Review of Estee Lauder, High Gloss in Berry

Whenever I purchase anything from Estee Lauder, I wait for when they are having their pre-sale specials. Pre-sales basically add a ton of free samples and sometimes even full sized freebies, just for purchasing

something. My $75.00 purchase during the last pre-sale included a grab bag full of a bunch of free items, and included in the batch of gifts was Estee Lauder, High Gloss in Berry.

Now I am a huge fan of Estee Lauder's Pure Color Glosses, because they deliver the most stunning sheen and glittery glam as a top coat to my usual lip color, so naturally receiving High Gloss in Berry intrigued me. Would it have the same sheer and moisturizing texture as their Pure Color line, and would this beautiful pink color look as beautiful on my lips, or would it just add shine?

First lets discuss the color.

Berry in the tube looks like a stunning hot pink, with shards of striking flecks of shimmer. It truly looks high gloss, but the thing that worried me was that the gloss would be higher than the color, and the color would be drowned out in the background; if it showed up at all.

On Naked Lips:

Bland.

High Gloss in Berry simply is bland on naked lips. All it did for me was add a ton of shine, which is fine, but I would have liked the color to show up and add a tint, if anything. Unfortunately it didn't.

On Colored Lips:

I decided to swipe on a deep colored pink, and then top it off with Estee Lauder High Gloss in Berry to see if perhaps the pink color would show up any on top of the deeper pink.

This was when the magic occurred.

My lip color was now amplified with a beautiful and striking top coat of shimmer, shine and a lighter new pink hue to the lips. It actually took my original color up a few notches and due to the striking sheer high beam sine, my lips looked better than ever.

The Downside:

The texture.

I couldn't stand it. As lovely as my lips looked, the entire time while wearing this lip gloss, I could feel it. Its heavy, slick, and as it dries a bit, it starts to feel a little tacky and gross.

Overall:

I was glad to have received this one as part of my pre-sale purchase, but thankful did not actually purchase this one, as it does nothing for naked lips, and feels like a gross thick texture on top of lipstick when used as a topcoat. It's unfortunate because it does look nice on top of lip color, but the texture that it leaves behind it not worth the price Estee Lauder has this one marked at. It's more of an acceptable low quality $2.99 brand, than a $16.00 high end brand like Estee Lauder.

Bath & Body Works Liplicious Lip Gloss

Oh he hates me now. I know. He hates shopping, and he especially hates girly shops. But when you have 2 coupons for free items at Bath & Body Works, you bat your eyes and beg.
You see they only allow you to use one coupon per person, and well, I dragged him along because I’m greedy and wanted to use both coupons in one shot.

LIPLICIOUS

was the name, and free was the game. FUH---REEE!!! I printed up 2 coupons and have a heap more saved up for when I decide to go back into the store to get more before the coupons expire.

I rummaged through all of the available flavors of lip-glosses. They are all tinted a nice fashionable color, so you can choose by tint, or by flavor.

I of course went for Hotcakes, which has always been a favorite. My boyfriend was pretty flustered when he had to go up to the counter and get me Watermelon Sorbet, along with a few lotions I had chosen. Love yah!

Liplicious comes in a .47oz clear tube. Most of them have little sparkles you can easily detect through the clear tube, and some look mate in color. The tube is about 4 inches long, with a side slanted plastic lip applicator head.
The cap itself is a silver color, and the labeling will always say LIPLICIOUS in cursive writing. Next to the logo you will see a small picture of fruit or food, depending on what flavor you pick up.

My Hotcakes for instance is a plum like color with fine pieces of sparkles throughout the tube, not what I was expecting from a flavor called Hotcakes.
Watermelon Sorbet was a bright neon colored pink, with little flecks of glitter throughout the gloss as well.

They smelled delicious, not just the two I got for free, but all of the available flavors were tempting. I only wished I had another friend with me, so I could grab up another one for free.

How Is It?

Delicious actually, thanks for asking!

Hotcakes smells and tastes like hotcakes, and Watermelon Sorbet takes like watermelon. Not fresh watermelon, but this particular gloss reminded me of bubbleicious bubble gum.

You simply squeeze a little out of the pinhead thick hole and apply to your lips. The gloss goes on smoothly and evenly without making my lips feel heavily greased up or sticky.

The Hotcakes lip-gloss left a brownish tint to my lips, and didn’t look like the plum color that was in the tube. It wasn’t a huge brown tint, but it was enough to make it an obvious color. I didn’t mind. It was light, it gave my lips a pretty shine, and I could smell my lips, and they were divine! All I needed was some butter, and breakfast would have been served right there on my lips. Yum.

Watermelon Sorbet gave my lips a much shiner pink tint. I was glad the pink tint wasn’t hot pink like it is in the tube. It was more of a transparent very light pink with tons of sparkle. The flavor however is not my favorite, but it is still yumm-o-licious regardless.

THE DOWNSIDE…

Where there is the smell of yum, and the taste of mmm… there is always a bad side of the moon we must discuss.

The lip-gloss wears off pretty fast. The shine the gloss gives out at first goes away in less than 20 minutes, and the scent dissipates with it as well.

So while you enjoy it for the minutes you have it, it’s great, but it goes away far too fast and leaves a dried out feeling to your lips forcing you to reapply and reapply over and over again. I don’t mind it so much, I’m always reapplying lip products, but it’s a fair warning for those of you out there who hate the constant re-application. (You start to look vain).

Also don’t expect your lips to feel moisturized, that nice feeling also goes away and leaves you feeling dry. Bummer.

Other Flavors:

Cotton Candy, Limeade, Pineapple Juice, Grape Soda, Raspberry Jam, Candied Apple, Peach Daiquiri, Pink Grapefruit, Red Hot Cinnamon, Mango Mousse, Maple Syrup, Frozen Blackberry, and Dipped Strawberry. Sheer and non sheer.

Can I Have Some?

Sure can!

Bath & Body Works stores carry them, or you can purchase it online at www.bathandbodyworks.com for $6. I believe there is a sale going on right now, so you can scoop them up for even less.

Overall:

They smell, and taste fantastic, however they do not do much for the lips after the gloss dries out. It’s pretty useless, but great if you happen to get it for free!