Softlips Lip Tint review

I love Big Lots for my make-up. For some reason, the Big Lots near me carries so much more e.l.f. products than the local Target.

Anyway, I grabbed these Softlips liptints because they made me smile, remembering how they were the coolest thing in middle school. They were a buck fifty, so why not.

The two colors are Sultry (the brown) and Sweet (pink). They have a spf of 15, so that's nice.

I want to love these. I used to love Vanilla Softlips. But these smell like those chewable Flintstones multivitamins that my mom had to force down my throat when I was a kid. Yuckkkk. They also have so much shimmer, they're both very frosty and almost purely white. :(

As for their moisturizing power, they don't seem to do much. Maybe the shimmer prevents moisture from coming through.

Pros:
SPF 15
Very cheap

Cons:
The smell
Not very moisturizing
So frosty, like for a middle schooler

I can't even rate this. It's pointless, I'm sorry. Probably what I get for buying something based solely on nostalgia.

Maybelline Color Whisper review and swatches

From left to right, Cherry On Top, Mocha Muse, Rose of Attraction, Pin Up Peach, Orange Attitude

 

As soon as I saw the advertisement for these, I knew I had to TRY THEM. I bought these at CVS but I'm sure anywhere that carries Maybelline has them. They promise to be sheer color with no waxes, just smooth moisture. I haven't fully gotten used to wearing opaque lip color yet, so this is a nice step up from clear lip gloss. They retail for about $7.00 each, a little pricey for an .11oz/3g tube without rich color output, so I hope they deliver.

 

There look to be about 24 available shades. I tend toward the softer, easier shades, but this time I ventured out and got one bright tube too.

 

The packaging is pretty cute and looks to be stable, so if I were to drop the tube (I'm pretty clumsy), I don't think it would crack too much.

 

Color swatches:

 

 From left to right, Cherry On Top, Mocha Muse, Rose of Attraction, Pin Up Peach, Orange Attitude

 

 

Cherry On Top: Almost fuschia, leaning more towards the pink side. The brightest of the colors I bought today.

Mocha Muse: The most nude color, gives slight color.

Rose of Attraction: A mauve-pink

Pin Up Peach: Similar in color to Rose of Attraction, but a lighter shade and not as grey

Orange Attitude: A sheer tangerine color with a slight tinge of red.

 

I've tried Cherry On Top the most extensively because it's the one I wasn't sure about. I wanted to see if I could maybe get used to it. And I love it!

 

It's bright but wearable. The texture is very smooth, not sticky, not too shiny. There is no detectable smell and it feels really light on the lips. I feel like this color would look good on anyone, if they were up to it. I got a compliment at work on it, too :-) The color is buildable, which is nice for when I just want a hint of color. I like how light it feels, instead of heavy like lip glosses or dry like lipsticks. It's more like a balm.

 

My only issues with this product would be the price, how it fades, and the application. The product is nice, but nothing worth $7 - $8 per tube. It fades unevenly (patchy) and comes completely off when I eat. As for the application, even when I exfoliate my lips, the balm would leave little lines of color on my lips similar to what it would look like if I had dry lips. Not too noticeable but still there. It would be nice if the colors gave a little stain on the lips when they faded, but after an hour, the color was completely gone.

 

My rating? 8/10