oh..ruby..

i had to admit, i had developed my craving toward lipstick lately.. i was more a gloss or a sheer color girl in my first attempt in makeup world. but since i was pregnant and then going back to school, not to mention that it was a management school.. i was bored and depressed and then shifted my anxiousness and desperation to makeup world, and hence, lipstick. my first big lipstick haul was revlon colorburst lip butter, which i loved so much. and it was a good way to begin my adventure in the lipstick world. and right now i was craving toward nyx round lipstick but i had to finish some of my lip butters first.

about the shade, mostly i bought wearable shade, but i also bought something that was higly recommended in some beauty blogs. that's why i had some pretty vibrant color in my collection.

but lately, i was toward red lippies. i never bought one and never wore one. i had pretty fair skin, so bold color like red was very eye-catching, that's why i had to find the right one. one of my lip butter shade was cherry tart, which was a good start for red lippies beginner. the color pay off was good, but it was subtle so it was wearable for daily use. but now i wanted something bolder. but i was afraid that it would be too much and then not wearable, thus useless. i browsed a lot, and since i had to postponed my nyx lipstick haul, i chose to buy something from revlon or maybelline. and i browsed a lot and i was toward revlon fire & ice or certainly red, or cherries in the snow. but i only found certainly red or love that red. i asked the BA about which one to choose, and she advised me to pick certainly red, which was blue based and more popular. so then, my pick to certainly red.

packaging : certainly red was belong to revlon superlustrous lipstick range, so the packaging was a black tube with a transparent cap and a gold belt with revlon name on it. they also had the number and name of the lipstick at the bottom.

color : when i swatched at my hand, it was a red. i didn't know how to distinguish between blue based or orange based on hand swatch. but when i swatched it on my lips, i could tell that certainly red was a blue based. and it was bold enough. just one swipe is enough. but probably i won't wear it straight from the tube since it could get messy. when i try to apply it with brush, the color wasn't as bold as when it was applied directly from the tube.

finish : certainly red was categorized within the creme finish family. when it was applied directly from the tube, it was creamier than with brush. and i noticed when it was set, it was matte.

performance : it was pretty long lasting compared to other superlustrous lipstick that i had. even with eating and drinking, the color was stay put.

overall, i was pretty please with my first red lipstick. i still collected my gut to wear it day and night. hahahahaa..