Review of Revlon ColorStay Whipped Creme Makeup by hii
My new lovee<3 I've always wanted to try the liquid revlon colorstay but didn't want to fuss with the traditional drugstore foundation bottles. I hate those! Anyway I love the consistency of this. It truly is whipped creme and its super blendable. Upon the initial application it looks dewy and luminous but once it sets and drys on your skin it's a soft matte. TIP: Give this at least 5 minutes to dry on your face before putting any product over it or touching it. If you touch it it will feel all slippery and smear. I apply it and wait about 5 minutes, a couple minutes longer if I have the time. The coverage is definitely medium to full but I'm sure it could be light if you use the right tool to apply. I mostly use the sonia kashuk flat top synthetic multipurpose brush with us but I'll use the RT stippling brush for lighter coverage. The sonia kashuk flat top brush is amazing for this foundation btw! Another tip: ONLY use synthetic brushes with this makeup. My shade in this is caramel, the darkest shade in this foundation as of now. Revlon really needs to add a few more shades, maybe two more dark ones and two more light ones. Okay so for you darker ladies who are about nc44/45 there is a shade in this that does not appear on the revlon website or in stores that would work for yall. It is called TOAST and you can order it online. I'm pretty sure target.com has it. I'm NC50 and I wish caramel had more yellow undertones and was a bit lighter. Carmel is neutral and a little darker than caramel in the liquid colorstay. The staying power of this is AMAZING. My nose and forehead are oily, my cheeks and chin are normal and i have a couple dry patches. I use an oil control cleanser, regular moisturizer, and a pressed powder with this. If you have really oily skin you may want to prime also but I don't. This foundation withstands oil and sweat very well, and I live in a hot and humid climate. This does transfer a LITTLE bit onto my white collar but when I set it with my colorstay pressed powder there is almost no transfer. Also waiting for it to COMPLETELY dry and set before putting anything on top helps with the transfer. No, I've never worn this for 24 hrs but i truly believe that after being set this could last that long if i need it to. I find this to me very expensive for a drugstore foundation. This is cheapest at Walmart but none of the walmarts around me carry my shade, only Walgreens does. At walgreens this is around $11.99 but they almost always have buy one get one half off for this. I've seen this as high as $14. I'm still on my first jar of this and I bought it on eBay for about $11.50. It's very disappointing that being expensive this doesn't come with a full fluid ounce in the jar. I like the packaging because I don't have to pour the makeup out like with traditional bottles. I agree with other reviewers that it is hard to choose a shade by looking at the jar due to the thick glass. I wish the jar was lighter but its sturdy and looks classy and elegant. I don't mind dipping by finger or brush into this because I clean my brushes regularly and I'm the only one who uses it so for me it's not unsanitary. This is my new staple foundation, along with mac studio fix powder(: oh and if you hate using your fingers for foundation like I do other options that would work are a beauty blender, a regular latex sponge, or a synthetic brush. Inexpensive brushes that work well with this are the elf powder brush, the sonia kashuk flat top multipurpose, and the sigma flat top kabuki. UPDATE: I have realized that my shade, caramel, is too much of a muddy brown for my yellow undertones and doesn't match my neck. I have recently gotten the shade toast and I will see how that works. It appears to me a little light for me but hopefully after its blended it will be fine. Ideally my match would be a mix of caramel and toast or caramel and rich ginger. However, I am not willing to buy two of these to mix nor do I know how to mix something of this consistency. Caramel in the combo/oily formula is a near perfect match for me, despite its orangey tint, so I may just stick with that. UPDATE: I've come to the conclusion that I simply cannot choose between this and the liquid colorstay. What one doesn't have the other one does, and I use them both for different occasions. Guess I'm just gonna have to have two HG foundations(: