Review: Essence Stay With Me Longlasting Lipgloss by The Sneakerette (Guest Post)

**Huge thanks to the lovely Sneakerette for writing a guest post on my blog.  I hope you all enjoy her review! <3**

Review: Essence Stay With Me Longlasting Lipgloss

Have you ever tried anything from the Essence line? I’m a huge fan of their products, and I personally think that Essence is one of the most underrated drugstore brands out there! In addition to their amazing nail polishes, their Stay With Me lipglosses are one of my absolute favorites! Without further ado, here’s a review on their Stay With Me Lipglosses.

Essence Longlasting Lipglosses ($2.29 at Ulta for 0.13 fl. Oz.) are available in six shades. I picked up four of the six colors—Me & My Ice Cream, Candy Bar, I Like Cotton Candy, and Berry Me.

Swatches from left to right: Me & My Ice Cream, Candy Bar, I Like Cotton Candy, Berry Me

Me & My Ice Cream is a pale baby pink. Since my lips are really pigmented, this color didn’t do too much for me except give my lips a milky appearance and transform them into a color that I’m not too fond of. I had a bit of trouble getting this color to apply evenly as well. I generally have this problem with ALL light lipglosses though, so I don’t think the quality of this product is necessarily to blame. I usually wear this layered over a lipstick because it adds a nice shine.

Candy Bar is a bright coral that’s great for summer and really brightens up my complexion.

I Like Cotton Candy is a purplish pink color that reminds me of MAC Up the Amp or MAC Playtime. I love purple-ish lip colors, so this one is my favorite!

Berry Me is… well, a berry color. I can see myself wearing this one a lot during the fall. Although it appears really dark and rather vampy in the tube, it applies a lot more sheerly on the lips while still maintaining excellent color payoff. It reminds me of MAC Rebel.

Lip Swatches:

Bare naked lips!

Me & My Ice Cream

Candy Bar

I Like Cotton Candy

Berry Me

General overview on the glosses:

Texture: All of these lipglosses are nonsticky. They apply very smoothly and are extremely moisturizing, which is why I love wearing them. They just feel great on my lips!

Pigmentation: The pigmentation for these glosses is absolutely superb—these are some of the most pigmented lipglosses I’ve ever tried –period! The colors are very creamy without any kind of shimmer or glitter. You can dab these on for a sheer wash of color, or add layers to obtain a richer color. Yay for buildable lipglosses!

Longevity: These last about 3 hours on my lips. After three hours, my lips have a slight tint of color and feel nice and moisturized, as if I had just applied a lip balm.

Packaging:  These glosses come in a simple tube packaging. Nothing special, but I can’t complain either. One thing that I don’t like, however, is the applicator. It has a weird, wavy, hourglass shape that hugs my lips in the wrong way. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to use the round tip at the very end, or the middle?! Anyway, it's something I could definitely do without. I would much prefer a typical doe-foot/brush applicator.

What is with this strange applicator?!

Scent: These smell SO good! I can’t explain it, but it’s sweet and smells so yummy. You might want to skip these if you hate scented products because the scent IS rather noticeable upon application. It does fade after awhile though.

For an extremely pigmented, nonsticky gloss that’s less than $3, these are a steal! If you don't mind scented lip products, be sure to check these out the next time you’re at an Ulta!

Rating: A

Thanks for reading and thank you again Sneakerette,

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