Tony Moly Crystal Glam Color Gloss - Initial thoughts + swatches

Tony Moly Crystal Glam Color Gloss 

SRP - 398.00 Php budget friendly and affordable. :)

Tony Moly Crystal Glam Color Gloss in 01 Glam Pink and 03 Glam Peach

01 Glam Pink

A cute milky baby pink. (I always have to pick up a lip gloss.)

03 Glam Peach

Milky and soft Peach.

Not a fan of how messy the stopper can get. :/ 

swatched on a tissue.

L-R 03 Glam Peach & 01 Glam Pink.

Swatches on MAC NC 30 skin.

No lip swatches. My lips are uber dry right now because I'm sick. Please refer to future posts for lip swatches. :)

These glosses are rather pigmented and are the most pigmented among the Korean glosses I have tried. The texture is a bit thick and kind of goopy. Both glosses have a tendency to accentuate and settle on fine lines and dry patches on the lips though and aren't moisturizing enough on my lips. Solution, apply a lip balm before applying the product.

Have you tried anything from Tony Moly?

REVIEW - Paul & Joe Summer 2010 Sahara Collection in 01 Caravan

Paul & Joe is a French-Japanese makeup brand that's more often than not raved about by Youtube gurus and bloggers. It is known for it's unique, cute packaging and the quality of its products. (If it's France + Japan, two well known centers for arts, fashion and beauty, how can one go wrong, right?) 

Paul & Joe Summer 2010 Sahara Collection 

From L-R 01 Caravan, 02 Sahara, 03 Morocco

Being the curious person I am, I thought I'd give it a try and picked up the shade 01 Caravan lipstick at Rustan's Makati last November.

The packaging is just sooo gorgeous!!! :3.

Sooo pretty right? x)

It's cool to the eyes and is not made of paper like other P&J lipsticks. 

Can you see the gold shimmers? :)

This in my book is MLBB - My Lips But Better shade. 

01 is a pink-coral, has gold shimmers and is kind of frost IMO.

It's finish is very sheer. 

- The product is very creamy and easily glides on as applied. I find that it is best to mix this with other lipsticks.

- It's a very pretty color on its own and can be built by applying several layers. 

- It is very moisturizing. This is the only lipstick I own that I don't feel the need to wear a lip balm prior to lipstick application. 

- It doesn't settle on fine lines unlike some lip products do. 

- I don't recall if it has a scent and I can't confirm because my nose is stuffed right now. But I don't  probably doesn't have one or is tolerable in case it does because I would have remembered if it did.

- The staying power is decent. One will find the need to re-apply every now and then.

- This doesn't stain my lips and can easily be removed. 

- The only downside to this product is the price which is not cheap. :) And I think it's only available at Rustan's, Makati.

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xxx,

Sugar