Lip glosses have come and gone from the slip pocket inside my purse. It’s precious, easy-to-access real estate — holding the sweetness products I never leave the home without. (That, and the occasional neatly folded receipt.) That’s where I permanently keep my Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Ice Cooling Lip Luminizer.
I first tried out this iteration of the brand’s Gloss Bomb during Better of Beauty testing. I had reached for it for 2 reasons: First, it was a hexagonal tube of blue goo in a sea of reds and pinks. Second, it was emblazoned with the word “Ice” in holographic letters across it.
It is available in only one shade — Cold Heart’d — and is one in all the brand’s best sellers. Fenty Beauty claims it “immediately makes lips look fuller.” Cosmetic chemist Ginger King says that doesn’t do anything to lips to make them physically greater, however it as a substitute accommodates styrene copolymers to coat them, making them feel and appear ever-so-slightly fuller. (King adds that traditional lip plumpers use capsicum or vanillyl butyl ether to extend blood flow. That’s what causes the spicy — and sometimes painful — feeling once you apply them.)
To make use of it, I pull its chubby doe foot applicator out of its tube and easily sweep it on. It slides across my lips feeling thick and balmy (but not sticky or tacky) as I smack and rub them together. It has a cooling sensation (brought on by peppermint oil and menthol) and highlights the curves of my lips, making them appear extra-luscious (and extra-sexy) with a mirror-like shine.
As an added bonus, this product “uses shea butter this helps to nourish the lips,” says Marisa Garshick, MD, board-certified dermatologist. She adds that the gloss also “helps protect against dry, cracked or chapped lips.” It really works hard and I’ll be keeping it extra close throughout the winter.
I take it with me in all places and this sentiment is shared across the Allure team. The Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Ice Cooling Lip Luminizer just won a Better of Beauty Award. It’s $26 for 0.3 oz., and available for purchase on the brand’s website, Sephora.com, and Ulta.com.
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