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I told myself that I am not buying anymore lipstick and I stuck with that for several months until Maybelline launched its newest "inti-matte collection" which is on sale until the October 29, 2017. As much as I like to get all of the 10 colors, I only got one in the shade TOASTED BROWN. Well, meron pa naman ilang araw. Hahaha. I'm thinking of getting Raw Cocoa and/or Almond Pink while they're still priced at P 199.00 per bullet. But let's see.

Last year, I posted a review of Nude Nuance and Clay Crush link: here.

Powder Matte in Almond Pink link: here.

Compared to the formulation of their creamy mattes lipstick, I found powder mattes lighter on the lips.

I wore a lipstick prior to my first swatch so in the picture above, my lips are quite stained. Below are several selfies taken on different locations 'cause I'm vain like that and it's practically the only lipstick I wore since the day of purchase.

*I thought that I am successful in lengthening my eyelashes until I saw my post dated 2012. Link: here. Bakit parang mas maganda pa ko dati? :((( HAHAHA CHAR. Mas mahaba pa ata eyelashes ko noon. :( Tssss. Or effective kasi mag tightline? Idk. haha. All I know is that my eye lashes don't hold curls for a long time anymore. Tumigas na ulo. :(

Maybelline's Powder Matte in Toasted Brown.

The color turnout is the best lipstick for my MLBB - my lips but better. And if feels natural on the lips. Definitely without the sticky feeling I usually have whenever it's liquid lipstick I'm wearing.

Gone are the days when I'd always go out wearing bold and bright lipsticks. Huhuhu. I kinda miss my reds, corals and oranges too but I became more comfortable in wearing nudes especially during day time.

Above swatches are: toasted brown, nude nuance, clay crush, toasted brown

Looks like I'm not wearing any lipstick but definitely better than my bare lips which can be very pale on some days. Above, I have only applied Innisfree's Blur Free Mineral powder. I'll be reviewing that soon too.

I'm also thinking of having my hair cut again. Yes, that time for a drastic haircut. From long to shoulder length kaso anlaki ng mukha ko these days kasi. Huhu. Well, malaki naman talaga pero mas malaki ngayon kasi I've gained nothing but weight ganern. hahaha.

Look how stubborn my eye lashes are these days. They don't hold curls. Thinking if I should have them permed again...

Ayan, so aside from showing you how Toasted Brown looks like on me, nilagay ko na rin problema ko. hahaha.

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Gulong gulo ka na ba? Ako rin! hahaha. Litong lito na ko sa mga napo-post dito. :)) Naka-stuck pa sa US Trip ko 'yung mga scheduled posts pero keri lang, patapos na 'yon. Hopefully, katuparan na ng isa sa mga pangarap ko 'yung next. Chos!

Nga pala, inis na inis ka na ba kasi kahit anong gawin mo, tuyo at puro linya pa rin labi mo pero mas pinipili mo pa rin mga matte lipsticks mo? Ako rin. Pero nakahanap na ko ng paraan para mawala at ito na nga 'yon.

What will be the contents of this post?

EOS Smooth Sphere Lip Balm

Human Nature Peppermint Lip Balm

Colourpop Lipstick Swatches

ANG HABA NGA LANG HAHAHA

Anyway,

Believe it or not, I almost brought everything with me when I went to the states. Even the immigration officer in Los Angeles Airport scolded me for bringing two kilos of rice grains. HAHAHA! Well, I was a first-timer and those were the days when I thought I wouldn't last a day without eating a rice meal. What's the connection of rice and lip balms? I also brought five lip balms with me so I had no reason to look for more lip balms while in the states.

While living there

I got to own my first lipsticks from Colourpop which are their Matte X's in Love Life, Trust Me, Cami, and Bootie.

Trust Me on my lips link: here.

Cami on my lips link: here.

Bootie on my lips link: here.

I ordered another set of lipsticks from Colourpop because I decided that I'll bring home some for my closest friends. I ordered Ultra Matte Liquid Lipsticks in Bumble and Bad Habit and Ultra Satin Lipstick in Lyin' King for myself.

Lyin' King on my lips: here.

Bumble on my lips: here.

(Want to own an authentic Colourpop Lipstick? Go to BeautyMNL's website because they started selling CP last weekend. Link: here.)

So anong connect?

The past several weeks, I noticed that I stopped wearing my reds (Lyin' King, an USL was my favorite) and instead reached for my Cami, Nude Nuance and Bumble often which are all matte lipsticks.

I thought that HHN wasn't doing a very good job in making my lips smooth overnight especially when it's Bumble that I wore all throughout the day. That's the reason why several weeks ago, I had this brilliant idea of putting coconut oil and honey on my lips before going to sleep because it'll be very moisturizing, they said; you'll have smoother lips when you wake up, they said.

Do you know what I woke up to? The horror of having irritated and rough lips. Small itchy bumps developed on my upper lip too.

What I did was just use my HHN lip balm for several days until my lips went back to normal, the peppermint in it helped with the alleviation of the itchiness and the rough skin and bumps slowly disappeared.

Then, I remembered I still have two unopened EOS Smooth Sphere Lip Balm with me that I was saving as a pasalubong for a friend. Given the fact that I bought those for somebody else, I never thought of opening them. But I'm impulsive like that so I got the dark pink one and opened it. What happened? Wala ng pasalubong si friend. Both EOS Spheres are mine now. lol. :))

Click Read More at your own risk. HAHAHA.

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I'll show you how Maybelline's Creamy Matte Brown in Nude Nuance and Clay Crush look on me.

Ever since I started wearing lipstick, I always go to the bolder and brighter shades so it was usually just red and coral shades for me especially since my lips are so pale. Link: here. But because more and more people have been telling me that I look kinder if I'm not wearing red lipstick, I'm trying to get used to brown and nudes. 'Yung totoo!!! HAHAHA

I love the feel of using creamy mattes. They're very easy to apply and not drying on the lips. I usually shy away from matte lipsticks (except Colourpop. Natitiis ko. haha) if I can so I am loving Creamy Matte's formulation because it's like the love child of a satin and a matte lipstick. Sige na nga,bes! Demi-matte kasi ata tawag dito.

I have pale lips so usually, any color goes.

I am not sure if the color turn out will be the same for those who have more pigmented lips.

Clay Crush

In all fairness to me, I don't know how to describe colors. So I'm really just showing you pictures.

I was out with my usual pale lips 'cause I was eating (not surprising!) then as I brought this out to retouch and used it on my lips, everyone was like, "OMG! Ang ganda!" OMG ANG GANDA KO?! THANK YOU! HAHA.

The reason why I got this shade was when I saw this on Georgina Wilson. However, the color appeared darker on her compared to me cause mine looked exactly how it is in the tube. Not that I hate it how it turned out on me but that had me searching for a darker brown lipstick. lol.

Posted this in Facebook and this was the caption:

My hands had a lot of small wounds a few months back because of the allergic reaction I got from continuous wearing of latex gloves. Didn't pay much attention to it until I was looking at this picture but the wounds are all healed, skin isn't dry and scaly, and surprisingly no scars were formed.

It takes time but isn't it amazing how our bodies are able to heal itself? It takes faith but isn't it comforting to know that someday things will get better?

HAHAHAHA.

Push 'yang hugot kahit saan.

Nude Nuance on the left, Clay Crush on the right

The two Creamy Mattes swatched on my arm.

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Etude House Sugar Tint Balm in Tomato Ketchup used to be one of my go-to lip product for several months since I purchased it last year. The fall out was because I got even darker so I felt that the color didn't match me anymore. Not only that, I was re-introduced to red shade and was introduced to lipsticks with vivid colors that I haven't thought of grabbing this to bring with me anymore.

This is me not wearing any lipstick.

This shall be the the only picture I'll be using in this series of posts to show you the natural color of my lips under all the lipstick color I wear.

This is usually how pale they look like. Although there are days like today that they look healthy pink. Hindi lang ako nakapag-picture. NAKS LAKAS MAKA-HEALTHY HAHAHA

As you can see, the container label has sort of worn off. Makes sense 'cause I have this for a year now.

The product left in the tube. Konti na lang, oh. Di ko pa naubos.

What it looks like when swatched on my hand.

The reason why I liked this a lot because it's not drying and it's not sticky. Though it doesn't last a long time when applied especially if you eat and drink, you can easily reapply because it's not heavy to the lips.

This one is a great starter product for someone who wants to enter the world of lipsticks. The feel is much like that of a lip balm yet there's color so it looks like a lipstick. Once you get used to having your lips "painted" and it eventually feels bare not wearing any, that's when you know that you can never go back. Not warning you to stay away but welcoming you to our colorful, addicting, costly pero sobrang nakakaganda't kabogera world! :D Sama-sama tayong magpakain sa sistema, mga besy! HAHAHA!

The color is buildable even if it is just a lip balm.

I don't swipe it on my lips though, I just dab it on. I like the color turn out more when I put only little amount of product on me.

I tried putting it on for the sake of this review but my upper lip is acting up and is currently irritated and peeling because of a lip butter that I used to other day. This picture was only take last April though. Keri lang.

VIEW THE REST OF MY LIPSTICKS: HERE.

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Creamy Peach, Tan Brown, and Rose Pink on morena skin tone.

Lip and Cheek Stain Alive in Creamy Peach has been my go to cheek tint for months. Aba, syempre na-bore ako isa and that's when I decided that it was time that I try other colors so I got Tan Brown and Rose Pink.

Stain Alive are lip and cheek tints produced by Skin Genie and are only worth P 80.00 per piece. There are a lot of colors but my favorite is Creamy Peach.

Creamy Peach looks bright orange but it applies light when spread on the cheeks. Hindi naman ako nagmu-mukhang orange fruit so far.

Notice that I peeled the sticker because I was curious with how much product have I used already so the change in packaging (you'll see below) is a plus to me.

Despite it being a lip and cheek tint, I only use it on my cheeks 'cause I find lip tints (all lip tints) too drying for my lips.

I dislike cream and powder blushes and find tints easier to put on my cheeks. I roll the tube on my cheek and spread the product using my fingers.

Merong mga cheektint na kapag hindi mo agad na spread, darker 'yung ibang parts. So far, dito sa Stain Alive, even naman 'yung color. Hindi mukhang kinagat ka ng langgam sa isang part ng pisnge mo.

Syempre wag mo naman masyado patagalin.

Tan Brown and Rosy Pink are my new colors that I only used once. HAHAHA.

Sa Tan Brown, para lang akong may pasa/nasuntok sa mukha ganern. Sa Rosy Pink, I found it so red. May pagbibigyan naman na ko ng dalawang 'yan so keribells. Kasi naman ako, di ma-kuntento sa isa!!! Okay na nga creamy peach eh, bumili pa talaga ko ng dalawa pa. qiqil mo si acoe, self ehh. :< HAHAHAHAHA. Ktnxbye

Among the three, creamy peach gives me a natural flush and a sun-kissed look. Applying orange tint on the cheeks might scare some because it's not usual but I think that it really complements those like me who have morena skintone.

This is the only thing I don't like about this product.

Since I use my fingers to spread the product on my cheeks, it naturally transfers on the fingers. The longevity of this is superb so it also takes awhile before I am able to remove the stains on my fingers.

Below are my selfies with Creamy Peach applied on my cheeks.

I've posted about this already but these days, I'm into MLBB shades so I make sure that I apply this cheek tint to add more color to my face 'cause I'm usually pale.

Back then when I always wore dark/bright lipstick, I didn't see the need to apply cheek tints. hahaha. For me, it's blush with nude lipstick or bold lipstick without blush...I don't usually go around looking like the picture above. :)) Though I didn't look bad (Syempre, di naman ako aamin na pangit ako. haha!), I don't like the color situation happening on my face. lolz.

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I bought my first two shades of this Maybelline Cushion Matte during May's 5.5 sale in Lazada since it was B1T1. A few days ago, nagpabudol na naman ako. B1T1 na naman nung 10.10 sa Lazada pa rin. Kung magpapabudol kayo sa susunod na Buy 1, Take 1 at hindi maka desisyon kung anong shade, baka makatulong 'to. hehe

Purchase your Maybelline Creamy Matte here.

This description is from Maybelline:

Sensational Cushion Matte is the softest matte and moisturizing lip tint enriched with Vitamin E. Sensational Cushion Matte brings high impact pigment in a cushiony soft texture. With a soft focus gel and a smooth butter glide technology, it leaves your lips looking plump. It’s a multi-use formula that can also be used for cheeks and eyes.

This post will include swatches from Maybelline Cushion Matte specifically:

CM06 - Lips on Pulse

CM07 - Urban Spice

CM10 - The Cool Rebel

CM17 - Chestnut on Point

Multipurpose matte tint that can be used on eyelids, cheek, and lips. I've only tried using these on the lips though. The shades I want from this line look similar that I didn't really felt the need to buy more aside from CM10 and CM17 but obviously, I've got no self-control when I saw that this was on B1T1 again... Five months naman pagitan... HAHAHA

Purchase your Maybelline Cushion Matte here.

My experience:

1. The tube is a bit bulky but it looks elegant.
2. I don't have a hard time using the applicator.

3. This lasts a long time on the lips without fading until I eat or drink. It also doesn't leave a stain but retouching lipsticks has never been a problem for me. I don't know how people are able to maintain their lipstick on their lips after eating 'cause I never got to do that even with Maybelline's Superstay line.

I have no idea how to describe these shades so just let the photos below do most of the talking.

This is the most vivid among the four tubes I own. On some lights, it looks red-orange to me especially when it's not blotted.

Purchase your Maybelline Cushion Matte here.

Maybelline Cushion Matte Chestnut on Point

My favorite MLBB.

A shade of brown that didn't make me look washed out upon application which is very rare. This looks better on me when I'm indoors 'cause it looks a shade lighter on bright outdoor light.

Maybelline's Sensational Liquid Matte in Truly MLBB was truly unflattering on me.

Maybelline's Nude Nuance, although, a good brown shade was a solid lipstick. I prefer liquid lipsticks, btw. And I'm not even sure if this is still out in the market.

Purchase your Maybelline Cushion Matte here.

This looks brick red to me.

The main reason why I bought this shade was 'cause I wanted something that looks like the bricks of the Warehouse we saw in Yokohama. HAHAHAHA. Anyway, I also like this when blotted because it looks very natural on me.

Also, since I like the blotted look more, I just remove as much as I can from the applicator before applying on my lips so as not to waste a lot of product. A tube goes a long way. 💋

Purchase your Maybelline Cushion Matte here.

I look pale whenever I don't wear lipsticks and this shade, Lips on Pulse, albeit looking very light, still gives my face a little color. Out of all four, this is the hardest to use since it is quite patchy upon application. It's a good thing that it's a subtle shade so the patchiness isn't that obvious.

Maybelline Sensational Cushion Matte when blotted.

Purchase your Maybelline Cushion Matte here.

If you're confused on which ones to get, you're not alone. I know that there are pink, bright red, and mauve shades in this line but I decided on these four 'cause I wanted shades that will look natural on me. I like MLBB lipsticks these days because after not wearing lipsticks for majority of the days during pandemic, I'm not comfortable in wearing bright and/or dark red lippies anymore.

The Cool Rebel, Urban Spice, and Lips on Pulse kind of looked the same on me initially but upon doing the collages for all shades, there's a subtle difference among the three. Nonetheless, if I were to choose which I like more, I'd still go with my first two: Cool Rebel and Chestnut on Point.

But below are screenshots showing the prices of these lipsticks. AHAHAHAHA. Paano po hi-hindi nung 10.10? Pero last na muna 'to. I have a few lip products aside from these four. Post ko rin siguro soon. 😂😂😂