Review: Maybelline Lip Smooth Color&Care w/ SPF 16 in Strawberry

I bought it out of boredom and because they said that they have the new packaging of the old Maybelline Lip Smooth.

This is the old version....

pictures courtesy of sasa.com

You see, this was my very first lipgloss/lipbalm before I started with all of this makeup craze I'm having...This was like my "complete" makeup look..I remember I used the cherry flavored one....my mother likes this too...that's why she never returned it to me...(-_-)...

Anyway, now that they have a new packaging and "formula"..I was excited to try it again...

I was eyeing the cherry flavored one first before I decided to get the strawberry because many people have been raving about the "great tint" it gives on your lips...How I wish I bought the cherry flavored one...I should have listened to my conscience...hahaha! Not that this strawberry one looks bad on me, but I like a bit more pigmentation in all of my lipgloss and lipbalms..I hate the natural pigmentation of my lips...

                                 The new packaging is just so-so for me...nothing really special...

    what it looks like...

Comment:

 Pro:

- very affordable (P89)

- available at almost every department stores, drugstores, convenient stores, etc.

- I think if I chose the CHERRY one, it would give me more pigmentation...

- very moisturizing

- It smells really good! Reminds me of my first lipsmooth...hmm...

- doesn't feel sticky or heavy on the lips.

Cons:

- this strawberry variant is not that pigmented enought for me.

- I don't know if I'm the only one who notice this, but everytime I unconciously lick my lips, there's a very, very slight weird taste and the smell of the lipbalm becomes a bit overpowering which sometimes makes me nauseous...THIS HAPPENS IF I LAYER THE LIPBALM A BIT TOO MUCH.

All in all, I would still recommend this for you to try...but I still miss the old version of the lip smooth...hmm...

Lip Swatch:

 yep, I hate the pigmentation of my lips...anyway, here's the lipbalm with just one swipe...

what it looks like when it is layered on...not much of a difference...

Hope you enjoyed my review!!