Review-Foschini Pink Panther Gloss(Limited Edition)

Hello to all! Look what I found in my stash today? A Pink Panther gloss. Read on to know more about it.

About the Company:With over 200 stores located in prime shopping centres and CBDs in Southern Africa, Foschini is the top-to-toe destination for the fashionable woman.
These stores offer ladieswear, footwear, accessories, fine jewellery, cosmetics and fragrances, as well as kidswear. Foschini is the second largest departmental retailer of cosmetics in South Africa, representing the major international brands including Clarins, Clinique, Revlon, Elizabeth Arden, Yardley and L'Oreal.
Foschini manufactures 70% of all its products locally.
Foschini believes in innovation and creativity and has dynamic in-house design teams, specialising in fashion design, store design and conceptual graphic design.
Foschini opened its first store in 1925 as a value offering for women's international brands.

The special branding:
This gloss was a limited edition item and was particularly released at the time the movie 'pink panther 2' was hitting the theatres. We all have memories from our childhood with our favourite cartoon being the Pink Panther. Even though the movie was nothing like it neither was it related to it but at that time all major brands released some sort of special collections pertaining to the release, and so Foschini also came up with this gloss adding it to be a collectables item.

My experience:
I also grabbed this gloss mainly because of it being tagged with Pink Panther, maybe it was just another marketing strategy of the company. The gloss was neither pink nor panthered! lol. It is a very basic clear gloss but definitely with a good formulation. It has a thick but not sticky consistency and comes in a wobbly tube. I usually use it as a top coat for my lipsticks or other dryer glosses as it gives a very smooth look hiding all my lip lines. The tube comes with a slanted but even opening enabling smooth application:

And this is how the gloss inside looks like:

I got this gloss from a Foschini store for $4 at that time and it always helps me whenever I can't decide what to wear on my lips. I can always even just wear it alone and I'm good to go :) 

Hits:
Extra-long staying on power
Leaves moisturised lips

Reasonable price

Misses:
Availability

No choices for colours

The packaging is not concurrent with the name given

My Rating: 3.5/5

Review-The Body Shop Love Gloss

Heya all!!

Today I'm back with another review of one of the glosses I own. This is The Body Shop- Love Gloss.

About the Company:

The Body Shop International plc. is the original, natural and ethical beauty brand, with over 2,500 stores in over 60 markets worldwide. They practise strictly no animal testing and are famous for their nature friendly products.

What the brand claims:

With a unique heart-shaped applicator, you will fall in love with the gorgeous selection of eight shades of Love Gloss! The heart applicator not only looks pretty but it also effortlessly contours your lips with gloss, giving both definition and colour intensity.

Key Ingredients:
-Cocoa butter

-Coconut oil

-Sunflower Seed Oil

It of course has plenty of other natural ingredients as well that are openly listed on the product itself and can be found on their website also.

My Experience:

I got this in shade 15 which is Dusky Lavender. The gloss has a smooth consistency with a lot of shimmer and sparkles in it. It comes with pressed heart shaped wand that only picks up the desired amount of gloss from the container. It has a sort of sticky consistency probably due to presence of cocoa butter and other oil. I love this gloss for it colour and softening nature but the extra fruity smell makes me avoid it but for some it might be really refreshing. The packaging of this gloss is simple, it is hard-core clear plastic at bottom and the top has been given a mirror effect on the outer side of wand part. This gloss is available in 9 different shades and flavours each with its own texture and consistency. This is how the wand looks like:

And here is a blended swatch:

It retails at $10 for a 7.5 ml, and can be found online on body shop websites in the countries available or can definitely be found at all body shop outlets worldwide. Overall, this gloss isn't a must buy but if you are fond of natural products or you are a body shop brand lover then it worth a try!

Hits:
the colours are true

it has all natural ingredients

excellent moisturising power

Misses:
high price

not so long staying power

can be a bit sticky

the extra fruity smell can put you off

My Rating: 2.5/5

Review-CoverGirl WetSlicks AmazeMint Lipgloss

Okay lovelies!! Here comes my very first post. I am a person with extremely dry skin and pretty dry lips as well so one thing i cannot live without is a lip gloss. As mentioned in the title; today i will be reviewing CoverGirl WetSlicks AmazeMint gloss.

About the company:

COVERGIRL is an American cosmetics brand founded in 1960 in Maryland, by the Noxzema Chemical Company (later called Noxell) and acquired by Procter & Gamble in 1989. The Noxell Company advertised this cosmetics line by allowing "cover girls", fashion models who appear on the front cover of women's magazines, to wear its products. COVERGIRL makes up for lack of direct individual customer service by providing a wide variety of cosmetics available at reasonable prices.

What the brand claims:

CoverGirl Wetslicks Amazemint is more than a lipgloss, it’s a smile treatment! Crest Peppermint Oil provides a minty breath sensation while the gloss itself gives a dazzling high-shine without all that “sticky”. Available in 13 different shades.

My experience:
I got this gloss in 2 shades:

Tickled Pink-610

Freedom of Peach-640

This soft creamy textured gloss has a vital ingredient of mint in it making it kinky when first applied. It makes my lips really cold and then settles down in a while. It has a yummy fruity smell which I love about it. The colours really pay off well. It does not have a very long staying-on power but stays for about 2-3 hours. it has vitamin-e making the lips very soft and smooth. 

It has a medium sized wand but a very smooth one allowing equal application and it does not pick up excess gloss from the container. The container is hard plastic with a melamine top on the wand. Another thing to love about this gloss is that it fills and covers up all your lines on the lips very nicely hiding them all giving a smooth glossy finish. When swatched they appear as:

left(freedom of peach) right(tickled pink)

Overall, I love this gloss despite its flaws, it has been my all time favourite. I definitely recommend you all to try it out if you are fond of minty glosses. Cover Girl WetSlicks are also available in original glosses with about 9 shimmery shades without the mint. This gloss retails at $5 and can be bought on-line from cover girl's website that forwards you to a proper on-line shop of your choice or can be found in local drug stores as well carrying Cover Girl cosmetics.

Hits:

yummy taste
nice smell
colours are true

Misses:

container looks cheap
very thin texture

My rating: 3.5/5