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Let's take a closer look at each of the lip tints now!







tosowoong makeon dual shaking lip tint / spicy gloss - #1 orange (orange-y red)



This is a typical orange-y red, stand to most other collections of lip tints. Gotta have those oranges!











The above photo shows a lip swatch, before blotting or blending on my lips. The orange is turns out to be a warmer red on my lips, but still looks nice!







tosowoong makeon dual shaking lip tint / spicy gloss - #2 vampire (deep berry red)



This deep berry red shade is the darkest of the three, but in the second of the colour series.



















The above photo shows a lip swatch, before blotting or blending on my lips. The orange is turns out to be a warmer red on my lips, but still looks nice!This deep berry red shade is the darkest of the three, but in the second of the colour series.





























Vampire (unlike the other two shades) has a hard time mixing and ends up looking more like a lava lamp, as seen in this photo:





Swatched on my lips:















t osowoong makeon dual shaking lip tint / spicy gloss - #3 blood (red)



#3 Blood has to be my favourite shade out of the three lip tints--it matches with my skin tone with and without makeup the best. It's warmer than PeriPera's Peri Tiny Water in Cherry Juice that I have (and enjoy very much!) but not warm enough that it's a blood orange. It's just so nice on the lips, colour-wise!





Vampire (unlike the other two shades) has a hard time mixing and ends up looking more like a lava lamp, as seen in this photo:Swatched on my lips:#3 Blood has to be my favourite shade out of the three lip tints--it matches with my skin tone with and without makeup the best. It's warmer than PeriPera's Peri Tiny Water in Cherry Juice that I have (and enjoy very much!) but not warm enough that it's a blood orange. It's just so nice on the lips, colour-wise!









That aside, these three Makeon lip tints have a distinct tingling feeling and a "spicy" taste after applying, which is nice but may be uncomfortable to some--it feels like a slight distraction to a potentially under-performing product. The feeling doesn't last long, of course.

I wore each shade of the lip tints multiple times to work while slowly collecting my thoughts and testing the product. I compared them to some of my other lip tints, both creamy and watery types. My long standing single question is: why is it that the Tosowoong Makeon lip tints are hard to apply on the upper lip, despite the doe foot applicator being angled for easier application, but pool easily on the lower lip? My guess is that the extra oil is detrimental to the performance of the three lip tints. It got me to thinking: why not release a version of these tints, but sans oil? Or as a liquid lipstick?

Unexpectedly, Kose's softymo doesn't work as well to remove the lip tints as well as good ol' soap or elbow grease and water. The mineral oil in the softymo might've reacted with the oil in the lip tint--oil and oil is just...well, extra oil!

The important, pressing question of this review: is it worth $$? I really don't know. I had read other blogger's reviews in preparation of writing mine, and I'm in complete agreement of other reviews: I also have mixed feelings. The colours are nice but the oil in the lip tint causes it not to evenly distribute over the lips and results in a) spending more time applying the lip tint to avoid error, b) an uneven wash of colour.

Quick final thoughts:

- definitely not a gloss - not minty, but spicy - still hard to blend - harder to apply on top lip? - hard to remove off my hands and lips after swatching.......

where to buy:

RoseRoseShop - ₩11,870 ea.

WishTrend - USD19.99 ea. (currently out of stock)

After snapping these pics with my iPod, I decided to try something out. Below is a follow-up image of the same swatch, after blotting the area with a tissue. Unlike my other lip tints, say the, I found that with the, youto blot immediately after applying the first layer, but youapply additional layers.The key is that you have to blot, to help it dry and to avoid the lip tint bleeding outside of your lip line. You also need a steady hand when applying...I'm not one to give ratings on products because YMMV, but I'd have to give thea solid 3/5. They are nice, yes. The colours are goregous but are standard and could be found in other brands' lip tint lines.