As my mum is now an avon rep, I have the joys of looking through the clearance section because sometimes I can get some good products for about half the price.

Recently I had run out of my nivea caregloss and shine and because it was about £3 and ran out so quickly I looked to avon for something similar that might last a bit longer. I found this lipgloss for a great price of 75p down from £5 but beggars can't be choosers so only the shade 'gleaming coral' was left. I thought it would be a shade I might choose so I went ahead and ordered 2.

They arrived in the smart black avon boxes that had a description and inside was quite a big tube (it contains 15ml) with a black screw lid and a slant applicator as shown- just like my old nivea. I find this easier to apply without a mirror when I am in a rush and lipgloss wands just annoy me so I preferred this.

The shade seemed a lot brighter in the clear tube that what was shown but I decided to go ahead and try it anyway. A little squeeze meant thick pink gloopy stuff came out and hesitantly I tried it on my lips. It dragged and left me with a pink shiny spot in the middle. Not very helpful. So again I wiped it off and this time tried some lipbalm underneath to help it glide a bit better and it sort of worked. Except it looked uneven as part of my lips were bright pink and shiny and the others were not.

I was not impressed at all by this sticky sticky gloss and even after I got the technique a bit better the colour was awful and I felt if I went outside I would just get bugs sticking to it and hair and in the wind which is the most annoying thing possible.

So now I am left with two tubes of sticky lipgloss which help me look like a 5 year old. I'm just glad I didn't waste any more money on them. I will stick to nivea and maybe try lancome juicy tubes next time.