L'Oreal GlamShine Stain Splash + Comparison to YSL.

So here is part 2 to my review on the new L'Oreal lip products. Part 1 was on the Rouge Caresse Lipsticks. Click here to read about them. Basically these are the lipglosses (or lipstains, whichever you prefer) that I bought alongside them. I meant to get this up a bit quicker but have been preoccupied with other blog posts!

These have been compared a lot to the YSL lipstains and are apparently quite similiar. As I own a "original" as to speak I decided I would do another comparison post.

These lipstains come in a range of colours and cost £7.99 each from anywhere you can purchase L'Oreal Paris. I got mine from Boots on 3 for 2. The three colours I have to show you today are (in order on the picture) Princess, Eve and Lolita.
All three colours are very pretty but they are each quite different. Princess is quite pigmented, whereas Lolita and Eve are not and come out rather sheer.

The packaging is beautiful but you open them almost upside down and I nearly spilled mine the first time I tried to open it. You would presume that the narrow end is what you twist and open but it's actually the square bit at the bottom. The wand is a heart shaped applicator and is actually rather nice. The texture is nice and watery, which sounds disgusting but is actually quite nice in my personal preference. I don't like sticky lipgloss and as these are stains I thought they were going to be incredibly sticky. But on the contrary! They glided on and were really nice to apply. When you rub your lips together you can feel it but it isn't that sticky or horrendous-feeling. They feel quite nice.

The staying power isn't amazing, they almost immediately fade and smudge/smeer quite easily! Lolita and Eve are both very sheer and more like tinted (somewhat) lip balms. They do feel nourishing but aren't amazingly pigmented.

I took some pictures, swatches and lip swatches which I will now post here:

This is Princess:

This is Eve:

That was Lolita ^^^

At £7.99 they are decent quality, they have nice packaging, texture and smell.


Comparison to YSL Rouge Pur Couture Glossy Stain Lip:
YSL stains are much nicer. They are so much more pigmented, stay on longer and have a slightly nicer texture. L'Oreal in my opinion has nicer packaging (which is shocking to say as in my honest opinion, YSL have the best packaging in the cosmetics industry today) and a nicer smell. The YSL texture and the L'Oreal texture are VERY similiar and the smell is somewhat similiar though YSL is a lot more noticeable. It's a horrible smell by the way!
The colour selection is different and the YSL price tag is a lot higher. Both have pro's and con's but I have to give this round to YSL purely for staying power, visibility and texture. L'Oreal wins on packaging and price though.

At Boots the L'Oreal stains will set you back a mere £7.99 a pop compared to the whopping £23.50 that Yves Saint Laurent will cost you!!

I like the both very much and will most likely be purchasing more shades of both brands! L'Oreal is definitely worth a try, so next time you're at the drugstore give them a go!

Here is the YSL lipstain. (No hand swatch!)

Shade is 18.

Buy YSL Lip Stain Here.

Buy L'Oreal GlamShine Stain Splash Here

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When Shadows Remain
Bridget-Nicole
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New L'Oreal Caresse lipsticks review + YSL Comparison.

Hello all!
I know, I know! It's been a few days since I last posted and I did promise I would do this comparison post. I've had some camera issues (which will become apparent in the pictures) and didn't want to post to be honest because of the bad quality. I decided I would soldier on though so please excuse the bad quality pictures!

So L'Oreal has come out with these new lip products which have been compared a lot to the YSL lip products on youtube and on some blogs. As I own one of each of the original YSL products I thought I would do a comparison post.

But first I will just give my thoughts on the actual product without comparing them to the YSL lippies.

The packaging:
I really like the packaging for drugstore products. It looks quite sleek and isn't flimsy. The only thing I don't like is the see through lid. I HATE see through lids. It's redeeming factor is the top of the lip has a colour on it similar to the colour of the lipstick so it's not too bad. Overall its a B+ for L'Oreal with this packaging and I can see why they went for the infamous YSL gold colour look for their packaging!

The texture:

The texture is really nice and creamy. It glides on and is a pleasure to wear. It feels soft and glossy and to be honest feels (and unfortunately looks) like a lip butter. It's a nice texture and consistency and feels quite nourishing for the lips.

The colour payoff:

Unfortunately, the colour payoff isn't great for the lighter shade ( I only picked up 3, 2 of which were bright and 1 which was a  nude colour) 501, Nude Ingenue. It didn't make any difference to my lips and looked nothing more than a tinted lip balm or a very badly pigmented lip butter. However the two bright colours 07 Cheeky Magenta and 202 Impulsive Fuschia came out a bit better. There was definite pigmentation but they were quite sheer. Sheer yet buildable! You could definitely build them up with a couple of coats.

The lasting power:

They didn't last. At all. Nude Ingenue was gone within no more than 15 minutes and the other two didn't last longer than an hour. Not impressed.

Overall:

Overall, I was somewhat impressed with them as a product without the comparisons! The colours are beautiful in the tube but somewhat lose in transition to the lips. They don't last very long but they're good if I'm going out to the shop or somewhere where I won't be very long but want a lipstick. At £7.99 I don't really think they are worth it if I am deadly honest. That being said, I am not sad that I did buy them and think I will find some uses for them.


PICTURES AND SWATCHES:

Top to bottom- 501- Nude Ingenue, 07 Cheeky Magenta, 202 Impulsive Fuchsia.



Comparison to YSL Rogue Volupte lipstick.

The YSL Rogue Volupte lipstick is one of my favorite lipsticks around today. They are so creamy and are very nice to wear. The L'Oreal Caresse lipsticks definitely reminded me of them texture wise and even had the same scent. They are roughly the same size. The YSL lipstick is far more pigmented and lasts a lot longer. It's packaging is to die for and is to me the best lipstick packaging of any brand!
I would definitely say that the lipsticks are comparable, but YSL does beat the L'Oreal version by far. Coming in at £24 for the YSL Rouge Volupte shine version, it is definitely more affordable to buy the £7.99 L'Oreal version.
YSL definitely wins the comparison, the L'Oreal is definitely worth a try.

Try them for yourself and let me know down in the comments below.

YSL Rouge Volupte Shine Lipstick- £24 at boots.

http://www.boots.com/en/YSL-Rouge-Volupte-Shine-Lipstick_1301415/

L'Oreal Rouge Caresse Lipstick- £8.19 at boots. (Was £7.99 when I bought it but seems to have since gone up)

http://www.boots.com/en/LOreal-Rouge-Caresse-Lipstick_1247632/


Thank you for reading and please let me know what you thought!

When Shadows Remain.
Bridget-Nicole
xoxo

Boots (Drugstore) Haul! ft. NEW Loreal lip products!

So today I went to boots and bought my sister a little present. (If you read my blog you might of seen that I bought her the Nicki Minaj perfume as a gift recently.) She takes photography for sixth form in school and lately the photos she's been taking for her exams have not been developing because of the school's bad chemicals and she has been really upset. So I decided I would buy her a present to cheer her up just in case they didn't come out this time. Luckily they did come out and so this was just a nice little surprise for her instead :)

So as boots were having a 3 for 2 on their Loreal makeup, I definitely took advantage! Loreal has come out with a couple new styles of lip products which I had heard a lot about on youtube. Apparently they are comparable to the YSL lip products. I have one of each of the original YSL products that these have been compared to (both the lipstick and the lipstain) and I will be doing a review with mine and my sister's thoughts on these products, comparing them to the YSL lip products. They had some other styles of lipstick that are like the YSL lipsticks in the plain tube (I'll be a LOT more detailed in my actual review!) but I didn't like any of the colours really so didn't get any of those.

Lipsticks- L'Oreal Rouge Caresse in shades
Cheeky Magenta
Lovely Rose
Metallic Coral.
Lipstains- L'Oreal Paris Glamshine stain splash in shades
Eve
Princess
Lolita.

Then I bought the Bourjous chocolate bronzer, which is something my sister and I have wanted forever!

I also bought a 3D Effect Lipgloss from Bourjous in Beige Elastic as I had it before and wanted a new one! (This one was for me!)

If you spent £12 or over on Bourjous you got a free blush and I chose this really cute one in Ashes of Roses.

I then gave her one of the new Lip Butters from Nivea in Vanilla and Macadamia. It smells absolutely beautiful and she said it was really soft.

So that is my haul.
Watch this space for the L'Oreal lip product reviews!

Thanks for reading!
When Shadows Remain
Bridget-Nicole
xoxo