Fans of Winky Lux can rejoice, they’re slowly creeping into Beauty Boutiques (run by Shoppers Drug Mart and Murale) near you! Winky Lux has always been one of those harder to get indie brands to me, so I’m so glad to see they’re becoming more easily available in Canada now!
Winky Lux is launching this month at Murale and BeautyBoutique (although I don’t have an exact date – sorry!), and I was super interested in some of their lip balms. They have one of those balms with a dried flower suspended in the tube, and also this one – their Glimmer Balm.
Their Glimmer Balm is essentially a transparent lip product that reacts with the pH balance in your lips to create a custom shade of pink. It’s beautiful to look at – pink, purple and teal glimmers shimmer and shine within the see-through base. It’s infused with glitter specs for an extra bit of oomph, but you won’t find it looks or feels like a glitter bomb on the lips.
On me the Glimmer Balm goes hot pink and has the faintest whisper of glitter particles that are only ever so slightly visible if you’re SUPER upclose to my face. Winky Lux says this has a coconut scent but I don’t smell that all – it’s more of a soft sugary scent.
The thing I love most about these pH changing balms is that they are so, so comfortable to wear on the lips. It really is just a lip balm that changes colour based on your skin, so you get the benefit of having soft, hydrated lips but also a touch of colour as well.
As it’s a balm, it’s not super long wearing, but here’s how it looked after about 90 minutes on me (above). While it does leave behind a bit of a stain on the lips, I find I tend to re-apply it every two hours as I would with any other lip balm.
Final Thoughts
The Winky Lux Glimmer Balm is beautiful and easy to wear. I don’t think there’d be much colour difference amongst most users, so you’re pretty much guaranteed to get a pink-y sheen on your lips. Just to re-iterate – the glitter is NOT strong and you will not look like you’ve got a mouth full of it, so don’t worry about the glimmer aspect of this balm!
Overall, it’s lovely, comfortable to wear and easy to apply on the go. Plus it looks hella cute when you whip it out to apply. Thumbs up from me!
The Winky Lux Glimmer Balm will be available at beautyboutique.ca for $18 CAD this month (August 2018), or you can get it on winkylux.com for $14 USD.
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