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ColorStay Alllll Night

Ohhhh, I'm OBSESSED with Revlon's new ColorStay Creme Eyeshadows.  Love love love these.  I stumbled on the displays several times before I bought a few (because why start with one if they're on sale, right?) and now I seriously need to have them all.  They're like little pots of fun color that are under ten dollars each.  (Sometimes WAY under - they're normally around $8.50 each, but they go on sale a lot and if you play your CVS Extra Bucks right, well, the sky's the limit!)  They have a smooth, easily blendable formula that actually does stay in place for about eight hours or so layered over primer, and they even come with a handy little brush that slides right into the cap.  I wouldn't say it's a "great" brush, but it totally does the job for these creme shadows and it makes it even easier to toss one of the pots in your bag and go.  I'm also a big fan of the shades they chose to put out in what I'm (optimistically) choosing to believe is just the first set of releases.  There are twelve of them ranging from neutrals to greens and pinks, but my absolute favorite is the one pictured above, Black Currant.  It's this gorgeous frosty purplish-grey and it looks soooo good on.  I seriously reach for it every time I want to create a purple eye look now and if you could see the amount of purple shadows I have, you would know that that means something.  I also really like that you have a little time after you apply the shadows before they set so you can blend them (I'd estimate 30 seconds to a minute).  Gives you time to fix any mistakes before your look is set.  These are just all around great and it is now my mission in life to own the other six of them (yes, I already own half the shades).  Get yourself to a CVS immediately (also, while you're there, pick up one of these Chuao Baconluxious Chocolate Bars that they carry now. Sounds gross, couldn't be more amazing.  Trust me).

The Perfect Pair

I've FINALLY gotten around to testing out Revlon's fairly new Colorstay Gel Envy nail colors.  Mostly because I was in search of a good pinky-brown nude shade and had a coupon for Revlon at CVS, but still.  Trying them out is finally happening! I realllly love the color (it's called Perfect Pair), although I do think that in person, it's a tiny bit browner than in the photo above.  It's the perfect pinkish nude shade for my fair skin, and I bought it with the Colorstay Gel Envy Diamond Top Coat because I always need to use the formulas together.  I'm a big fan of the brush the color comes with - it's not too big, so it's easy to control where the polish goes and I got less on the sides of my fingers than usual.  I just used it for the first time tonight so I'm not sure yet how long the wear will be, but I'm hopeful.  And I will say this, it definitely delivers on the shine part that they promise.  My nails are SUPER shiny.  Like, enough so that I noticed it before I even knew that that was one of the claims they made.  I'm really hoping the staying power on these is good because now that I have the top coat, all I need is some more shades.  (At less than $10 each without coupons or discounts, they're affordable enough to own all your favorite colors).  I really am envying my own nails right now!

Gloss It Up

Don't you love it when you find a product you like and not only is it from the drugstore, but then it goes on sale and you can snatch up a bunch of them for not a lot of money?  It's the best, right?  I just stocked up on six different shades of Revlon's ColorStay Moisture Stain because, well, why not?  It's kind of an interesting product because it's basically a thick gloss, but what I love about it is how pigmented all the shades are.  You know how some glosses look really colorful in the tube and then go on like a sheer Chapstick?  That's the worst and not at all a problem here.  They're a little moisturizing, not a ton, but definitely not drying at all either.  On me, they wear about four hours or so before I need to reapply, which is fine with me because that's about when I get twitchy and want to put more on anyway.  The only slightly annoying thing about them is that the word "stain" is in the name of the product, but none of them really stain my lips much more than an ordinary lip product would.  Which actually doesn't bother me because I almost never like lip stains (too drying!) so if you just think of these as a regular lip gloss/liquid lipstick, they're pretty great.  Especially when you can get them on sale!  Oh CVS, why can't I quit you...?    

Facets of Fuchsia

It seriously took me about five days and 47 stores (and that's a conservative estimate) to track down the new Facets of Fuchsia nail polish from Revlon.  I'm pretty sure I went into every drugstore within 10 miles of me in Los Angeles, but I finally (FINALLY!) tracked it down.  It was totally worth the wait.  It's a gorgeous dark purple with large chunky fuchsia glitter.  So sparkly and fun!  I probably won't wear it on my fingers just because it's a little too bling bling for me for that, but it's definitely in line to be my next pedicure shade.  And it was only $4.99!  I've been so obsessed with nail polish lately that buying way more expensive ones has somehow been justifiable, so to love a shade this much and pay less than $5 for it makes me very happy.  It's the little things, you know?

Gloss Me Up

I've been dying to try Revlon's new ColorBurst Lipgloss Lip Shines since I saw the new ad with Jessica Alba.  She's wearing the gloss in the Hot Pink shade in it and it's just so bright and vibrant and I've been really wanting that exact shade for awhile now, so I was super excited to pick it up.  Sadly, it was out of stock in every drugstore I went to (clearly, everyone else saw the ad and felt the same way!) so I had to put my search on hold.  It was totally meant to be this weekend though because I walked into Rite Aid and not only did they have the Hot Pink shade, but Revlon was on sale for 40% off.  (Don't you love it when that happens?)  I've only been wearing the gloss for two days now, but here are my thoughts on it.  I'm disappointed by the fact that the color isn't as bright as it is in the ad - I know she was probably wearing a lot of coats of it, so I seriously put on like, 6 coats and it still didn't get anywhere near as bright as on Jessica.  However, the color that I did get is great.  It's a really pretty pink that's perfect for summer - not too subdued, but definitely opaque enough that it was clear that I was wearing a pink gloss.  (I have SUCH a pet peeve about lip products that aren't noticeable on and that isn't the case here at all).  It's also fairly moisturizing and it wears about 2 hours or so on me before the color is almost completely gone.  The only minus I could find is that it has a little bit of a weird, chemical smell on the wand, but oddly, I didn't notice it at all once it was on, so I really can't count that against it, since it never bugged me other than when I put it right to my nose and sniffed (which I don't normally do, but I wanted to know if it had a flavor to it).  Overall, I'll definitely be picking up a few more shades of these - I want to try at least Papaya and Fire before the sale ends.  At less than $8 (pre-discount!) they're totally worth it.