Saturday, November 12, 2011

Black Radiance radiant lip gloss

 Black Radiance Radiant Lip Gloss

 Colors (from top to bottom): Copper Glow, Radiant Red, & Posh Plum

Retails at local Rite Aid for $2.99
Appears to be new collection. The top two are shimmering color, and the bottom is prismatic color.
  Actually I see shimmer in all three of them. Beautiful holiday colors! Copper glow is more gold, Radiant red is more coppery, and Posh plum has gold shimmer.






 Applicators: shimmering color series (copper glow and radiant red) have brush applicators
 
Prismatic color series (posh plum) has a sponge applicator








swatches on the back of my hand

Since there are different applicators, they give different color payoff. The brush applicator definitely picks up more products, and one swipe leaves behind a pigmented gloss. The sponge applicator does not pick up much, and the plum looks very sheer (cons). It also takes few swipes to get to the exact shade in the package.


Swatches on lips

Copper Glow





Pros: I love the gold appearance, especially how it leaves subtle gold shimmer on my lips after wiping the gloss off. It gives the illusion of fuller lips;)

 Radiant Red - a coppery red with golden shimmer. It is shiny, smooth, and super glossy.

 Posh Plum - deep plum burgundy color with less golden shimmer. Unlike the color from the tube, it goes on rather sheer. Takes few coats of application in order to achieve a pigmented look. (quite disappointed) It does not leave behind any shimmer/sparkles after wiping it off, either. It is better to layer on top of a lipstick.



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