Smashbox Limitless Long Wearing Lipgloss

I love lipgloss but I don’t love how most wear off quickly. New from Smashbox is Limitless Long Wearing Lipgloss, $21. This gloss promises to deliver up to six hours of wear while having a smooth texture. Like many products these days, Smashbox added vitamins to the formula (A, C, E, to be exact). As an added bonus, they threw in SPF 15 to protect your lips from the sun.

I was kind of skeptical. I’ve tried supposed “long wearing glosses” before and they were nothing but sticky, thick, and goopy. I am pleasantly surprised by the texture of these glosses. They actually feel nice on and aren’t excessively sticky. Keep in mind that for any gloss to be long wearing, you will encounter some stickiness and maybe a slightly thick texture. Gloss would slide off your lips otherwise (think about it: thin glosses disappear from lips almost instantly).

As for the wear factor? They held up pretty well against talking for extended amounts of time, rubbing my lips together, eating and drinking. I’m not sure if it lasted at least six hours on my lips because I did reapply it once during my “test” (out of habbit). I also think it left a little color behind when it wore off, almost like a very faint lip stain, which I liked a lot.

I have the color Boundless (the first gloss in the photo above), described as a “juicy melon.” I’d say it’s a bit more on the pink side. I do like the subtle gold shimmer and how the color seems to instantly brighten my face. As an additional bonus, there is an experation date on the tube as to when the SPF in the product expires. By all means, if you pass up the date and the gloss has not changed color, texture, or scent, go ahead and keep using it. Just remember to apply a lip balm with SPF before the gloss.