...and I've compiled them all for you. I'm not even going to tell you what post they are from, I'm just going to let you read all of my random at once. Enjoy.

"Then you can either lick it off (it has all natural ingredients, so it is perfectly safe to eat the entire thing if you want...I wouldn't recommend it, but each to their own)"  
This out of context just sounds...wrong. 

"Needless to say, I bought it (well, obviously...I'm not just taking pictures of this in the store)."
Wow, I was sassy back then.

"I'll justify it by saying I bought them for blogging purposes."
I think this is the catchphrase of the entire blogging world. 

"Oops, false alarm, EcoTools is back! ...(Disclaimer- I am in no way sponsored by EcoTools) "
Thought I should probably add that ;)

" I have that feeling right now that I could accomplish anything! (Well, maybe not anything.)"


"I usually just get Starbucks and sneak it in (shhhh...) (I can't tell you how many drinks I've spilled in my purse)."
Does anybody else do this in movie theaters?

"Silver eyeshadow does not suit you, you are allowed to use more than one eyeshadow on your eyelid, and yes, foundation does go on your face. Ok, that's three, but you get my drift. I wish I knew then what I know now (Katy Perry lyrics!!)"
...what?

"I can just imagine sitting in a Starbucks with this on your nails, sipping a Pumpkin Spice Latte (I cannot wait for those to come back in stores!) and reading a book or something."
You can't tell me that I'm the only one who ever has Starbucks fantasies.

"Haven't been bothered to get dressed yet (hey, it's summer vacay!) (did I really just say vacay?)"
Yes, apparently I did.

"I grew up with the Sound of Music (doe a deer, a female deer, ray, a drop of golden sun...ok, I'll stop)."
Spontaneous sing a long!

"Isn't it cool looking? Well, maybe I'm the only one who thinks that."
This is the subtext in a lot of my blog posts.

"It isn't super obvious, like a whole bunch of sparkle on your face, but it subtly makes your face glow."
No, this isn't in reference to Twilight.

"Because I bet the entire internet wants to see a picture of my hand. You're welcome, Internet."

"I never liked it before (I can't handle any gore at all), but now I can't stop watching it!! It doesn't hurt that there are some very attractive guys in it..."
My justification for watching most things, actually.

"Ok, I just totally realized saying the name of this polish out loud, that "OPI Goldeneye" totally rhymes!! Anyway, totally off topic.

I also just realized that I said "totally" three times in that sentence."

I lead an exciting life.

"It smells sort of...plasticky (definitely not a word)"

You would be surprised how often I make up words in my blog posts.

"I think I own 9 now? Yep, nine. Believe me, I totally needed every one! (A very apparent attempt to justify having 9 lip balms of the exact same color...what can I say? They smell really good!)"

"It literally looks like cupcake sprinkles on my fingernails."

"A couple of pics to show the duochromeyness (definitely not a word.)"

Told you.

"You know, sometimes you just have to wear glitter. There, I said it."

"Well, I would love to argue that I "need" all the makeup I have, but in reality, I should be on the TV show Hoarders."

"Life's too short to worry every night about what you're going to wear. Might as well worry seven times as much, all at once."

"This claims to give "crazy volume", and it does give volume (though I'm not sure I would admit it to a mental hospital- get it? Because it's not actually that crazy...? Ok, moving on.) "

"Best of both worlds! Great, now the Hannah Montana song is stuck in my head. "

"I bought it under the recommendation of my friend, or as she put it, "You buy it, and then I will read about it on your blog." Cool."

"Let's break it down! (Ok, that sounded way more gangster than I intended it to. You know what I mean. I meant we should break down the aspects of the product.)"



Ok, so that just about sums up 99 blog posts of random! Thank you to everyone who has stuck by me through all my weird ramblings! 

Here's to another 100 posts!


Melissa