Pucker Up! | More Revlon Colorburst Lip Butters.

You know what's better than a Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter?

My first, the Sweet Tart.

More Revlon Colorburst Lip Butters!

Plus two new babies, the Cherry Tart and Lollipop.

The two new tubes are actually gifts. When my cousin discovered how much I loved my Sweet Tart, she wasted no time in buying two new colors for me. She sent them via mail, and thankfully they arrived at my doorstep safe and sound.

Photo filtered via PicMonkey. Because Picnik is saying buh-bye in a few.

Uncapped and placed together side by side, here's how their colors look like.

From L-R: Sweet Tart, Cherry Tart, Lollipop.

I feel like a kid in a candy store just by looking at them like this. 

Now here's how the colors look like when swatched on the skin.

From L-R: Sweet Tart, Lollipop, Cherry Tart.

Compared to Sweet Tart, Lollipop is a darker shade of pink - fuchsia, actually with specks of purple shimmer and light blue undertones.

Lollipop, up close.

Cherry Tart, from the name itself, is a shade of cherry red - warm and bright, with a bit of shimmer to it.

Cherry Tart, up close.

This is how they look like on my lips.

That's Cherry Tart on top, and Lollipop at the bottom.  

Both are highly pigmented, very creamy, and absolutely hydrating. And despite the minimal staying power (two to three hours max), these Lip Butters continue to impress me with their knock-your-socks off colors and non-drying features.  

And I certainly will not complain if somebody - anybody - sends me more of these babies again!

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Today's Look + Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter.

Oh yes, you read it right - I've joined the Lip Butter bandwagon.

Hello, Revlon!

This was an impulse buy, actually - among the many other impulse buys from last Friday's shopping haul. But despite buying this on a whim, I pretty much have an idea of what the product is like. Many a blogger have raved about this - like it has its own cult-following of beauty bloggers and makeup junkies.

Tamper sealed. :)

As described by Revlon, the Colorburst Lip Butter is a "buttery balm with beautiful shiny color to give you baby soft, healthy glowing lips." With mango, shea, and coconut butter as its active ingredients, the Colorburst Lip Butter's unique gel formula not only hydrates, it also increases lip moisture by 156%.

I could care less about the percentage, though. As far as I'm concerned, I'm good with any lip color for as long as it has a nice shade, great color pay-off, and wouldn't scream 'Sahara Desert' on my lips.

Sweet Tart!

I was actually torn between Lollipop, Strawberry Shortcake and Sweet Tart. I swatched them side by side on my arm, contemplated for five minutes or so (until an ahjumma came from behind and out of nowhere, declared that the 'last color on your arm is the most pretty'), and decided to go for the latter. Lollipop looked a little too fuchsia to me, while Strawberry Shortcake seemed a bit too pale to my liking. Sweet Tart, however, was just the right shade of hot pink.

Swatch it!

It gets even better when you actually use it on your lips. Highly pigmented with just the right shine, the Colorburst Lip Butter makes the lips look slick and wet-like. It glides on smoothly and easily, and feels very soft and light on the lips. And because the color pay-off is remarkable, just a little amount of the Lip Butter would be enough to cover your kisser.

What I love about it:

- The unique, quilt-like packaging. 
- Super smooth and buttery.
- Lightweight and non-drying.
- Wide array of colors to choose from (Right now, there are 20 different shades available.)
- Great pigmentation.
- Doesn't stain on teeth.

What I don't like about it:

- Staying power is so-so - at least 2-3 hours on the lips.
- Unscented. I don't exactly hate that it has no scent, but because the Lip Butter variants come in such yummy names (e.g. Cupcake, Candy Apple, Peach Parfait),  you'd expect to smell something similar from the product.

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butters retail for Php 525. I got mine for just Php 472.50, thanks to the SM 3-Day Sale. And now that I'm liking this product a lot, I feel a pang of regret by buying just one shade. Looks like I need to go back to the Revlon counter to get two or three more shades. :)

And now for the look.

L'Oreal Base Magique Primer
Avon Healthy Makeup BB Cream in Light
Avon Ideal Luminous Concealer Stick in Almond
Fanny Serrano Eyebrow Liner in Dark Brown
Almay Intense iColor Trio for Hazels (Pink)
L'Oreal Wear Infinite Eyeshadow in Sable
Avon Extralasting Liquid Eyeliner in Black
Kohl Royal Selections Eyeliner in Charcoal Gray
Avon Super Curlacious Waterproof Mascara in Black
Tony Moly Cheek Tint #1 Cherry Pink
Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Sweet Tart

What more can I say? My primer rocks, and so does my lip butter! :)

Haul | When There's A Sale, It Pours. :)

Today was the first day of SM's 3-Day Sale and as always, the little man and I were in attendance.

With Lucky, the Lactacyd mascot.

We were at the mall as early as 11am, because I wanted to take advantage of the extra 10% discount for BDO Rewards cardholders. This was the perfect opportunity for me to finally buy a primer, which was the only item that I need to buy had in mind when we arrived at SM.

That was just wishful thinking, of course. I'm sure you know it's impossible to resist buying just one item, when there are a zillion sale items all over the place. It's as if the merchandise are calling out your name, asking to be taken home with you, lol.

So I ended up bringing these babies home.

Shopping haul, March 2012.

Let's do a rundown, shall we?

- Lock and Lock food keeper, 3 pieces for Php 100. (I thought they'd be great storage boxes for my BB cream / Korean cosmetic samples and collection of lipsticks and nail colors.)

- Lock and Lock sports bottle at Php 100. (Useful for whenever I go jogging, or for Yue, when he goes to school this June.)

- Gillette Anti-perspirant / Deodorant. (For my husband.)

- Pashmina shawls and leather belts. (Planning to give them as gifts.)

- Hand-painted rings. (For me, or as a prize in future giveaways.)

Lovely, just lovely. :)

- Ever Bilena eyeshadow applicator, set of 4 for Php 45.

- Fanny Serranao Soft Eyebrow Pen at Php 148. (A friend recommended this, and I thought, 'Okay, let's give this a try. It's on sale, anyway.')

- Glam Nose Pore Strips + Garnier Lightening Peel-off Mask. (Frustrated because the Watson's Collagen Eye Masks were out of stock, I ended up grabbing these instead.)

- Carefree Panty Liners. (Might as well get one while we're at Watson's.)

- Glam Works Bath Soap Gift Set. (Just as its name implies, I'm giving them as gifts.)

- Colgate Fresh Confidence toothpaste. (I always buy my toothpaste at the department store because they're not available at the SM Supermarket.)

- Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Sweet Tart, Php 525. (I needed some Php 400+ for my purchases to qualify for additional discount. One Lip Butter was good enough to cover the deficit.)

- L'Oreal Base Magic Transforming Smoothing Primer, Php 803.25. (Discounted at 15% from its original price of Php 945.)

Revlon lippy + L'Oreal primer.

So I got to buy my much-needed primer - plus a dozen other items that were not on the shopping list, lol. Talk about low EQ, haha.

Anyway, I got an additional 10% discount when I checked-out these items at the counter. Watson's purchases worth more than Php 1,500 get an extra 10% off, and my haul's worth was beyond the minimum requirement. So doing the math, I actually got my L'Oreal Primer for only Php 723! Good enough, right? I hope it works for me, though. I can't wait to try this out over the weekend together with my Revlon Lip Butter.

Now here's the little man, busy with his new-found sport.

The makings of Paeng Nepomuceno.

He saw this on Pink Panther and had been nagging me for his own bowling set since then. Good thing he didn't ask for his own bowling alley, lol.

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