My Beauty Space : Product Reviews, Tips and Experiences

Ok, now onto my absolute (well one of my) favorite subjects.  Lips and lip plumping.  Well, more so about how we can plump our lips for a cheaper rate than many of the high priced alternatives to things like lip injections. 

I reported to you guys a couple weeks ago that I had purchased a Sally Hansen Collagen enhancing lip treatment, that I was not extremely impressed with due to it’s gritty texture and somewhat drying effects, although I think I did notice some sort of plumping. 

Well, lo and behold, I was in the CVS pharmacy the other day and it looks like Ms. Hansen has come out with a whole darn line of lip plumping products. So, naturally although my all time favorite lip plumper will be Lip Fusion by Fusion Beauty, I had to try this cheaper altenrative at just $6 a pop.

Well, here’s what it is.  It’s in a generously sized tube.  It’s a gel based product, and is light pink in color with tiny little refelective particles all throughout, although I would not classify it as overly “glittery”.  It’s got a bit of a grapefruity flavor to it, presumably modeled after the famous grapefruity flavor of Lip Fusion.  

The product does not say how it inflates the lips, but it does seem to do somewhat of a trick when you apply it, although I’m not sure if it’s just the reflective particles that “make” your lips look bigger, or if there is actually an ingredient in it that does inflate the lips slightly. 

I like the product, and will continue to use it, although the one downside and comparison to Lip Fusion I will make is that it does not keep the lips well moisturized for as long as Lip Fusion, which  actually think is a key part of lip plumping, since the lips tend to look smaller when they are dried out, and need rehydrating. I like it, and I might just buy it again, heck for six bucks I’m not gonna hem and haw.