Revlon makes some of the greatest lipsticks at the drugstore, and it’s been fun to watch their evolution over time. From their Super Lustrous Lipsticks (still a staple in my collection) to their much beloved (but sadly no longer among us) Lip Butters and Just Bitten Balm Stains, Revlon knows how to hit the right notes in the makeup world. Just recently I tried out their Kiss Cushion Lip Tints, which ended up being an interesting hybrid of a lipstick consistency with a staining component!

The Revlon Cushion Lip Tints come with a pull off top (no need to twist) and an absolutely MASSIVE pointed nozzle tip that dispenses the product. You twist up the product up from the bottom and it comes out the doefoot-like tip.

It does take a while to get some of the product to come out when you first use it, but once it starts flowing you need VERY little product for lip application.

Because, as you can see, once I twisted these up, I got a LOT of pigment on my arm when I swatched them the first time! The two shades I have, Extra Violet and Wine Trip, are pretty close in tone, but Extra Violet is more purple whereas Wine Trip has more red in it (fits, right? lol).

On the lips, Extra Violet has a little bit less pigment but it looks absolutely gorgeous. These work best if applied lightly, not globbed on. The shot above is after having worn the lipstick for about twenty minutes, just before I started filming. You can see it’s more matte with a hint of luminosity when compared to the swatch shot which shows a lot more gloss.

And here’s Wine Trip right after I’d applied it. The Kiss Cushion Lip Tints definitely go on quite strongly and glossy, but start drying down within the first ten minutes and start wearing down to more of a stain finish over the next few hours.

This is Wine Trip blotted down with a tissue not long after application. So you can choose to wear it full on out of the tube, or blot it down immediately. That being said, if you wear it full on, you’ll eventually end up with a more blotted down lip over time (which Revlon indicates is the intended look over time). It wears down fairly evenly, except around the five hour mark where I’d say that you end up with more of a ring around your lips where the product will cling to the more dry areas. Applying a little bit more of the product will help hide that!

Final Thoughts

The Revlon Kiss Cushion Lip Tints are an interesting hybrid lip product. They apply like a true liquid lipstick (although I did find that the applicator is a little cumbersome), but wear down like a true lip stain. I liked the comfort of these – they feel more like a balm than a thick lip product, and I was happy that it retained colour over several hours. I did find that reapplication was necessary to avoid that telltale ring, but the ring wasn’t so bad that I felt I always needed to reapply it. I often just let it fade away naturally and never thought it made look weird. I know I reviewed two dark shades in this post, but Revlon does have some brighter and lighter shades too.!

The Revlon Kiss Cushion Lip Tints can be purchased on shoppersdrugmart.ca for $12.49 USDshoppersdrugmart.ca for $12.49 USD each or on ulta.com for $9.99 USDulta.com for $9.99 USD.

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