the Balm Read My Lips Lip Gloss Review & Swatches
the Balm Read My Lips Lip Gloss is a new gloss formula from the Balm that’s available in 11 shades with a formula that contains Ginseng, a powerful antioxidant known for its mentally stimulating properties (I was just hoping for some extra energy when I applied these but I’ll take a gloss that stimulates my mind ha!).
the Balm Read My Lips Lip Gloss are a pleasant little surprise because at a glance they appear average, perhaps a bit uneventful but they are actually anything but!
Take a look!
The secret behind the Balm Read My Lips Lip Gloss is they might look quiet and perhaps a little like regular old lip gloss but behind all that quiet and subtly is a lion! RawRrr!
Out of the 11 shades of Read my Lips Lip Gloss that I tested out I’d say maybe two shades tops is sheer. All the others are pretty much full color lipgloss and honestly in my lipgloss world I don’t have nearly enough pigmented glosses most are pretty sheer! So if you want your gloss to bring the color pay off I’d say the Balm Read My Lips Lip Gloss has got you covered, literally.
the Balm Read My Lips Lip Gloss Swatches (from left to right Pow!, Snap!, Va Va Voom!, Wow!, Zaap!)
the Balm Read My Lips Lip Gloss Swatches (from left to right: Bam!, Boom!, Grrr!, Bang!, Pop!)
These have a thinner formula that doesn’t have a good deal of shine. The shades apply sheer at first application but on a second layer 90% of the shades are completely opaque. The only shades that ran sheerer for me were Pop! and Zaap! all others were very pigmented. I dislike the sponge applicator here as it doesn’t saturate well with color so I felt the need to “pump” the wand a few times to get color onto the sponge. I’d also love a little more shine and glossiness but on a whole these have a lighter texture for such a pigmented gloss and wear very comfortable for a solid four hours before fading. Some colors do stain after the wear where as others do not. A majority of the shades are also cream finishes as well and those that do have shimmer it comes in very small doses so nothing too sparkly here!
the Balm Bam Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Bang Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Boom Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Grrr Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Hubba Hubba Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Pop Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Pow Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Snap Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Va Va Voom Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Wow Read My Lips Lip Gloss
the Balm Zaap Read My Lips Lip Gloss
Overall, the Balm Read My Lips Lip Gloss could use a little more shine but on a whole the pigment, lightweight formula, and long wear makes for an excellently formulated lipgloss!
Available now at thebalm.com (I crack up whenever I type that).