Are you interested in the Revlon ColorStay offerings like the new Ultimate Suede lipstick line? Keep watching to see my thoughts on the matter. If you like Revlon Lipstick–some of the best lipsticks in the drugstore level of all time–you may want to watch the video.
Revlon claims that the ColorStay Ultimate Suede Lipsticks give “both moisture and wear? This velvety soft formula with moisturizing shea butter and aloe is food proof and doesn’t quit. 20 Shades. Apply once and go.”
These Revlon Lipsticks retail for about $8.00USD at US drugstores and at any chemist or pharmacy or discount retailer internationally. In my opinion, they are not worth the money, despite being so inexpensive. They do not feel “suede-y”. Like other typical “longwear” lipsticks, they dry out your lips and are not ideal if you have cracks, lines or chapping on your lips. The formula sucks the moisture from your mouth and creates a sticky, tacky feel and the color starts to flake and scale a bit after about 5-10 minutes. And the formula is not ideally layered over or under lipbalm, as proper pigmentation is hard to get with a more emollient layer.
Here are some detail photos:
{Starting out fresh and looking nice when freshly applied.}
{After 15 minutes, starts to peel, scale, get dry and flaky.}
{Scales, close up. But at least my teeth look nice and white. :T }
They don’t live up to what they claim to do, so, other than the cute names like Fashionista, Couture, Socialite, Front Row and Muse, and nice looking colors, this iteration of the Revlon ColorStay family does not live up to the line or to the Revlon brand.
Final Grade: I give it a D. If it weren’t for the cute names, the product would get an F.
Remember: US drugstores like Walgreens, Longs, CVS and Rite Aid often have generous return policies, so make sure you ask if you can return an item if you tried it out and didn’t like it. In my experience, I have been able to return used makeup items with a receipt. Without a receipt, I’ve gotten store credit on a gift card.
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Hope this was helpful!
Rock on, Lover! Me ke aloha ~ With love + aloha,
Mae Xx
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Some readers have commented or mentioned that I have really good skin (I think it ain’t great, as I mentioned in my Bareface Confessions video), but I’ve been asked on several occasions for skin care tips or for me to reveal my skin care regimen. So here we go.
{My Current Night Time Skin Care Routine: An Anti-Aging Skin Care Routine for Early 30 Somethings to Prevent Wrinkles}
Products listed in order of use:
Home made organic olive oil, grapeseed oil and aloe juice makeup remover in water bottle… I will post a video tutorial on how to make this makeup remover
Homemade anti-aging oil cocktail serum (contains the following oils: olive, grapeseed, argan, evening primrose, camellia seed, vitamin e and rosehip) for anti-aging, skin renewal and anti-inflammation. – Again, another one I have to make a video for.
Age: Early Thirties Skin type: Normal to combination skin with oily T-zone and slight sensitivity
Concerns:
fine lines forming
hyperpigmentation (melasma) on forehead, cheeks and chin (my T-zone is darker than the rest of my face)
dark under eye circles
collagen and loss of firmness around eyes from lack of sleep and sleeping on face
some pimples here and there
aging and wrinkles on décolletage, backs of hands and tops of feet
My skin care philosophy:
I firmly believe that a preventative approach to anti-aging is a better, more pro-active approach than trying to repair and restore later–an approach that could cost you thousands upon thousands of dollars if you wait too long. Thereby, the preventative approach is also more cost-effective in the long run. You can prevent, but curing later is HARD.
I also firmly believe that you need to invest in quality products that are well-researched and vetted when you can afford to. Investing in your skin is important for your overall health (skin is your largest organ). If you don’t believe in reincarnation, you only get one skin in this lifetime, so you should take as good care of it as possible.
Go natural when you can. Research your companies and make sure they take a more holistic approach to skin care and the science behind their product formulations and technology. The fewer chemicals you put on your skin, the less those toxins absorb into your bloodstream, muscle tissues and organs.
I also do not believe in over exfoliation. Beauty norms say microdermabrasion, harsh chemical peels and strong at-home scrubs and at-home peel kits blast away dead skin and top layers of skin, revealing new skin and making skin look more luminous and youthful, as well as encouraging collagen production for renewal.
Well, after meeting skin scientist Dr. Ben Johnson, founder of Osmosis Pur Medical Skin Care, my mentality changed. Studies actually show that over exfoliation through scrubbing, harsh aesthetic and dermatological treatments like microdermabrasion, Fraxel, Thermage and chemical peels, can be harmful to the skin. These treatments create damage to the top layers of skin, the stratum corneum, in response skin tissues accelerate collagen production to repair the damage. However, the collagen renewal resulting from damage by removing the top layers of skin (essentially, the protecting layer to your dermis–the deeper layers of skin) only replaces 90% of the collagen lost during the damage process. Why strip your skin only to create a deficit of collagen? Once you remove the protective top layers of your skin, the new youthful skin revealed is actually quite sensitive and super vulnerable to even more damage and aging. That just doesn’t make sense to me. The science is in direct contradiction to the beauty norms and creeds going around.
Remove the dead skin cells that block pores with light exfoliation, but don’t strip your protective layer. It’s like going skiing without proper winter gear on. You get wind burned and wind lashed, sun burned, cut up and seriously injured.
Seriously, pick up Dr. Johnson’s book. It’ll change your perspective on skin care and health. Well-renowned Dermatologist Dr. Perricone’s skin care philosophy is pretty parallel to Dr. Johnson’s regarding repairing from within and avoiding doing too much damage to the skin that the skin can’t recover from.
Very importantly, the best anti-aging product is proper sun protection, not a bunch of serums and night creams. Protect your skin during the day with a good broad spectrum sunscreen of at least SPF 30+, reapplied every 2 hours to the exposed skin (don’t forget your hands and tops of feet), wear a good wide-brimmed sun protection hat, a jacket when in the car, and avoiding peak UV hours in the middle of the day. UVA and UVB rays not only increase your risk of cancer, but also damage elastin and collagen in your skin, resulting in saggy skin, hyper-pigmentation (brown spots) and fine lines and wrinkles. And remember, UV rays shine 365 days a year. As long as there is natural light, UV rays are coming through, and UVA rays are every bit as strong during cloudy days as sunny days. So, regardless of climate, temperature and weather, sun protect every single day to reduce risk of skin cancer and slow your aging process.
Lastly, the most important thing you can do for your skin is lead a healthy lifestyle. What you put ON your skin is not as important as what you put IN your body (as someone pointed out). Eating clean, whole foods, lots of veggies and fruits and less processed ingredients will contribute better to the quality of your skin than any beauty product. Drink lots of water, get lots of sleep and exercise. A healthful lifestyle will do wonders for your skin and slow own the aging process.
{ What are some of YOUR favorite products to use in your skincare routine? Is preventive better? Do you have some beauty tips? }
Rock on, Lover! Me ke aloha ~ With love + aloha,
Mae Xx
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{ How to Be Happy #2: Put Your Best Face and Best Foot Forward and Always Keep Going Forward }
Here’s my beauty, style and happiness mantra of the moment:
No matter what happens, live your life! Don’t let anything else stop you–not one person on this world has the power to stand in your way if you choose not to let them.
In your everyday
FASHION,
FACE/APPEARANCE/ATTITUDE,
WORK,
RELATIONSHIPS…
never stop being YOU and never let someone else’s negative energy put you down (even if that person is you). NEVER STOP GOING FORWARD.
Always put your best foot and face forward–in a great pair of heels, with a straight back and a fabulous shade of lipstick.
Here are my important (physical) tools for getting up and at ‘em and moving forward!
Shoe Porn: wearing a great pair of shoes can instantly va-va-va-voom and outfit, and perk up your meh mood. Trust me. Shoes are to an outfit as lipstick is to the face: both pack a visual punch and can perk you up in an instant!
Shoe Porn: a great pair of heels can change your outfit from blah to AH! Plus it makes shorties like me less “DOWN HERE.”
A straight back and good posture is the sign of true confidence, but is also necessary to make any outfit look GOOD.
The perfect shade of red for me is a pure/true red with no blue base: MAC’s Ruby Woo is the perfect red for every skin tone, or this one here by Nuance Beauty (sold at Longs or CVS stores) called Paprika.
Let’s always empower each other on this road to beauty and bliss!
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