Rimmel Kate Lasting Finish Lipstick in 008 review

I bought this earlier in the week as I got itchy fingers for a decent lipstick after my disappointments from the Rimmel 1000 kisses lip tint and the Revlon just bitten lip stain. 

I'm so glad I picked this up! The Kate lipsticks are becoming a fast favourite of mine (my Kate Matte lipstick in 107 is my all time favourite) and this one doesn't disappoint at all! I was originally looking for the shade 019 but they didn't have it so I picked up 008 instead! I'll definitely be looking into the other shades from this range.

As always, the packaging is simple but very pretty. Unlike the Matte version of this lipstick, the packaging is black and I love it! I really want to collect more purely so I can line them up and look at them! 

As you can see, the colour is really subtle but it is slightly darker in real life so it gives a 'lips but better' look. It's a really great every day colour and it has an amazing staying power - it was still on after eating and having a glass of water so I was impressed! These lipsticks also smell amazing which is always a nice change from the horrible plastic smell you can sometimes get from lipsticks. The application is as smooth as ever and is soft and creamy when on which is great! In real life, the colour is semi-matte with a slight sheen which also gives the more natural look which I love - this is definitely my favourite nude lipstick!

At £5.49 from Boots, this lipstick is such a great investment and I really recommend buying one - I'm probably going to buy another sooner or later!

Jess xx

Rimmel 1000 Kisses lip tint and Revlon Just Bitten lip stain and balm review.

I decided last week that I would use my Boots points to buy a new lipstick and eventually found the 1000 Kisses lip tint by Rimmel. I have to admit I was drawn in by the pretty packaging, smell and the lip balm on the end and then was convinced to buy it once I saw how pretty the colour was. Oh, how wrong I was. 

This product smells delicious and the balm is absolutely great, but the actual lip tint is probably one of the worst products I've ever bought. It worked fine the first time, but decided on the second time of using it that it would pretty much completely dry up so next to no tint actually came out of the marker-like end. 

This makes my next point sound even more stupid because, as an attempted replacement, I went searching through the bargain bin in Boots and found the Revlon Just Bitten lip stain and balm in Passion. I'm oh so glad I only paid £1 for this instead of the full £7.99 otherwise I would be taking it back, much like I'm going to do with the Rimmel tint. I'm keeping it however, as £1 is next to nothing and the balm is good enough to warrant me keeping it. Again, the stain worked really well first time and was a lovely pink colour and actually worked for the second time too, but the nib had dried up almost completely just days after opening it and I was once again disappointed. 

Carry on Cherry.

1000 Kisses lip tint.

Passion.

Revlon Just Bitten lip stain.

Both products needed stupid amount of pressure and shaking to even get the swatch photos and my lips have been left feeling sore just so I could get enough colour out to show you what they look like on. I don't think they came out well at all but the colour for both of them was almost non-existent after about 5 mins of attempting to apply them so it's hardly surprising. 

I'm obviously really disappointed with both of these products, but if you want to buy them, Rimmel lip tint for £5.99 and Revlon lip stain for £7.99.

If I were you though, I would save your money and buy a proper lipstick or a chubby stick dupe as they have less of a chance of drying out so fast. 

Jess xx