Back with my haulage!
First off, the MUA helping me did a comparison of
Zingy and Electric Eel for another customer. Zingy is more pigmented than Electric Eel and also I felt has a bit smoother application. It's also more bright and electric, while Electric Eel is a bit more subdued. Honestly, I was really tempted to get Zingy, but I keep thinking about that bright blue from HerGreyness's Wonder Woman testers and might rather get that. It's all up to do I want that color in matte or in a sparklier finish (and if there's Wonder Woman packaging, which would be really cute).
Second, I got to the store an hour after it opened and my MUA was telling me that there were a bunch of people waiting at the door before they opened and they'd already sold about 5 of each color of the lipglosses. Gimme That! was so far the most popular color (all the female MUAs in the store were wearing it, so I bet that helped). He was happy they were blowing out the door, because this formula needs plenty of love! All they had was one box of them and it didn't look like there'd be any left by the weekend.
Third, this is what I hauled:
Gimme That! x 2 (was only going to get 1 but it was so fantastic on, I decided on a back up)
Bold & Brash x 2 (this one is seriously the best red lip product I've seen in ages. It looks a little meh in the tube, because it's hard to see the pink shimmer, but it makes you go DAAAAMN when you put it on. I always planned on 2 of these and it is 100% a gorgeous red that will look good on many different skin tones.)
Ban This! (only got 1 and I hope I don't run out before these return, it's also glorious)
Did not get Dare to Dare because it reminded me too much of the pale pink lip gelee from Lilyland. It's actually prettier than that gelee, but it was too similar for me to justify. So Bad was nice, but again, not dissimilar to some other lip shades I have and I prefer non-sparkly corals on me, since coral is a little tricky for me to pull off just in general. Wind Me Up was honestly pretty groovy and could totally work into the fall, but I think I just wanted the most sci fi, crazy colors in this collection so more subtle shades were just less eye-catching. On the right skin tone (cool and dark), I think it would look sexy hot and futuristic.
How do the glosses wear?
Fucking excellently! I had on Gimme That! for about an hour, then had a latte in one of those thick sided mugs plus a salad and at the end of my lunch it was ALL there minus whatever was on the innermost surfaces of my lips. Hadn't budged and hadn't even changed glossiness. Very impressive. Now it's about 4 hours in and it's still fine without a touch up. This is very good since I want these to last a long time before they run out!
The texture when applied feels pretty unusual. Less like a gloss and more like a smooth, whipped sensation. Honestly, it reminds me of this special medical cream I got once when I had a bad burn lol. However, even with this light mousse texture, it goes on shiny with a moist gloss texture - not a patent leather, vinyl, ultra-wet look shine, though. In direct sunlight, the individual sparkles are apparent, but in indoor light and shade, it looks more two-tone, rather than glittery. After all these hours of wear, the texture hasn't changed much, might feel a little drier on the lips, but even still it pretty much feels like I'm wearing maybe a cremesheen or lustre lipstick now; not bad at all.
I suppose I should have just put this all in the review section, since this post is enormous now
These Dare To Wear lipglosses are great, though. I'm going to think of them as lip souffle more than gloss and I am gonna love them and wear them every damn day until I get scared and start rationing!
