Review: Paint Box Wonder Woman Nourishing Lip Shine in “Smash!” and “Pow!”

I’m a self-professed geek which means I geek out over a lot of things like video games, comic books, and TV shows. So of course when you combine makeup and any of my geeky interests, I get ridiculously excited. I actually had a bit of a throwback moment when I found out that Bench’s cosmetics line, Paint Box, in collaboration with DC comics, released a whole variety of makeup products featuring none other than the symbol of female empowerment herself: Wonder Woman!

Why a throwback moment you ask? Well if you remember the Wonder Woman Colour collection MAC released back in 2011, you’ll know why! This Paint Box line looks very similar to MAC’s own collection but with more simplified packaging and at more affordable prices.

The first ‘batch’ of products featured a handful of lipsticks, lip glosses, and two face powder variants. More recently, nail polish duo sets were also just released. As I’m a sucker for lip products, I decided to grab some of those first, namely the Wonder Woman Nourishing Lip Shine glosses in the shades “Smash!” and “Pow!”

Product info: Be the super woman that you are. Nourish your kissable and powerful lips with this DC Comics offering from Paint box.

Review: Benefit Cosmetics chacha go-go Lip/Cheek Stain & Lip Gloss

One thing I’m not a fan of when it comes to makeup is retouching. Though it’s necessary a lot of the time, if I can avoid it then all the better. That’s why I always try to find long-lasting products that need minimal or no re-touching throughout the day. Retouching whatever lip product I choose for the day I find the most tedious, especially since it’s generally what fades the fastest on you because of eating, drinking, or even just habitually licking your lips. In the end, it’s why I prefer either matte lipsticks or lip stains/tints. They tend to last the longest and usually need very minimal retouching if at all.

So when I received chacha go-go at a Benefit launch event back in June, I was quite excited since I never actually got to try the original chachatint. This is the exact same tint except it’s now in a much more convenient and travel-friendly dual-applicator that also has lip gloss.