L’Oreal has finally stepped into the whole lip crayon market. They recently launched 4 shades in their Glam Shine Balmy Gloss range. And compared to some of the other lip crayons available in the market these have been priced competitively at Rs. 400 for 2.5 gms of product. But how does it compare in some of the other qualities? Lets take a quick look…

     I spotted these at an online shopping site and they just had 3 colors in it. On an impulse I got all 3 as I have gained a fondness for this format of product in recent times and have found some of my favorites in them. All the names have a fruit element to it – Lychee Lust, Peach Pleasure and Passion Fruit Perfect. They stand about 3 inches tall where the entire body is the color of the product (not a close match) and has a metal finish cap. Their base can be twisted to dispense more product. 

     All the colors have a soft pigmentation and contain shimmer it. I feel that the shimmer quantity should have been a little more and the size should have been a little more finely milled. No I have not lost my head 😛 Let me tell you why….the purpose of adding the shimmer is to create a dimension but it some how falls short here and when you have the product on you will observe random twinkles of shimmer. So they are not doing anything much in particular. That was the reason for my suggestion as in that manner there would have been actual depth in the color. It is not as bad as it sounds and you can still pull off some of the colors in daily wear.

     What I really like about them is their texture. They are a proper balm for the lips minus any strong scent or flavors. The product feels real comfortable on so much so that you forget that there is something on your lips. But minus the stain part they go off quite fast. By the 3rd kiss your lips are left devoid of color but a covering of the glitter remains. Yes I can hear the glitter haters groaning 🙂 So those were the basic qualities which form the base for the colors. Lets look at the shades individually now. 

     I was the most excited about this coz of its name as it is my favorite fruit but have been most disappointed by the color. In the hand swatch, it is the sheerest of pink with light purple glitter in it. I have pigmented lips so on me this looks like a covering of glitter. I cant make out the sheer shade one bit. If you have naturally rosy lips then you can look into it otherwise honestly I will ask you not to waste your money on this and look into the other shades that are available. It is just a glitter balm (?!?).

Camera has not picked up the glitter of it

     L’Oreal has a penchant for strange names where the colors and names don’t match for some odd reason. Case in point, this is no where near a peach shade but rather is a light pink. Now if there are pink peaches somewhere I admit I’m completely ignorant about that fact 😛 This shows as several shades darker pink with purple glitter when compared to the Lychee shade in the hand swatch. On my lips it imparts a light wash of color giving them a healthy pink looking tinge. By no means it covers my pigmentation but looks a lot better than the Lychee one.

     This one is my favorite from the lot. As you have seen that I get drawn to the orange and coral shades these days. This is a soft orange shade with gold shimmer in it. It does not have an intense pigmentation but has enough to cover my lips so the discoloration cant be seen. Really love the softness that it provides to the look and a sure winner for day wear. Even the person who is most afraid of sporting an orange lip will be at ease trying this one out. I will definitely recommend that you swatch/pick this one.

     The last two shades can be layered to give a more intense color payoff but the first one just gives me more glitter on my lips. There is red shade too from the range with Pomegranate in its name and was recently reviewed by Ankita from Corallista. That too looks like a decently pigmented shade. Do check them out as they are quite good especially given their price point. Worth looking into. Do let me know if you have tried any of these? How did you find them to be? Are you interested in getting one or are completely over this format of product? As always waiting to hear from you. Catch you in a bit 🙂

All pics taken in natural light. 2nd one from top is Lychee Lust, next is Peach Pleasure and last one is Passion Fruit Perfect.

Would you purchase L’Oreal Glam Shine Balmy Glosses again? – Probably the Passion fruit one.

Would you recommend L’Oreal Glam Shine Balmy Glosses to your friends? – Yes some of the colors.