RSSProduct Review : Lise Watier Plumpissimo La Base and Le Gloss
August 17, 2008
This is a pretty good product, but buy it for the right reason.
Lise Watier Plumpissimo Lip Gloss
I bought it to satisfy my fetish for the perfect bronze-peach gloss. To spend $20 on lip gloss, the product has to be special or I have to be feeling weak. In this case, it was both.
I broke one of my personal makeup-buying rules here because I bought the product in the evening. After 4PM, the light is so flattering with its softer yellow wavelengths that many borderline products will look good. If something looks good in AM lighting, with its harsher, bluer wavelengths, then it will look good anytime. An exception would be choosing lip color that will be worn in the evening, where you need deeper pigments for it to be visible.
This product comes in 5 colors. They are each very good, all pure, pretty colors. Good pigments are hard to find cheap. I bought Bronze but there are 5 others. They all shimmer. It takes a day’s search to find great lipgloss without glitter. I’m not versed in sparkle technology, but there are those glosses where the glitter complements the color of the gloss and seems to enrich it (like Chanel’s Glossimers) and others that just create a white/gray 1960’s frost effect ( I see Cover Girl Wet Slicks here). This one is somewhere between the two but leaning more to the good side depending on which color you buy.
I like a product that is creamy, not oily/slippery/thin/watery. Though this gloss feels more oily when applied, it has decent durability. It is scented of orange and cinnamon, but mildly so IMO. I guess this is what is supposed to do the plumping, but I’ve written before ( in Product Review : Maybelline Volume XL Seduction Lip Plumper) that I don’t think plumping products based on tingle work, at least not so as anyone else would notice. Either that or I have un-plumpable lips which is entirely possible. This gloss came out 3 months ago. I’m not sure why. The whole lip plumping thing has been done, unless someone comes out with a new gimmick.
I don’t care for brush applicators. You’d think they would work well, like a built-in lipbrush, but they don’t. With time and use, the bristles start going off in all directions and it’s just a mess. In this case, the bristles are quite long, perhaps to avoid that problem. Problem is the brush feels too long and the bristles are a little floppy and hard to control. I still like sponge-tips best, especially with gloss, the beauty of which is that precision is not necessary.
La Base is an accompanying product with the same type of brush application. It is positioned to “redefine contours, enhance lips, and hold lipstick color longer”. Once again, I must have uncooperative lips. Though it is very comfortable, I would not agree that it accomplished any of the above goals. It is also $20.
I don’t dislike Plumpissimo. I’ll use it all up and have gotten compliments. The reason-to-buy here is the color.
Because I love hearing what other women think, and appreciate nothing better than an honest review, here are some opinions from others, at I’m A Beauty Geek, Chick Advisor , and Kiss and Makeup.
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I have about given up on lipgloss as to staying power. Since you have had many subjects recently on lip products and referring to the gloss end. I have found the Neutrogena moisture shine lip soother to have several good ideas. Its in a small tube that you just squeeze and apply. Great for portability. It, also has a SPF which I have been reading that the glosses by themselves are more prone to skin cancer problems. Have you tried them?
I hear you, Rosalie, about the staying power (or lack of) with lip gloss.
I haven’t tried that Neutrogena product (hard to find the cosmetics in Canada), but I’ve been avoiding their stuff because of their animal-testing policies.
SPF in a gloss is a great thing and I’ve tried a few. There’s no specific brand that comes to mind that’s especially good on that criteria alone but it is a definite plus when I can find it in an otherwise good product.
For nice colors, good price, and very decent wearability, my 2 favorites are L’Oreal Color Juice and Clinique Long Last Glosswear. The Clinique product does have SPF as well. It’s thick and creamy, but not gunky like MAC Lipglass. I like it a lot.
If you would like a tube i would be happy to send it to you. Can you go to the website and check out the colors? BTW I live in Florida. Rosalie
Rosalie,
How nice of you to offer to do that!
We plan to be in the US in September. It’s on my list to look at the whole collection. Colors never seem to look quite the same on a computer, you know?
Again, thanks.
I am sorry to hear that Neutrogena tests on animals. I use a lot of their products and find they are great for the price. I love the Healthy Glow in the pump bottle–a tinted moisturizer with a SPF and their eye makeup remover in the blue bottle.
I have reviewed products for the Miami Herald and enjoyed especially the very expensive products that I hesitate to buy and not like. I, also, follow Dr. Leslie Baumann and her book “Skin Type Solutions” now out in paperback plus she has an internet forum. Just so you know I am a young 70 yo with red hair, also but mine is helped along these days!
I know you said that you didnt like lip brush application but, I found an awesome lip set by It Cosmetics.com.They are a new comapny my friend turned me onto.The set comes with 9 lipcolors that have antioxidants and collagen, and are all enhanced with blue micro crystals so your teeth appear whiter, they also make a really good inexpensive lipplumper that has the same crystals.Theyre pretty cool you should check them out.
Hi, Mandy,
That site is huge! I looked at all the lip products but I didn’t see this set of 9. Can you copy/paste the link?
Are these gloss or lipstick with a brush?
Hello, thank you for your review. Do you know if Lise Watier conducts animal testing in general? Thanks!
Hi, Elinor,
Glad you found the review interesting. I’m really liking this gloss. Lately I’ve been applying it over L’Oreal Infallible Gloss in Coral Sands, which is very sheer. That way, I get the color of the Watier product and the exceptional staying power of the Infallible.
It was hard to find Watier’s animal test policies on the internet so I emailed them and got this response :
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You can be assured that none of our products are tested on animals and we do not use any animal by-products. Our company is very respectful of the animals and of the environment.
Best regards,
Service à la clientèle / Customer Service
Tél : 514-735-2309 / 1-800-665-4537 F : 514-735-7339
E : info@lisewatier.com http://www.lisewatier.com
Hi again Christine,
Thank you for taking the initiative to contact the company directly, and for your prompt response. It’s so nice, isn’t it, that companies can still give straightfoward answers?
Best wishes & have a lovely day!~
E.
I was glad to do it. I want to know these things. Because I live in Small Town, Canada, I don’t have access to Stila and so on.
Watier is often too colorful and shiny for me, but they do make some products that appeal. I’ll feel more open to buying knowing they’re cruelty-free.
Regarding Lise Watier’s products, lanolin (which is an animal by-product) is listed in their lipstick and in the conceler I think.
Thks for the hopefully true answer for beening cruetly free….I luv your products,I was about to throw it all away not knowing if you were cruetly free.It would been nice to see the Leaping Bunny on your product.It would give me a peace of mind…….
I approve what Michele said, It would be nice to see the Leaping Bunny on your products.