Kiss Me Tonight has a beautifully emollient formula that’s thick and creamy, without a lot of gloss.  The scent is neutral – so if you have a significant other that hates the smell or taste of other balms, this may be the pick for you.

Snag a tub for yourself for $20 at www.philosophy.com.

p.s. If you’re a huge Philosophy buff (like, ahem, some people I know), follow them on Twitter via @lovephilosophy – they frequently offer up exclusive discounts and giveaways, so it’s definitely worth a peek!

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Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream Lip Protectant is packed with emollients and Vitamin E to soothe and soften your lips. The feeling is creamy and fabulous. The result are lips that will now look amazing in that gorgeous lipstick you’ve been coveting.

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The first time I tried the Lip Seal, I only put on a thin layer over my lipstick. It wasn’t sticky and appeared to dry immediately. It did seem to take the shine away from my frosted lipstick making it appear more matte. Sadly, when I put my coffee cup to my mouth (about 15 minutes later), my lipstick came right off.

I decided that I either didn’t apply enough product or didn’t wait long enough for it to completely dry–so I tried again a few more times on different days. I applied a thicker layer and waited a longer amount of time before drinking/eating. With the thicker layer, the lipstick still came off, but not as much as before and left some still on my lips. When I went to apply more lipstick, the Lip Seal bunched up making it look like I had film on my lips.

So I used makeup remover to take it off and tried again. This time I did not put anything to my lips for hours and noticed that my lipstick began to feather.

I wanted so much for this product to work, as I have heard good things about this brand. Although, it wasn’t at all worth the $20 price tag, I’ll still give other Make Up For Ever products a shot.

Have you tried Lip Seal? What did you think?

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This is a cool little beauty invention. Bella IL Fiore’s Double Agent Lip Tint looks like a marker, but it’s really a stain for your lips. The felt tip marker applicator precisely defines your lips when you use it as a liner, then you just rub it across your lips to fill it in with color.

I received mine in Soft Spoken Pink, which is close to the actual color of my lips. It goes on wet and at first looks shiny, but quickly dries and becomes matte. I also noticed it’s fragrance was plum.

I loved how easily and effortlessly I could line my lips–not like with some lip pencils when it smudges or budges, it honestly was like taking a marker to your mouth and outlining it.

The only downside is that the stain didn’t last very long. The lining around my lips lasted longer as opposed to the center of my lips, so if you are going to use this tint as a base for another product, you won’t have to worry that the liner will fade away.

Where to get it: BellaBeauty.net

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The Body Truffles line has three delicious flavors: Creamy Milk Chocolate, Double Chocolate Raspberry and Belgian White Chocolate. For the Lip Butter I received, it came in Belgian White Chocolate. Yum oh yum.

The Lip Butter is a creamy–just like butter–moisturizing balm that gives you a nice, almost lipgloss, shine. It smells like “real” chocolate..not that cheap dollar store chocolate, but delicious Belgian White Chocolate. I couldn’t believe how lifelike the scent (and taste) was.

While it left my lips feeling like silk, I actually found another use for it that is quite unconventional. Since I am trying to lay off the chocolate to reach my weight loss goal, every time I crave a chocolate treat, I apply the Lip Butter. The fragrance and taste of it is enough to quench my craving and stop me from reaching for that “moment on the lips” fat laden chocolate bar (ice cream, brownies, cake–you get the idea). Seriously–this Lip Balm is so true to the fragrance you feel like you just ate some delicious chocolate cake and left a few crumbs on your lips.

Hmm…I think I am going to go apply more now. ;)

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When Dawn Christian, an Independent Rep. for SeneGence, emailed me and asked me to review LipSense, I was intrigued. I had never heard of SeneGence prior to Dawn’s email. She promised me I would love their best selling product, LipSense, which boasts to be a long wearing liquid lip color that lasts 4-12 hours. Since there are many times I just wish my favorite lip color would last for hours on end, I knew this was something I had to try.

Dawn sent me LipSense in Dusty Rose, LipSense Gloss in Pearl and LipSense Ooops Remover. She was careful to include instructions on how to use this liquid lip color and noted that I should follow the instructions exactly. Since I am a girl who never pays attention to directions, I was glad that Dawn was sure to point out that I really needed to read the instructions!

The LipSense liquid lip color is basically a specially formulated lip color that tints your lips. To get a really nice deep color, you should apply 3 coats. This is a very thin formula, so 3 coats is not thick at all. In fact the lip color quickly absorbed into my lips, unlike lipstick or lipgloss that lay on top of your lips. LipSense Liquid Lip Color doesn’t contain any moisturizers or emulsifiers, which is how it is able to absorb into your lips and not come off.

The LipSense Gloss is a high shine Shea Butter gloss. Ultra shiny and ultra moisturizing! The Shea Butter Gloss is what holds the color for longer lasting wear and moisturizes your lips while wearing the Lipsense lip color. You can wear this gloss with the LipSense or on its own. I really loved this Pearl color, it really gave my lips such a wonderful shine.

LipSense Ooops Remover is a gentle color remover should you make a mistake when applying the liquid color and also, to remove your LipSense products at the end of the day.

So did it live up to the 4-12 hour wear? I decided to really give this product a run for its money. I had a 3 day craft fair that I was doing and applied the LipSense products at 9am. I did lots of gabbing, sipping my drinks, eating food and so on. I reapplied the gloss (only) around 12pm to keep my lips moisturized, without checking my lip color. I checked my lips at 2pm, to find that my lip color looked exactly, and I mean EXACTLY, as it did when I applied everything at 9am! I kid you not! I was impressed.

At around 5pm is when I noticed that the color was only slightly beginning to wear off, and in the center of my lips. Which, actually, gave my lips the look of appearing fuller due to the lighter color of my lips showing through in the center. I only had to touch up the center of my lips with the liquid color and I was good until 8pm, at which point I decided to take off the LipSense for the night. I lightly rubbed the wand with Ooops over my lips, and it easily took off the color. Fabulous!

Things I noticed, but quickly got over: LipSense Lip Color tingles a bit when being applied. I almost want to say it felt like tickling more than tingling. It quickly subsides as soon as you apply the gloss. Also, I am used to my lipsticks and glosses having some sort of fruity scent. LipSense Lip Color has more of a medicinal scent to it, again, it goes away when you apply the gloss. And honestly? After about 3 days, I didn’t even notice anymore.

Other things I loved about this product besides that it lasted for hours on end: The color didn’t rub, kiss or smear off! I was amazed.

So if you have been looking for a lip color that lasts you the day, you can surely find it in SeneGence’s LipSense Liquid Lip Color. I can honestly say I love this product!

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Benefit Cosmetics Lip Plump is beige in color and is a little thick, not bad thick, but not lip gloss thin. It completely hid my natural lip color and it is a primer that you need to allow a few minutes dry time before you apply anything over it.

When you apply the Lip Plump, nothing out of the ordinary is noticeable, you can’t really tell if it is doing anything or not. Since I am a lip gloss girl, I tried applying lip gloss over this product. Most of my glosses are light in color and the beige basically came through with all of them and just didn’t look right. I then tried my Jane Iredale LipColour, which is a reddish color and it masked the beige perfectly.

I noticed right away that the Lip Plump had filled in the lines in my lips and semi around my mouth. With the lipstick over it, it definitely gave the appearance of a fuller lip. I found that my lipstick lasted longer wearing this primer underneath it as well.

On a separate day, I did use my Lulu Beauty Lip Lustre over it, which is a deeper plum color and it concealed the beige. I admit that my lips did look fabulous, but I found that with the gloss over it, it did tend to feather (with the lipstick it did not).

I’m not sure if the Lip Plump sufficates my lips, as they did tend to feel dryer than usual on the days that I had been using it. Still, its claims to give the appearance of fuller looking lips is correct with the benefit of retaining your lipstick color longer than usual.

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Have I ever used a nutraceutical lip gloss before? No. So I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. I’ve also never used Borba’s products before, so again, not sure if the product would live up to its claims.

Pomegranate is suddenly being seen everywhere, and Inside Out’s scent is pomegranate. It is such a nice pleasant scent (and makes me a little hungry). I was sent two of the three colors in the line; Om and Liquid Sunshine. Om is such a pretty pale pink and Liquid Sunshine is a pretty golden color. I love both colors equally.

The gloss is light and lasts the usual amount of time. I made sure to lick my lips (hey it has vitamins in it) and it has a nice light fruity taste. I’ve been using this product for a few weeks and the amount in the tube is generous and looks like I’ve barely touched it. My lips feel lovely and moisturized when wearing it.

I also received a sample of Borba’s drinkable skincare with it, however, I can’t use it just yet, as their website warns against drinking it when pregnant.

Be sure to check out Maureen Kelly and Scott Vincent Borba on Sunday Feb. 11th on QVC for their live 8-minute segment on Inside Out during QVC’s Beauty Newsmakers program that is shown 6-9pm EST.

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Thanks to Teri at Beautiful Makeup Search, next week will be geared towards reviews of lip plumpers. Hopefully my lips can withstand 5 full days of plumping action.

The 5 plumpers to be reviewed will be:

DuWop Venom Gloss in Wisteria.

Lumene Beauti-full Plumping Lipshine in Smiling.

Bare Escentuals Buxom Lips.

theBalm Plump Your Pucker in Bing my Cherry.

Ramy Rise & Shine Lip Gloss in Lil’ Something Something (which also happens to be a saying I would use when I was in college.)

Maybe you already have a favorite on the list? If so, share your thoughts on which you think will be the best.

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Last week I started testing out Lumiere’s mineral makeup (and wow she sure sent me a plethora of colors to try).

Teri, from Beautiful Makeup Search, was popping some lip plumpers in the mail for me to try and I have a feeling they are in my mailbox…and hopefully not frozen!

So stay tuned! You will see a few reviews here a little later today!

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