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Home » Lips » Lip Gloss » Save and Splurge: Clinique Vitamin C Lip Smoothie and Guerlain Essence de Gloss

Save and Splurge: Clinique Vitamin C Lip Smoothie and Guerlain Essence de Gloss

August 25, 2010 Paris B 8 Comments

The line between makeup and skincare is blurring with makeup that not only helps you look good, it helps care for your skin too. One such innovation is the lipgloss that cares for your lips. I have here 2 lipglosses that claim to have lip caring ingredients in our Save and Splurge category.

clinique vitamin c lip smoothie guerlain essence de gloss

Save: Clinique Vitamin C Lip Smoothie RM66

I love this one. You can read my full review on the Clinique lip smoothie and you might like to know I’ve repurchased it, in a different colour. I like that its not sticky, has decent but light colour and best of all, keeps my lips flake free and plumped up. RM66 isn’t quite a saving, but its cheaper that the splurge option 🙂

Splurge : Guerlain Essence de Gloss – RM105

Guerlain’s new KissKiss lipgloss has lip caring benefits too. The Essence de Gloss is not sticky, has lovely pigmented colour (much more pigmented than Clinique) and helps keeps lips plumped up, and flake free. You can read my full review by following the link.

I’m liking both these lip glosses – and its great to know that they both have lip caring benefits if used often. Coming from a non lipgloss loving gal that’s saying something! I’d pick the Clinique one if used often but for something luxurious and if you prefer more colour on your lips, go for the Guerlain one.

Paris B

Save and Splurge is where I show you 2 similar items by 2 different brands that I have tried. They may not work quite the same way, but it’ll offer you options for your wallet for a similar effect/product. Do note however, that it is based on products I have tried, so whilst there are many save and splurge options out there, these are my views. You can find more under the category of Challenges.

Availability: Clinique at Clinique counters and Guerlain at Guerlain counters nationwide.

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About Paris B

Paris B is a 40-something beauty and skincare enthusiast with a practical and very critical view of beauty products and the world of beauty. Her mission on My Women Stuff is to deliver clear, honest reviews and facilitate discussions about beauty trends and life, tempered with a healthy dose of humour. When not blogging about beauty or life beyond 40 find her talking about feeding dogs real, wholesome food. Connect with us on social media at Instagram.

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  1. ~Reena~~ says

    August 25, 2010 at 9:54 am

    I’m wearing Clinique Lip Smoothie today and love it so much!

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      August 25, 2010 at 9:58 am

      Its a great product isn’t it? 😀 Glad you’re loving it too!

      Reply
  2. Sugar says

    August 25, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    i am gonna get the guerlain. =P clinique stuff just dont work for me because i am a SUCKER for packaging! lol.

    oh and yes Paris, u hit the nail on the head. stress AND the wrong hair conditioner. zzz.

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      August 25, 2010 at 2:35 pm

      Haha! Get the Guerlain and get a pinky shade. I’m looking forward to picking up one of the pinky shades… maybe in duty free 😉

      Reply
  3. Eisse J says

    August 25, 2010 at 6:04 pm

    thanks for the review..hmm…maybe I’m thinking of trying the Clinique one

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      August 25, 2010 at 6:14 pm

      Hope you like it! The Guerlain one isn’t for every pocket 😉

      Reply
  4. FA says

    July 29, 2011 at 9:05 am

    did anyone’s brush tip smell weird after awhile? It’s a very off-outting, rancid-like smell. Is it supposed to happen and does anyone know how to get rid of it?

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      July 29, 2011 at 10:44 am

      For the Clinique one? Sometimes products with brush applicators have that problem. I had that problem with YSL Touche Eclat. But I didn’t have a problem with this one. You can try cleaning it by wiping on a tissue as best as you can.

      Reply

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