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Laura Mercier Crystal Pink Lip Shine Review, Photos, Swatches

Laura Mercier Crystal Pink Lip Shine

Laura Mercier Polished Collection: Crystal Pink Lip Shine

Laura Mercier Crystal Pink Lip Shine ($22.00 for 0.14 oz.) is designed to be a lightweight “polish” with a glossy finish. It’s limited edition and part of Laura Mercier’s Polished Collection. It’s very much like lipgloss in a pot, to be honest. The texture and feel reminded me a lot of MAC’s Tendertones, actually.

On my lips, it goes on like a slightly bronzed pink shimmer. It gives some color, but it still acts much like a gloss–more shimmer than color–which is fine. It’s very moisturizing, feels nice on lips, and looks pretty for a quick lip. It doesn’t have much staying power (fades in about two hours or so), but I like it as a fancier lip balm, actually. It’s not something I’d reach for if I did heavier eye makeup or anything, but if I was just running out to errands, I’d consider wearing this to give my lips a little more oomph.

Pricing is fair, I’d say, relative to Laura Mercier’s price point. You get a good amount of product for your money, too.

I’m just not a fan of the packaging, because I personally find potted lip products to require lip brushes in order to remain hygienic. As germaphobic as I can be, I still tend to just make sure I wash my hands really well before slicking this on, because I really am too lazy to bother digging out a lip brush just to apply a product like this. Wish it came in tube form!

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  • Product: 27/30
  • Value: 8/10
  • Ease of Use: 4/5
  • Packaging: 3/5

Recommendation: If you love smooth, non-sticky gloss in a pot, check out Laura Mercier’s new Lip Shine!

Availability: Nordstrom

Laura Mercier Crystal Pink Lip Shine

Laura Mercier Crystal Pink Lip Shine

Laura Mercier Crystal Pink Lip Shine
Laura Mercier Crystal Pink Lip Shine

Laura Mercier Crystal Pink Lip Shine

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Glosslizard Avatar

I prefer to use my fingers with pot products (it seems to soften them and let them melt into the skin/lips better), so I started using a little plastic spatula to scoop out a tiny bit of product! I have a spray bottle of alcohol for cleaning the spatula between uses. It actually works really well!

I do like that color as a quickie lip finish, is it very moisturizing?

Leila Avatar

I would totally wear that over a deep colored lip stain for the glittery effect! I think it’s really pretty but you’re right…pot= no no.

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