I got my first ever Dior gloss recently and it was a little underwhelming. Maybe I had build up a holy image of it but I expected great things. The packaging is pretty spot on- clear square shaped tube with a shiny metal top and 'Dior' written in the plastic. It looks so gorgeous in my handbag Ok fine, one of the main reasons I bought this was for the packaging and the brand name, but who isn't a little vain ;). My shade is 257, a gorgeous pearly pink/peach shade that shimmers in the tube and looks stunning. When I wore it however, the color is much more sheer and although there is shimmer, it's not quite the pearly look I had been expecting. The texture was not sticky at all and felt very light, which I'm definitely happy about. The staying power of this is pretty good but I've definitely had low end lip glosses that stayed put better than this. Maybe because of its thinness, it got smudged off quite easily. There was a slight smell but nothing too noticeable. The lip brush is very soft and easy to apply product with. And I like that it's a brush rather than a sponge, brushes always make the lip gloss seem fancier :)
Overall a great lip gloss that has ahhmaazing packaging. However the product, while nice, isn't exactly worth the price. I would have easily bought three or four cheaper lip glosses at the same quality for how much I paid for this.
I LOVE this lip gloss! The formula is beautiful! We used to have a Dior counter in my city and no longer do which makes me so sad because I LOVE Dior :D
So I'll start with the packaging, it comes in a clear tube with the silver lid, which is very pretty and pretty standard for Dior lip items! In my opinion it looks very 'Dior', the gloss does also have 'Dior' written on the tube... which I like because I am happy to advertise that I own this awesome stuff :D
Dior always pulls out the 'fancy' and they have done it again here by including a brush applicator rather than a sponge, I LOVE that but I do wish it was a little larger!
I love that this gloss finds the perfect balance between 'shine' and gloss... it is not overkill, it is classy.
The formula is really thick which makes it glide on and not streak. You can build it up or wear it over lipstick and it is not at all sticky.
This gloss is also really long wearing! I wear it to work, put it on at 8am, touch up after lunch and that is it!
I also find it really moisturizing, a lot of lip glosses claim to be moisturizing but over the day go tacky and dry - not this one!
It is expensive but it goes a long way and wears really well, totally worth it for a bit of luxury in your makeup bag!!