Vasanti Lipshine in Coral Sea review plus gratuitous Revlon Colourburst in Blush swatch

Forgive me for the excess of lip product reviews lately, blame it on the Rexall sale >__> I been going there every day this week, and leaving with something every time. Oh Rexall, you're going to make me poor!
My Rexall is really great, the staff is always friendly, the beauty counter SAs and I swap make-up recommendations, I get random freebies, and they have a HUGE variety of cosmetics. Pupa, The Balm, Emani, Vasanti, Sally Hansen, all the usual drugstore brands, the works!
Today I picked up a Vasanti Lipshine in Coral Sea on a whim.

Natural lip for reference:

Swatches:

I would say the colour is a mauvy coral with very fine multi-coloured shimmers.

What they say:
A non-sticky long lasting lipgloss that moisturises with Vitamin E. Coral Sea is described as the perfect shimmering coral pink to brighten any complexion.

What I say:
This is an absolutely incredible gloss. With the exception of a packaging that needs a bit of work, this gloss is perfect in every single way.
The texture is slightly thicker than a MAC gloss, pigmentation is semi-sheer, it is truly non-sticky, and it manages to keep my chronically dry lips moisturised.
The sponge tip applicator is much longer and more wand like than the usual doe foot applicator - I really love this design, it manages to cover more of my lips in one swipe unlike that smaller doe foots where I have to make at least 4 or 5 swipes before my lips will be fully covered.
It smells and tastes absolutely amazing. No funkiness, it smells and tastes just like those freezies that I would snap in half and eat as a child. Oh my gosh, it tastes absolutely amazing and I haven't been able to stop sniffing my lips the whole day. Yeah if you walked into my office today, chances are my lips were curled up towards my nose xD
Wear time of this gloss is around 2-3 hours, typical for a non-sticky gloss.
This gloss makes my lips look like some kind of wax fruit, you'll either love or hate that effect. Me I love it!

Damage:
CAN$15 plus tax, got mine for $7.50 on sale!
Verdict:
If you like thick semi-sheer glosses, and don't mind parabens or fruity tastes then you will absolutely love these. Only problem is that Visanti is a Canadian Company and I don't think their products are available outside of Canada. Some might find it a bit pricey.
I really wish I didn't have so many pink and nude glosses at home so I could pick up more of these glosses. RUN out to your closest Rexall and pick up a few on sale before the week is over!!

p.s. for some reason I keep thinking this would be a passable dupe for MAC x Liberty of London's Perennial High. I don't own Perennial high so I can't swatch them side by side, but I did swatch Perennial high in store and Coral Sea gives me the same kinda vibe.
p.p.s. Sheila if you're reading this, look at the name of the gloss and think Jay Chou xD
p.p.p.s. I picked up Revlon Colourburst in Blush today, here is an gratuitous swatch:

What do you guys think? I have no idea how to describe this colour, a reddish brown perhaps? I haven't quite decided if this is my colour, it is a tad dark for my tastes, and a wee bit too frosty methinks.

Revlon Colourburst lipstick review

If you're part of my Twitter posse, you've probably seen the photo of the Revlon Colourburst display I sneakily took inside my local Rexall Pharmacy...either that or you've been putting me on ignore because 90% of my tweets have been about the World Cup lately xD.
I'd initially heard of the East Coast release through a fellow blogger and subsequently went on a bit of a frenzied search of my own here on the West Coast. I finally located them (under a table!) last Thursday!
At CAN$10.48 plus 13% tax a pop, I winced a little...the Nunu is cheap ok?!
The infamous Soft Nude was already sold out on the first day - btw, wth my Rexall only had TWO of each colour in stock! ridiculous right?!
So there I was, on my haunches, looking at the display and the lone tester that was out, when out of nowhere, the SA approaches me and goes "Psst, don't buy it now, we're gonna be having 50% off all lipsticks next week!" Kiff!! I'm hooked up yo!
Anyway, I trekked into Rexall on Monday morning before work and picked up both Soft Nudes, a Carnation, and a Peach. Yeah, if you can't find any more Soft Nudes in Vancouver, you can blame me for buying the only two in stock >__>
p.s. sorry bout shoddy camera today, it was sunny all day until I got home, then it poured -__-

Swatches: Left - Carnation, Right - Soft Nude

Natural lips for comparison:

Soft Nude:

Carnation:

What they say:

-Instant burst of rich, true color with a featherlight feel
-Elasticolor™ technology provides immediate color release and hugs lips with a burst of weightless color that feels like a second skin -Available in range of 20 gorgeous shades

What I say:

Let's deal with Revlon's claims first and then I'll give my 2 cents worth. 

Pigmentation - is sheer but buildable for the two colours that I got. On par with a MAC lustre or glaze's pigmentation I'd say. About 2 or 3 swipes will give you an opaque finish. 
Lightweight -  affirmative. The texture is very light and I didn't feel any heaviness when I had it on.

I have 2 qualms:  

1. I personally find that while the formula applies creamy, it tends to get a bit drying after about half an hour. It might be because I have chronically dry lips and I've always found cream finish to be a bit drying. 
Soft Nude didn't emphasis my lip lines!!! this is unlike most nude lipsticks I own!

2. Wear time. Soft Nude faded really fast from my lips, within 2 hours I would say! Carnation stayed for a bit longer, but I definitely got less wear out of these than I normally get from my MAC lippies.

For those who are sensitive to smells and tastes, these do have an odd smell, almost medical/chemical. It's not TOO noticeable, but it's definitely there. There is no discernible taste.

I really like the packaging, I know some will find it tacky as it's very reminiscent of Chanel packaging, but I think it's the best drugstore packaging around. I also love how the lid colour is very true to the colour of the lipstick itself as it makes for easy identification in my collection.

Damage:

CAN$10.48 plus tax. I got them for CAN$5.24 plus tax each because Rexall is having 50% off all lipsticks. Run Forest, RUN!!

Verdict:

At full price, I probably won't buy these, but then again, I won't buy any drugstore lippy at full price, but at a 30% or so off, I'll definitely pick up some more. The pigmentation is good, the packaging is cute, the colour selection is large, and the formula really does feel good on. All round, I'll say this is one of the best drugstore lippies I've tried!

p.s. I thought Carnation looked familiar so I went through my collection. It's actually a passable dupe for MAC x Hello Kitty's Big Bow.

Top: Carnation, Bottom: Big Bow

  
Only difference is Big Bow has blue/purple glitter in it when you look at it from an angle and Carnation doesn't xD Also Carnation is slightly redder or more pigmented.