Revlon Colorburst and Superlustrous lipsticks

First up is the Colorburst Lipsticks.  The shades I have are 065 Rosy Nude and 060 True Red.  Now if you happen to read my Rimmel Lipsticks post, at the end I mention about contemplating buying the Red shade from that line.  I did however dare to get the True Red in this line.  Honestly it was the packaging that drew me in.  All of the new Revlon lippies have the cutest packaging ever!  I love the color indicator on top and the woven/mesh design on the outside. It's just fantastic. You can see below that I have used Rosy Nude quite a bit.  Let it be known that Rosy Nude was my very first lipstick purchased when I started this rediscovery journey into makeup.  This was never a color I would have chosen in the past.  I always chose the dark burgundy, vampire-ish color lipstick.  Stuck in the 80's in my high school days when that look was in but didn't look appropriate for anyone.  So out of the selection Rite Aid had to offer (and there was a BOGO 1/2 off sale) I chose the lightest shade I thought I could pull off and this Red.  I have photos of myself in my teens rocking this bright red. To tell you the truth, it's difficult to rock this now in my 30's.  I'll be honest, it's a special occasion lipstick for me.  It is just that bright!  Rosey Nude has just enough color to not be a washed out nude on the lips.

The swatch below looks to have some mauve in it and that's pretty accurate.  These are very pigmented and I love the finish.  I had to put Rosy Nude away because I was afraid of using it all completely.  Silly isn't it?  Since this first purchase I have bought many shades of nudes that I reach for and I forget about this one.  But I know it's there.  

Next up is the Superlustrous lipsticks, this is part of their core line.  I have 2 shades in matte and 2 shades in creme.  I LOVE these lipsticks. The shades I got seem to be on a darker scale than I normally would go for now but I got these after the Colorburst lipsticks and that BOGO 1/2 sale was still going on.  And I couldn't pull away from the dark shades.  From left to right is Mauve Over and Cocoa Craving in the matte finish.  Then Mink and Rose Velvet in the creme finish.  The swatch I did on my arm was with a light had but these are definitely build-able to a dark shade.  Cocoa Craving is really pigmented almost a dark chocolate brown if applied heavily.  Mauve Over and Mink are my favorite shades.  Rose Velvet is nothing like Rosy Nude in the Colorburst line.  It's more purpley than Rose color.  There are a ton of shades in this collection and recently Revlon had a 40% off sale to clear out their inventory to bring in the new collections for summer.  Many colors were discontinued, I think the colors I have showing below are still in the core line.  If not, I am sorry now that I am posting about it :(  They do have a wide selection of pearl finishes which I am not a fan of so I don't own any of those.  I do highly recommend the matte and creme finishes.  The next time Revlon is on sale and I have the funds to do so, I will venture out to the other colors instead of sticking to this nude, mauve, brown shades.  But hey I know what works for me!  I will be more daring next time around.  

Neither of these lipsticks have a scent to them.  The taste is a unique flavor to Revlon but it's not terrible.  Go get some of these!