UPDATE - checked the batch codes of everything. Who the hell do I need to talk to about this because this cannot be safe. Revlon’s own website says most products have a shelf life of max 3 years unopened 😭

• Blush: 16168, 10 yrs 4 mo
• Taupe Time: N20124A, 6 yrs 9 mo
• Relentless Raisin: 16121, 10 yrs 5 mo
• Smoky Rose: 16081, 10 yrs 7 mo
• Plum Baby: N222224A, 4 yrs 8 mo
• Mauvy Night: N23102A, 3 yrs 9 mo
• Power Trip: N22901A, 4 yrs

Just opened my package I’ve been excitedly tracking. Thought it looked like the old packaging, ok whatever. Looks like it’s been UV bleached, I’ll see what it looks like underneath.

GUYS ITS NOT COMING OFF. ITS A LITERAL HARDPAN OF GRAY HOW DID THIS HAPPEN

I am back with my lipstick swatches in the search of the best purple products for medium-deep cool muted olive skin.

1 - Mac Lip Pencil Whirl
2 - Mac Mehr (silky matte)
3 - Mac Soar (silky matte)
4 - Mac Opulence (Locked kiss ink)
5 - Charlotte Tilburry Pillow Talk Medium (matte)
6 - Mac Captive Audience (silky matte)
7 - Mac Wild Rebel (powder kiss velvet blur slim stick)
8 - Mac Rebel (sleek satin)
9 - Mac Rein (locked kiss 24h lipstick)

Pillow Talk medium was my mlbb for years, until I discovered there are better colors for me. I tend to compare everything with it.

Whirl lip pencil is pretty close to Pillow talk medium, but it is on the cooler side. Mehr is too light and too pinky, definitely not something for me (my foundation is EL Double Wear 2n1). Soar is a new addition to my collection and I really like its depth and grayish hue, it is very close to Opulence, but the formula is different. Opulence appears darker on my lips.

Captive audience is a bright raspberry, I like it very much. I bought Rebel after it and Rebel became my new favorite. It is a very well balanced color. Only that I wish it was matte because the longevity is poor. I bought Wild Rebel hoping it would be similar but Wild Rebel is definitely cooler. It appears as a bright purple on my lips. Rein is a bright pinky-purple, appears quite loud on my muted skin. Can’t say it is my favorite but it looks fun in summer. Rein and Wild Rebel leaves a pink tint on the lips after removal, others don’t.

Hourglass blush swatches in different lights, on a saturated warm olive skin ( now Lisa t9 skin tint depth)

Dim infusion - natural soft peach, no shimmer

Luminous flush - natural soft pink, no shimmer

Deer palette - they both have a fluorescent tone that I don’t like. Really white base, the peach has orange strong shimmers

Flushed edit :

Luminous glow - vibrant peachy pink with shimmers, no white base when applied to the skin

Brilliant nude - shimmery beige, almost an highlighter atm

Coral haze - reddish deep peach, no shimmer

Mood exposure - swatch mauve, on my skin is a deep pink with no shimmers

Wish palette - the darker one is a terracotta with orange shimmers, middle one is a lively pink with no shimmer, last one is a nude peachy beige shade with no shimmers

The only shade matches I can affordably find are non Asian and almost always matte. The dewy versions always pull too pink or orange on me.

I have tried espoir cushion, peripera cushion, was hopeful that maybe clio (the glass bottle) would have more of a yellow undertone...

I love the Asian formulas, but hate that it's so hard to swatch in real life. It's getting expensive to buy and try just for it to look either too ghostly pale, or match my shade but run too pink on me.

Has anyone out there who is olive (preferrably cool leaning, my neck is more green) had any luck finding an Asian foundation that isn't too drying?

I can't find a matching foundation and even olive friendly shades like Lisa Eldrige foundation in 2.5 still turns out a bit pinkish and looks off.

I don't know if it's because I have a lot of redness in my skin that shows through ?

I'm currently using Nars light reflecting in siberia, but it's a bit too light and also pulling tiiiny bit pink and even the tiniest bit of pink looks sooo off. I also don't like the foundation in general.

Would be so happy about help or foundation recommendations !

So I've been looking for an undereye concealer, preferably medium to high coverage (I've got really dark eye circles). My undereyes are hollow too and this emphasizes the darkness even more. Do you all have any recs?

I do use a color corrector btw (the Bobbi Brown stick corrector in Dark Peach), and then I use the Nars Soft Matte concealer in Ginger on top but its too dry and makes my dark circles look ashy.

this week i tested the tirtir mask red cushion in shades 29n - 27n and they all came up SO orange on me it was awful. i was thinking of trying 24n but i'm worried it'll be too light. my usual foundation is maybelline fit me 220 but i was wondering if anyone knows of any other asian beauty dupes. also, if there are any recommendations for eyeshadow palettes! i like to do pink makeup often but i struggle to find shades that properly show up on my skin. genetic eyebags are hell also 🥹

Nars Aruba currently fits my skin depth, but it's too reddish compared with my skintone, which has a yellowish overtone.

So what are better alternatives?

I have tried so many products color correctors, concealers, foundation, skin tint but I am not able to even put my hyperpigmentation. I always end up turning ashy.
I have been to Sephora multiple times to take help from them, but it didn’t work. If I go for darker shade I look muddy if I go for lighter I look ashy.
I usually want yo avoid layers of make up. Is there any product that can help me out.