Product Review: Almay Ideal Lipgloss

Brand: Almay
Name: Ideal Lipgloass
Size: 0.22 fl. oz/6.4 mL
Price: $7.59 CAD

Colour Tried:
- Wine Shimmer

This was one of my impulse lip product purchases (I seem to make a lot of those) after I got a new job. It's a brand I've never tried before, but I really liked the way the colour looked in the tube. Well, that was my first mistake, as I should know better than to spend money on something that doesn't offer a tester (I hate that!).

Several years ago Maybelline had a limited edition lip gloss (Wet Shine Liquid Diamonds in Firecracker Red) that I was in love with. It was a deep shade of red that looked amazing on me. And since then I have never before or after found another red lip product that looked as good, I'm constantly trying to find a replacement (darn those limited edition products!)

This product...was not it.

To Purr About:
- the colour was pretty true from what it looked like in the tube and what it looked like on my lips and was a beautiful shade of red
- very glossy, high-shine product

Claws Out:
- brand new, the product stinks, and I mean that it smells like plastic gone way past its expiry date
- perhaps it's because I'm not used to it, but the applicator is a very floppy brush, so it was difficult to control and I made a mess. As a rule, I prefer lip products that I can touch up without too much time in front of a mirror, especially lip glosses
- gloss has a very liquid texture, and the colour I bought was quite dark, which meant, that as I was applying it, the brush would push the product around on my lips, leaving some areas much darker than others. And when I went over it again with the brush to try to fix it, the product would be pushed around again, still leaving uneven patches of colour
- and don't even think about rubbing your lips together or eating anything - the liquid nature of this product meant it moved around, leaving the colour uneven and more often than not, coming off your lips altogether

Final Comments:
Considering there are so many lip products available on the market, I definitely will not be buying this brand of lip gloss again! And for the price, there are literally hundreds of other lip products I might purchase instead. So ladies, if you're thinking of buying this particular line of Almay lip gloss, I wouldn't recommend it unless you can try it for free first and end up liking it.

Rating (out of 5):




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