Bourjois Sweet Kiss Naturel, a new lipstick available in 10 shades that promises to contain 100% natural ingredients and long-lasting colour.
These natural ingredients include lovely-sounding things such as: magnolia oil, shea butter, jojoba oil, green tea, beeswax and mineral/plant pigments.
I was sent two shades to try: Fuchsia Ardent (04) and Sienne Kiss (09)
The packaging is the same as the original Sweet Kiss range from Bourjois (though a different coloured plastic)… it’s incredibly tactile… I could click and click for hours…
The formula (which promises to be silky, melting and creamy) is a little bit harder than those adjectives would imply. Though it certainly doesn’t create any drag on the lips, I’ve definitely applied softer-feeling lipsticks. Also, I’m not loving the scent. It’s quite waxy… but I guess it’s not easy to be vigilantly natural and delicately perfumed all at the same time… plus, I can’t smell it once it’s on my lips, only if I sniff the tube.
What I would say about the Sweet Kiss Naturel Lipsticks though is that they’re wonderfully light. I can apply a ton of product and STILL not feel like I’ve built up a layer of beeswax. This results in fabulous pigmentation without any gloopiness or heaviness on the lip, and that’s a rather unusual and impressive achievement for a ‘drugstore’ lipstick.
This is a few swipes straight from the tube, the lipstick applies sheerly at first but builds up to a great intensity as you can see. The finish is semi-matte and extremely easy to wear.
Longevity is average despite claims of 8hr moisturising wear… perhaps if I were enclosed in a vacuum… but I do normal girl things like drink tea, eat muffins and chew on pencils, so these lasted around 3 hours on me before fading away leaving my lips just a touch drier than before… nothing that I’m not familiar with from other lip products.
I would say that they bridge the gloss/lipstick gap… but they don’t, they’re too opaque and matte to be drawing any comparisons with gloss.
Overall, at £7.99 (€11.99) each, I think they’re a great buy. Particularly if you’re usually uncomfortable with the heaviness of a lipstick. If you give them a try, let me know what you think!
the fuschia looks like a red coral to me! but lovely all the same.
I agree, the fuscha doesn’t look like a fuschia as much, but it’s still pretty! Am loving that other shade though. I haven’t bought anything from Bourjois for bloomin years, don’t know why, it’s one of those stands I always walk straight past, yet if anyone asked me i’d say I really like their stuff!!
Sienne Kiss is beautiful 🙂 It looks soo smooth…
I tried the Prune Caresse shade from the Natural range & it was a sheer red. Great concept but isn’t a lipstick I would find myself going back to as a “go to shade”
The Fuchsia doesn’t look fuchsia, it is however, beautiful!
Siene Kiss is very pretty on you, lovely peach 🙂
They look great on you!
Love the Fuchsia one!
Those two colours are so pretty. They really suit you! I’m definitely going to take a look at these next time I go shopping 🙂
These both look great on you but that doesn’t shock me. Are these as frosty in real life as they look in the swatch? Or is it just fine shimmer?
@JeweledThumb – No frost or shimmer, that’s just the creaminess, a bit of shine.
You’re right, the fuchsia isn’t very fuchsia… it’s not a coral red though… more a pink-red.
Ooh, these are lovely! I’m a huge sucker for a semi-matte. And that closure does look fun… 😛
I’ve never tried a Bourjois lipstick before because I find they tend to do mostly brown/pale pink shades which I can’t wear having quite pigmented pink lips naturally, but I just looked on the website and they have loads of red shades in this range. Whee! I mean I can’t buy any more lipsticks I have too many ahem.
Both shades look great on you =). Your skin is so glowy. You look lovely X
the fuschia looks fab on you!
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