Revlon ColorStay Moisture Stain Review

I bought this product a long time ago and now realise why I never use it. I bought it in parisian passion hoping for the deep purple colour on the packaging - but found that in real life it was really hard to achieve that consistent colour. Over time the product got stickier which made it harder to apply too. In the bin it goes.

I was really excited to try this product but was not impressed. The smell was quite off putting- a kind of chemically smell and also applied quite gluggily though I usually quite like the doe shaped applicators. This is a range with alot of BRIGHT colours so great if you like this and don't mind the smell as it does stay on for quite a few hours and is not particularly drying

I really like to apply vibrant and bold lip colours so I choose purple shade as it looked so appealing from its packaging. But I am not so happy with the shade that comes on my lips. I tried mixing and experImenting a lot but failed. However, I recently tried Revlon Colorstay Moisture Stain over a candy pink lip shade and it really gives a beautiful natural shade.

I love anything to do with colouring my lips and Revlon Colourstay Moisture Stain is one of my most favorite. I got myself a rough colour and the colour looks absolutely beautiful on my lips. It is not just the colour that makes me love this product, but the smooth feel when I apply. The name says it all, it is waterproof and the colour does stay for a long time.

The shade that I got this lip stain (050 Posh London), is a peach tone with a slight gold shimmer. It’s really more like a gloss than a stain, I think because it’s a light shade that it doesn’t seem to really have a stain effect. Also with this particular shade (since it’s light), it doesn’t seem to last well, I find that it’s pretty much gone off my lips completely after an hour or two.

This is a very moisturizing lip product, and the color is quite vibrant when first applied. It comes with a doe-foot applicator, applies smoothly enough and isn’t too tacky- maybe just a tiny bit, and is unscented, unflavored.

It transfers and soaks into the lips a lot, so if i’m wearing this gloss/’stain’ all day, I will generally end up reapplying 4-5 times throughout the day. Though as is generally the case with glosses, right?

Overall I think this is a very good lip gloss, and i’d grab another at the right price. The full RRP quoted here is a bit steep for a lip gloss in my opinion, however good it may be.

The colour i used was a vibrant Pinkish Red.

I found it to stain well and the colour is very pretty.

Applied easily and not messy like some lipstains tend to - Lasted me well through out the work day.

By 5pm it was a subtle tint to my lips but that is through eating lunch with no reapplication.

Would reccomend again.

I had really high hopes for the Revlon moisture stain as I love other Revlon lip products like the colorburst matte balms! However I found this to be a bit of a miss even though I will still continue to use it. I love the color!! I don't have any other lip product with this color. It's a pink/peach kind of nude with gold shimmers through it (which is probably what gives it the peach color.) Although the color is gorgeous I can't say that the formula is that great. It's quite a thick tacky consistency. I have worn it out at night a few times and it definitely kept my lips moisturized and the color lasted a decent amount of time for me. But when I apply it, it comes out quite thick and chunky on my lips so I need to blend it in with my finger and if you try to build the color up it just becomes a thick tacky mess on your lips, so you really need to blend it. The pigmentation is pretty good especially for quite a nude color, I just wish the formula was a bit easier to work with when applying.

Lisa Eldridge used this in a tutorial and I loved the look of it so sought it out from splashstore. I did a lot of research prior to purchasing as I had to pick a shade sight unseen and settled on the shade Barcelona Nights after seeing swatches online. This looks completely different on me at least than on the swatches I saw. I anticipated a quite natural rosy pink. I got a super bright magenta, not natural at all- quite in your face actually. This has a smooth slightly oily but not tacky texture. The thing I like about this product is that when first applied it is super glossy but you can pat that gloss down and you are left with a flush of colour (and are also less inclined to smush it all over your face). This has become the only way I can wear this lipstain. I apply a coat let it set a bit, blot it down, add another coat and blot it again. This gives me a pink rosy stained lip which is still quite bold but at the same time quite wearable. I would like to try other shades but am a bit wary being that this shade turned out so different from what I expected. At the right price instore I may be more inclined to purchase another shade.

I bought 2 of these when they were launched and was so excited because the colours lookes awesome. I applied it to my lips and it was actually hard work to get it even and to get any depth of colour. There was a lot of gloss which was ok, but it was a bit sticky,and the colour was a real dissapointment. I do like the shape of it, being square and having a sponge applicator which was easy to use. Unfortunately this is not enouh to make me want to use it again. I was really sad because I have a lot of Revlon products and I have a lot of success with most of them.