New Revlon Colourburst Balms

So we finally got Revlon's new stain balms launched here in the UK! Whoop! I personally adore Revlon's lip products and I was so excited to see a huge extension to their Colourburst Balms because I loved the whole "chubby stick" trend that was floating about. I love lip crayons!

After pouring through one million swatches online, I decided to mosey on down to Boots and check out these new Stain Balms and try to decide which ones I was going to throw my money at.

So I looked at all of them: 10 Mattes and 10 Lacquers, so there was plenty to choose from but I finally settled with one from each texture. Limited funds suck but I made the best with what I had!

Shameless and Ingenue were my final two!

Left to Right: Shameless (Matte) & Ingenue (Lacquer)

Before I get into swatches and the review I want to give my overall impression of the line. The Matte colours are all gorgeous and all extremely pigmented with a wide variety of colours. The Lacquers are more like lipglosses, shiny and sheerer in pigmentation than the mattes. The Matte line is probably my favourite of the two because it has a better colour selection and tonnes of great spring/summer colours. But really, I think it comes down to me preferring a punchier lip.

Swatches

Top to Bottom: Ingenue, Shameless

I'll start with Ingenue. I love this colour! It's a beautiful nude colour on my medium skin tone and just glides across the skin. While the camera doesn't pick it up, it does have a wee bit of glitter in it but not offensively so - I barely notice it on the lips when it's on but I do notice some glitter residue once the colour has wore off.

It has decent staying power but don't expect it to last all day. It is still a gloss. This stays on my lips for about 2 hours-ish if I'm not eating or drinking.

Naked Lips

Ingenue

Moving on to my lip colour of the moment: Shameless! Where do I start? As soon as I knew Revlon were coming out with the purple I had to have it. Purple is my ultimate favourite colour and I love it on lips. And it's matte. And it's in a lip crayon format. It's beautiful. Like Ingenue, it glides onto the lips like butter and despite being a matte formula it's not overly drying but still stays in place pretty well.

I get about 3 1/2 hours of full colour (with me powdering it) and another hour or 2 with the stain left behind with the pigment. So this will linger for a while and I've not noticed any traveling with this lipstick. It stays pretty much were you put it.

Naked Lips again

Shameless

I apologise for the blurry picture but this is as close as I could get to represent the colour Shameless goes onto my lips.

Overall, I love these new balms. I love the different textures and it's great to see so many matte lipsticks on the highstreet! Once I have a bit extra money I'll be definitely be buying more of them!

Where to Buy
Boots
Superdrug

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