Nivea – Soft Rose Lip balm

Nivea – Soft Rose Lip balm

I cannot believe how much I disliked this product. As an avid fan of nivea products I was gutted. One of my all time faves being the pearl shine lip balm I thought we had a similar contender on our hands but no no. First complaint, no rose scent! I’m a sucker for a nice smelling lippy and I was disappointed to find this was next to scentless, (which considering the name and the vivid pink colour of the lip balm its self, is considerably misleading.) Next is the texture. Despite my vigorous attempts at layering it on, I was left feeling there was barely anything on my lips apart from a slight dry grippy feeling I found myself associating with some SPF or sun block balms. Lastly is the pigment, I understand with lip balms it’s rare to get pigment unless its stated as a tinted balm but considering their pearl shine leaves quite a noticeable pearl sheen I hoped for a rosey pink tint. It makes no noticeable improvement or difference when applied.

ELF - Plumping lip glaze

ELF – Plumping lip Glaze

A pleasant surprise with this product. It’s a dual ended lip product that claims to enhance the look of your natural pout. Like with a lot of plumping products it has a minty scent and cooling effect. The sensation is pleasant but others may find it a tiny bit over powering. In comparison to the infamous too faced lip injection, the application stage is like a walk in the park. I’d say it makes the lines of your lips puff a tiny percentage so I suppose it does what lip injection does but on a smaller scale. Lip injection (too faced) is like being stung, repeatedly, on the lips, by a killer wasp. It almost bought me to tears but the sensation wears off and I loved the results although it did turn my lips really red I suppose as a result of irritation. Eek (the things we do for beauty ugh!) The tingling lasts for 10  minutes, if that - and then I put the colour on top. The colour end is quite sheer but I like the texture as it’s not too sticky. Only notable complaint about this product is the amount you get! Looking at the end of this packaging you can see it really is a tiny about – ok its £1.50 but there are other lipglosses out there at this price or less that offer up to twice as much product.