These Vinyl Gloss Lip Liners from Rimmel come in around 10 shades of different colours ranging from the lightest pink 001 Moreish to the darkest brown 008 Choccie.
This means that there is likely to be a shade to suit anyones preference. Now what is great about this is that you do not have to buy the liners separately
they come in a two pack which is an excellent choice if you ask me. The packaging could be said to be reasonably average, however I have no problem with packaging as I find that
they have made it easier to open by adding a little piece of plastic near the top of the packaging to make it easy to open (Nothing worse than struggling to open something you just bought).
As most Rimmel products this product is reasonably priced.
The lip liners apply like a gloss, hence the name gloss lip liners, however they are not sticky in the slightest. They add a shine to the lips unlike most liners
which go on as in a matte consistency. The shine from what I have noticed lasts for around 2-3 hours and once it dries it does actually turn into a matte colour, which also looks beautiful on the lips.
Consistency wise I would say that it is somewhat like the Revlon lip butters, in how it applies to the lips and the smoothness of it. However Rimmel has found a way in which to put it in pencil form making it easier to carry round in a handbag. To be honest, I will usually steer clear of browns as I don't really find them appealing however these look wonderful on the lips and I just find myself going back for more every time. If I had to pick a favourite I would say that Moreish, Starlet and Tasty would have to all be fighting the top spot!
When swatched on the hand they look lovely and glossy, which is exactly how they turn out on the lips, however this picture does not give the glossiness any justice, making the liners appear quite plain.
Whilst this does retail as a lip liner, due to its glossiness and consistency I don't find that it is a good product to put under a lipstick, I would say that if you were to use this with a lipstick, I would recommend
putting a soft lipstick on with a similar shade to the lip liner and then applying it over the top of the lipstick, just to add a bit of shine, just as you would with any normal lipgloss
The only downside to this product would be that the product itself is quite soft, so you will find yourself having to sharpen this product nearly after every application.
Now Im not entirely sure how how easily available these are in stores, as I have heard that these have possibly been discontinued. Which is a shame to say the least! All in all, I would definitely repurchase these Vinyl Lip Liners as I think that they are the perfect little thing to just slip into your handbag and that the pigmentation on the darker shades is just amazing.
