Chanel Glossimer for Lips

Chanel is my favourite brand of cosmetics and to me is the optimum definition of premium. For my best occassions, I will occassionally purchase a lip gloss. I am not a huge fan of lip gloss as I tend to find that they come in short and stubby, sticky and over filled bottles. The applicators tend to gloop all of the lip gloss together which leaves my lips with a large amount of sticky mess. When the Chanel consultant suggested that I try the Glossimer, I was very dubious. However, I was actually very impressed witht he bottle. It was tall and sleek and didn't look cheap and plasticy. There was no sticky over filled residue around theapplicator and the ...

Okay, Chanel makeup is one of my great loves, but the Glossimer and Glossimer Extreme take top spot. I first tried these when I was in the US, at the insistance of a friend. Kudos to her, they are the ultimate in lip colour. The packaging is great, slim and sleek, the CC logo atop the lid.. Not over-fancy and not too bulky to just shove in your bag loose. Each comes with an automatic wand applicator built in, as you pull it out, the excess gloss is taken off and remains in the tube - no messy gunk here, and no fussing around to find a lip brush. The formula itself is great, allowing you to build up the colour as desired. Dab it on lightly, smooth over ...

I was brought 2 of these lip glosses for Christmas and although i would never usually fork out £13 for a lip gloss i have to say after using this product a cheapo lip gloss would just not cut the mustard! I have this in both a white/slivery colour and a very sparkly gold colour. Both have beautiful pigment and both look very posh in their long rectangular tubes with black lid, gold rim and chanel logo printed in white on the top. When you open up the tube and pull out the applicator there is a bit in the top of the tube that takes off the excess gloss on the way out of the tube, so you're not stuck with lots of gungy mess. The lip gloss comes out ...