Makeup Style

REVLON Volumazing Waterproof Mascara  I found three good waterproof mascaras last year: L'Oreal's Paradise , Maybelline Total Temptation and this one. Revlon's is the one that long term held up best. It stayed fresh longest, it continued to give a great volumising effect and stayed a top performer. If Essence ever discontinued their I <3 Extremes WP , this will be my permanent replacement, but I will buy this one occasionally too despite the higher price because I prefer the less clumsy brush compared to Essence.   PALMER'S Cocoa Butter Formula Swivel Stick and LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask I'm scrapping the last bits of Palmer's Swivel stick, which I've mentioned many times as the best ever due to the soft, non obnoxiously hard/waxy formula and for many years (since 2012) this was the only lip balm I used. The replacement I ordered on Feel Unique got lost (as did my Look Fantastic order. 2 out of 3 orders from UK post-Brexit) and I've been trying to fin...

BOURJOIS Rouge Edition Velvet 07 Nude-ist A repurchase. This is one of my favourite ever shades for so many years and old my tube was by now too old to use, so I got another. It's one of the first liquid matte lipsticks I've tried and it's not really the "real deal" like most are today, as it's has a mousse type of formula that takes 5-10, sometimes even 15 minutes to set to a matte finish and it doesn't apply evenly fully opaque in the first coat, but it ends ups a lot more natural looking than opaque liquid formulas that instantly dry to a uniform layer on the lips. It looks more like the lips were stained that way, but it also doesn't last as long as some formulas. However, formulas differ a lot between the shades, Olé Flamingo dries matte fastest and it lasts longest, while Grand Cru is essentially useless. Nude-ist is the best performing shades out of the ones I tried and remained useful longest. Nude-ist is a great every day colour, it's a me...

I think these are fairly new, at least we don't have them in Slovenia yet. Revlon was a long-time neglected brand on my part, but since I've tried several products in the last year, it quickly became one of my favourite brands (along with Maybelline based on the contents of my makeup drawer), in particular I'm a huge fan of their lip product. This is something quite unique from the type of products I've tried, as usually similar products are fully opaque. Texture: This is a semi-opaque mousse-like formula that starts off with a creamy finish and in time it sets to a matte one. Since it's semi-opaque and mine is one of the deeper shades, it can look uneven if you really don't dedicate some extra time to the application, but I actually found a way around by just applying one coat on the bottom lip, them "mash" my lips together evenly distributing the colour and I get a nice matte stained red lips, which looks so good. It feels very lightweight on the li...