Maybelline Colour Whisper lipsticks

I don’t write very often about lip products as I’m not really a lip product junky. I’m more for face products like foundations, concealers and powders (I guess due to my skin issues). But I had to mention these lipsticks since they are my favourites (from the drugstore).

Maybelline Colour Whisper lipsticks

Price: you can buy these lipsticks from 5€ to 10€, depends where you leave, they are sold in any drugstore.

Colours: the range is huge (20 colours) if you live in US, in Belgium or Slovakia I’ve seen about 10 colours only. As you can see on the picture I have four quite light colours: 90 Oh La Lilac, 70 Faint for Fuchsia, 25 Lust for Blush, 65 Pink possibilities (in Slovakia they have different numbers but the colour names stay the same). They are quite pigmented although not as pigmented as regular Maybelline Colour sensational. I don’t mind to say the true, I like applying them without a mirror on the go when I’m in hurry (I wouldn’t dare to do that with dark colours though).

Maybelline Colour Whisper lipsticks in colours (from left): 65 Pink possibilities, 25 Lust for Blush, 90 Oh La Lilac and 70 Faint for Fuchsia

Texture: the lipsticks are very creamy to the point that the light colours could be considered as tinted lip balms. They are very moisturizing; they feel very nice on the lips. In fact I use them quite often instead of balms (well at least during the summer).

Longevity: as you can imagine since they are moisturising and feel like lip balms they don’t last as long as regular lipsticks. If you eat or drink you’ll have to reapply them. Otherwise they can last on the lips about 1-2 hours.

Maybelline Colour Whisper lipsticks in colours (from left): 90 Oh La Lilac, 70 Faint for Fuchsia, 25 Lust for Blush and 65 Pink possibilities

Final verdict: My most used is 25 Lust for Blush which is nice muted pink/mauve nude, also 70 Faint for Fuchsia which is bright fuchsia pink. I use 90 Oh La Lilac and 65 Pink possibilities (which is more of a coral colour on my lips) mainly during the summer as they are very light yet bold colours. Anyway I love them all and I’m planning to buy some darker colours when I go home to Slovakia (they cost there under 5€ while here in Belgium about 10€).

FakeBake Luxurious golden bronze Flawless Self-tan liquid

Let’s kick this week off with a self-tanner review as the summer is soon about to end and I will be
going slowly into my lazy not self-tanning period and embracing my pale skin.

Price: it costs about 30€ in some perfumeries but you can buy it lot cheaper at allbeauty.com or through Amazon.com.

Smell: it has nice coconut smell that changes when the self-tanner develops in that well-known aroma. Once the colour is developed the scent goes away.

Colour: after 2 applications it gives beautiful true brown colour, nothing yellowish or orange. After 3rd application you look like from a week-long vacation.

FakeBake Luxurious golden bronze Flawless Self-tan liquid 

Application: it is not the easiest application for me I must say. The self-tanner is a liquid so it is not easy to blend in to the skin, like a cream or foam, especially if your skin is on drier side. I think it is more suitable for normal to oily skin. I used mitt and gloves that came with the self-tanner. I usually don’t use both things but the mitt was soaking some product in and transferring it inside on the hands so you definitely want to protect them by wearing these gloves. The self-tanner has a colour indicator so you can see where you put it and I didn’t experience any streaks or major mistakes. The liquid is not sticky so you can get dressed almost immediately. However, I noticed that when I sweat during the night some colour indicator stained my sheets (only at night after the application) but I didn’t have problem to wash it off.

FakeBake Luxurious golden bronze Flawless Self-tan liquid

Longevity and fading: it lasted nicely for 5-6 days so quite long and faded without patches. One bottle will last for 1-2 months depends on how many applications you’ll do per week.

Final verdict: if I didn’t have dry skin it would be one of my favourites. It has beautiful colour, lasts long time, fades nicely and with colour indicator you can’t go wrong with application. I definitely recommend it!

KIKO Make up Milano Lasting gel eyeliner

I usually review eyeliners in pen form as they are most favourite by all due to its easy application. From time to time I also enjoy gel eyeliners as the outcome is somewhat different (usually the colour is more intense, more opaque and one pot lasts forever). I recently bought KIKO gel eyeliner as I could not find my beloved Essence one. 


KIKO Make up Milano Lasting gel eyeliner

Price: you can buy it for 8,90€ in KIKO stores and in KIKO online shop.

Texture: it says on the website that the eyeliner has creamy texture but it is, to my opinion, very liquid, comparable to Catrice gel eyeliner (on the opposite site would be Essence or Maybelline gel eyeliners which are a lot creamer than this one).



KIKO Make up Milano Lasting gel eyeliner

Colour: I bought colour black. It is very intense black colour however it is not opaque. I think it is due to its liquid texture and what happens is that when you draw a line the eyeliner skips some places and the black colour doesn't transfer well all the way. You have to go back and draw again over the gaps to achieve one solid line. 

Application: as with all gel eyeliner you have to use special thin brush (see the picture) or as some say, to use old pen eyeliner (with good felt tip) instead. I must say that the application of KIKO eyeliner wasn't the easiest as I had to go over the line few times to get nice opaque colour everywhere.

Sigma brush E05, Make-up for you angle brow brush, Real techniques fine liner brush

Eyeliner longevity: it has good lasting power (all day) and it didn't fade almost at all.

Final verdict: I will use it if I don't have anything else (if I don't have any pen liners at home) but as soon as I get to Essence gel eyeliner I may throw this one away. If you want to try good drugstore gel eyeliner definitely go for Essence, Maybelline or L'Oreal. Avoid KIKO and Catrice (the same texture and application problems as KIKO).