Rimmel Moisture Renew Lip Gloss

I don't normally write about beauty products here.  Maybe I should because every athena must want to look her best.  Let me just preface this by saying that I have had nothing but praise for Rimmel in the past.  I love their nail polish (high praise since i wear it so rarely and it's the only brand that i can say that of), eye liner (which just pops, even in brown), and eye crayons.  They usually have colors that i can wear, unlike some other brands where it has been torture in the past to find anything that my warm complexion will be flattered by.

With my eyelids and fingernails happy, i thought it was time to try out their lip products.  I was getting ready to go to a concert one night and had a new dress that probably would have benefited from a red-orange lip color, or even a purple one (which would be a first for me), but i wanted something safer and coral.  It is very hard to find a warm coral.  Rimmel had one, and not too expensively priced (i'm thinking i payed $5-6 at Wal-Mart).  I think i even tried to look up reviews with my smart phone but didn't find anything with my app.  I should have used Google but i don't know that would have helped.  The precursor to this product, the lipstick w/SPF 18 (this is SPF 15) comes highly recommended, with 4-5 stars across the board.

When i do dramatic eyes (which is my usual thing, my eyes are one of my best features) then i don't want a dramatic mouth.  So i usually use lip gloss rather than lipstick.  I want something thinner, more natural looking, that moisturizes, and above all it must taste good.  This is like my rule that it doesn't matter how nice a shoe looks, if it doesn't fit right and if its uncomfortable then it is not staying on my foot!  I'm not going to eat the lipgloss, but i will taste my lips regardless, particularly when eating.  I want a tint, not an artificial layer of color.  My rule with makeup is always to enhance but usually to look as natural as possible.  I've tried the dark eyes look and was appalled when i saw the final result.  I had worked on it a long time, too, and ended up wiping a lot of it off, going with something lighter in the end.  Which is a good example of the fact that i'm probably a Soft Autumn.

Anyways, i'm not to happy with my first try with Rimmel lip product.  I wrote a comment on a beauty blog just a few minutes ago, but i have no idea if it will be published.  My comment follows:

I'm offended that there's no actual review of this product!  The only thing that's awesome about this lip gloss is the packaging...if metallic purple appeals to you.  I bought color #117 Peach Fusion over a month ago.  It is the doe foot applicator and the tube is bottlenecked at the end, meaning I have to yank to get the applicator out and the gloss gets scraped off inside the tube.

The first time I used this gloss it seemed more liquid than I was expecting and I couldn't tell that I had put anything on.  The second time I was able to get a thicker coverage...but only barely.  The gloss smells and tastes like bargain sunscreen, not even a cocoa butter infused variety.  There is no discernible tint on my lips, just a slight shimmer.  My lips sting slightly...I imagine the collagen is to blame, though I don't remember this being advertised as a lip plumper.  If I put a lot on I do get a lot of shine, but my lips look paler, with no discernible color, and the taste is awful.

Mine is going in the trash.

I hope this doesn't sound too harsh. I'm am capable of squeeing along with the next girl, but when you write a beauty blog shouldn't you also save your readers a few bucks and tell them the pros and cons of each product that you're trying? Maybe i should write about which beauty products i wear more often...only i don't wear beauty products often. Not many at any rate, lips being the only thing that i cover repeatedly over the course of a day lest they chap painfully (this is usually Strawberry Chapstick, moisturizing, tastes good, slightly tinted, cheap).  The last time i wore makeup on a daily basis was while i was on the Mediterranean cruise with my grandmother and two sisters.  To be honest, the makeup i use most often is my L'Oreal HIP Jelly Balm in #420 Savory...but this line has been discontinued. I was able to buy two last jars/pots online and hope to make them last.

Which comes to my last question...why was i shopping for coral lip gloss when i probably already had some in my purse? My Jelly Balm isn't very colorful but it certainly is more dramatic than simple Chapstick because of how glossy it is.  Sometimes i wonder if there's something wrong with me, because some days i just feel a compulsion to shop and its hard to resist.