Monday, September 24, 2012

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain: Sweetheart

Swatches & Review
I have previously reviewed Adore, Precious, and Honey (Click-able links). Originally, I was not going to get anymore, but while I was at Ulta yesterday, I ended up picking one up. Initially, I went to Ulta to get some NYX products since they were 40% off and my boyfriend asked if I wanted another Balm Stain. At first, I said no, but after a while of browsing, I found a stack of $1 off Balm Stains or Lip Butter coupons on the display so I ended up picking it up since it was 40% off WITH an additional $1 off coupon! They had a whole lot in stock or all the colors and I ended up picking Sweetheart.
Can you tell that it is very bright?

Sweetheart is a very bright pink. On me, it definitely looks like a highlighter hot pink. When I picked this, I expected it to be bright, but not THIS bright. It is very pigmented and it lasted me about two hours before wearing off into a lighter, but still bright pink stain.
By the swatches, it seems bright, doesn't it? I have seen many swatches online of this and I really thought it would be lighter, but I am so wrong! Looking at it, I do not see any shimmers in it like I did for Adore, so if there is any shimmer, it may be very subtle.


For me, I felt like Revlon's Lip Butter in Raspberry Pie was already out of my comfort zone and this is even more out there for me. I like how it looks on me in my room right now, but as of now, I do not feel like I am comfortable wearing this out on its own. Since it is so bright, I am probably going to combine it with Revlon's Precious Balm Stain to tone the color of Sweetheart down so that it will be wearable for me at a more comfortable level. This balm stain glided on smoothly and had a faint minty scent to it. I think if you are comfortable with bright shades, or always wanted to try something bright, this could be the color for you! What are your thoughts on this? Like it? Hate it?

8 comments:

  1. I love the Revlon lip stains. I have now got 8 of them. I'm not a bright-colored lipstick gal either. I use the shade " Precious" to tone it down.

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    1. Yup! I also mentioned in my post that I would probably use Precious to tone it down since I have that. lol! Which 8 shades do you have? I didn't even plan on buying more, but now I'm at 4! :P

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  3. The pictures make it look nice, albeit bright, on you. However, I would definitely never be able to pull this kind of color with my skintone so I definitely understand it being outside of your comfort level. I personally only have 2, Crush and Charm, neither of which is a bright color.

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    1. I have seen Crush. I was debating to purchase either that one, or this, but I went with this since I'm always leaning more to the neutral or semi-dark side. lol.

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  4. Love how pink it is! Reminds me of VG Nicki.

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    1. That's what I initially thought too! But I think VG Nicki is a bit more bright. :)

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