New Revlon Goodies

It's been almost a week since I last posted due to the lovely flu. :( I'm finally feeling better and wanted to post about some Revlon products being seen in drugstores over the past week.

When it comes to cosmetics, I like it all -- while most of my collection is made of higher-end brands, there are some lower-end brands that make fabulous products. Revlon is one of those brands. So I was very excited to hear the buzz on Makeupalley.com's Cosmetics board about sitings of new Revlon products, including a new high definition foundation called PhotoReady.

Unless you've been living under a rock for some time now, you know about TV's switch to high definition. While this switch is awesome for TV viewers everywhere, it's not-so-much for people on TV, like news anchors. While their usual pancake-type makeup worked before, now you can see everything with HD...pores, makeup lines, wrinkles, pigmentation issues...the whole works. This caused some higher-end makeup brands, like Make Up Forever and Cargo, to launch their own high definition foundation and powder to help combat this issue. With Revlon's launch of PhotoReady, this is the first time a drugstore brand is doing something similar, thus the excitement!

I was lucky enough to find the new Revlon displays at a local CVS. I purchased the PhotoReady Foundation in Level 2 Vanilla and the powder in Translucent. I'm normally the lowest level on any foundation scale, however, being this is a new launch Revlon doesn't have all the colors available yet. However, I was quite pleased with how Vanilla worked on me and I think it will work fine. For once the lightest shade might be too light! :D The foundation has a lot of pros: (1) it comes in a pump, so no mess; (2) goes on very light, feeling like nothing is on your skin; (3) coverage is light by buildable; (4) it has SPF 20. I applied it with this morning and set with the PhotoReady powder.

So far, I'm impressed! After a full day in a warm kitchen making Christmas goodies, I had no oilies what-so-ever. Nice! The foundation stayed virtually perfect! And I really love the luminous quality the foundation gives your skin. Some claim there's actual sparkles in it...I don't see those myself. But in both artificial and natural light, my face had a luminescence to it...not a sheen or sparkle, just a nice glow. So if you're looking for a matte foundation, this is not a good choice for you. But overall, I'm liking this a lot!

In addition to the PhotoReady items, Revlon is also launching new lipstick and eye shadow lines. The lipstick is called Colorburst and the display had about 15 shades. I picked up Rosy Nude, the color of which is exactly as titled. It goes on semi-sheer and very glossy with slight shimmer, no wierd taste or color. And it's weightless on lips, which I love. What I really love about this new line is the packaging...it's definitely more upscale looking than you would think from a drugstore brand!

And the eye shadows are called Luxurious Color Eye Shadows. I picked up two of the Satin shades...Platinum Glimmer and Polished Bronze. They're both very shimmery in the pan and we'll see how pigmented and shimmery they are when I try them tomorrow. The line also had more glittery shades for those looking that love glitter.