REVIEW: Essence Stay With Me Longlasting Lip Gloss

I've only just recently started to really get into make-up.

I'm in the "building" stages of my current make-up collection but I have been watching many Youtube Gurus educated me on what's good, what's not, what's new, etc., etc.

I've found something new myself.

It's a drugstore brand and although I'm not ENTIRELY sure if they're ONLY sold in Canada or not (I've really only seen them in Shoppers Drugmart - a drugstore that's only available in Canada), they're very readily available to us Canadians here anyway and VERY, VERY inexpensive. 

(Most of their products are under $5!!!) 

I've only bought their lip glosses so far and they are probably the best lip glosses I have ever used.

Here are the 3 that I do have:

 Deep Rose (Dark, mauvy-pink)

 My Favorite Milkshake (Peachy, pink-nude)

Me & My Icecream (Baby pink)

 Some swatches:

 The names just make it SO much more adorable, LOVE the names.

 Top swatch: Deep Rose

Middle swatch: My Favorite Milkshake

Bottom swatch: Me & My Icecream

Pros of this product:

• VERY pigmented - true to colour
• The applicator makes it easier to put it on your lips
• Not sticky at all
• Has a nice taste (almost vanilla-y)
• Smooth consistency
• VERY, VERY inexpensive (THEY WERE ONLY $2.99 EACH!!!)
• Very natural on your lips
• Great on any skin tone 

Cons of this product:

• Not very long-lasting at all (you'll have to re-apply throughout the day)
• Not a large colour range (only 4 colours - the only colour I don't have is a dark, red, vampy sort of colour)
• Hard to find (like I said, I've only really seen it in one drugstore here in Canada [Shoppers Drugmart] and I'm not entirely sure if they're available in other countries)

I don't really have an issue with re-applying the lip gloss, it really is no trouble at all and these colours are what is suited best for my skin tone anyway so really, on a personal level, I find this product almost perfect for me.  For someone who is JUST starting on make-up, it's really hard for me to find GOOD quality, affordable make-up (since I'm starting, I really don't want to splurge on anything yet) and these lip-glosses have just done the trick for me.

I wear them almost every day since they're really good every day neutrals.  To anybody that can get their hands on them, I HIGHLY recommend them, they're really great! 

Toodles.

Sty xo