My new love: Revlon Lipbutter REVIEW

I've seen a lot of Lipbutter reviews, yet I still decided to do one myself. This is actually my first seperate review .. I hope I did well :). Because beauty bloggers share about things we like and dislike. Why shouldn't I do the same, right? :)

I own four lipbutters: (from left to right) Tutti Frutti, Gumdrop, Berrie Smoothie and Cherry Tart.

I wouldn't say they are tinted lip balms. Yes, they are very moisturizing and they provide very smooth application, but they are very pigmented and tinted lip balms usually don't provide so much colour. I would say they are lip sticks with a lot of added hydration.

Some of them are a little bit shimmery, but it's very unnoticeable (I hate lipsticks with shimmer). As a big fan of matte, not very moisturizing lipsticks, Lipbutters were something completely different. They apply like a lip balm, but the color is still quite pigmented and they stay on your lips for a very long time and they haven't bled on me even without lip pencils. So, thumbs up for that :).

You don't need to apply lipgloss over it, because it already gives you beautiful shine (I'm not big lip gloss lover either). I've noticed that even when the moisture is gone, they stain your lips a little bit (I've noticed that with daker colours).

Colour is buildable, you can easily apply it few times on your lips and achieve darker colour.

Cherry Tart. Left: one application. Right: few applications.

I haven't heard anyone saying anything about the packaging. I'm not the biggest fan of the packaging, to be honest. When I received them, one of them had a little crack on it. No biggy. I prefer lipsticks with prettier packages (in my opinion, Sleek has a very pretty packaging for all their products). 

Although they have really yummy names, they don't smell like that. Which doesnt' bother me because if they smelled liked their names, they would have to have a lot of parfum in them. They smell kinda sweet.

Their price vary from place to place, I ordered them on eBay, and I can't really remember how much they were. But they are worth every cent.

Pros:

- very moisturizing
- they stain your lips even when moisture is gone
- colour is buildable
- don't bleed
- big colour selection

Cons:

- they are not available in my country, had to order them on eBay (no, I don't live in Narnia :))

- packaging is breakable and unappealing (at least for me)

- there has been a rumor on animal testing (I bought them before I've heard about that)

My favourite Lipbutter?
I've been wearing Tutti Frutti all summer long. Now, I switched to Berry Smoothie and Cherry Tart. Gumdrop is just too light for me.

Have you tried Lipbutters? What are your thoughts on them?
If you've done a review or swatched them, please feel free to leave me a link in the comment section! Would love to read/see them! :)

Did I pass my first review? Should I do them more?

Have a lovely day and stay warm. It's so freakin' cold today!

xoxo Deja

Birthday haul + randomness

I had a birthday on 3rd August (sweet 16 :P) and today I will show you what I got as a gift or what I bought myself. I spoil myself all year though :P

The most exciting thing were dumbbells from my roommates (thank you! ;)). I like incorporating them in my workouts to keep them interesting and harder, because some exercises without any weights seem too easy for me. 4 kg each, because I'm advanced ;)

A book about yoga is another pretty exciting thing. A dear friend of mine got it for me, and now I think it's the time to expand my yoga knowledge and start becoming a pro at it ;). And I must not forget to mention the bag a book came in. It has captain Jack Sparrow on it! :D It will probably end up hanging on my wall ;)

My sister got me three vegan protein bars, which I already eaten :), goji berries and soap. Everything is  from Or-ca.

My mum got me a new pair of trainers for my workouts, the old ones were just ... old :).

Now for the best part ... what I got for myself :).
A black sports bra by Nike, it gives middle support, good for yoga and for everyday wear. I love sport bras so much, I may wear them for the rest of my life. ;)

Two pairs of cute shoes :).

I bought another two Revlon Lipbutters in 050 Berry Smoothie and 070 Cherry Tart. I really love my first two lip butters I bought, I want to have them all :P. I think I promised you a review. Lack of motivation for blogging, I guess :(

I haven't had any random chit chats for a very long time. I was thinking about a new design about my blog. Yes, I know I redesigned it quite some times, but I'm still not 100 % satisfied with it. I was even thinking about blog header and I think I should change the "line" for my blog ("the place for mad hatters"). I was thinking about changing it into: "Not an ordinary beauty blog." or something like that ... I decided for this line, because I don't write only about cosmetics, I have probably the most random blog ever :D. Or is it "A place for mad hatter" better line?
You have any other ideas? Would love to hear them!

I made those shorts. Would you like to see a blog post on them?

On Wednesday I will post the last look for the Penguin challenge (white and  colour) - still don't know what to create :). Click here: look 1 and look 2, if you haven't seen them yet :)

Have a lovely night, afternoon, morning, day (I don't know what's the time where you live :D)

xoxo Deja

Random haul

I have never written about new things I bought. I'm always open to try something new, hope it may be interesting to some of you. :)
Here are things I recently bought:
(some pictures were posted on Twitter, but not everyone follows me there :))

*Diary: I was thinking about getting one for the longest time, because all my ideas are written on random pieces of paper and usually get lost. Today I found this one with the coolest design in Leonardo for 5,90€.

*Revlon Nail enamel in 095 Facets of Fushcia. Black nail varnis with chunky purple-pink glitter. LOVE IT!

*Catrice Liquid Liner in 010 Meeting Joe Black. Never too much eyeliners :P

*Finally found nude eye pencil, because white can sometimes look too harsh. Oriflame Kohl Pencil in Nude.

*Essence Show your feet Gel shoe pads.

*Tank top from New Yorker (4,95€), bought two: black and blue. Because I desperately needed a "normal" tank top :)

*Bought those shoes in Transport for 17 € (75 % discount :))))

*Scarf with rabbits, hats, stars ... I had to get it, because it reminds me of Alice in Wonderland. I love Alice in Wonderland ... and scarves :))

*Subrina Supreme hair color in 46 Golden hazelnut. Colored my hair two days ago, don't really know if I like it or not :D

*This white thing on shorts is Essence Fruity sealing top coat. Used it once, it dries sooooo slowly. Not big fan of it :(

*Shorts from New Yorker. I'm not a skirt fan, I prefer shorts :)

*Purple false eyelashes. Will do a look using them. Very soon :)

*Please, be jealous :P REVLON COLOR BURST LIP BUTTERS! Bought them on Ebay. In 060 Gumdrop and 015 Tutti Frutti. It was love at first sight <3 :)

You can still enter my giveaway HERE, if you haven't done it yet.

Hope you had a great day and even better night ahead :)

xoxo Deja