Review: L'oreal HIP Shine Struck Liquid Lipcolor

I love lipstick as much as I love lip gloss; so when I heard L'oreal HIP came out with a Liquid Lipcolor or liquid lipstick, I thought, WOW...that'd make it so much easier, I don't have to layer gloss over my lipstick. *lazy alert*

I know they came out a while ago, but I just happened to grow my lippies addiction recently. So despite of my obvious obsession towards NYXs & other low ends brands, I would love to see what others have to offer.

Today I finally got a chance to swatch & test out some of the colors of L'oreal HIP Shine Struck Liquid Lipgloss *say that 5 times : D* at my local Walmart.

Price: $8.00 - $9.00 (You can definitely find cheaper @ Ebay, prolly around $4.00 each or even cheaper if you buy lots)

Color Selections: 12 colors, ranges from nude brown to spanking red : )

Taste/Smell: I would say caramel-y ... now this is dangerous for lippies licker like meh ! bahahaha

Consistency: A little less sticky than normal lipgloss (refer to the 'liquid')

My experience:
- First impression, GOSH they look so cute!
- Love the smell & taste *yummm*
- I tested the color in Harmless, it reminds me of NYX Natural
- The applicator is also like NYX lipglosses, the funny looking sponge (I'd prefer brush)
- After a while I noticed the gloss seemed to disappear and left me with its true color, now I can't say if this is good or not because everyone has their own preferences, if you love the glossy gloss, you may NOT like these, but for me, I kinda like the natural shiny looking lips without the I-just-ate-greasy-dumpling kinda lips...u know what I mean!?

On Display (not all)

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Inan's pick:
Turbulent and Precarious.
Turbulent is a gorgeous true red, no sparkle, no nothing, very classy.
Precarious reminds me of my Silk Naturals Poppy blush hehehe, pretty coral pink.
Arresting just a dupe of NYX Gold Pink Megashine Lipgloss, imo.

Love:
- The vibrancy of colors pay off
- The taste !
- The fact that the colors deposit nicely on lips although the gloss disappeared mostly (again, for some people this might be the downside)
- The double job this product does: lipstick & lipgloss

Loath:
- Selections of color, I think it's not as many as others like NYXs
- The price, hehehe I know I'm cheap in terms of lippies, but nowadays Ebay is always a good options, right?
- It's kinda runny, so you might wanna wear lip liner and perhaps a lip base (to make the color pop even more)
- The TEMPATION to get more lippies !!! *hehehehehe ok maybe this one doesn't count*

I would probably grab one or two colors of these in the near future, perhaps when the price go down hehehe but for now I think I'm good with what I have, not to mention I have some more NYX lippies order coming. Yessss, guilt as charged *sob sob*

I will review them once they're here ^_^
Ta-ta for now !!!