Cod the consumer....... checks out...LIP GLOSS

[CodDickinson]

ok this a new weekly thread that will be amalgamated into the mail out( i'm told) so we can all have a good ol' shufty at certain products.

Are aiming to change it every week( maybe at the weekend so you cna pop into the shops and have a look yourseves) and subject - wise go from the sublime to the ricidulous.

So whether its nail varnish or Knickers we WILL SUSS IT. Together.. Amen.

what we need is your opinions on ech product and if you are willing to try out a new product then PLEASE join in and buy it( any excuse eh?) and then we will set up some kind of testing parameters.

so this week is lip gloss, we are looking for :

1. Quality of packaging /10
2. Colour choice
3. depth of colour
4. longevity ( this'll be fun testing this)

5 scent

1. wow factor - does ANYONE even notice.

so that out of 60.

Im going to buy a mid range one i think - maybe Boirjois to get us off to a start.

If you are doing an existing one please look at the colour choices as they are now, not when you bought it in 1992.

EW.

Oh god they're all going, and the shops are shut. I wanted to get a Chanel one. [bites unglossed lips]

Tell me what to buy tomorrow Cod, and I'll test that.

PLEASE impossibly glossy hasnt gone
i have three insugarplum secreted aorund my person.

will do a full reposrt later but they end up SMELLING

intersted in mintys chanel one

i dunno
if i am doign mid range 100 you can do.... posh

chanel stuff always comes out top doesn't it

must get something from there

hmm not nail varnish

yes the chanel one is v nice
if you look at this picture I think mine is the second from top really good colour

I will do impossibly cheap as I am on strict boring budget atm

superdrug here I come

I never wear anything on my lips except maybe vaseline.

I always feel I look like a child who's raided her mums makeup bag.

gg you can do miss sporty
it hink its their brand

ok - i have rated my No 7 Liplicious ultra shiny lip gloss in Fudge

1. Quality of packaging 6/10 - rip off of juicy tubes
2. Colour choice 8/10 - plenty of choice
3. depth of colour - 7.5/10 - nice and shiny with a good hint of colour
4. longevity 6.5/10 - lasts reasonably well, but doesn't pass the glass of wine test

5 scent 3/10 - over poweringly sickly sweet

1. wow factor - 5/10 - men don't tend to throw themselves at my feet when i wear it

also the consistency is quite jammy so it feels quite sticky - for consistency you can't beat Chanel IMVHO.

has anyone mentioned lipgloss rage yet?

no? rage?
ooh lala.
am sure that is not in my sentencing book

like the glass of wine test ruby

aha. #18 is cafe glace

I'm also wearing my new chanel nailpolish today, it is lurvely. called Madness. very very dark browny red

was htining donuts tbh
but glass of wine is good
i always have a messy rim

ah the nail varnish dos NOt last minty

hardehar at your messy rim cod

doesn't it?
it seems to be holding up ok
I like O.P.I and Guerlain nail polishes

oh minty haev emailed oyu lots of qs
pliz respond

lipgloss rage - when your hair gets stuck to your lipgloss ...

can be brutal - turns you into a sweary, screamy monster

we need an eyeliner thread

no one thing at a time rubester ( rimmel)

glass of wine test - tis v good ggirl

on my second as we speak (all in the name of research of course )

RS, that's my definition of PMT. I know I'm premenstrual when my own hair starts annoying me.

ok Cod - was getting a touch over excited

will blame the wine ...

OK then, Impossibly Glossy in Sugarplum and also Braisin by Clinique.

1. Quality of packaging 8/10
2. Colour choice 8/10 for Sugarplum, 6/10 for Braisin
3. depth of colour 7/10
4. longevity ( this'll be fun testing this) 6/10 comes off on a cup of tea (I drink many of these)

5 scent 5/10 a bit sickly

1. wow factor - does ANYONE even notice. 4/10 dd noticed the Braisin one when I wore it a couple of weeks ago - "Its too red, mummy". I like the other one but colour is not different enough on me for people to ask iyswim.

Can I also add that they separate terribly in the tubes if you don't use them regularly enough and then you end up with clear gloss coming out of the applicator followed by a slick of too strong colour.

eurgh that doesn't sound good bagpuss

actually I'd like to do this with lipsticks - not so much specific colours but more how they go on and stay on - because I use them much more than glosses and it can be expensive buying crappy lipsticks.