Revlon Colorburst Lipsticks Swatches and Review

The Colorburst lipsticks from Revlon are really nice, they feel moisturizing, weighless, and are really pigmented too. The packaging is really nice, sleek, black, and quilted (Chanel inspired) on the main part. I wonder why they didn't just quilt the entire packaging, as the other sides of the lipstick case are smooth black, looks kind of weird. The lipstick bullet itself is also embossed with the "revlon" name, which is a cute touch. There is coloured top on the packaging too to indicate what the lipstick looks like inside, which is helpful in deciding which one you want in the store.

These come in a variety of colours, there are apparently 20 available. We finally got them in Canada recently. They are on for $5.24 at Rexall/Pharma Plus this week during their 50% off lip products sale. I picked up Soft Nude and Baby Pink while I was in the US last month, and got several others during the sale.

Personally, I part that I like most about these is that you don't have to lather up your lips with chapstick before you apply these, which I have to do with most lipsticks because they are so thick and drying. These just glide on, the nude one was a bit drying, but the rest were all buttery and smooth. Which gets to my one negative about these, they are so buttery and creamy that they can break easily. I feel like I have to keep these in the fridge or something, when I was swatching them they looked like they were going to break, so be careful, don't twist the bullet all the way up, just a small amount that you need, as it can break easily if you have it all the way up.

Fuschia is just that.. a bright fuschia colour. This applied really well and although it's not the type of colour that I would normally wear, I really turned out to like this.

Baby Pink is a pale pink colour, I've read people comparing it to MAC's Gaga lipstick, but this one is not as pigmented and really quite sheer. I was disappointed with this one. You could build it up more than I did, but mine was acting all weird, the lipstick started to blend to the side and I was afraid I was going to break it. Not sure if I got a bum one, but mine is very delicate.

Soft Nude is a light nude. Probably the most popular colour in this line. I find some nudes, like Rimmel's "Nude Delight" are a bit too dark for me, whereas this one works really well. It's not going to make your lips white out like concealer, it has peach tones to it for sure, like your ideal nude. This one was a bit drying, as you can tell it has grabbed to some lines on my lips, the least hydrating of the bunch. I will do a nude comparison post tomorrow showing you how this one is different than others.

Raspberry is gorgeous and a good alternative if you don't want a super red lipstick. This one is berry red, with shimmers, but not annoying obvious shimmers just pretty.

Carnation is a pretty pink, you can build this up more to get a more intense colour, nice everyday pink.

Lilac is like a plummy pink shade. Really nice and unique, nothing like this one in my collection. Not too dark.

True Red is my first straight up red lipstick.. can you believe that? I don't wear colours like this, I am more of a neutral/nude girl, but I thought I would branch out. This one was super hard to photograph since it's so glossy and bright. The swatch isn't great and it started coming off on the side, but you get the idea.... I hope. It can be a lot brighter than that too. Jessica Alba wears it well.

I know people think these lipsticks are expensive, they retail for about $10 CAD, and I wouldn't have bought that many for that price, but since they were 50% off why not? These are like the luxe lipstick of drugstore right now, they are really nice. But, I also bought two of the regular lustrous lipsticks and I must say I like the formulation of those a bit more. I will do a complete swatch and review of those soon. They aren't as creamy and more solid-like if that makes sense, I bought Just Enough Buff and Berry Haute (which is gorgeous).

What do you think of these Revlon Colorburst lipsticks? Which ones do you have?  I accidently left out Peach from this line, I will include it when I do the nude comparisons... so I actually have 8 (Baby Pink and Soft Nude will be included in the blog giveaway!) ;)