Lip Tints 101: Review/Swatch of PeriPera Peri's Tint No. 5 Strawberry Juice

MY FIRST EVER REVIEW~ YAY!

Hey sisters,

I've decided that my first review shall be regarding: LIP TINTS! If you don't know what lip tints are: they are basically lip products that tint your lips and leave a colour on your lips. The thing that is so special is that they tint your lips such that you don't necessarily need to reapply your lip product after eating/long hours; just like markers. They stain papers!

Lip tints can come in many forms: water tints, gloss tints, lipstick tints, lip balm tints, marker-type tints etc. and I'm sure that there are many more out there on the market! Korean cosmetic brands have the BEST and CHEAPEST lip tints on the market, it's impossible to miss out when you visit these stores! When I first learnt about these I purged the internet for reviews but there weren't many, so I shall bring these tints into the light!

The lip tint I'll be reviewing today is... PERIPERA's PERI's TINT in no.5 Strawberry Juice!

Just look at how ADORABLE the packaging is! 8)

Now, the packaging is a plastic twist off cap and a glass bottom holds the lip tint!
It is pretty big in diameter (about 2cm) and the whole bottle is about 24cm!

It has a doe-foot applicator but there's no stopper on the glass bottle opening
so if it's not twisted properly it may leak!

Now your impression of this is that it's super hot pink and a huge
nono for natural looks (what I'm after haha) but just you wait and see!

Consistency: Very watery. As this is a water tint, it's runny, just like water.
It looks scarily pigmented but... (scroll down)

As you blend it out, it fades into a softer, rosier type of colour  as shown
on my hand! Now here's the real deal: 

My lips are quite pigmented themselves so once I applied this
FULL LIP, it turned out to be a burning hot pink.

Usually, these types of highly pigmented tints are meant to be used  for gradation purposes (where the colour is concentrated inside of the lip rather than the whole lip). As such, the tint used on the entire lip looks very vibrant! If you can't picture that, don't worry as I shall be getting into a 'Gradation Lip Tutorial' soon!

RATING OF PRODUCT AND SHADE

   Packaging: 3/5 - The doe-foot applicator makes it easy to apply but it can be bulky and inconvenient to carry around.

                                  The fact that the lip tint is in a glass bottle means it's fragile and could easily break/tilt over. (and you                         know what happens next...)

Pigmentation & Shade: 4/5 - The pigmentation is great and it stains my lips really well, just like how it was shown on the website. The shade is one of the most natural shades amongst the other shades. I would use this lip tint more for graduation purposes though. A little does go a long way. It does brighten my complexion really well on the morning when I'm looking a little pale! It's even good enough to use as a blush as it stains your cheeks really naturally!

Longevity: 4/5 - AMAZING longevity! I didn't have to retouch up for up to 6+ hours! However I noticed when I

eat oily foods it comes off in small patches as oil 'dissolves' makeup. It's only noticeable to me though!

CONS:  *Be sure to wear lip balm before or after as your lips could get dry!*

*It dries really fast so you have to blend the product really fast!

OVERALL: 4/5

Being a person who likes to keep a natural look, this tint is the 'point' of my makeup look and focus! It gives my face it's colour and I feel really good as I don't feel like I'm wearing anything! Awesome for the hot and humid weather in Singapore - runny lip glosses aren't the best! :( 

This tint is raved my so many people and since this is their new Peri Tint's line, no one has really done a review on this shade! Hope that was good enough coverage for a review like this! I shall return soon with another review soon! For now, TOODLES~

About Me & My Story - Welcome!

Wow, it's so surreal being able to write a post and have a blog - I feel like I'm some super star ready to debut! (Please excuse my awkward self~)

Hello everyone!

I'm your ordinary teenager, 100% full bred Singaporean and STILL in school. You're probably thinking why a student like me is writing a blog instead of studying, so here's a little background about me and why I have created this blog. I feel that in order for you to get the best out of this blog, a few facts of me need to be released to you so here we go!  ^_^

My love for Beauty

I started ballet at the tender age of 4; my mother wanted me to get some sort of exercise and ballet seemed to do the trick. I had a burning passion for it - unlike other 4 year olds, I never cried for 'mummy' or ever said 'I don't want to go to ballet class'. This burning passion continued to burn as I grew older, eventually into adolescence. After joining a ballet school intended to train children to be able to join professional companies, I decided to go for ballet competing around the world. My first international competition was when I was 10 in the USA. Since then till I was 14 I repeatedly went for various competitions, international and local. During this period, we had to do our own makeup, tie our own hair and get ready all by ourselves. With my curious mind, I hopped onto YouTube and watched countless beauty gurus do their makeup, teach beauty hacks and tips. As I watched, I was so fascinated by how makeup can make someone look so awake, fresh and even a totally different person. Immediately, I ran to my mother's make up table and tried to do what these beauty gurus did. I knew it - I love makeup. I love doing my hair. I loved the self-confidence it gave me.

I still remember the first huge makeup haul I bought (well my mother bought) from my first visit at Sephora ION. The tremendous array of makeup and nail polish caught me dumbfounded; I grabbed nearly everything that was under the budget my mother gave me and I remember being the happiest girl alive. I did my face at least once a day to practice and try new looks. I even wore a super natural makeup to school because it made me feel confident. (in secondary school - HAHAHA REBEL ALERT) Soon enough with tremendous amount of practice (countless makeup/hair rehearsals, performances and competitions), I became the 'makeup artist' and the 'hair stylist' amongst my dance mates. They'd ask me to tie their hair for them, draw their eyeliner or stick on false lashes; I remember feeling so useful and brimming with self-confidence. Makeup and beauty had become part of who I was. 

The Hiccup

You know when you grow older and hormones begin to take over your body? Well, acne began to blotch my face and I put on weight - all the reason I need to use makeup right? My ballet teacher told me if I wanted to continue going to competitions, I needed to lose weight to ___ kg so that I won't be penalised by judges. I began to starve myself and spent 24/7 at the dance studio, somehow juggling my academics at the same time. I went to school with makeup for A WHOLE YEAR, just to cover up my blemishes and 'imperfections'. I lost more and more weight until I became a walking lifeless soul. It came to a point where I couldn't lose more or I would be entering the 'hell zone' and become underweight for my height. My face lost it's colour and became even more damaged with acne due to the makeup I used, my hair & nails became brittle but I didn't care. My ballet teacher indoctrinated me into thinking I'm too fat and I need to be skinny. Skinny skinny skinny. Pretty pretty pretty. Perfect perfect perfect. Eventually, it came to a point where my body couldn't take the torture my mind's tricks were playing at. My face was full of blemishes from the makeup used to hide my 'imperfections', my body was breaking down and most importantly, I was psychologically damaged. I took up the courage to break away from this dangerous cycle - the thing that has been driving my self-confidence and my LIFE for 15 years. I remember writing a letter to them to confront them of the disorder that I may have and countless nights of crying myself to sleep. Luckily, as understanding as my parents were they sent me to a psychologist. She diagnosed me with anorexia nervosa and social anxiety. Though I didn't have to go inpatient, I was in the beginning stages of the disorder and she was glad I was willing to get it cured quickly. 

Realisation & Recovery (TODAY)

Through therapy sessions weekly, I learnt that beauty is not what's on the outside. It's what's on the inside. Inner beauty. I never believed in this phrase but this whole experience proved me so. There is no need to beautify myself just so that I can look presentable. People care more about your personality rather than looks. They don't laugh at you for having a blemish or dark circles, do they?As I began to realise these, I stopped having an abusive relationship (thats what I consider) with makeup - wearing makeup to school - and took slow steps to fight my fear of food. I learnt to accept myself for who I am and what my body and face is like. At the same, I began to look at makeup in a different perspective. I relived the memories I had as a 11 year old - going to Sephora for the first time and drooling over the array of makeup products. I look to makeup now as a way to show my personality, to express myself and I made it become a form of 'manners' (whenever I go to a gathering/party/out on the weekends, I'll wear it then). It doesn't hide my imperfections anymore, it is another platform to show my inner self to others. Every time I do it, it's different and I do it depending on how I'm feeling on that day. Despite still going for therapy sessions and some struggles here and there, I wish do my part in the beauty industry and promote inner beauty. On this blog, I will be reviewing products (mostly Asian beauty products), makeup tutorials, life tutorials and supporting anyone who has gone through a similar experience or struggling to make ends meet. I hope that you'll enjoy this blog and as you read, you'll be reminded that beauty starts from the inside and not outside and that BEAUTY is never perfection. 

Last but not least, WELCOME! I will be working a posting schedule and how I should go about organising things - I'll get back to it later!

Yours sincerely,

Kathleen T.K.H <3

(aka. your big sister)

(I CREDIT AND SALUTE THOSE WHO ARE READING THIS NOW - THANK YOU FOR READING! IT MEANS A LOT! ^_^)