REVIEW // Deborah Milano Glossissimo (Shade 13)

Despite using lip glosses for a few years, I've slowly strayed away from them as I prefer more a more matte finish, but when I won a Deborah Milano lipgloss in a giveaway, I thought I'd give it a go.

Firstly, I must say that I love the name 'Glossissimo' - hard to remember how to spell, but it sounds like Mississippi and fun to say :D

What Deborah Milano says:

New Glossissimo boasts a high-performance formula that leaves lips lusciously luminous, silky soft and velvety smooth. The formula is also enriched with the moisturising, anti-oxidant and anti-free radicals  properties of Fruit of the Forest DH Complex, which forms a soft protective film over the lips that shields them from harmful UV radiation and leaves them feeling and looking soft, plump and velvety smooth. Hypoallergenic*.

Packaging:

Your standard lip gloss packaging that comes in a tube with an applicator. The tube is transparent so you can see what shade it is inside. I'm a bit bummed that they do not have cool shade names because 'Shade 13' is not very exciting!

I found the applicator hard to use because it's flat on both ends - almost like a spatula! Perhaps a more dome shaped one would be better?

Formula 

Don't think the picture shows the shade that clearly due to the reflection, but I would describe Shade 13 as being a pinky-purple. At first, I thought it wouldn't suit me at all as bright colours and I do not mix, but it's not that bad. The pigmentation of this lip gloss is very good, is super glossy and it glides on smoothly. It is scented and smells like sweet cherry (artificial of course) which is not my favourite, but I don't really mind.

Like all lip glosses, this one is quite sticky...especially once you apply it! But if you wait for a while, the sticky-ness is reduced. Because of this, I'd say that it does live up to its 'leave lips looking soft and plump' claim. It also states that it protects your lips form UV rays, which although I can't test, it's still a good thing! 

This lip gloss did not dry out my lips and stayed for around 6 hours. Of course, over time, the glossiness begins to fade - but it leaves a nice stain.

Final verdict

Although this isn't a shade I would pick out myself, it's not bad for a lip gloss formula wise! Still a bit too sticky for my liking, but it does have great pigmentation and is super glossy. I will probably either wear this on its own when I'm feeling lazy, or over a layer of lipstick. If I have one complaint, it would be the applicator!

Have you tried a lip gloss from this range?

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"What's in my makeup bag?" Series: LIPS

1. Maybelline Color Sensational Moisture Extreme Lip Stick in 'Plum Perfect': This is probably the first lipstick I bought (: Overall, I like the formula - it's not drying (although I always put lip balm first), it seems to moisturize my lips & have sort of a creamy feel. The colour is slightly different from the swatch because it wasn't the deep 'plum' colour I envisioned in my mind, but a little brighter. Nevertheless, I believe I'll grow to like it (: As you build it up, it gets to more of a brighter pinkish purple (i'm not good at describing colours). Although in pictures it looks deep red... O.o Maybe it's because my lip colour is naturally coloured already. BUT, this colour is still wearable (:
2. Menard Lip Stick in 'Cherry Luster Pink': Stole this from my mum & although the colour is super bright/neon pink, it's not THAT pink on my coloured lips. Overall, it gives a subtle hint of colour - although I guess you can increase the intensity at will & go for Nicki Minaj-esque lips - and is actually quite nice and not scary (:

L-R: Anti-oxidant Berry; Smoothing Cherry; Mango Pie

3. Maybelline Baby Lips SPF 20 Lip Balm: As you can probably see, that is my go-to and favourite lip balm. I have this in, Anti-oxidant berry (which I'm currently using), Smoothing Cherry (unopened!) and Mango Pie. These lip balms are miracle workers. I use them everyday, before putting on any lip products... and they really do hydrate my lips and keep them moisturised... but not for the whole 8 hours like they claim though. When applied, it's colourless but leave a slight sheen. And the best part? THEY SMELL DIVINE. I would love to collect every single scent.

4. Candy Cupcake Lip Gloss: Simply a clear coloured gloss which I sometimes put over my lip tint or lipstick when I want them to look fuller or well, glossy :P What I love most about this is the smell because it smells just like VANILLA (my favourite scent of all time) & cupcakes! You can't beat that.
5. Marks & Spencers Lip Gloss: Probably my first makeup item that I got from a pen pal from England (: I adore this colour. It's a deep purply red/maroon and it's shiny! Together it goes super duper well with my skin tone (: I've been trying to find this exact colour in lipstick style!
6. Kaka Lip Tint: I really love this item! In the swatch it looks scarily bright pink/fuschia but it really isn't! I actually wear this to school my dabbing a small amount on my lips to give it a subtle hint of colour so it looks natural and not overdone - which is my favourite kind of look. This product is long lasting and you can put as many layers on as you wish to build the colour intensity- so it does actually become bright pink :P However, since it's a tint, it does dry your lips so don't forget lip balm!

I don't think that these swatches do the colour justice :(  & I purposely missed out the lip balm cause it's colourless - don't worry, I can count from 1 to 6 :P

What lip products do you have in your makeup bag?

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