Review and swatches: Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm in Elusive (with comparison to Revlon Balm Stain in Honey)

Revlon ColorBurst Matte Balm in Elusive and
Revlon ColorStay Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey

Elusive is damned right. I finally found these suckers in a little corner of my local CVS, on the side of a rack filled with the new Revlon scented nail polishes, wedged in next to a wall where they were hard to reach. Luckily that mean that no one else had got to them yet, so I had my pick of all the colors, including all the Lacquer Balms. CVS has a deal on now where you get $5 Extracare bucks if you buy 2 Revlon items, so I got two of the matte balms.

First of all, and this is totally my fault for poor reading comprehension, but I failed to notice that the "stain" part of the name is missing, even though they look like my beloved Balm Stains. These are balms (I guess), but not stains. Fine.

I hovered around the rack for ages trying to figure out which colors to get, and ended up picking Elusive and Striking. Striking is a really bright red that I picked out immediately. I eventually decided on Elusive, because it looked similar to the Balm Stain in Honey, which I love. I thought it might make a nice matte alternative.

Fix Your Face: Swatches and Reviews of NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream and Butter Gloss and Revlon Balm Stains and Lip Butters (with LOTS of photos) AND 40% off from ULTA this week)

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I thought I've give you some options by swatching a few things that I've been meaning to post for a while now: NYX and Revlon lip products. None of these products are brand new, so if you want to find product shots or information about the packaging, etc., a quick google search will yield plenty of results. I thought I'd just give you my own opinion and show you what I've got on hand.

You may have noticed that I haven't had a lot of luck with most of the NYX products I've tried so far. But a couple of exceptions that you might like are the Soft Matte Lip Color and Butter Gloss. Here are swatches of the two shades I have:

NYX Soft Matte Lip Color in San Paulo and NYX Butter Gloss
in Creme Brule (natural light).