I’M UPSET
Reddit, please help me find a dupe for this Neutrogena Moistureshine Lip Soother. I’ve been using this for literally 20 years and I just last week found out it has been discontinued when I went to order more.
What I love about it: It’s THICK but sooooo smooth. It stays perfectly in place for hours and hours. It is actually soothing on the lips. The amount of shine- it looks wet but also shiny? Not in a noticeably glittery way, like there are no chunks of glitter but it just sparkles in the light. There is just the perfect amount of color to add life to your lips but it’s not at all lipsticky. It’s in a squeeze tube which I find more sanitary and easier to apply than a dipstick. It’s also a small package so super easy to slip into a pocket and forget it’s there until you need it.
I did have some idea this was coming, as about 6 months ago I went from being able to get it in nearly any store, to not being able to find it anywhere and having to order it online. Because of that, I’ve already tried so many other products that just don’t stand up to this one.
Products I’ve tried: 👎🏻ELF lip oil. Too thin, too opaque, and the tube leaks. It’s also a dipstick, and a chunky square tube which is hard to fit into a pocket.
👎🏻Naturium Phyto Glow lip balm. Too opaque and doesn’t have the staying power.
🤏Essence extreme shine volume lip gloss. This is close but a bit too thin. It does have the smooth feeling which I like. It also has the forever-wet look which I like. So far it’s a top contender, I just wish it was a bit thicker and in a squeeze tube.
👎🏻Neutrogena hydro boost hydrating lip shine. I had high hopes for this since it’s another Neutrogena product. But I hate everything about it. It’s too thin, not smooth, not shiny, it’s in a dipstick with a tiny paddle applicator that barely picks up any product, and it pills when I try to layer it. Wish I didn’t waste $9 on this garbage.
👎🏻Nyx fat oil lip drip. Another too thin, not wet enough, not shiny, dipstick product. However if I layer like 5 applications, it approaches the smooth feeling, so that’s good I guess.
👎🏻 Black radiance Perfect tone lip gloss. It’s too thin, too opaque, has a really strong scent, and has visible pieces of glitter.
🤏 Neutrogena hydro boost lip oil. I almost didn’t get this because of my experience with the ELF one, but I’m desperate so I grabbed it. It’s smooth, which is nice. It has that transparent hint of color which I like. Unfortunately, it’s too thin and in a dumb little square dipstick container. At least the big doe foot picks up more product than the nonsensical tiny paddle that the other Neutrogena one comes with. I haven’t had it long enough to know if it will leak like the ELF one.
👎🏻ELF squeeze me lip balms. Hate the scents, hate the feeling, hate the colors, hate the look. Yay for squeeze tubes, though.
As you can see, I am a picky annoying bitch when it comes to lipgloss. I don’t understand why Neutrogena would grace my life with the perfect product for 2 decades and then rip it away from me like that. So please, anyone who has used this gloss and has found something EXTREMELY SIMILAR in feel AND appearance, help a girl out. I’m even willing to use a dumb lil dipstick if the gloss is good enough.
PS I was going to go back through and proof-read and edit my post for more coherence, but Reddit won’t let me do that for some reason and I’m emotionally distressed enough that I’m just going to hit post EVEN IF THERE ARE TYPOS because there’s no way I’m deleting and re-typing all this 💀
Reddit, please help me find a dupe for this Neutrogena Moistureshine Lip Soother. I’ve been using this for literally 20 years and I just last week found out it has been discontinued when I went to order more.
What I love about it: It’s THICK but sooooo smooth. It stays perfectly in place for hours and hours. It is actually soothing on the lips. The amount of shine- it looks wet but also shiny? Not in a noticeably glittery way, like there are no chunks of glitter but it just sparkles in the light. There is just the perfect amount of color to add life to your lips but it’s not at all lipsticky. It’s in a squeeze tube which I find more sanitary and easier to apply than a dipstick. It’s also a small package so super easy to slip into a pocket and forget it’s there until you need it.
I did have some idea this was coming, as about 6 months ago I went from being able to get it in nearly any store, to not being able to find it anywhere and having to order it online. Because of that, I’ve already tried so many other products that just don’t stand up to this one.
Products I’ve tried: 👎🏻ELF lip oil. Too thin, too opaque, and the tube leaks. It’s also a dipstick, and a chunky square tube which is hard to fit into a pocket.
👎🏻Naturium Phyto Glow lip balm. Too opaque and doesn’t have the staying power.
🤏Essence extreme shine volume lip gloss. This is close but a bit too thin. It does have the smooth feeling which I like. It also has the forever-wet look which I like. So far it’s a top contender, I just wish it was a bit thicker and in a squeeze tube.
👎🏻Neutrogena hydro boost hydrating lip shine. I had high hopes for this since it’s another Neutrogena product. But I hate everything about it. It’s too thin, not smooth, not shiny, it’s in a dipstick with a tiny paddle applicator that barely picks up any product, and it pills when I try to layer it. Wish I didn’t waste $9 on this garbage.
👎🏻Nyx fat oil lip drip. Another too thin, not wet enough, not shiny, dipstick product. However if I layer like 5 applications, it approaches the smooth feeling, so that’s good I guess.
👎🏻 Black radiance Perfect tone lip gloss. It’s too thin, too opaque, has a really strong scent, and has visible pieces of glitter.
🤏 Neutrogena hydro boost lip oil. I almost didn’t get this because of my experience with the ELF one, but I’m desperate so I grabbed it. It’s smooth, which is nice. It has that transparent hint of color which I like. Unfortunately, it’s too thin and in a dumb little square dipstick container. At least the big doe foot picks up more product than the nonsensical tiny paddle that the other Neutrogena one comes with. I haven’t had it long enough to know if it will leak like the ELF one.
👎🏻ELF squeeze me lip balms. Hate the scents, hate the feeling, hate the colors, hate the look. Yay for squeeze tubes, though.
As you can see, I am a picky annoying bitch when it comes to lipgloss. I don’t understand why Neutrogena would grace my life with the perfect product for 2 decades and then rip it away from me like that. So please, anyone who has used this gloss and has found something EXTREMELY SIMILAR in feel AND appearance, help a girl out. I’m even willing to use a dumb lil dipstick if the gloss is good enough.
PS I was going to go back through and proof-read and edit my post for more coherence, but Reddit won’t let me do that for some reason and I’m emotionally distressed enough that I’m just going to hit post EVEN IF THERE ARE TYPOS because there’s no way I’m deleting and re-typing all this 💀