Top 10 of 2012: Best Drugstore Beauty Products

This has been a year filled with some fantastic formulas and shades–and at less than $10!  Here are some of my favorites:

• Maybelline Color Tattoos — excellent cream eyeshadows
• Revlon Lollipop — glossy fuchsia lipstick
• Revlon Papaya — coral gloss
• Milani Green Safari — creamy shadow pencil
• Revlon Gold Coin — metallic gold polish
• L’Oreal Smoldering Plum — rich plum eyeshadow
• Milani Olympian Blue — bold blue eyeshadow
• NYX Pink Lyric — bright pink lipstick
• Wet ‘n’ Wild Grew Up in Cobalt-imore — metallic blue polish
• L’Oreal The Queen’s Ambition — silver over black polish

What’s was your favorite drugstore beauty buy of 2012?

Revlon Papaya ColorBurst Lipgloss Lip Shine

Revlon Papaya ColorBurst Lipgloss Lip Shine ($7.49 for 0.20 fl. oz.) is a semi-opaque coral-orange with soft white and gold micro-shimmer and a high-shine glossy finish. MAC Star Quality came to mind, because of its vibrancy, but it’s very pink in comparison. MAC Whoops! is much darker. It’s a lot like Hourglass Nectar, which doesn’t have any shimmer and is a touch more opaque (but doesn’t apply as evenly). MAC Exxxhibitionist differs a lot in texture, but the color is just a bit lighter. MAC Viva Glam Cyndi is less vibrant and slightly pinker. MAC Double Dare is redder.

This formula is described as giving “weightless color with vivid, mirror-like shine” with “rich color with a weightless feel” and contains “moisturizers and anti-oxdants such as sweet almond oil and vitamin E.” The pigmentation is lovely with this shade–not quite opaque but gives a lot of coverage for a gloss and doesn’t look or feel heavy (as really opaque glosses can sometimes look and feel). The thin, non-sticky lightweight texture makes it comfortable to wear and slightly moisturizing. Papaya wore for four hours when I tested it.

It comes with a paddle-shaped applicator, which is a little large and long, so I could see it being more difficult to use on thinner lips. On my lips, it was fine, but I do have fuller lips and it more than covered mine. This is scented with sweetened vanilla, but for whatever reason, the scent disappears after a month or two once I’ve opened it.

The Glossover

	Papaya A-
	Papaya has good pigmentation, even application, and a lightweight texture that feels comfortable to wear. If you're looking for a budget-friendly coral gloss, this is definitely one to start with!
	Product 9/10 Pigmentation 9.5/10 Texture 9.5/10 Longevity 8.5/10 Application 4.5/5
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Ingredients

Triisostearyl Citrate, Polybutene, Tridecyl Trimellitate, Silica Silylate, Cetyl/PEG/PPG 10/1 Dimethicone, Hexyl Laurate, Polyglyceryl 4 Isostearate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Cellulose, Paraffin, Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate, PPG 3 Benzyl Ether Myristate, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil (Sweet Almond), Phospholipids, Persea Gratissima Fruit Extract (Avocado), Olea Europaea (Olive) Extract (Olive), Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract (Matricaria), Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Oil, Sodium Chondroitin Sulfate, Atelocollagen, Hyaluronic Acid, Tocopherol (Natural Vitamin E), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Soluble Collagen, Galactoarabinan, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Squalane, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Ozokerite, Dimethicone/Bis Isobutyl PPG 20 Crosspolymer, BHT, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2 Hexanediol, May Contain (+/-):, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, 77492, 77499), Red 6 Lake (CI 15850), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red 33 (CI 17200) (CI 17200), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090) (CI 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Carmine (CI 75470) (CI 75470)

Revlon Papaya ColorBurst Lipgloss Lip Shine

Revlon Papaya ColorBurst Lipgloss Lip Shine

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Revlon Papaya ColorBurst Lipgloss Lip Shine