Always on the look out for a great new gloss, I decided to try e.l.f.’s Mineral Lip Gloss. First, like everything else at e.l.f., they are a great price: $3 for a .22 oz tube and even less if you use any of the coupons that are often about.
I’d never used these glosses before, but as I’m trying to stop using makeup items that contain parabens, I was really attracted to the, “no parabens, no preservatives, no chemical dyes,” part of this gloss.
The ingredients are as follows:
Mineral Oil, Coconut (Cocos Nucifera) Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Mica, Silica, Tocopherol Acetate(VE), Retinol(VA), Titanium Dioxide （CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Mica (CI 77019).
Mineral oil has a 2 to 4 rating at SkinDeep, but level 4 seems to be when it’s aerosolized. Still, that’s better than the ethyl-, methyl-, and butyl- parabens in cosmetics that rate a 5 or higher.
I picked Sorority Girl and Fierce as my first two colors. Of course the swatches on the site and the actual colors aren’t even close, but it’s okay. The colors go on sheer with a wash of color.
Having used both glosses for a few days, I have to say they are non-drying and if I’m not eating or drinking, they last for a few hours. They also aren’t very sticky, which is great.
I didn’t take a picture of the applicator wand, but it’s a standard doe foot. It doesn’t pull out much product, though, so I usually have to dip it twice for one application. Not a big deal.
Overall, I am a fan of these glosses and will probably keep one in my purse.
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