Mieza Everdeen

Before I go on about the product, there is one thing I'd like to tell you about The Body Shop Foundation. I learned from their website that this foundation was set up in 1989  to support grass root charities. For all products with The Body Shop Foundation label, 100% of the profit will go to these three charities; which are Wild Futures, Erb's Palsy Group, and Book-Cycle. 

This Dragon Fruit Lip Balm came in a green-pink pot with 8.9g worth of product in it. The lip balm is white in colour, and since it comes in a pot, you'll have to dip your finger in it to get the product. Make sure your fingers are washed and lint-free (sometimes your towel gave away lints when you wipe your hands with it) or else your lip balm will get contaminated. Its consistency is just like a light butter. One thing about this lip butter that I discovered, its consistency changes according to temperature. If it is in air-conditioned room, the lip butter will have a nice, balm-like consistency. This helps in ensuring that you won't accidentally pick too much product with one finger swipe. However, if the temperature is hot like what we're experiencing now in Malaysia, the balm-like consistency melts a bit. You'll have to dip carefully for the product or else you'll end-up taking too much. Don't worry, it never melted like water, that I can assure you ;)

I personally would recommend to use this as an overnight treatment or whenever you're home. This is because this Dragon Fruit Lip Butter is not Vaseline-clear and if applied thickly, it gives your lips a white coat like you're wearing a lip mask. It is also very buttery and if you wanna wear it under your lipstick, just dab it very thinly before lipstick. As for using it to treat dry lips, I have been using it numerous times before I sleep and when I woke up, my lips felt smooth and hydrated. I also used it when my lips felt dry while I was working in an air-conditioned room. This is by far my favourite lip balm to treat dry lips. The only problem with it is just when I need to dip my fingers into the product, it felt just unhygienic even I already washed my hands. 

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Assalamualaikum and hello! As you all might know or might not know yet, Collection Cosmetics has just landed in Malaysia, fresh from UK. So, during the launch event, I managed to play with its Cream Puff Moisturizing Lip Cream. I never owned any matte lip products before. I previously wanted to buy NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream but it is forever out of stock in Sephora, boo! Cream Puff Moisturizing Lip Cream only comes with 4 shades which are 1 brown, 1 nude, 1 pink and 1 coral. As you can see in the image below, during my first encounter with them I only swatched the lip creams on my hand and I did not try them on my lips.

Since the price is wayyyy cheaper than SMLC, I decided to pick one and see how good this lip cream is. I already have too much coral coloured lip product so I go for shade Cotton Candy 1 which is pink with blue undertone. The packaging of this Cream Puff Moisturizing Lip Cream is cute, it basically has the same cylinder tube like SMLC but it cannot stand on its own as the bottom is rounded and not flat. The cap is matte and has a rubbery feel to it, which I suspect will collect prints. Cream Puff Moisturizing Lip Cream has a standard doe foot applicator.

Application wise, Cream Puff Moisturizing Lip Cream glides smoothly on my lips like a butter product, however there are times that it does not apply uniformly so I sorted it out by patting and spreading the product evenly on my lips by using my finger. Some reviews I read told that they used lip brush to sort this problem and it worked wonders. Cream Puff Moisturizing Lip Cream has a very sweet, butter cake scent to it. It does not annoy me at all as I really love the smell and the scent fades a few minutes after application. 

The pigmentation of this Cream Puff Moisturizing Lip Cream is okay. It is not as opaque on my upper lip as compared to swatches on my hand, but this is acceptable because my upper lip has a darker colour compared to my lower lips. The colour appeared nicely on my lower lips. I've seen reviews by people with very light pink lips, and the colour stands out so well on them, jealous much! I usually put on 2 layer of this product on my lips to get a satisfying and pretty colour payoff. 

As for the moisturizing claim, it does not really have that moisturizing feel but it does not dry out my lips either. The first time I tried this lip cream, I was at home and then I took my afternoon nap. When I woke up 3 hours later, my lips does not feel dry at all and the colour has tinted my lips. Until after I ate, there was still some stain left and my sister asked why I'm wearing lipstick at home, hehe! The next day, I wore it for an outing as you can see in the collage above, I took a selfie while I was in the car. I ate ice-cream and the colour stays, I don't see the need of re-applying for the entire 5 hours outside. However I'd love to advise if you have very dry lips, don't forget to wear clear lip balm first before using any lip creams, as it is better to be safe than sorry ;)

• Its matte finish is awesome and does not dry my lips, does not make my lips flaky
• Easy to apply
• Very affordable 
• Colour payoff is good and buildable
• Sweet smell
• Stays well on the lips and left a nice stain gradually
• Cute packaging, can be easily slipped in your purse or pocket

Assalamualaikum and hello!

Today I'm gonna share with you guys my current favourite lip products, Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain. I got it from Watson during their mega sale a month back. It was such a steal, getting two of these babies for RM49.50 ^_^ It has been a long time I wished to own them but I keep on stalling from buying it until the sale came. Le bf said that my eyes popped out of their sockets when I saw the sale, hahaha! 

The two colors that I bought were Romantic (the red one) and Rendezvous (the orange one). I never had an orange lip product so I guess I should start my collection with these balm stain. As for the red one, it's a must have color for me, I really love red lips!

Among the unique features of this balm stain is that they have pointy tip like a pencil, not flat top like normal lip balms. The content can be taken out by twisting the silver end of the applicator. The total product is 2.7grams in each tube. 

Above are the swatches of Rendezvous and Romantic. They appeared very sheer and glossy on my hand but once I apply them on my lips, they're very pigmented. 

Why I love this balm stain?

That's all for now! Do you own any Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain? Share with me!