Revlon | 'Just Bitten' lipstain.

Hey everyone ! I wasn't sure what my first proper blog post should be about, so I decided to tell you guys about a product that I picked up on a whim and ended up falling in love with – the ‘Just Bitten’ lipstains by Revlon !

I love wearing bright lip colours when I’m out and about, whether I’m going out to dinner or to the cinema, or just meeting up with some friends – I feel like a bright lip colour instantly brightens up my face and livens up even the simplest of make-up looks. However, I hate having to constantly touch-up my lip colour and worry about it smudging or transferring on to my teeth while I’m out – nightmare ! So, I began my search for a longer lasting lip colour, and that’s when I came across these lipstains !

I had never tried a lipstain before, but after trying the Just Bitten lipstains, I've no idea why I waited so long ! For starters, there were so many pretty colours to choose from – I literally had no idea where to begin ! In the end, I decided on the shades ‘Victorian’ and ‘Crave’.  

Going by the packaging, ‘Crave’ appears to be a bright purplish-pink colour, whereas ‘Victorian’ looks to be a dark pink. However, when I swatched the colours, both were a little darker than expected. This wasn't a problem though – both colours were still gorgeous !

'Crave' - left. 'Victorian' - right.
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The product itself looks a lot like a felt tip/marker pen, which I thought was rather cool ! It also has a lip balm on the end to keep your lips feeling moisturised whilst wearing the stain. It’s super easy to apply – I like to exfoliate my lips and apply a little of the balm before I apply the lipstain, otherwise the stain creeps in to all the tiny cracks on your lips and leaves them looking very chapped – never a nice look ! Then I like to line my lips with the stain, just to make sure that I don’t go outside my lip line when I’m filling my lips in – it’s very difficult to get off of your skin ! Finally, I simply fill in the rest of my lips, and, voila – beautiful, bright lips! You can also apply a little of the balm after the stain has dried to keep your lips from feeling dried out.

The lipstains are extremely long lasting – just what I wanted ! I wore the shade ‘Crave’ out to dinner a few weeks ago and didn't have to reapply it at all, even after eating ! The balm is also a great part of the product – with certain bright lip colours, particularly lipsticks, I find that my lips get very dried out and cracked, but the balm really helps to keep your lips hydrated (and it doesn't take away from the matte effect of the lipstain!).  The only downside to the product is that it’s fairly hard to remove.  I mean, it is a lip stain after all! I find that leaving Vaseline or baby oil on my lips for around ten minutes then removing with a make-up wipe helps to remove most of the product, but it’s definitely still visible on my lips the next day. Nevertheless, I still absolutely love this product ; it’s bright, vibrant, and long lasting – precisely what I was looking for ! 

I can’t wait to try out some different lipstains – let me know what your favourite lipstain is, I’d love to check it out ! You can buy the Revlon ‘Just Bitten’ lipstain for around £7.99 from any high street drug store, such as Superdrug or Boots, however, I got mine online from Fragrance Direct (http://www.fragrancedirect.co.uk/) for only £1.75 ! I purchased mine a few months ago now so I’m not sure how many colours will be left in stock, but if you’re interested in this product, you should definitely check it out – great deal !

See you all next time !

Much love,