re.view: Soap and Glory Sexy Mother Pucker Gloss Stick

Let me just start of by saying that I LOVE these - seems funny to start of a blog with such a straight forward review but I bought these beauties recently after reading a lot about them and they are simply fantastic.

Now, 'fantastic' is always relative of course to what you expect and want from the thing. So:

Is: Sheer, tinted and glossy balm in twist up pencil form
Isn't: Super pigmented stain, matte or dramatic


These lip glosses (it is more of a long-lasting gloss than a balm) are quite natural and impart a gentle colour to the lips perfect for a daytime look and for popping into your bag for top-ups. The staying power is actually pretty good too, much better than any of the glosses that I own (even the gorgeous Lancome one that I was given as a birthday gift) and lasts around 4-5 hours if you're not eating. It acts more like a gloss than a balm on the hydration front too in that you can feel a nice sheen on your lips whilst it's on there but there's no lasting replenishment of moisture in your lips once it has worn away.


I bought two colours to try out during the Boots 3-for-2 sale (still on here!) along with some other Soap and Glory goodies re.views of which will be coming up very soon.

Fusha-ristic looks pretty neon when you look at it in the stick but the formula is quite sheer so it's very wearable once it's applied to the lips. The colour is a bright pink but more of a bright gloss rather than a lipstick so it just adds a bit of life to the lips without making you look too 'done-up'.

Raplumzel is a deeper shade of purple but again comes out as a translucent glossy tint. The colour on the lips is a deep purpleish-pink. Now, I don't usually go for purples as I'm afraid that they might be a bit ageing, but I pushed myself this time to actually go for a shades that aren't already pretty much my natural lip colour and am so pleased I did as I really can't choose my favourite of the two.



Let's not forget to mention - these smell bloody brilliant! Vanilla-ice cream-deliciousness, though it's for the best that it doesn't taste like this too!


Let's have a look at the ingredients:
Polybutene, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Octyldodecanol, Polyethylene, Squalane, Dimer Dilinoleyl Dimer Dilinoleate, Synthetic Wax, Diisostearyl Malate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Alcohol, Ethyl Vanillin, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Phospholipids, Water, Sodium Chondroitin Sulfate, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Extract, Hyaluronic Acid, Tocopherol, Tripeptide-29, (+/- (May Contain) Mica, CI 45410 (Red 28 Lake), CI 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake), CI 73360 (Red 30 Lake), CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 15850 (Red 7 Lake), CI 75470 (Carmine).

The first few ingredients are plasticisers, waxes and emollients which accounts for the texture being slightly different and plastic-like that you find with equivalent balm-stains of other brands like Clinique or Revlon. Hydrogenated Polyisobutene replaces the need for mineral oil so if you are sensitive to mineral oil you might get on better with this. The other more prominent ingredients bind the product together whilst maintaining spreadability and its 'glossiness'. Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Extract, also known as 'baker's yeast' is another emollient that is said to improve the skin's texture and Hyaluronic Acid helps the skin trap in moisture from the air or moisturisers. The very final ingredients are the pigments. 

With all these moisturising ingredients I'm a little suprised that I don't feel my lips particularly moisturised by these - but neither did it dry out my lips at all. I did find that both the gloss and colour lasted a very long time and while the product is on the lips you can feel a layer of something there but it's not sticky at all. 

All in all, highly recommend. 

Available in the UK here and the US here.