Might be suitable for your favourite eight-year-old
Written: Sep 05 '00
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Pros: ...some colours are attractive in the tube
Cons: Gooey, sticky, gloppy mess underperforms just about every other comparable product
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| kmennie's Full Review: Origins Lip Gloss |
...I mean, it has to be better than that "Tinkerbell" kiddie make-up, and it doesn't really look like make-up, and it's got a wand so it's probably more fun to play with than Bonne Bell 'Lip Smackers.'
Apart from that, I'm at a loss as to what redeems this product. With the exception of the "Clear Improvement" charcoal mask, Origins products consistently disappoint me -- there's the same 'Body Shop' problem with pretending to be all natural-like and not following through, and many of the products come with Chanel-level pricing without even the benefit of a cute package. (Do see if you can score samples from this company, though -- many of them come in what appear to be slightly prettied-up crack vials; guaranteed to get a cheap laugh...)
My complaints:
Texture. Despite its claims, it is gooey, gloppy, and generally low-down in the hierarchy of lip gloss comfort. Stickiness reigns.
Colour, or the total lack thereof. I have "Quicksand," a deeper shade, and you need to glop on quite a lot of the sticky stuff to make the colour even start to show.
Colour revisited. Ick. What was I thinking? Harlot paint, this stuff: it's got just enough sparkle in the spackle to make it unnatural, but not enough to make it look deliberate. I expect this sort of ill-thought-out shade from low-end stuff, but from a department store?
Staying power. None. As I mentioned, it needs to be applied quite heavily to get any colour going, and the effect is unpleasant, and doesn't even bother to do you the faint courtesy of at least staying put.
Gloss. This is a lip gloss? There's the same problem here as there is with the colour: you need to really gunk it on to get a noticeable gloss going; it's just not worth it.
The taste and smell are also somewhat disagreeable -- admittedly very faint, but still not pleasant.
Suggested alternatives:
If you want gloss and shine: try M.A.C. "lipglass" clear gloss.
If you want a coloured gloss with a pretty shade and staying power: Face Stockholm makes some lovely ones. (Admittedly hard to find -- try dot-com beauty sites or high-high-end department stores.)
If you want a cheap, functional lip gloss: the drugstore Lord & Berry line does a nice job, combining shine, staying power and colour selection quite nicely at a low price.
There are some pretty colours in the Origins range -- in the tube. It just doesn't translate over to the lips. This isn't a problem unique to Origins -- I just took an overpriced Chanel gloss back from whence it came, because the colour in the tube didn't even pretend to be one on the lips. I did manage to duplicate the shade I was looking for in a $2 drugstore product, though, and my history with lip gloss says that it is frequently one area in which cheapness may be your friend: it is not easily bungled as with cheap foundation, and lip gloss is, well, cheap. In the best possible way; it's fun stuff, not serious make-up.
(And on that note, has anybody seen "Maybelline Kissing Potion" recently?)
Recommended:
No
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