Saturday, 31 August 2013

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick In Blushed- Not Blush, Better



I own twenty lipsticks from various high street or drugstore brands. They live in a turquoise, mock book box carefully organised by shade, cunningly separated into sections by lipliners and snootily overlooking various glosses. Of those twenty lipsticks, fifteen are red. 

Let it never be said that I am unfaithful to the things I love.

However much I adore red lipstick though, it’s not for every situation; high maintenance, high risk and makes me incredibly nervous when trying on other people’s clothes. So sometimes I need another option and my new and current favourite other option is Blushed.


Blushed is a brownish, nude pink shade with a glossy but pearlescent finish. It’s part of the Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick line (a pearl shade) and normally retails at £7.49 (though Boots and Superdrug are doing 2 for £10 on Revlon lipsticks at the moment).

My favourite thing about this lipstick is that it a perfect colour-match for lips (how typical that I find that illusive shade in lipstick rather than foundation). That makes it perfect for any relaxed, natural make-up looks because all I’m essentially doing is adding a bit of shimmer and gloss to my lips.

For those without my perfect Blushed-shade lips, I do still think this is worth buying as a great, multipurpose nude pink. It will be as happy with a natural, barefaced look as it is with a smoky eye. If not quite little black dress, it can surely lay a claim to being the little black clutch bag.

It comes in the normal Revlon packaging which I adore. I appreciate packaging has very little to do with the product inside but so much of beauty is how it makes you feel and pretty packaging, interesting histories and cool names are part of the glamour. The shiny black tube with the gold band is endlessly classic. If Coco Chanel had gone budget rather than high fashion, her lipsticks would look like this.

The one thing I don’t like is the clear top. I appreciate the intention is to allow you see the shade but it’s too shadowy to see clearly and it cheapens the look. Could they not just be accurate with the sticker on the bottom?

The lipstick itself is a gorgeous brownish pink that glides on as you apply it (I always apply lipstick from the tube, I just don’t get the same feeling of glamour from a brush) and the colour builds quickly. The end result is a slightly glossy finish with a subtle shimmer, perfect for day and night looks. 


It combines great looks by being very easy to wear (the lipstick equivalent of those irritating girls who are both beautiful and nice). It’s quite moisturising, I’ve never noticed dry patches developing or the lipstick clinging to them while wearing it.  It’s difficult for me to say how long it lasts because I tend to reapply my lipsticks fairly frequently even if they don’t need refreshing but it has survived 3 hour shopping trips with no retouches. 

It’s not my favourite lipstick (that’s red), it’s not even in the top 5 (again all red) but when I’ve been experimenting with eyeshadow, when I’m going to have to wash the lipstick stained glasses, this is the one I reach for. 

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