I had to break up my Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter collection into 3 parts & today I will be bringing you the pinks! Since this is the first post I’ll also delve into the texture & packaging. Pinks are normally the colors I am asked most about when it comes to the Lip Butter range so it was a natural place to start!

Packaging:
These come in a more cheery version of the Revlon Colorburst Lipsticks which have black quilted packaging. These have a window on top to see the shade, cute names with coordinating colored stickers on the base, & coordinating tubes these are wonderfully easy to differentiate. I can easily grab whichever shade I’m looking on without having to dig around reading names or opening up lots of tubes.  These have silver packaging around the product itself & twist up easily for use. They are an average square shape overall & aren’t awkward to store. Plus, they’re just plain cute.

You can see in the swatches that these have a lovely pigment & in the other photo you can see the moisture from the light hitting them. This translates onto the lips to make them look fuller & more moisture rich. You’ll see I say below a few shades are more opaque but this is with a few swipes. It just means you can build up a nice opaque shade.

Sugar Frosting- This is the sheerest of the pinks & you can barely see the pink as a base. What you DO see is an awesome ultra-fine super light pink shimmer. I like this alone & also over another shade to punch it up or rehydrate my lips.

Strawberry Shortcake- The perfect light, wearable pink. This is very cool & doesn’t have the brightness that the Sweet Tart shade has.

Sweet Tart- A bright light pink. Lovely & not so bright that it isn’t an easy to wear pink.

Pink Truffle- This is an awesome blend of pink & nude…it is almost an even mix! No shimmer, gorgeous. I love this as a neutral shade & if it didn’t have “Pink” in the name, I likely would have put this in with my nudes! One of the more opaque shades.

Lollipop- A bright medium fuschia with blue/purple shimmer. I love this shade & wear it often year round. One of the more opaque shades. I get lots of compliments on this color. The shimmer isn’t really visible on the lips but you can see it under the lighted swatches.

Overall: 
I am definitely a Lip Butter fanatic. Although some feel they are over hyped or just don’t work well, these are definitely must have products for me. The texture, wear, color selection, packaging, & wide availability come together to make this product easily one of my favorites. I have 1-3 of these on me at any given time. They go on soft & work well on my sometimes dry lips. I find them to be just moisturizing enough to be a bit more than a moisture rich lipstick. These also last nicely on me & don’t wear off unevenly.

The pink shades especially are top notch & I feel like they are all different enough to own. Clearly, there are more options in the store but I find any of these 5 work well in any “I need a pink!” instance. The Lip Butters themselves are usually pigmented enough to wear alone but the variety of shades is what makes these unique. For instance, Sugar Frosting is super sheer & just leaves a hint of pink sheen/shimmer which looks great alone or over any shade I might be wearing. Lollipop I often wear on its own. I have a nice variety of neutral to light to bright pinks here.

These feel like balms, look like a balm/lipstick hybrid, & just look great. I love them. What are some of your favorite pink Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter shades?

Stay tuned for the rest of the shades tomorrow & Thursday! Friday you’ll be seeing my Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains…highly requested!

So I’m starting a new series called “5 Days of” & I’m planning to start it every week! This will be 5 days of something similar but different. This week, the theme is Revlon Lip Products…a topic I get lots of requests for! Now that I think I have finally bought the majority of the shades I wanted in the various lines, I’m ready to bring you swatches! Throughout the week you’ll be seeing shades from the Lip Butters & the Kissable Balm Stains. Not today! Today i have my official review of the Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Suede Lipsticks. & boy do I have a lot to say.

Looking back I really liked the prior formula of the Revlon Colorstay Lipsticks. They were a bit drying, but they lasted great & some of the shades were perfection on me! I bought some backups recently at Big Lots because I like them so much. When I heard they were redoing this line I was excited, Revlon hasn’t had a lip product misstep in ages. I think they hit their end mark.

I picked up 2 of these at my local CVS because they pricey. I believe around $10-$12 a piece? The colors were attractive & I picked up the 2 shades I thought I’d wear most.

Left Swatch: Couture is a red tinged medium pink with a bit of a purple/blue tinged sheen. It isn’t dramatic but noticeable when swatched.

Let’s talk about these shades straight out of the tube. These swatches were about 3 swipes so you could see the color accurately, these don’t apply all that pigmented. When swatched, they feel really smooth, like suede should I suppose. They even feel a bit moisturizing. They dry suede which is more of a nail polish term. Kind of a semi-matte appearance & almost like a silicone type appearance.

The packaging is pretty average for Revlon…especially since it is almost identical to the original Colostay lipsticks. Here it is next to my Revlon Photo Ready Concealer…again a repeat. The packaging is just okay. As far as Revlon goes, this is a bit disappointing. I so love the packaging of their other lip products that I wish they had shown us something we haven’t seen multiple times before.

Okay…time for the feel. I was prepared to need nice smooth lips for application which is necessary with any long wear lip products. These feel nice on the lips at the beginning of application. The color feels even a bit moisturizing on & looks nice like the swatches. The smell is unpleasant & pretty plastic/chemically but that doesn’t kill me. Then they begin to set.

As they set, they do some of the normal things long wearing lip products do. They become drying, settle into lines, etc. But they take things to a whole new awful level. First of all, they become really tacky. REALLY tacky. This happens sometimes when products need to “set” but this is extreme. It felt like a thin layer of some kind of quick dry glue. Ouch. Next…the color morphed. It turned into a whole new shade…muddy & not pretty anymore. DISLIKE! I bought these shades for a reason ya know?

So then…it actually began peeling off. Physically peeling. It looked disgusting. Felt disgusting. Somehow, they managed to withdraw every drop of moisture I’ve ever had on my lips. They shriveled guys…I’ve never seen anything like it. My lips actually kind of hurt from it peeling & being so dry. Can’t do it guys, can’t. These are NOT an improvement on the original Colorstays & if you want something like this, head to Big Lots now & scoop up some of those.

I honestly tried to make these work. Glosses, balms, other lipsticks, I tried. No go. I just don’t like them. The color shift is probably the worst for me since I thought these shades were quite pretty. Obviously, I’m noting these are a FAIL.