Etude House Dear Darling Tint Shade 02 Real Red Review

Yours truly, Sharon

:D Finally back to blogging!

I just realized that it's been 5 months since my latest blog post o_o I apologize for my inactivity. Schoolworks and laziness were the two main reason for my inactivity.

Enough chit-chat, this time around, I'm reviewing a lip product (again :D) from a famous Korean makeup brand called Etude House. The product name is Dear Darling Tint and it's the second shade which is 'Real Red'. I actually got this as a giveaway gift from http://wanderlustbase.blogspot.com/ (do check out her blog! She's very diligent in blogging and her blogs are updated regularly) but I believe the price is less than $10 so the product is very affordable. 

Dear Darling Tint is available in two series, the original series consist of four shades in total.

The four shades are:

1. Berry Red

2. Real Red

3. Orange Red

4. Vampire Red

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The second series is the dear darling neon tints which are available in three colors. I think the colors are very cute!

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Onto the packaging! Dear Darling Tint is packaged in a slender glass tube with glossy plastic cap. The fact that the tint is inside a glass tube and glossy cap makes the product looks exclusive and special <3. The applicator is a brush and the handle is slilghtly bent so that it's easy to apply *v* <3

Here is the swatch! The texture of the tint is watery, unlike my etude house kissful tint which has a watercolor texture when squeezed from the tube. I can say that the color is very similar to blood red, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kind of red because if it's any darker than this (burgundy) it will make you look vampire-ish creepy and if it's any lighter than this I'd say that I won't consider it as red, so I think the shade is  a PERFECT red<3

By the way, have I mentioned that this tint tastes like strawberry syrup? Since it's very sweet I keep licking the tint when I'm wearing it. LOL

how it looks like on my lips :D used as gradation lips.

after I add pink lipstick to my lower lips

As you can see, the tint looks very dry on my lips. The fact that my lips are always dry makes it even worse because the tint makes my lip lines(cracks) more visible QwQ. The moment I use the tint, the tint immediately sink to my lip lines, which is horrible. This makes it hard to blend because they tend to look darker in places where my lip lines are </3 *sobs* the misery of having dry lips ;;. However, the color payoff is quite good and it produces a beautiful gradation lips <3 definitely a must-have tool for those who likes to create gradation lips.

>> Tip: I heard that if your lips are dry, you should exfoliate your lips more or use lip masks in order to moisturize them and don't forget to apply lip balm below your lip products. However, drinking water often is one of the best solution to keep your lip moist and thus, prevent your lips from drying and cracking. <<

(I really should take care of my lips more ;o;;)

Pros:

• Tastes nice !
• Affordable
• Nice colour

Cons:

• Accentuate lip cracks
• Kinda hard to blend

Will I repurchase? depends :s I think I will try to find another red tint that is more moisturizing than this one.

See you later on my next blog post (hopefully it will be published before New Year lolol)