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Lotus Herbals Seduction Botanical Tinted Lip Gloss in #33 Berry Smoothie Review

Lotus Herbals has brought in many products that are commendable. Today I’m going to review a lip gloss from their range. This is named as the “Seduction Botanical Tinted Lip Gloss”. The shade is “Berry Smoothie”.

Claims:
A unique high-gloss, non-sticky formula, SEDUCTION™ not only gives a wonderful shimmer to your lips but also keeps them soft and supple for a longer period of time. Available in 15 fun shades, its special sponge applicator covers the lips precisely. Additionally, you can use SEDUCTION™ Botanical Tinted Lip Gloss to add that extra zing to your lip colour without altering it.

Price & Quantity: Rs.245 for 5ml

Shade: Berry Smoothie

Key Ingredients: Enriched with botanical extracts of Grapes and Jojoba.

Usage Instructions: Smooth the lip color onto the lips

Shelf Life: Not mentioned

My Experience:

Packaging: The packaging is quite sturdy and simple and is absolutely safe to carry in your handbag. The body of the container is transparent showing the color and the quantity left.

Color, Consistency & Fragrance: Berry Smoothie is a pink colored gloss. The consistency is semi-solid and not too runny, making the application easy. It has mild floral fragrance that does not bother at all.

How it works: I am personally not a lip gloss person. At times I get attracted seeing their display at counters. So, this was one of my impulsive shopping. But definitely I was not let down by this. The gloss has a doe-foot applicator. The applicator picks up enough product on the first go. Nevertheless, the color can be built with two or more swipes. This is my on-the-go lip gloss..when I don’t want anything heavy on my lips. It does not give heavy coverage, so not very suitable for pigmented lips. I use a concealer pencil beneath to get a neat even coverage. It lasts for 2-3 hours without meals/drinks in between.This can be applied over a lippie but I do not prefer it that way. The gloss contains mild shimmer that doesn’t show-up evidently when applied.

See below the swatch on my wrist and how it looks on my lips. (wow that sounds nice lol)

Note: I have not applied any lip pencil or concealer to my lips in the below pic.

PROS:

Decently priced lip gloss from lotus herbals
Good quality for the price
Color range is wide; you have 15 shades to choose from!
Feels light on lips; not sticky or heavy
Doesn’t dry out lips

CONS:

Staying power is less
Though not drying, it doesn’t moisturize the lips as well.

Makeup and Beauty Home Rating: 4/5

Do I Recommend: I recommend this range to all beauties who love lip glosses.

Would I Repurchase ?:
Yes, I will try other shades.

How to Make Lip Gloss with An Eyeshadow? [Photo Tutorial]

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Hello Beauties,
Today, I am going to present a photo tutorial on How to Make Lip Gloss with your Eye shadow. Strange? No! I got this idea when I was planning to visit my cousin Vicky’s home after long days. I wanted to gift her something as we are meeting after a long time. She loves strawberry scented cosmetics and hence I gave her the Lakme Fruit Blast Strawberry Face Wash when we met last time 🙂 And this time, I searched for something ‘Strawberry-sh’ in my beauty product case and I found out this Aloe Veda Strawberry Lip Balm. Hmm I have reviewed this lip balm long ago here and it shows no tint on the lips even though it looks colourful! I love colourless lip balms but still I prefer the tinted ones when I am lazy to wear my lippy. My cousin is fond of tinted lip balms too hence I jumped into the experiment of making a gloss for her using this Aloe Veda Lippy and my eyeshadow 😀
I though of using any of my pink/plum lipsticks for this but suddenly I thought ‘Why not to make it up with an eyeshadow or an eye pigment for a change?‘ That seemed as a good idea for me too and hence I picked this bright pink shimmery eye pigment from Nature’s Brilliance by Sue. Now let us check how I made the lip gloss in 4 simple steps. Go ahead and enjoy the pictures and tutorial! 🙂

Things you will need:

A lip Balm (Tinted or colourless, anything would do good)
A pink/plum Eyeshadow (You can also go for any other shade(s) you wish)
A clean spoon
A ladle

4 Simple Steps to Make Lip Gloss with an Eyeshadow:

Step 1:
Collect your lip balm in a ladle with a clean spoon. If you are using a tube lip balm for this DIY lip gloss recipe, then cut it off with a clean knife and collect it in the ladle. You can also use thick yummy smelling lip butters for this to make your lip gloss rich! Next time I am planning to use the Himalaya Lip Butter which has a very sweet shea butter smell. (Yummm…)

Step 2:
Add required eye pigment/eye shadow to the ladle of lip balm. If needed you can add more later, hence add a little by little until you get the desired pigmentation. Here, the shade I used is a bright pink shade with tiny pink shimmers in it. This would add a nice shine to your lips. However you can also use matte shades for a shimmer-free lip gloss finish. If you have many same kinda shades in your eyeshadow collection, recycle them as lip glosses!

Step 3:
Now mix both the lip balm and eye shadow together with the clean end of a spoon. Mix well without any clumps. Swatch it in your hands to check whether the pigmentation is enough for you. If you want more opaque finish, add some more eyeshadow . This particular shade I prepared looks yummy isn’t it? I feel to keep it myself without gifting her lol 😛 (Shhh…)

Step 4:
That’s it we are almost done. Now heat and melt this lip gloss and fill it up in the same lip balm container. Allow it to cool down in room temperature (This will hardly take 2-3 minutes) and you’re done with your DIY lip gloss made of eyeshadow. Enjoy!

My Homemade DIY Lip Gloss Swatch:

It is rich, thick, moisturizing and has a moderate pigmenation with tiny pink shimmers. You can top matte lipsticks with this lip gloss to get that shimmery shine. If you are not a lipstick person, you can just use this plainly on your lips anytime; this lip gloss is suitable for day/night time wears and also for work.

See how I packed the DIY lip gloss gift 🙂 I hope she (my cousin) would love it. What do you think girls?

Hope you enjoyed my photo tutorial on making this DIY Lip Gloss with an Eyeshadow 🙂 Did you like it?

Have you tried any such DIY recipes at your home? Share below; I am waiting to hear!

Colorbar Star Shine Lip Gloss 008 Pearliser Review & Swatches

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by Bhavna Pande

Hello all, l had picked up the ColorBar Star Shine Lip gloss –Pearliser -008 from a store nearby. This beauty was on display there so I just asked the lady if she could swap a few of the glosses from this series and I loved this one so bought it. I am going to review it here today.

It comes in the typical silver cardboard packaging but me being me I threw it away.

Also Read:

Deborah Milano Euphoric Shine Lip Gloss in Shade 7 Review and Swatches
Faces Glam On Lip Gloss Shade 044 Review
Nivea Glamorous Gloss Pink Sugar SPF 15 Review

Product Description:
I couldn’t find this product listed on the Color bar website. Any idea why because I didn’t find any of the lip gloss from this series listed there.
[Editor’s Note: I found it by googling Bhavna 🙂 Check here.
The Star Shine Lip Gloss is a sheer gloss with glitter that gives the lips a sheen and look of liquid diamonds. It makes the lips look fuller and more enhanced. The Star Shine Lip Gloss is ideal for night and party wear and can be used alone or over a lipstick and is further accentuated with a matching lipstick or lip liner.]

Price: Rs 250

Quantity: 6 ml

Product life: 2 years

Packaging:

The outer carton box is the typical silver Colorbar box . It comes in a gloss finish that leaves your lips looking fuller and polished. The color is pigmented. The texture is very smooth but is little sticky. It comes with a sponge tip applicator for easy application.

Swatches:

How it looks on me: (Sorry if the pictures are not clear as I have used my phone instead of the camera as it was not working. This picture is with flash)