Review (4/5): 2 of 3 have micro glitter (mica). Sticky but not too bad. Moisturizing
These come in a nice little box. They are vegan and cruelty free. They are made in the USA. I included the ingredients at the end of my review.
You get 3 glosses - a peachy pink toned one that has a strawberry scent/flavor, a more reddish toned one that has a grape scent/flavor, and a clear one that has a bubble gum scent/flavor. As for the scents, I can notice them when applying, not so much after the fact. I don’t really notice a taste really with any of them, but the ingredients do list “flavor” not fragrance/parfum, so it made me think they’d have more taste to them. Not a big deal to me though.
While 2 of them are tinted in color, the color doesn’t really translate onto the lips. They just look clear on the lips. They don’t change any color of lip liner, lipstick, matte lip, etc. that I put them over top of. So, I liked that.
The formula is nice. It feels nice and moisturizing on the lips, which I expected given they have nice moisturizing ingredients like Shea butter, coconut oil, and squalane. They do feel SLIGHTLY sticky on the lips. I hate sticky glosses, but these aren’t overly sticky. They don’t feel thick or heavy on the lips. They feel nice and thin. They are glosses so they do need re-applied often throughout the day. But, I’m used to that with glosses so it’s not a big deal to me.
The strawberry and grape both have micro glitter in them (mica). I didn’t know that when I got these. None of the product photos showed they had glitter and the description didn’t say it either. I’m not a fan of micro glitter in my lip glosses. I feel once the gloss wears off, it usually leaves behind glitter particles on my lips. Also, they can sometimes feel gritty. So, I was surprised when I saw 2 of the 3 had glitter. Luckily, these didn’t feel gritty. I do notice that there are some glitter particles on my lips after they wear off, but it’s not too bad. The glitter particles are really small, so it’s not really noticeable. So, I don’t mind that.
Overall, these are nice glosses with a nice formula. They might seem pricey when seeing the $30 price tag, but you’re getting 3 tubes of glosses, so that’s only $10 a piece, which isn’t bad. Of course, it isn’t great. You can get a tube of gloss that looks great and works just as well from the drugstore for slightly less. But, the ingredients might make it worth it to spend the little more. I give them 4 stars.
INGREDIENTS
Bubblegum Lip Glossy:
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Isododecane, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Flavor, Sorbitan Oleate, Squalane, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Tocopherol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E Acetate).
*Organic/Biologique.
Grape Lip Glossy:
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Isododecane, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Flavor, Sorbitan Oleate, Squalane, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Tocopherol, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract, Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E Acetate), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Red 33 (CI#17200), CI 15850 (Red 7), Iron Oxides (CI 77499).
*Organic/Biologique.
Strawberry Lip Glossy:
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Isododecane, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Flavor, Sorbitan Oleate, Squalane, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Tocopherol, Titanium Dioxide, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Mica, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E Acetate), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Red 27 Lake (CI 45410), Silica, Tin Oxide.
*Organic/Biologique