Review (5/5): Lovely, Glossy, Buttery Lip Balm That Lasts On The Lips
(Ingredients list is at the bottom of this review.)
I'm so glad I ordered the Frankies Bikinis Lip Butter Gloss in Lilikoi. It's a really nice, smooth, emollient, buttery lip gloss/balm with decent staying power. It lasts on the lips, and doesn't require too frequent re-application. It also has a comfortable, smooth slip to it, and it is not sticky. The balm is yellow, but it goes on sheer. It doesn't look tinted on the lips.
The flavor is lilikoi, which is apparently another way of saying passion fruit. I'm not usually keen on passion fruit flavor, but this one is surprisingly nice. The flavor/scent is sweet and pleasantly fruity. Like a sweet, very lightly floral-perfumed fruit. It's really nice, and not at all off-putting or overpowering.
The packaging is excellent. The graphics and colors are beautiful. I also really like how the applicator is dome-shaped, with no sharp edges or openings to damage the lips. It makes it very easy to squeeze out the lip balm and apply it quickly. The formula and applicator also makes it difficult to squeeze out more than you intended, and that's important. I have found that feature lacking in some other lip products, and I've wasted a lot of product unnecessarily.
Overall, I'm really happy to have this lip gloss/balm, and I will continue using it. I'd highly recommend this to anyone looking for a nice glossy lip balm to try.
INGREDIENTS:
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Rhus Verniciflua Peel Wax, Rhus Succedanea Fruit Wax, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Natural Flavor, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Tribehenin, Sorbitan Isostearate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Tocopherol, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Borago Officinalis (Borage) Seed Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Oil, Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Oil, Monoammonium Glycyrrhizinate, Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Carmine, Tin Oxide.