Not Dior, but not far away (The Body Shop Colourglide Lip Colour)

Member Name: MeganFF

Product:	The Body Shop Colourglide Lip Colour
Date:	02/11/09 (50 review reads)
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Advantages: smell, colour and price

Disadvantages: colour choice is limited

How often do you go away and forget something?

Yes I did it on the recent hop to Paris. I got as far as St Pancreas and realised my favourite Dior lippy was sat on the microwave back home.

After a walk around the stunning new St Pancreas station, I was dismayed to discover they didn't have a Boots! Then I remembered that The Body Shop (which they did have) do make up as well as all the other body bits.

For around £7 I wasn't expecting much. If all it did was colour me in for the Paris evenings, then I'd be happy. So after a browse and try of a couple of colours on the back of my hand, I opted for no 12, which is a brownish colour with a rose tinge. I like darker colours, pink do nothing for my complexion, and this was as close to my colouring as they had.

So I bought it. And promptly forgot about the Body Shop points card in my purse. Damn!

Anyway, a call of nature was answered shortly afterwards, so I took the opportunity to try it out. The colour was good. Coverage was as it should be, the colour a good balance across the lip. It felt soft and smooth (nothing worse for a lippy than to be sticky) and the smell was delicious! I've never had a lippy smell so edible before.
It also had staying power, wearing itself away over time rather than run to the corners of the mouth and all over the cup rim.

Overall, for £7 I was delighted. Ok, it's not taken the top job from my Dior tube, but for a daytime lippy, it's a good option.

Summary: A good option for less money than my fave