[Review] Bourjois Rouge Edition Souffle de Velvet Liquid Lipstick

Price: NA

(Received as a review item from Bourjois Malaysia)

Verdict: 8/10
Repurchase: No

Product and Packaging

The Bourjois' Rouge Edition Souffle de Velvet Liquid Lipstick is sure a mouthful. It's really such ridiculously long name that tries to tell you what to expect for the lipstick, but doesn't really succeed all that much. Rouge means red powder or cream used in cosmetics, and souffle can either mean a low murmuring sound heard through a stethoscope or a light, spongy baked dish made from adding flavored egg yolks to beaten (fluffy) egg whites. Judging from the name, I'll be getting a red lipstick that applies like cake, which is exciting, to say the very least! 

I quite like the packaging of the lipstick. It's weird, but I'm not a fan of cylindrical lipsticks all that much, possibly because it's everywhere and that tends to be boring. The vivid color of the casing is actually quite misleading, seeing as the product itself isn't actually so vivid a color. The one here is in Shade 07 Plum Plum Pidou.  It promises to last for 10 hours, providing hydrating while adding a light veil of color to the lips with the soft, velvety texture providing balm comfort. 

Ingredients and Directions

I couldn't find the ingredients for this on their own website, which is a travesty but I managed to get a list of the ingredients on superdrug.com here: 

Dimethicone,Aqua (Water),Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer,Jojoba Esters,Butyl Acrylate/Hydroxypropyl Dimethicone Acrylate Copolymer,Butylene Glycol,Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax,Saccharide Isomerate,Phenoxyethanol,Acacia Decurrens Flower Wax,Polyglycerin-3,Parfum (Fragrance),Citric Acid,Sodium Citrate,Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone,Linalool,Citronellol,Geraniol,[+/- (May Contain):Mica,Ci 12085 (Red 36),Ci 15850 (Red 6),Ci 15850 (Red 7 Lake),Ci 15985 (Yellow 6 Lake),Ci 17200 (Red 33 Lake),Ci 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake),Ci 42090 (Blue 1 Lake),Ci 45410 (Red 28 Lake),Ci 45380 (Red 22 Lake),Ci 73360 (Red 30 Lake),Ci 75470 (Carmine),Ci 77163 (Bismuth Oxychloride),Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides),Ci 77742 (Manganese Violet),Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide)].

I ran this through cosdna and one of the things that really grabbed my attention was the amount of fragrances that showed 5-7 on safety. There are four fragrances present, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Linalool, Citronellol and Geraniol, with the first three reading as 5 on safety while the last read as 7. Geraniol is an alcohol and is the primary part of rose oil, palmarosa oil, and citronella oil. It's present in a number of essential oils though and has a rose-like scent, which probably explains why this smells nice. :) 

This can either be applied useing your fingertips for a softer look or the applicator to build up coverage.

First Impressions

The shade for #Plum Plum Pidou is pinkish rather than plum or red. It applies shimmery but as you spread it, it dries to a matte finish. I was worried it would be too vivid, but it was actually a very natural coverage. 

It applies very smoothly (almost gliding) on my lips and dries matte, but wasn't overly so. There's still a slight shimmer to it. It wasn't drying by any means. Upon application, it was slightly oily, but not unpleasantly so, like a mousse. It's balmy texture gives my lips hydration with a hint of color and smells pleasantly sweet but not too overwhelmingly so. 

Overall, I'm very happy with this! The color is a tad too light though, but I've been using this together with the Rire by applying the Rire lipsticks first, which dries really matte, then using this as a second layer. 

The reason why I wouldn't be getting any other colors is because I believe this is a good shade for me. In addition, I did some research online and it seems the color difference between the different shades of Bourjois Rouge Edition isn't that extreme. That is to say, if you have one, you have them all since the colors are all so similar. 

Pros:

• Applies easily (can be used on the go) 
• Possible to layer over other colors 
• Smells delightful
• Gives a natural color to lips

Cons:

• Stains. No matter what I do, the lipstick doesn't stick to my lips very well and tend to stain everything, so the staying power isn't all that impressive either. 
• I tried to layer this, but the color tends to sit over one another and just doesn't look very nice, so while it's possible to apply a layer of this over other lipsticks, it's not possible to layer this by itself. 

Price: NA

(Received as a review item from Bourjois Malaysia)

Verdict: 8/10
Repurchase: No

[Review] RiRe Women's Lip Manicure Rouge High Fix

Price: $24.50 for 4 Lip colors + 1 Lip Remover Set

(Use affiliated coupon: C10T190S3 for 8% off) 
Verdict: 9/10
Repurchase: Yes (different colors)

Price & Shop

BBCosmetic.com sent these to me as sponsored products but all thoughts are my own, as always. It's sold for $6.70 per piece, but the entire set is $24.50, which makes it slightly cheaper if you're a fan of all the colors in the set, which are #04 Deep Plum, #05 Muse Red, #10 Wine Burgundy, and #11 Pink Brown. In addition, you get a free lip tint remover, which is a pretty sweet deal, but only if you're a fan of all these colors, I suppose! 

I've made about 9 purchases from bbcosmetic.com and am a huge fan of their shop, especially their 50% off deal on their facebook page. All the mini-purchases. I regret nothing. 

Ingredients and Directions

The directions simiply says to take a suitable amount of lip manicure and put it on, following the lip line. 

The lip remover is 15ml and says to rub the lips softly with a moderate amount of the liquid, then cleanse with a tissue. I found that using tissue can be really rough for my lips though, so I do prefer water. 

I couldn't find the extensive list of ingredients for the lip manicures, but the main ingredients were apparently rosehip oil, avocado oil, mascadamis seed oil, vitamin e, and so on. I do wonder how much of these ingredients are present, however, since the lip products were all a little on the drying side. 

First Impressions

I wasn't really keen on trying these when bbcosmetic sent them to me in the beginning, to be completely honest. They were gorgeous, don't get me wrong, but I have a few lip tints that I have yet to finish, such as the Choonee Lip Tint Balms and Berrisom Oops My Lip Tint Pack. However, this brought another thing to the table altogether. I was really surprised by how much I'm loving these. I would never have bought these on my own, but now that I've tried a few, I really want to try out more of the other colors. There's 10 available, from #01 Warm Peach to #11 Pink Brown. #06 is a transluscent top coat. 

The colors here are #05 Muse Red, #10 Wine Burgundy, #11 Pink Brown and #04 Deep Plum respectively. I smeared a fair bit of the product on my wrist, as you can see, and was quite pleased by how the colors look on my hand! The colors were really vivid and dries ridiculously quickly! I was hoping that I could just take these off with water if I do everything quickly, but merely seconds later, I was left with a smear of colors over my entire arm that I had to bath in oil cleanser to get clean again. 

I'm really surprised by how matte this dries. The color turned out to be not as scary as I thought! It dries to a gorgeous matte that can be a little bit on the drying side, so an additional lip balm application would be perfect. I was prepared to hate these, but they turned out really lovely. They dry super quickly and leaves a full coverage that lasts a good few hours.

I'm a little confused why the application wands are different. There appears to be two different wands, but both get the job done, so I'm alright with that. They're also a litle on the short side and while the packaging is cute, it's also not really optimal for holding, to be honest.

The scent is faintly fruity and quite pleasant. It was pretty tasteless too. >< I tend to be overeager with application and get it too close to my lipline and end up tasting them, so that's a huge plus.

Without further ado, here are the swatches of all the different lip colors I received in the box. Apologies in advance for picture quality. My phone's front camera isn't as good as it's main camera.

#03 Deep Plum

This was the first one that I tried and I love, love it. It dries so matte and is a really beautiful shade of dark pink that I'm absolutely in love with. The color was not as striking or as out of place as I had thought it would be just by looking at the swatch on my hand. I can see myself wearing this lip manicure on fun dates whilst wearing bright colored dresses. ^^

#05 Muse Red

The Muse Red applies a little orange in certain lighting for me. This is taken in natural light. When the room's dimmer, the color is noticably redder. It's a beautiful shade as well, but I prefer the plum more than the red.

#10 Wine Burgundy

This particular color was a miss for me, unfortunatley. No matter what I did, the color difference on my inner lip just won't go away, so I end up looking just like what it feels, like I'm wearing a lip tint that's way too dark for my lip color. Maybe I'm doing something wrong and there's a trick to applying darker lip tints. If so, please let me know in the comments? It does have a fairly badass feel to it though. ^^ 

#11 Pink Brown

This was an odd color for me! It actually ended up complementing my lip color, bringing it up to a brighter shade pink brown like a mild emphasis on my lips. As you can see in the picture, it's just the tiniest difference, but noticable nevertheless!

Lip Tint Remover

The lip tint remover gets the job done, as you can see. All I needed to do was rub the dense liquid on my lip, then rub it off with a tissue. It leaves my lip fairly moist, which I appreciate because the lip manicure is drying.

Performance

I'm really pleased with these overall! I was surprised by how much I ended up loving these because I initially thought I would hate them and just ignore them completely after testing them. I couldn't have been more wrong! These were really much better than I expected. They dry really quickly and the color lasts throughout the day. I can also apply a second layer over it to play around. For example, I layered #11 Pink Brown over #03 Deep Plum and ended up with the tint shown above. I'm a fan, for sure.

Pros & Cons

Pros:

• None-staining since it dries quickly
• Possible to layer other colors over tint and apply lip balm
• 10 colors to choose from
• Smells delightful
• Good staying power

Cons:

• A little drying (but can be offset with lip balm) ^^ 

Price: $24.50 for 4 Lip colors + 1 Lip Remover Set on bbcosmetic.com

(Use affiliated coupon: C10T190S3 for 8% off) 
Verdict: 9/10
Repurchase: Yes (different colors)

A blogger, berriesinthesnow, compared this to Clio's Lipnicure and preferered these. You can check out her blog here! ^^

[Review] Choonee Water Lip Tint Balm Cherry, Peach, Grapefruit

Price: $5.83 (~RM23) per lip balm

(sponsored product from BB Cosmetic. Use coupon: C10T190S3 for 10% off) 

Verdict: 10/10

Repurchase: Cherry and Peach, not the Grapefruit

Price & Shop

I received these as sponsored products from BB Cosmetic but all thoughts are my own, as usual. It's sold for $6.48 for the Peach, Grapefruit, & Cherry but with a 10% off code (C10T190S3), the price goes down to $5.83.  

When BB Cosmetic asked me what I wanted from their store to review, I asked for them to suggest new brands from Korea and they sent me three ChooNee Water Lip Tint Balms! They also sent me some Choonee masks, which I will be reviewing shortly. 

Store: BB Cosmetic

Samples: A lot, as always. <3 

ChooNee's Story

The ChooNee brand is new in Korea and has an interesting and cute backstory. Apparently it's the tale of a young lady who came to Seoul from the countryside and couldn't fit in because of her less-than-refined look. Then, she was re-born with beautiful and lovely looks by using cosmetics made with the best ingredients. Following that transformation, she changed her name from ChunHee to ChooNee. The secret to her beauty? The new ChooNee products! Tada!

It's a silly story, but I kinda like it. 

Packaging and First Impression

The tint balms are pretty adorable, to be honest. I don't have much experiences with colored lip balm but I'm loving these. Truly and honestly. 

The covers convey exactly what color the lip balms are. It's encased in plastic casing that is easy to use. Solid, but easily openable with just one hand. I tried. 

Ingredients & Directions

ChooNee Water Lip Tint Cherry: Mineral oil, ceresin, petolatum, Hydrogenated polyisobutene, phytosteryl/Isostearyl/Cetyl/stearyl/behenyl Dimer Dilinoleate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Polybutene, Polyethylene, Phenyl Trimethiocone, Microcrystalline,Wax, Diisostearyl Malate, Tocopheryl Acetate, BHT, PropylParaben, Vitis, Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Prunus amygdalus dulcis (Sweet almond) oil, simmondsia, chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, fragrance, red 28 lake (CI45410), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 45410), Yellow 5 Lake (Cl 19140), Red 6 (Cl 15850), Red 7(Cl 15850:1) Red 27(Cl 45410:1). 

Cosdna shows Jojoba Seed Oil and Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil as a possible acne trigger and irritant and Propylparaben on a 7 safety scale. Mineral oil is known to caused clogged pores and acne for some, so proceed at your own risk. 

ChooNee Water Lip Tint Grapefruit: Mineral oil, ceresin, petolatum, Hydrogenated polyisobutene, phytosteryl/Isostearyl/Cetyl/stearyl/behenyl Dimer Dilinoleate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Polybutene, Polyethylene, Phenyl Trimethiocone, Microcrystalline,Wax, Diisostearyl Malate, Tocopheryl Acetate, BHT, PropylParaben, Vitis, Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Prunus amygdalus dulcis (Sweet almond) oil, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, fragrance, Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Red 27 (Cl 45410:1), Red 28 Lake (CL 45410).

Cosdna shows the Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil as an acne trigger and irritant. This also has Mineral oil and jojoba seed oil. Also, Titanium Dioxide is a pigment sunscreen, which is odd but great!

ChooNee Water Lip Tint Peach: Mineral oil, ceresin, petolatum, Hydrogenated polyisobutene, phytosteryl/Isostearyl/Cetyl/stearyl/behenyl Dimer Dilinoleate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Polybutene, Polyethylene, Phenyl Trimethiocone, Microcrystalline,Wax, Diisostearyl Malate, Tocopheryl Acetate, BHT, PropylParaben, Vitis, Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Prunus amygdalus dulcis (Sweet almond) oil, simmondsia, chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, fragrance, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Red 28 Lake (CL24210), Yellow 5 Lake (Cl 45410), Red 6 (C1 15850), Red 27 (Cl 45410), Yellow 6 Lake (C1 15985). 

The ingredients for this isn't all that different from the other two lip tints and cosdna beings up the same warnings. 

Texture and Fragrance

I love the texture of the Choonee Water Lip Tint Balm. It's smooth and comfortable and doesn't really create a film over your lips like some lip tints do. Because these are lip balms, they feel good as well as look good. Love love love! The color doesn't look that impressive here because the intructions calls for reapplications that helps keep your lips hydrated and also makes the color more vivid! The more you reapply the lip balm, the more colorful your lips would be. I applied this once in the morning and my lips were hydrated throughout the entire day so I didn't need to reapply at all though. At least, not for the sake of keeping my lips hydrated.

As for fragrance, I'm sitting here inhaling the fragrance of the peach lip balm because delicious. The cherry also smells great. The grapefruit, not so much. The grapefruit smelled like how most lip balms smelled... or maybe it smelled like grapefruit. I don't like grapefruit so that probably has somethign to do with it.

Performance

The diagram from choonee.co.kr shows how reapplication turns the color gets more and more vivid. I've only done the first application and I think the color is already pretty noticable. Even so, it was so comfortable to have these on that I literally forgot I was wearing them. By the time they dried and it was time to put on the second application, I had already moved on to other things.

On the other hand, the staying power of these things are spectacular. I applied them in the morning and by the evening, when I saw my lips, I was surprised at why my lips were so colorful. And then I remembered some time in the morning I decided to put lip balm on. Did I mention how comfortable they were to have on?

Here's how the Choonee Water Lip Tint Balms look on my lips. I like how all of them looked even though I'm not so sure I can pull off orange lips. My skin tone is already orangy so having orange lips isn't really flattering.

Remember how much I loved the Berrisom peel off lip tint? That was a little drying and the only way to fix that was apply lip balm. This. This is the lip balm I can apply on top of that lip tint. I could mix colors! I'm giddy just thinking about it.

Pros & Cons

Pros:

• It's a lip tint that's also a lip balm. 
• Moisty and soft texture, so no stickness or caking despite reapplication 
• Fruity color melts on the lips and the cherry and peach smells amazing (doesn't taste too bad too. ><) 
• The color mixes well with others, so these three colors can be mixed around!
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Cons: 

• I don't like how the grapefruit smells, but that's just a personal preference and I'm not going to take off points for that since I love everything else about it so much. 

Price: $5.83 (~RM23) per lip balm

(sponsored product from BB Cosmetic. Use coupon: C10T190S3 for 10% off) 

Verdict: 10/10

Repurchase: Cherry and Peach, not the Grapefruit