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EVER BILENA MATTE LIQUID LIPSTICK IN SIENNAS (REVIEW)

I've been fond of lipsticks ever since I started using one. That was five or six years ago when I was in college. Over the years, I have tried various lipsticks from different brands and in different colors. However, most of them are in red, orange, violets and browns. I only have one pink shade in my collection. I have so many of them in my humble collection, but I often use the red ones. I just love how red makes me feel and how it can go with any outfit. My favorite red lipstick is the one called Russian Red from MAC Cosmetics.

The reason why I don't collect and use pink lipsticks before is that I feel like it doesn't suit me and my personality. chos! I used to find pink too girly and too light for my skin tone. Recently though, I've started wearing something pink on my lips, and I LOVE it! I posted a photo of me online wearing a particular lipstick in the pink shade and I was glad to receive many compliments about it. I guess I've found the perfect pink shade for me. That lipstick is called Siennas from my favorite local cosmetics brand Ever Bilena. And because I love sharing what's good on my blog, I'll be sharing my thoughts about it in this post. Dive in below to see more photos!

Product Description:
A velvety matte liquid lipstick that lasts long on the lips. Provides an intense, vibrant and bold color on the lips and it contains ingredients that help moisturize lips.

PACKAGING
The liquid lipstick is simply packaged in a tight plastic seal. No box, no extra packaging styles. It's similar to the usual drugstore lip products that we see. It also comes with an applicator. The product's ingredients and manufacturing details are all written on the tube together with the name of the brand and its shade.

PRICE
Ever Bilena is selling their liquid lipsticks for only 185.00php. A very affordable price for most Filipinas. I bought mine in one of their beauty outlets in a local mall.

SWATCH

What I love most about this lipstick is its shade. It is, of course, pink but it has a little bit of brownish tone in it which makes it a good pink color for those who have tan skin color. It looks a bit light or brownish in the photograph above but how I can describe its color in person is brownish-pink. Somewhat like 80% pink and 20% brown.

Here's a photo of me wearing the lip product:

(I look fair in the photo, but my skin gets darker easily when the weather is too hot, especially these days where we are enjoying the summer season in the Philippines.)

💐PRO's:

🌸- matte but moisturizing at the same time (it never made my lips feel dry)

🌸- long-lasting ( it could last up to 4 hours w/out any re-touch, considering of course, if you aren't eating something too oily)

🌸- available in various shades

🌸- affordable

🌸- great color and pigmentation

💐CON's:

🌼- has a strong smell (I don't have a problem with it but if you're sensitive to the smell of your product, then you may not like it that much

🌼- could be a bit sticky ( but it's not bothering since it's tolerable)

I am very satisfied with it and I'd be more willing to buy another liquid lipstick from Ever Bilena and try the other shades. I have reviewed a similar product but in a different shade and I often wear it too. I switch from Siennas to Toast of New York a lot. I also like mixing Siennas with my other lip colors and I love how they turned out! Some drugstore products would make you hesitant to purchase it but this one's a real staple. I hope this review helps if you are looking for a local and affordable lipstick in the Philippines. Let me know your thoughts about this product if you've tried it before.

P.S Sorry I haven't been blogging a lot for quite some time. I've been really busy with my graduate studies which include studying Spanish. whew! It was quite confusing, but I love the experience. Shoutout to the awesome Pablo Parra of heyfungi.com for helping me with my Spanish class. Hola Pablo! :D Do check out his amazing blog, it was brimming with art and passion! I've also shot and recorded some videos for my other classes and literature and that was RIGID! hahaha See you around beautiful creatures! Will be sharing you some of my travel experiences soon.

love lots,

Tin

Ever Bilena Cosmetics Haul + Valentine's Day Makeup Look

I always love trying out new makeup products even though I am not a makeup artist and even if I still have some on my makeup box. I don't know why. #girlproblems hahaha I found out that Ever Bilena Cosmetics or EB Advance released a new set of products for their cosmetics line so I decided to check their counter in a local mall near my place. I cant remember the last time I bought items from them, but as I looked at their products and took a couple of swatches, I was amazed by them that I hurriedly bought for myself.

By the way, if you haven't heard of Ever Bilena Cosmetics, it's a local cosmetics line here in the Philippines. Its actually one of the most successful and popular line of cosmetics in our country. Although they do not sell products that are top of the line, I must say that their products work fine as well. What's also good about their products is that almost all of them are budget friendly so every Filipina can enjoy their products without sacrificing their pockets.

In this blog post, I'll show you what I bought from the EB and what I think of the products. Here are some of the stuffs that I got from them:

EB Advance eye shadow in Sunset Cafe is a very good product. I wasn't expecting so much from it because of its price, but as I try it on my eyes, I am very happy and satisfied with my purchase. It is a very pigmented set of eye shadows with very beautiful earthlike and romantic colors.

Here's a swatch of each eye shadow from the kit:

With just a swatch! The pigmentation of these eye shadows is really crazy!

EB Advance Eye Shadow in Sunset Cafe

Packaging: The product is wrapped with a plastic upon purchased. Not a very durable kit, but very compact. Can be easily brought anywhere.

Price: 120php (a little over 2$)

PROs: very pigmented, budget friendly, comes in beautiful shades, long lasting (especially when used with eye primer)

CONs: all are in shimmery shade; doesn't have a shade in matte formula

The second product that I bought is definitely one of the newly released products of Ever Bilena. If I am not mistaken, they released this one late last year. Lately, I've been crazy about trying on liquid lipsticks so I didn't hesitant to give this one a try. I also didn't expect so much in this product because of its relatively low price, but just like the eye shadow kit, this product exceeded my expectation as well.

EB Advance Liquid Lipstick in Pink Pearl

180php

Packaging: Wrapped in a plastic upon purchase. Ingredients and other important information about the product is listed on the plastic wrap. The product comes in a

PROs: moisturizing, doesn't have a smell, budget friendly, comes in many shades, long lasting (can lasts up to 4-6 hours without any retouch)

CONs: none so far

A photo of a swatch of the lipstick and how it looks like when applied on my lips.

As you can see, it looks bright,almost overwhelming in the photos, but in person, it's actually a bit darker. I am very happy and satisfied with my Ever Bilena cosmetics haul. I didn't only get products in a good price, but also in a fair quality. For that, I highly recommend my purchase.

Now for the Valentine's Day look, here's a simple tutorial I've prepared using Ever Bilena's eye shadows in Sunset Cafe for my eyes and EB Advance liquid lipstick in Pink Pearl for my lips!

I hope you like the makeup look. Tell me your thoughts about it on the comment section below. Thank you for reading. Good luck!

love lots,

Tin