All Covered with Revlon’s Bestsellers and New Releases

Thank you, Revlon, for the Christmas gifts, birthday gifts, 2020 foundation supply gifts, etc. Revlon sent such a huuuuge package that I’m sure my entire family will have enough base makeup until the next decade! 

Revlon has been around since 1932 and has always been a favorite throughout generations as it’s got practical color makeup and among the most reliable base makeup. When I got into the beauty blogging scene in 2013, I can remember that Revlon was the top choice in drugstore foundations for oily skin. It actually often was viewed to be at par with very high-end foundations. Fast forward to today, while a lot of other drugstore brands have aggressively marketed their own wares, Revlon loyalists cannot be easily swayed. With base makeup this good, it’s difficult to make a convert. 

Revlon Colorstay Makeup for Combination/Oily Skin (Php825 for 30mL, available at Lazada, Shopee, and Amazon) comes in 13 shades, has SPF15, and promises to last up to 24 hours. While the glass makes it a bit heavier than it should be, I appreciate the pump dispenser. Moreover, I love how they focused most of the shades for morena skin tones. While a wide spectrum is good, some brands have too wide of a spectrum that consumers will end up needing to mix two shades to get the middle ground. For this range, they paid attention to have various yellow and pinkish undertones, in several medium iterations, to make sure that most Pinays will be able to nail their shade.  I’m so excited to be swatching these and showing y’all in future posts, and to also road test and review these. 

For those who are looking for serious coverage, there’s Revlon Colorstay Full Cover Foundation (Php825 for 30mL, available at Lazada, Shopee, and Amazon). I wanna say upfront that it doesn’t mean that this is in a tube that it has less product, it’s 30mL like the Colorstay Liquid Foundation. I actually hear from brand managers that they hesitate from putting foundations into tubes because consumers think there’s less product, even if in reality, it’s much more cumbersome to be carrying a glass bottle around. 

For this foundation, the selling point is a high level of coverage that lasts all day, but with a flexible texture that doesn’t cake easily. Most high coverage foundations tend to be too thick and velvety that they just end up slipping off too easily, even with a good primer and all. So I’m looking forward to seeing how this’ll fare. 

Of course, face makeup will not survive without concealer. I myself have had a lot of acne marks lately due to exam stress, so I’m looking forward to seeing how Revlon Colorstay Full Coverage Concealer (Php625 for 6.2mL, available at Lazada, Shopee, and Amazon) will work on me. These are mostly neutral shades if you ask me, so I have yet to see if these have enough redness or yellowness to cancel out dark under-eye circles. But off the bat, I think these will be terrific as spot correctors.