It has been a while since I've been using these products. And I gotta say, I'm relatively impressed. Now that it's winter, my Antipodes Hosanna serum isn't cutting it for me because my skin sucks up the serum and still craves some more - and I'm not using 1/10 of a bottle in one go to satisfy my thirsty skin.
The moreish one is mostly natural ingredients which seem to work really well for my skin. Sunflower seed oil, meadowfoam seed oil and argan oil give it the thicker luxurious moisture and I think the cucumber and chamomile make it suitable for sensitive skin. It certainly hasn't caused any reactions or problems for me.
The eye cream on the other hand - all I can say is that I'm just using it because I think I should be using it. To be honest I don't know if it does anything beside make my under-eyes more hydrated and prepped for concealer, and it feels nice to put something and massage it into my skin. It hasn't irritated or cause any problems!
Speaking of concealer, I've developed a solid opinion on the Rimmel's Wake Me Up concealer. I LOVE IT! I actually think it's really similar to the Age Rewind in terms of colour, texture and coverage. But the doe foot applicator makes it a bit easier to control how much I use. Sometimes with the Age Rewind, because you wipe the entire sponge applicator on your under-eyes you can't really control how much to use. Also, the doe foot applicator makes it easier to put TEENIE TINY dots onto small blemishes to conceal vs. patting the whole rounded sponge top onto the spot with the Age Rewind.
I don't know if it's because I have been using more translucent powder to set my concealer, but I find that the Wake Me Up one causes some weird patches/clinging onto some patches on my under-eyes. It's really not that visible until you are 5cm away from the mirror, but it does bother me sometimes. The Age Rewind concealer though, creased without any setting powder whereas the Wake Me Up doesn't. So I'd say they are on par with eachother!
Onto a long-term use of a lot of these lip products and my recent additions - I have realised that I am a very dry-lipped person. I really can't be bothered to top up my lip balm or forget my chapstick etc so my lips are dry a lot, and makes it hard to even wear lipstick in the first place.
1. Starting from the left - is Revlon super lustrous lipstick in a creme 'Pink in the Afternoon' shade - a very nice pinky your-lips-but-better colour. It's nice to apply and doesn't look that weird when I have it on chapped lips. Doesn't taste that good though and also doesn't last that long (I'm always eating so hmmm I don't know about that).
2 & 3. Barry M lip paints - first in 'Sunset', and then the pink-cased one in a moisturising lip paint version in 'Black Cherry'. I'm not a fan of the bright coral colour, I think it doesn't quite suit my skin tone because I'm already yellowish, and bright orange on yellow skin is questionable. I love the vampy cherry one, and it goes on ALOT smoother and glossier than the non-moisturising partner. It's sheer though, but I found it good for swiping a thin layer for a plum colour or building it up for the whole vampy shebang lip-do. However, it makes it really obvious when my lips are flaky!
4. My recent purchase - the Maybelline Colorsensational in 'Totally Toffee' is good for dry lips because it's moisturising and buttery. It doesn't last AS long because of the fluidness/glossiness but I like it, and it pretty much suits any look.
5. And finally the Revlon Colorburst crayon in 'Sultry Sulfureuse', LOVE the colour, love the applicator (it's basically a lip liner and lipstick in one) but hate how it dries out my lips - or doesn't go on too well on dry lips. I guess that's the downside with matte lip products, but as long as my lips are well moisturised then it's a-okay.
Also, excuse my for not winding the lipsticks up all the way to really see the colour - I have an irrational fear that winding it up combined with my bad luck will result in tears and slabs of lipstick snapping off and falling on the floor.
