Skin Food Candy Moist Rouge: 333

I find Skin Food's local prices very prohibitive, so I don't buy from them very often. I've wanted to try their lipsticks, but have opted not to since they're nearly the same price as other, better brands in the market.

However, I happened to walk in on one of their 50% off sales a couple months ago, so I got this peachy-pink lipstick from their Candy Moist Rouge line. Score!

Price: around P300.00
Location Bought: Skin Food SM Megamall
Approximate Date Bought: August 2010

Stila CC vs Skin Food FFLC

Last Monday, I reviewed Skin Food's Fresh Fruit Lip & Cheek (Tint). Last Thursday, I posted my review on Stila's Convertible Color. Let's see how well the two stack up against each other.

FFLC tins have 6 grams of product,

while CCs only contain 4.25g.

The 1.75g that CCs lack is made up for by the inclusion of a mirror.

FFLC's packaging is ultra portable, but doesn't have much aesthetic appeal. It looks like a plain old boring lip balm container.

It doesn't help that the labeling material they used is non-waterproof paper either. What if I use this in the bathroom and it gets wet when I wash my hands? Blotchy sticker paper is not pretty.

In contrast, CCs come in beautifully etched compacts that are color-coordinated with their respective shades.

They also come in their own boxes made of recycled paper. FFLCs only come covered in cheap plastic.

And now, the rundown!

Stila Convertible Color			Skin Food Fresh Fruit Lip and Cheek
Pros	Cons	Similarities		Pros	Cons
· Local price (P845) is way cheaper than US price ($25=P1156.25), so you end up saving P311.25! · has a mirror · Fragrance-free · Amazing packaging	· Lesser value for its local price (P845.00 = 4.25g; meaning P198.82 per 1g) · Quite hard to blend on the cheeks	· Extremely portable, can comfortably fit in your jeans pocket. · Long lasting for cream-based products (both last half a day for me) · Excellent color selection · Can easily be found locally (FFLC at SF stores, CC at Stila counters in Rustan’s)		· Actually has greater value for its local price (P745.00 = 6g; meaning P124.17 per 1g) · Has a pleasant scent accurate to whatever flavor you purchased (mine smells exactly like grapefruits!) · Slightly less drying than CC when used on the lips	· Sells for only 6000 Korean Won (P240.87!), so local markup is a BIG RIP-OFF · Cheaper to buy from online resellers, which is quite a hassle considering our crappy post office rates · Boring packaging · NO MIRROR

My verdict?

Stila Convertible Color wins, most notably for its more reasonable local pricing and for its inclusion of a mirror!

In terms of quality, however, both products are seriously equally good and have really lovely colors. Perhaps if FFLCs were not so overpriced and if shipping wasn't such a bitch here, my review would probably have turned out more like this one.

Skin Food Fresh Fruit Lip and Cheek in Grapefruit

This product's name sounds like something is missing. "Skin Food Fresh Fruit Lip and Cheek" what? Tint? Balm? Slime?

Actually, this is a creme-based lip and cheek treatment that smells and looks very much like its indicated flavor, grapefruit (a relative of our local pomelo).

It's extremely small, as you will see below. It's also not advisable to buy it at local Skin Food stores, because they have it exorbitantly priced at around P745.00.

Luckily, it performs very well despite its prohibitive size. I like the refreshed flush it gives my cheeks,

as well as how it looks on my lips.

Put together, FF L&C brightens up my look with very little effort. Perfect for lazy days!