Donut applicators

 Hello,

today I merged two products together into one post simply because I purchased them together and they both have unique applicators and I wanted to compare them. 

In bright pink tube is unleashia sunset dazzle gloss balm in the Ibiza option, second is Etude sugar coloring  jelly balm in Bare Pink.

I have learned that these are silicone donut shaped applicators and are gaining popularity. They are soft and surprisingly nice to apply product. I thought that they would be a bit awkward to apply since they are large but they are quite accurate and don't spill much product. I feel like they will be less leaking than normal applicators.

I am a sucker for a tube lip balms/lip glosses and when I saw these I wanted to try them out. They just happened to be with these new applicators. I had a hard time picking just one shade from each but at the end I managed.

Ibiza is bright and pigmented but also sheer enough that mirror isn't necessary if applied in a thin coat. It adds brightness without being too much.

Bare Pink is this gorgeous lavender toned soft pink, slightly milky and with tiny blue/purple shimmer. On the lips it is mostly clear, if I apply thicker coat, there is a bit of milkiness present but it doesn't bother me. It can make my lips a smidge paler but I like it just as much as I like the Ibiza to be bright and brings light to my face.

I guess I picked different enough shades to accommodate my two opposite moods and I love them both, they are just for different occasions.

Here I had my hand tilted to get a better angle of the shades and Bare Pink from Etude started to run down while Ibiza remained in its place. That tells me that even though Ibiza has a brighter and more obvious pigment which can be dangerous (imagine having it on the lips while gravity is pulling the pigment down and creating uneven look) but that doesn't happen. Even wearing it for days all day long it never happen to start dripping or spilling over my lips. It is hydrating enough that even after a full day of wearing it my lips weren't dry. The scent is fruity, maybe a bit like apple and pleasant but there is no taste and it does fade after a few minutes of wearing it. I like this one a lot and I started to check shade Malibu, more pink and slightly lighter tone.

Bare Pink has more liquid texture but that isn't an issue since this looks almost clear on me (if it would be more pigmented that could be an issue) but I still love the shade. This lavender pink shade is gorgeous and I could stare at it all day long. The scent is similar to sugar cookies and I like it a lot. Different from unleashia but very nice as well. Here comes the minus which is a big one or rather to say very important to me. This lip balm dries out my lips. I can use it once and then reapply (they both last around an hour and a half on me) then I start to feel my lips to peel. After two or three hours my lips are dry and flaky just because I used this lip balm :(

Bottom line is that they are both lip balms in tubes with the same donut applicators but there is also where similarities ends. Unleashia Ibiza is bright, fruity smelling and nourishing. Etude made with Bare Pink amazing milky shade, it smells like baked goods but something in it just dries my lips like crazy. I am sad that it doesn't work for me because there are some more shades that I wanted to get but now I probably won't because chapped lips aren't worth it.

Thank you for reading and have a nice day