Review: Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey

A week or so ago, I picked up a couple of the Revlon Just bitten Kissable Balm Stains in Sweetheart and Rendezvous.  I absolutely loved both of those colors, but they are both really bright so I wanted to try some of the more muted colors in the range.

I decided to pick up the color Honey.  Revlon doesn't provide an official description of the color, but it looks to me like a sort of beigey rose color.

The color looks sort of purple in the bullet, but on the skin it definitely learns more rosey.

This is one of those colors that I want to love.  I am so impressed with the other two balm stains, but this color was just completely underwhelming to me.  First off, the pigmentation is almost non-existent.  I do not have heavily pigmented lips and it was not at all noticeable.  Also, whatever pigmentation there was did not last.

I could easily get 5 or 6 hours of wear time out of the colors Rendezvous and Sweetheart, but Honey, I got maybe an hour and a half.  It was just really disappointing on pretty much every front.

The Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains contain 2.7 grams of product and retail for $7 - $10 depending on where you purchase.  Available wherever Revlon is sold.

Overall: 5/10

Review: Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains

So I know the beauty blogosphere has been overrun with posts about the new Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains and so here I am to add my own $0.02.

(borrowed from Revlon)

I have to say that I have used the Revlon Just Bitten Lip Stains that came out last year and I despised them.  It seemed like no matter what color I tried, they all went extremely purple - despite the fact that my lips aren't very pigmented - and made me look like a corpse.  I actually ended up just pitching a couple of them.

Now Revlon is Back with the Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains.  On first glance, the product reminds me a lot of my NARS Matte Velvet Gloss Pencil.  I don't think the NARS pencils are supposed to be stains, but in my experience that is exactly what they did.

I picked up two of these balm stains in Sweetheart - bright blue-based pink, and Rendezvous - bright coral. 

In my experience it wore well for a good three hours - looking pristine.  It did wear for six hours, but by that time the color had darkened considerably.  It did stain evenly and I wasn't left with streaky lips, which is absolutely key for me with any product that markets itself as a stain.  If it stains unevenly, it's not worth anything to me.

Overall, I am in love with these balm stains.  Like I said, they seem to work as well as the NARS gloss pencils, but at a fraction of the price.  These are quick and easy, they have great pigmentation and phenomenal staying power.

Overall: 10/10