Bare Escentuals Buxom Babes Lip Tints Review

Overall 3.00 of 5 (by 1 user)

rae1
Chesterton, IN

It's ok

lip gloss junkie, I believe in honesty, Open-minded

Pros

Fun for summer

Cons

Pricey

JUN

2008

A little collection of mouth-watering temptations. Big & Healthy Lip Polish Buxom Babes Tints. Infused with 100% pure bareMinerals, Buxom Big & Healthy Lip Polish naturally creates the look of fuller lips. While the tingly and cooling sensation reminds you that your lips are getting an immediate increase in fullness, a deep infusion of antioxidant vitamins A and E help keep lips soft, smooth and protected.

These four lip tints are new for the summer. They're juicy and fruit flavored. Only they're not fruit flavored, they are fruit SCENTED. There's a difference, Bare Escentuals, and I feel a little ripped off.

I also feel a little ripped off by the claim that "a deep infusion of antioxidant vitamins A and E help keep lips soft, smooth and protected". Vitamins A and E aren't going to protect my lips from getting sunburned. Since the product is summer oriented, why didn't they put sunscreen in?

This is a box of four lip glosses for $28. I bought a box like this one (it was a collection of four) in November last year and I was really happy with them, so when a Sephora rep showed these to me, I thought why not? In November, my favorite from the box was called "Dolly". What a gorgeous color! Ok but I'm getting off track here...

There's Cherry, Coco, Margarita and Melonie. The scents are great and they're very true to their names.

Cherry is a very bright, cherry red colored tint. Coco is yellow gold in the tube but goes on fairly clear - the Sephora rep said to me "it adds warmth". It is very pretty on. Margarita is a deeper mauvey color while Melonie is a very bright, watermelon color.

If you slick on a little, the tints are sheer but watch out if you attempt to put on even just a little bit more. All but the Coco intensify in color, leaving you with some pretty bright looking lips. I'm not a big fan of bright lip color, especially not fruity color.

As for the plumping claims, well yes, I do notice my lips smoothing out and looking a bit more plumped. I'm guessing it's the shine and the menthol that is making my lips look smoother, which in turn makes them look a little bit bigger.

I don't think these should be sold as lip plumpers. Instead, the line in general is a line of very nice lip glosses. I am not a big fan of the sponge applicator. For $18 each, I think B.E. would do well to invest in a brush applicator instead.

I do like the cooling effect and I love the scents of these new glosses. I guess it's good that they aren't flavored after all, because if they were, I'd probably just be licking them off all the time!