Revlon Colorstay Liquid Foundation

Evil scars, Acne, Bumps, large pores and oiliness, those are the things that I hate about my face. I've tried a lot of products in the market to solve my problem, but I just haven't met the perfect solution for it. So a good foundation is what I really need if I want to achieve a temporary flawless looking face (specially on important events). I haven't tried a lot of drugstore liquid foundation because since you all know, I am  "kuripot" so I always go for local brand like Ever Bilena. So I am very glad to receive this baby from my Aunt who gave this to me for FREE! Yehey!

Yes, it's the super famous and most rave drugstore liquid foundation from Revlon, the Colorstay Liquid Foundation for Combi/Oily Skin. After reading a lot of reviews and youtube videos, my hands are itching to have this and see if it will work for me. Glad to know that it did not disappoint me!

To those who are not yet familiar with this particular foundation, here's the information about the Revlon colorstay:

"Longwearing coverage with a lightweight formula that won’t cake, fade, or rub off. With Time Release Technology specifically formulated for combination or oily skin to control oil absorption and shine. Your look stays flawless throughout the day."

It is available in 20 shades, but majority are in pink undertones. Fortunately, Aunt got the yellow undertone for me which is the 300 Golden Beige shade.

Here's what the foundation claims.

The bottle doesn't come with a pump and it is made up of heavy glass.

The foundation looks like darker in the bottle, but upon application it actually differs.

Here's how the product looks like inside.

On the swatch:

 (err, blogger roughen the images once again. My freckles are not that obvious in personal)

 It matches my skin tone when applied on my hand.

The foundation only needs your hand to blend it.

See how it covers and hides my freckles on my hand?

After 10 minutes.

On my face:

I did not put any concealer or primer underneath. See how it even-out my skin tone and minimize my pores. It also mattifies my skin.

After more than 8 hours:

I retouched only at the middle of the day with a very thin face powder using my Maybelline Shine Free Foundation. And yes, the foundation was still there!

 Flash Photography:

Instant Flawless face!

Honestly,  the shade that I got is quite lighter than my face. So it tends to give me whitecast on flash photography, but it oxidize after an hour so the shade matches my skintone.

The Good Points:

- Matte

- Sweatproof

- Great coverage

- Doesn't feel heavy

- A little goes a long way

- Good for oily or combination skin

- It stays long even in humid heat

- Great for picture taking / photography (if you got the right shade)

- Needs only minimal retouching or 1 blotting paper if you have extremely oily skin

The bad side:
- Expensive (for me)
(it cost around P900 on drugstores here in the Philippines, so better check out online store which sell this around P550 and up)
- Doesn't come with a pump
- Some says they don't like the scent (but it doesn't bother me)
- Combi/Oily skin formula may tends to dry some parts of your face if you are in fully aircondition room
- It dries fast so blend immediately
- The bottle is super heavy
- Majority of the shades are pink undertone so you'd better find which shade matches yours
- Some did break out with this foundation

Tips:

Application : For me, I prefer my fingers to apply the foundation rather than my liquid foundation brush because it streaks a bit. With fingers, it helps to melt the foundation. You can use primer if you want and moisturizer if you have parts on your skin which are dry.

Setting Powder : You only need a thin powder to set this foundation because it tends to look cakey if you overdo it. You can also use dark powder foundation if the shade is a bit lighter than you and vice versa.

I also use this to my clients and I really love how it stays on their face despite of sweat, tears and humid heat!

And for me, this is by far the best foundation I ever tried when it comes to coverage and staying formula.

(If you want to pre-order, you can ask PrettyThrifty Shop)

And that's it.

How bout you gals, have you tried this foundation?

What's your experience?

How did I fall in-love with lipstick? (Lippies Swatches)

I am not really the type of person who loves to wear lipstick. I am always afraid to wear one when I was in high school, since it is actually unnecessary to wear lipstick when you're inside the campus. Why? Because in a public school like mine, wearing lipstick is inappropriate, your teachers might scold you or your classmates might tease you. So, i used to wear lipbalms or lipgloss at that time. Me and my friends used to have the 'kikay kit' or 'grooming kit'. It contains, baby powder, ponds pink face powder (that we usually use as blush on), eyeliner, eyelash curler and of course lipgloss. The only time that I can remember when i used to wear lipstick was during my Senior's prom and graduation day. I really hated it and I am ashamed of wearing lipstick that time, maybe I am not confident wearing it. But that was before.

When I was in college, things change but in a gradual process. I still go for lipgloss, and at that point I wear mascara too.  But you can't see even one lipstick on my grooming kit. There's foundation, blush, eye lash curler, mascara, lipgloss and eyeliner, but there's no lipstick. After graduation, that's the time I decided to wear lipstick, the moment that I bought the Nichido lippy in Raspberry and found out that it suits my skin tone. So usually, I wear lipstick whenever I have a job interview or I'm going out to mall or church. 

Suddenly, things changed, when I got my first job, and have been hooked on reading beauty blogs, it affected me a lot. It makes me become more conscious about how do I look and become a make-up addict, but not really too much. So, today, I know now how to wear lipstick, and starting to LOVE them. I learned that, lipstick can really change a girl's look. It can literally change and make your face bloom. And I know now how to pair and when to use Red, Pink, and orangey lippies. I even learned how to identify its undertones. hehe 

So that's the story of 'How I fell inlove with lipstick', how bout you guys? What's your story about falling inlove with lippies? 

Oh by the way, last Saturday I decluttered my make-up organizer. And I decided to make a lipstick swatch. I am starting to collect lipstick as of now, so I only have few here.

So here's the swatches:

I ONLY HAVE 14 LIPSTICKS, IT'S MORE ON PINK TONES AND CORAL / ORANGE TONE

PICTURES ARE TAKEN WITH FLASH

AND MORE PICTURES, here are the pink lipstick that I have:

pictures were taken without flash, you can se here that Nyx Louisiana really stands out.

• Lime Crime - P900 ?
• Revlon - I don't really know the price it was just a gift from my cousin
• Nyx Louisiana - P140
• Aido - P100 with eyeshadow palette

Here's the Ever Bilena Lipstick from their palette, it doesn't actually have a label on it:

Again, with no flash, The first one on the left side is almost similar to Nyx Louisiana but 2 shades lighter, while the 2nd from the left is a nude one, it looks good with a smokey eye, while the 3rd one is a dark red with brown undertone, you can pair it with just eyeliner and the last on the right side is my favorite, almost like bright magenta but still wearable. These lipsticks come in a EB palette, i forgot how much it was but it's likely more or less P300.00 only with 6 e/s and 2 blush on.

And the orangey shades:

Nichido is a pretty coral lipstick, it really suits the my dark lips it looks so natural. While the Avon lipstain is good for everyday use like if you wanna go to market w/o overlooking. The Nyx rose is a shimmer red with pink undertone, good for everyday use too if you don't want the too much red. The Avon Simply pretty in Cinammon, it was really red if you swipe it like 2 times, but a wearable one thou. And last the Aido 09, it is orangey and good for a summer kissed look :)

• Nichido - P 165.00
• Avon Lipstain - P 150?
• Nyx Rose - P140
• Aido - P25

*Would you like to know which lipstick / lipcream stays for good? After I've done the swatching I immediately washed my arms with running water and a bar soap, but before that, I let the water runs through it and everything stays on its place, no lippy has been smudged, so afterwards, I washed them with a bar soap, and 70 % of the lipstick had been removed, but the Ever Bilena lipcream / lipstick stained my arm, so for second time around, I get my shower gel and my shower net to remove the residue of the lip creams. It surprised me, because EB lippies were the most inexpensive lipstick among the rest and it actually stays for good and hard to remove, maybe because it is more likely on creams which has thick texture.

*And one more thing, I let my dog to sniff my arm before I wash it, he doesn't like the smell of the lipsticks except for the lime Crime Pink planet, he really stop on the area where I swatched the LC and he really wanted to lick it. hahaha. (LC lippy smells like candy thou)

That's all for now. Next time I'll be making a swatch on my lips.

Hope you did enjoy this post!

Thanks!

xoxo,

JENNY