Today I am bringing you a review. And this time it will be about the L’Oreal Paris Caresse lipglosses. The packaging had been catching my eye for some time now and a few weeks back I found them at a 50% discount so I took three of them home with me. So if you want to know my opinion about these glosses, please keep on reading!

[Originally posted on prettrebl.blogspot.com on the 7th of August 2014]

102 – Romy

This first gloss is a light pink colour. But as we will be seeing in this blog, the colours that are shown in its packaging are for from what we get when we apply the colour. When we look at the swatch the colour is far less opaque and all that is left when you apply it on your lips is an almost transparent shine because of the small glitter it contains. But you don’t notice the colour at all.

200 – Princess

When I saw this gloss, I knew it was a bit of a risk as to whether this colour would fit me or not. In the packaging the colour looks like a pink colour with coral tones. But once we swatch it, it is an orange colour. The colour of this gloss as well as the following one, can be build up by adding a second layer. But orange remains  orange.

300 – Juliet

When I saw this colour, it immediately drew my attention. It appeared to be a red gloss going to fuchsia simply amazing, but as you can see in the swatch it is a red tint going on orange, just a little darker as the previous gloss.

Generally speaking, I have not been convinced by this product. I have read several reviews online and opinions are all over the place. Some who love it, some who hate it. But this is my opinion.

The first thing I noticed was the smell. All three of them (some stronger than the other) have a terrible smell, I can’t tell whether it’s a plastic smell or what it is. I’m not sure whether the three glosses have gone bad or whether this is just their regular smell. I have to say that the smell does fade when you are wearing it.

Also the colour payoff doesn’t apply equally, especially the two darker colours, since you barely see the pink colour. I know you can’t ask of a gloss to have the same pigmentation or opacity as a lipstick, but it should be equally when you apply it on your lips. The fact the colour in the packaging also isn’t the same as when you apply it, is also disappointing.

L’Oreal promises us that the glosses will last up to six hours, but just as so many lip products it fails this test. For me this is quite important, you don’t want to be on a night out and have to worry how your gloss looks. I can’t say exactly how long the gloss lasts. All I can say is that an hour after I applied it, I ate an apple and the colour on the inside part of the lip already faded away.

The first moments that you apply the gloss, it stings a little bit. I have heard long lasting products do this to stick to the lips. But as I said this product isn’t long lasting. Also after wearing the gloss for some time it starts to have a sticky feeling on your lips.

I can say that this product does not get a positive review and that I definitely would not buy it again. The only colour of these three that I would use again is the pink, transparent one, as to not throw my money directly into the garbage bin.