Why don't you give love on Christmas day  ♫ Yes, it's already the season for giving love. Normally, we give love in the form of gifts. And speaking of gifts, I saw  the perfect gift for beauty addicts in Watson's: The Beauty Now & Next Lip Gloss and Lipstick Collection. Sounds expensive? Probably because of the word collection but it's actually cheap. You can buy the set for just Php 249.00.



For those of you who haven't heard of this brand (like me HAHA), Beauty Now and Next is a relatively new cosmetic line under the company Jacky and Lauren, Inc. According to the website Justia, they registered last September 29, 2015. And for those interested, the company is based in New York, USA but their products are made in China.



Anyway, back to their product. The set includes 4 different shades of lip gloss and lipstick namely hot pink, red, nude pink, and vampy red. Their lip gloss are 3ml each tube and the lipsticks are 3.2g each stick. You only get a little product from each shade.



I first tried their lip gloss, specifically the shade nude pink. Upon application, I noticed that their lip gloss is very creamy but not that pigmented. The colors doesn't show that well. But the good thing is their product is moisturizing so you won't have to worry about applying lip balm before this. 



On the other hand, the lip stick is quite different. It is more pigmented than their gloss and you get a matte finish unlike the lip gloss. In my experience, one swipe for the vampy red gave me the perfect natural looking red lips. But the consistency lacks a little creaminess. There's a little tugging (only a little) that takes place and it's not moisturizing (not drying either).

Overall, I guess this a good budget lipstick. It's probably not the best out there but for the price, it"s very good.☺ Personally, I like their lip gloss. I like its feel and pigmentation while the lip sticks are a different story. I'm a little neutral when it comes to their lip sticks. I don't like it and I don't hate it either. I'm having mixed emotions with this one. I like that it's very pigmented and cheap but I hate that it's not moisturizing and it's not that creamy. Anyway, if you're on a budget and you have a friend or relative addicted to make-up, this would be a really good gift to give. ♡

 

This is probably a very very late post since the hype of the Menow Kissproof crayon lipstick already died down. But nonetheless, I would still share my thoughts on this.

Menow kissproof is a cheap (Php 60) lipstick manufactured in China which promises their product to be long lasting, pigmented, and moisturizing. Due to this, I got curious and immediately bought one in Shopee. I chose #09 which is a nude pink lip color (a perfect MLBB shade).

The lipstick came in a box with a little peephole so you can see the color of the product (sorry, I already threw the box and I forgot to take a picture it). They also included a leaflet about their other products. The one I bought, looked like a crayon with a cap.




So moving on to the lip swatch! It's a little hard to glide on the lips. There's a little tugging that happened and it feels a little sticky at first. But upon drying, the stickiness was gone and it felt powdery and light weight. It's as though you didn't put anything on your lips. The downside is it enhances creases of your lips. So if you have dry lips, I suggest you put on a lip balm before this. Check the picture below. That was how it looked on my lips.





After 2 hours upon application, the lipstick still looks and feels the same. Well, I kind of slept in the car while travelling so it would really stay the same (unless I was drooling HAHA, but I wasn't so yeah).



After 4.5 hours upon application, the lipstick started to go off. It felt like there were crumbs on my lips. It was really bothering. I'm not sure if you can see it in the picture below.



After 5 hours upon application, some parts were a little faded and more crumbs appeared. This time was also after I ate dinner. As you can see in the picture below, most of the color faded along the inner lip, probably because I ate dinner. (Uh-oh, I probably ate some of the product 😨)



After 8 hours upon application, probably around 50% of the product was gone. Well to be fair, that was after 8 hours. Eight hours without retouch! So definitely, the product would be gone.



When I got home, I tried to do a retouch to check how it would look. Well, it's a good thing I didn't do that earlier. It looked and felt bad. It looked very thick and felt like there were humongous crumbs stuck on your lips as a design. So I guess, retouching for this lipstick is a no-no. You have to take it off completely before put on a new layer.



So for me, I wouldn't buy one of this again. This is probably good for make up tutorials where you get to wear it for only a short time. But if you're looking for an everyday lipstick or an event lipstick, I do not suggest buying this. It looks and feels good at first but once it goes to the crumbs part, it's a nuisance.