Sunday, May 13, 2012

Sweet Treat

I can't resist a freebie, especially when it involves a Revlon Lip Butter. Myer is currently running a Revlon gift with purchase promotion, where you can choose between two packs (each containing 5 full-sized products) if you spend $39.95 or more. I was primarily drawn to this GWP because it contains a couple of new products, namely a ColorStay Long Wear Nail Enamel and ColorStay 16 Hour Eyeshadow. I opted for the "Sweet treat" gift, which contained the nail polish in Café Pink, eyeshadow palette in Attitude, CustomEyes mascara in Blackest Black, Grow Luscious Lash Liner in Onyx, and most exciting of all, a Lip Butter in Pink Truffle. It all comes in a beige makeup bag which is roomy and functional.






I was very interested in trying out the new ColorStay 16 Hour eyeshadows to see how they compared with other Revlon eyeshadows that I have. I actually preferred the colours/pigmentation of the shadows in the Enchanted quad (part of the other "Intense treat" gift), but the inclusion of the Lip Butter in the "Sweet treat" meant I had to go with the Attitude palette. The palette consists of 3 matte shades, which I found to be very unusual for a "drugstore" product. There's a matte pale baby pink, cool greyish-lavender taupe (satin finish), a matte chocolate brown and a matte dark ash brown. It's something different for me, as I don't really wear mattes and I usually gravitate towards shimmery shades. I had high hopes for the second taupe colour, but I found it disappointingly light and lacking in pigmentation. Just from my first impressions, I don't really see any marked improvement in these ColorStay 16 Hour eyeshadows from previous Revlon eyeshadows, except for the fact there are more matte shades (which I must say are nicely pigmented and not too chalky).




The Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle was about 65% of the motivation of getting this gift pack (yes, I have far too many of the wretched things already, I know it's a problem). This was a shade I'd contemplated buying, so I'm glad it was included in the gift. It's a MLBB shade, a reddish-pinky-brown that can be built up or toned down in colour intensity. It gives my lips a ruddy, glossy look.


ColorStay Long Wear Nail Enamel in Café Pink is a true Barbie Pink. It's a distinctly yellow-based pink which I'm not sure flatters my skin stone. It's a fun colour to wear by itself, though I'm itching to add a glitter top coat like Starry Pink. In terms of the difference between the Classic and Top Speed nail polishes, the brush is stiffer, wider and shorter. I also found the formula to be slightly on the thick side, but drying time was reasonable and the polish does seem more chip resistant.

I haven't tried the CustomEyes mascara or the eyeliner yet, as I need to use up some existing products first. The "Intense treat" pack includes a Grow Luscious mascara, which I think is a superior mascara to CustomEyes (the wand is like a larger Maybelline Full 'N Soft). Instead of an eyeliner, the other gift includes a ColorStay LipLiner in Nude. Overall, I'm fairly pleased with the products included, though I'm not exactly enamoured with the nail polish colour and the eyeshadows could've impressed me more. But hey, there was a free Lip Butter in there, so all is forgiven.

42 comments:

  1. Love the Pink Truffle lip butter! Was looking at swatches just yesterday. Great post, and as usual, beautiful photos!

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  2. I love love your pictures! the eyeshaows look like they have super-amazing pigmentation =)

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  3. OMG The nail polish is sooooo pretty! I've been looking for that kind of pink color. T.T
    and the lip butter looks nice on your lips!
    a friend of mine is coming to berlin this month and I've asked him to take 5-6 lip butters from Indonesia for me!! I can barely wait! *happy*

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  4. Great post, all of those products look absolutely gorgeous. I love deals!
    x

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  5. wow, i never realised the revlon lip butters in 'pink truffle' looks so good. Probably because normally the testers are my stores are all horribly used and the products all melted etc! The nail polish is gorgeous and its perfect for the summer time :) I think it will be a while before we get it in the UK though, which is such a shame~
    Thanks so much for sharing~x

    www.beautypicknmix.blogspot.com

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  6. oh this pink truffle is such an amazing shade!:)

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  7. All of these products look so good :) I love that bag too :)
    Such a good deal :)

    Laura xoxo

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  8. Haha! Always a sucker for a lip butter aren't you?! I thought Pink Truffle was a UK only shade? Hmm...I could be thinking of something else there. You know, I actually still don't own one. It's definitely going to be Raspberry Pie when I eventually take the plunge. I have a scarf that matches it perfectly. Haha! That seems kind of trivial, but I'm looking forward to wearing them together.

    Oh and how is there a Grow Luscious liner? Surely it doesn't claim to help your lashes grow. It barely even touches them! The mascara I can understand, but a liner?!

    A lovely review as always.

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  9. Revlon in France is so expensive for my little purse... I want to try the liner ! Do you put it in the mucous membrane ? If yes do it run ? (I use dictionnary if you don't understand my questions tell me :x

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  10. I actually gave my pink truffle to my mum cos I felt like it made me look too mature. I really like that pink nail colour though - I don't think it clashes with your skin tone at all!

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  11. wow what a great promotion!
    pink truffle is my favorite color from the lip butter range and i am planning to repurchase. :)
    the makeup bag is very nice, too!

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  12. Love your nails! Such a lovely shade, I should get them =) X

    http://rosalindatj.blogspot.com

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  13. Love your nails! Such a lovely shade, I should totally get them! X

    http://rosalindatj.blogspot.com

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  14. Great promotion and great haul. Love Lip Butter and haven't tried pink truffle yet. The Revlon palette looks good. I love neutrals and non-shimmer.

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  15. Love the colour of pink truffle! Very pretty.
    xx

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  16. The lip butter looks so nice! And I need to get that polish! It's the perfect pink color!

    http://www.sandra-thepuzzleofmylife.blogspot.com/

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  17. The lip butter and polish look really nice on you! The shadows look really pigmented too, in your swatches. I wish the drugstores in the US had these kinds of promos.

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  18. Great deal, love the nail polish :) x

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  19. Lovely products :) I love that eye shadow quad and the nail polish :)
    I am so mad and sad that Revlon is not sold where I live anymore :(
    All of a sudden they stopped selling it :(
    That quad looks amazing :)
    hugs

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  20. Hmmmmm interesting!!! PS. How do you manage to take such amazing photos??? xx

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  21. oooh the lip butter looks to pretty on you! Such a shame we dont get all the colours here in the UK! Boo! I absolutely looooove that revlon pink nail polish!!! Its just gorgeous! Yes girl get some glitter on those baby's lol! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog xx

    Cherry Lane

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  22. Pink Truffle is my favorite lip butter! It's like the perfect every day shade. Gorgeous pictures!

    xx,
    Jordana

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  23. The nail polish is sooooo pretty ! I love that bag too !xx

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  24. The gifts look like theyre definitely worth the price! Pink truffle looks flattering on your lips! :)

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  25. I love the color of the Lip Butter and the Nail polish! :)

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  26. Personally a huge fan of revlon but it seems like their prices have been marked up.. the joys of being an expat in asia haha

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  27. Ah that free gift really does seem worth it! It would cost a whole lot if we were to buy those separately! I like everything in the free gift cause they're so... neutral? Everyone could pull off brown eyeshadow, cute pink nail polish and the beautiful shade of lip butter!

    ♡ M.May

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  28. I've totally been considering getting this promo gift!! But I can't think of anything I want from Revlon atm... :/

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  29. What a lovely post. I found it very helpful and insightful. All your posts make me want to go out and purchase these products for myself. Why must you be so persuasive? Haha, no wonder you're a law student. :P

    And as always, you images are of superb quality! Just out of curiosity (and I'm sure that everybody is left wondering), what camera do you use hun? x

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    1. Haha, I don't think I managed to be all that persuasive while at law school :p Thank you for the kind comment, I use a Nikon D40 :)

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  30. love the lipstick, such a cool colour!

    xx, Sabinna and David
    Broken Cookies

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  31. The lip butter color looks great on you! :-)

    ~ Yun

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  32. Love that lip butter and nail polish! I think they both look fantastic on you.. would love to hear what you think about that eye liner.. I have been wanting to try it out.

    xo

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  33. Hi... I tag you to do the 'get to know me' tag... please check that out. If you don't have time to do it, at least read a little about me! :P

    http://www.beautysketchbyjacq.com/2012/05/tage.html

    cheers,
    jacq

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  34. This might be a little bit too over the top... But umm... The shape of your nails are actually really pretty! It's like utter perfection. Hahaha... Wow I probably sound like such a creep right now... Hahahahah!

    Toodles

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  35. I've been wanting to try that revlon lip butter! It doesnt have collagen does it? :o

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    1. Not to my knowledge, then again I'm not very savvy when it comes to makeup ingredients. You should try them out, the more pigmented ones without glitter tend to be the smoothest and most buttery :)

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  36. Wow, I thought you applied clear gloss over the top of Pink Truffle - it looks so nice and glossy! And I totally agree its a MLBB shade for you!

    I have a similar shade of that pink from Revlon too, but its a more cool-toned pink.

    Overall, seems like a lovely GWP =)

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  37. Love the nail polish colour, it's amazing!

    http://bebeautiful-sc.blogspot.co.uk/

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  38. lovely picks! I need another lip butter too, they're just so lovely! Haven't seen any of the new quads here yet but the pigmentation looks good! Have fun with your new products! :)

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