Review: Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Peach Parfait

Hi! I'm back with another product review and this time it's for an item I got from my July BDJ Box! It's the Revlon Colorbust Lip Butter in the shade of 025 Peach Parfait! :D

Now, you might wonder why it took 4 months for me to review this lippie, well it's because I don't actually use this regularly. Honestly, I rarely use this at all. Read on to find out why. :P

When I first saw this inside my BDJ box, my initial reaction was child-like excitement! Holy freakin popsicles, a Php500+ Revlon lippie is finally one of my make-up stash! After all my hype, I started to think sensibly and that's when all the lipstick-related questions occurred to me. Will the shade suit my skin tone? Will it be matte, creamy or glossy? Is it pigmented? Is it moisturizing? and many more! But the most predominant question was: "Will the peach-shade actually show on my already highly pigmented lips?"

I'm apprehensive when it comes to peach-colored lipstick because I've tried A LOT of them but not one matched my skin tone. They either made me look sick or they just won't show on my lips.

First let's talk about this collection from Revlon. According to their website:

• Hydrating mango, shea and coconut butter formula boosts lip moisture by 156%
• Pampering gel formula provides super charged hydration and glides on lips buttery smooth
• Sheer to medium color with buttery shine  
• Available in 20 luscious shade

Out of the 20 luscious shades, I got Peach Parfait:

 I was trying to focus the camera on the bullet so I could show you the shimmers but it just won't focus there! haha. So anyway, this shade has shimmers (or should I call them glitters? lol) which I'm not really fond of. I prefer lipsticks that shines silkily rather than shimmery, or better yet, I prefer them creamy and a bit matte.

When I saw the color of the bullet and swatch it on my hand, I just knew it wouldn't exactly be visible on my lips and I was right. The color was too sheer.

Warning: extremely weird picture of my lips on the next images. haha

This is my bare lips:

Bare violet lips ~(o_o)~

See! My lips are already pigmented. I don't know why my lips has a weird violet-mauve-brown color combination but let me make this clear, I don't smoke! lol

Now, after 2 swipes of the Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter here's what it looks like:

Okay, like I said, it's not really pigmented. It did made my lips pinkish than usual and it also added a lot of shimmer which is actually cute! However, I don't like wearing shimmers on my lips everyday because I like to keep my look as natural as possible so I don't reach for this lippie on a daily basis.

Positives:

• Moisturizing! I always skip my lip balm whenever I'm wearing this because it doesn't dry out my lips.  
• Many shades to choose from!  
• Staying power is okay. 
• Glides on smoothly
• Smells yummy!
• The glitter/shimmer particles are fine so it doesn't clump on my lips

Negatives:

• Too glittery in my opinion. Whenever I have this on, my guy friends would always ask me if I ate Lechon for lunch which basically translates to "Hey dude, your lips are so shiny that I can almost see my reflection from it."
• The coverage of this shade is too sheer for me. It's more like a lip gloss without any lip coloring properties.

Neutral:

• The price. I think this retails for Php525 and you get 2.55g of the product. For girls on a tight budget, this isn't exactly affordable but close enough. :)

Will I repurchase? Yes, I'll be getting a different shade though. More pinkish or reddish  than this one.

Overall, I like this lippie and maybe I would've loved it if I got a more pigmented shade. I'll rate this 7.5/10.

Thanks for reading! ♥

July BDJ Box Unboxing: I was WOWed!

Hello there beautiful! Time flies really fast huh? It's already July. I just turned 20 years old last June 29! Hooray (teen no more awtsssu </3). I have been EXCITED for the month of July because (1) my Boyfie's birthday is July therefore FREE FOOD! Yey~ and (2) I am subscribed to the July BDJ Box and it is my first one everrrrr! ommogosh!

mehehe!

Yesterday, July 20, was an awesome day. It was my BF's 21st birthday so we watched Pacific Rim at IMAX theater in SM North. It was his treat, and daaaaaang I really enjoyed it because it was my first time watching a movie in 3D.

BUT I'm sorry if I'm babbling again, so while we were inside the cinema, my aunt texted me that a "box" was delivered at their house and it was for me and that it has a set of Dove products in it! I knew it was my BDJ Box, I didn't expect it to arrive so soon, I thought it would be delivered at the last week of July so imagine my excitement upon reading that text! If I could've flown from SM North to Bulacan, I would gladly spread my wings and fly on full speed just to get my hands on it as soon as possible.

Moving on...

(2 Hours of travel time later)

Tadaa:

TWO BOXES! I was AMAZED! When my aunt said that it has a set of Dove Products, I imagined that the BDJ Box itself is full of Dove products, I never expected it would be two separate boxes. I was jumping up and down, srsly.

This is exactly how I looked like. ♥

 So, lets get to that unboxing part!

Here is the content of the Dove Box:

So much win!!! ~(O_O)~

Amazing right? I immediately thought "dito palang bawing bawi na binayad  ko"

What are the contents?

• Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair Shampoo, 180mL Php 106.00 (x2)
• Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair Shampoo, 180mL Php 108.00 (x2)
• Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair Treatment, 200mL Php 235.00
• Dove White Beauty Bar Moisturizing Milk Soap, 135g Php 52.50
• Dove Whitening Original Anti-Perspirant Deo Roll-on, 40mL Php 83.50
• Dove Whitening Original Anti-Perspirant Deo Spray, 169mL Php 170.00

       TOTAL:   PHP 969.00 !!!

I love the fact that all these Dove products are for damage repair and whitening. I'm not going to lie, I have discolored underarms because of plucking and my hair is not in a perfect state right now so these will really help me, assuming they work (I hope they do!)

Moving on to the cute BDJ Box!

"What matters most is how you see yourself."

Who wouldn't agree that this month's BDJ box is one of the best BDJ Boxes ever, right??? Look at all those stuff!

What's inside that amazing box of happiness?

• Beach Hut Sunblock  Php 399.00
• Too Cool for School BB Cream (sample) Php 219.00
• Enchanted Eyeshadow, Pixie Dust Nude Eyes Php 179.00    
• Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter Php 525.00     
• Foot Appeal Mask Php 279.00
• Sure Slim Voucher Php 1,500.00                         

TOTAL:    PHP 3101.00

Overall, the July BDJ Box amounts to Php 4070.00! And even if you don't count the P1,500 voucher for Sure Slim, all of these still costs Php 2570.00. That's almost 5 times what I payed for. Wow! I am really, undeniably surprised! Mehehe~

This month's theme is Top to Toe Pampering and Redefining Beauty, and obviously the BDJ Team amazed girls all over the country again, this time including me! Yaay :")

Time for a group picture:

Ohhhlala~

I can't wait to road test all these goodies! The best thing about this is that I got everything on my wishlist! I've always wanted to buy a Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter because of the great reviews about it so I can't wait to use this one. I hope the shade will show on my already violet-pigmented lips. (yes i have brownish violet lips and I don't even smoke! Yuck right?) I wish I knew how to put on eyeshadow or else I'd have to give away that Pixie Dust Eyeshadow from Enchanted. And! the beach hut sunblock expires on 2016 so I'd just save that one up for next summer's swimming outings. Hohoho

Fortunately, I didn't go grocery shopping that day because I'm running low on shampoo and deo, now I have those yeeeey! That hair repair treatment has been bugging me for months, I knew I needed to have those for my damaged hair and now here it is and it's Dove! Omygosh >___<

I SUPER LOVE YOU RIGHT NOW BDJ!

I'll post review here soon if I ever find the time. Thanks for reading!

XOXO,