tinted lip gloss suggestions?

[wickedrad79]

Okay, so spring is upon us, which means I, for a brief time, care more about my appearance. I was looking for a tinted lip gloss this weekend, and the selection was very sparse! I few years ago, I remember running across several, but they all appear to not be on shelves anymore

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[lietya]

I adore the Burt's Bees tinted lip glosses. Nice color, surprisingly noticeable *and* lasting for a gloss (better on both fronts than some of my lipsticks!), good "lip-feel," and taste is OK. They're half-ounce containers, too, which is a decent size that lasts me practically forever.

Reading the ingredients of my "zesty red" one yields no mint oils, although it does contain castor seed-, sunflower seed-, and sweet almond oils.

(They are, um, not sure how to describe this - more "wet" than the waxy kind of lip gloss? Instead of a wax-ish stick, they are liquidy in the container and on the mouth. I don't mind that, but you can definitely feel them more than the wax kind.)

[wickedrad79]

I have tried some Burt's Bees before, but not the tinted. Some of their products *do* have mint oils, but I know some don't. I'll have to check them out again. Do they *look* particularly wet/shiny? I kind of want to balance on that line between "dried out, dead lips" and "shiny/pouty/obviously glossy".

(I wish there were ways to test the colors. Sometimes they seem reasonable in the container but look ridiculous on, and of course one person's experience might not be replicated by another due to complexion differences!)

[lietya]

They look a little glossier than dried out dead lips (boy do I love that look, which is permanent on me this time of year!), but after the first ten minutes no more shiny than the waxy lip glosses accomplish.

I know, the color testing would be SO handy for gloss as well as lipstick. *sigh*

(For speculation purposes, I'm light olive-skinned, and bright red lipstick looks ludicrous on me. Red lip gloss doesn't seem as bad, probably because it's not as rich/intense a color. I'd still have preferred a pink, but they don't make one, oh well.)

[firynze]

Hmm, the only one I can think of is Burts Bees, which is a no-no for you.

Have you tried CoverGirl's gel glosses, or Lancome's more expensive "Juicy Tubes," which are really the same thing? The colour is very very subtle, but the slick and the gloss are just right. And they're honey based, I think, and last FOREVER on your lips.

I'm not sure if Pangaea Organics has a tinted variant on their lip gloss, which I quite like.

[wickedrad79]

Sound good. I'll look for them!

[lietya]

As I just mentioned, the Burt's Bees tinteds aren't mint-based. :) Or at least the red one I have isn't. (I think they only make like 2 colors and the other's weird, though.)

[firynze]

Huh, the one of my mum's that I tried was minty...maybe it's different for the different colours! That, and I think hers was the weird one. Mauve?