Human Nature Mineral Lip Gloss Review - Pink Hibiscus

Here's a quick review of another paraben-free cosmetic, Human Nature's Mineral Lip Gloss. If you want to get that dewy look on your lips, apply a lip gloss. 

Lip gloss is translucent; it can highlight the natural color of what's underneath it with a tint of its own, and it gives your lips a sexy shine. You can apply this over your regular lipstick, tinted lip balm, or apply it on its own. 

I tried the Pink Hibiscus shade from Human Nature, and frankly it wasn't the shade I expected. The color in the catalog hinted at a brighter shade of pink and what I got instead was a muted old rose. Disappointing, but I'll live. It's not the first time I've been misled by the colors in their catalog, but that's for another review. 

So, moving on. I turned the cap and struggled with pulling it out. It shouldn't be so difficult, but there you have it. When I finally pulled the damned applicator off the container, liquid lip gloss splattered all over the place. 

The teardrop-shaped applicator was actually bigger than the mouth of the container! It was unreal, and quite a mess to put it back in unless you apply the brush on your lips first. Don't "just look" or else lip gloss will smear the mouth of the container when you try to put it back. 

After the initial shock, everything else seemed okay. It has a mild caramel-ey scent which wasn't so bad, and it glides smoothly and evenly, giving you that wet sheen on your lips. 

Mind you, the shade is very light and not at all like the pink in the catalog, so this color will probably go well with darker shade lipsticks, or people with fairer skin if you want to use this by itself. 

But seriously, unless they change the packaging FOR SURE, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone just yet. They mentioned "Improved Packaging" in their May-June 2013 catalog, but this is what I received as of August 2013.  If this was the "Improved Packaging" I shudder to think of how it looked like before.