Buzzworthy: Cover Girl 50th Anniversary Clean Pressed Powder

For their 50th Anniversary, Cover Girl is releasing a limited edition pressed powder compact that come in brown leopard, green crocodile and teal zebra prints. Cute packaging aside, I just had to grab one of these as a portion of each compact sold will benefit the P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water Fund. In hopes to provide children all over the world with healthy and safe drinking water, Cover Girl is making the world more beautiful one compact at a time. The compact retails at just $7 and is exactly what I was looking for to throw in my purse as a mid afternoon powder touch up! The coverage is very light and leaves you with a matte finish. If you are looking for heavy coverage, skip this compact. This product is nothing to marvel at, but the cause is what really drew me to buy it. I'm a sucker for makeup with a mission (i.e. the Viva Glam MAC AIDS Fund). Will you be picking up these limited edition compacts? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

Buzzworthy: Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain in Passion

I had to try this product despite the cheesy Twilight-esque marketing. The new Just Bitten lipstains from Revlon are supposed to leave your lips stained with rich color. The double sided lipstains look like a marker on one side and packs a balm on the other side. I love the way lipstains are meant to look (a simple, sheer wash of color) but done wrong and you end up looking like you've been sipping on Kool-Aid all day. I've had a pretty sour experience with the Cover Girl lipstains, which were poor in pigment, drying on the lips, and tasted like a Sharpie marker, so I approached this product with a bit of cynicism.
I applied the Revlon lipstain in Passion on exfoiliated lips and was surprised at its rich color. Without the balm applied, the lipstain gave me a great matte finish of color on my lips and the balm added just a small bit of shine. I like the lipstain more than I thought I would, but to be honest, I'd rather put on some lipstick or lipgloss. If an affordable lipstain is what you are looking for then this is a great one to start out with. Be warned though- the darker colors are very pigmented and will stain your lips for hours!