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Tag Archives: lip gloss
Clinique Long Last Glosswear Key Chain for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
As I’m sure many of you are aware, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means there are lots of pink-themed products around which allow you to indulge your love of beauty while also contributing to a great cause.
I was sent this Clinique Lipgloss Keychain, which I think would make a nice stocking filler or other gift, because once you’ve used up the three little miniature lipglosses, you’re left with a cute little key chain which you can continue to use.
Bourjois Rose Exclusif Lipgloss That Adjusts To The pH Of Your Lips
Yes, it’s another “goes on clear, turns into the perfect shade for you upon contact with the skin” product, folks! This one is from Bourjois, and it’s their Rose Exclusif lipgloss: a clear gloss which reacts with the pH of your lips to turn into the perfect shade of pink.
Now, I must admit to a strange fascination with these products, perhaps because they remind me of my school days, when people always seemed to be bringing in “mood rings” and other items that claimed to change colour according to your personality. I’ve never quite trusted them, though, which is why, although I’ve tried out Smashbox’s ‘O’ range at the counter, I’ve never actually purchased anything that claims to change colour on impact.
Could this be the product to change my mind? I think I’d probably want to test it first, to see just what shade of pink it turned into on me, but if you can’t wait then you can click here to buy it from ASOS.
Dollface Reviews: Plump & Shine lip gloss in “nude”
(I know the lighting came out different in these two photos, but I promise they’re both the same lips!)
I always find plumping lip products difficult to review, because having tried about eleventy-one of them over the years, I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way to know whether they’re going to work for you is to try them out yourself. Most of them, after all, basically work by irritating the lips in such a way that they swell up, and what irritates one person’s lips might have no effect whatsoever on another’s. My lips, for instance, are clearly pretty easy-going. NOTHING irritates them, with the exception of one product, which makes them swell up until I look like I’ve been punched in the face. Twice. When my mother tried it, though, it made no difference to her whatsoever, and, similarly, I know people who get great results from glosses that do absolutely nothing for me at all.
I mention all of this because while I don’t feel Plump & Shine, which I’m wearing in the “after” image, above, did much to plump up my lips (there is a difference, but not a huge one), that’s not to say it won’t make a difference to yours.
As for the product itself, it comes in three shades: Candy, Seduce and Nude. I decided to go for “Nude”, which, as you can see, isn’t a clear gloss, but more of a “your lips, but better” pinkish shade:
It’s applied using a sponge applicator, and, as with most lip plumping products, makes your lips tingle for a few minutes after application. I actually quite like this sensation, but that’s possibly just me…
Once on, it gives a very high-shine finish, and also has a sweet taste, which is always nice. It’s not too sticky, either, which is the downfall of many a lip gloss, in my opinion.
Want to try it yourself? It costs £24.95 and you can find your nearest stockist by calling 0844 243 9243.
[Disclosure: this was a sample sent to me for review purposes]
Estee Lauder Pure Color Gloss lip colour: swatches
A box! A box! What’s in the box?!
Lip gloss! Today just got about 46.76% better than it already was.
(Also: cute little case, no?)
This is Estee Lauder’s new Pure Color Gloss, which launches this month, and is available in 24 colours, six of which I’ve swatched for you below, in a photo I have to ask you to excuse the quality of: as you can probably see, this product has a super-shiny finish, which proved difficult to photograph, even in our opaque Scottish daylight:
The wet-look, high gloss look of all of these speaks for itself, but these actually come with three different finishes: SHINE (ultra-glossy finish), SPARKLE (a dramatic, metallic-based look) and SHIMMER (finely cut pearls provide mirror shine with intense shimmer). Of the shades you see above, the finishes are:
SHINE: Tempting Tearose, Simply Pink
SHIMMER: Electric Ginger, Praline Paradise, Mod Poppy, Passion Fruit
In all honesty, I can’t really see a whole lot of difference between these, other than the obvious differences in the colour. They all have a juicy, shimmery look about them, which provides plenty of shine (and gives a lip-plumping effect), but which would be subtle enough in terms of the actual colour to be worn over another lipstick if you wanted to.
The colours I was sent fall mostly into the brown/pink camp, and my favourites are Passion Fruit and Mod Poppy:
Again, it was hard to photograph these properly. Passion Fruit has come out pretty true to colour, but Mod Poppy is a more intense, plummy shade in real life than it’s shown up here.
As these are glosses, I found they lasted pretty well until that first mug of coffee, but that’s to be expected. They’re comfortable to wear, however, and non-sticky, which is definitely in their favour, as the stick-factor has put me off many a gloss in the past.
These are £15, available from Estee Lauder.
[Disclosure: this was sent to me as a press sample]
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2LoveMyLips – a lipgloss with a drug testing kit attached
I’ve seen a lot of different kinds of “multi-tasking” cosmetics in my time, but I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen a lipgloss that doubles as a drug-testing kit…
The more I think about it, though, the more this seems like a really good idea. Sadly for all of us, date rape is something that’s becoming increasingly common, and this little kit allows you to find out if your drink has been spiked by dipping a simple pink taper into it – if it turns blue, it means it’s detected traces of either GHB or Ketamine, and you should alert the club’s security staff and call the police.
If it remains pink, on the other hand, you can concentrate on using the gloss itself, which is a non-sticky formula that comes in five different colours. The gloss costs £9.99 per tube, and is available from the company’s website.
Ice Cream flavoured lip gloss pens from Dollydagger
Aiiiieeeee! Lipgloss that look – and, more importantly, TASTES – like ice cream! I’m in heaven! I have no idea what the actual gloss itself will be like, of course, but there are two types of chocolate, two types of strawberry and two types of vanilla to choose from, and they’re only £3.50, so I kinda want them all. Oh, and as well as the lipgloss, they also work as an actual pen – ink is in one end, gloss is in the other. A true handbag essential, no?
These are available at Dollydagger (which, incidentally, is one of my favourite places to drool over vintage style fashion.) Yum.
Too Faced FUZE Slenderize Guilt Free Lip Gloss – a lipgloss that makes you thin!
OK, so "a lipgloss that makes you thin" is probably pushing it a little because we all know that no mere lipgloss can actually make you lose weight (and if it could. they’d be charging a helluva lot more than $18.50 for it), but Too Faced are claiming that their Fuze Slenderize Guilt Free Lip Gloss will, indeed, help to "slenderize" you by boosting your energy and suppressing your appetite.
This contains the same ingredients as FUZE Slenderize drinks. I haven’t tried those either, and tend to be very skeptical of anything other than healthy eating and regular excercise as a means to weight loss, but I’d be interested in hearing from anyone who’s actually tried the gloss.
It comes in Blueberry Raspberry, Strawberry Melon, and Dragon Fruit Lime flavours, so at least it’ll be tasty, if nothing else.
