Do you remember the original Juicy Tubes that we all went crazy for about ten years ago" I can recall a rather enthusiastic trip to Selfridges to get my hands on my very own, even though it pained me to spend a near fortune on a lipgloss when I was barely making rent every month. There was something a little bit mystical about those little tubes of sweet scented gloss, that inspired us to have a little bit more fun with our makeup than we may have been having already. A flurry of copycats inevitably followed, but the interesting thing for me was how they managed to turn a simple gloss into something altogether more exciting. Skip forward a decade and Lancome are (literally) shaking things up again with the launch of their new Juicy Shakers which, alongside their strapline of #BanTheBoring, aim to reinvigorate the lip category a little and encourage us once again to be playful with our lip products.
A lipgloss-tint hybrid, these little bottles include a bi-phased formula that pairs nourishing lip oils (sweet almond, omega 3 and cranberry oil) with beautiful colour pigments for natural looking, glossy lips. The two sections do separate if left to settle, so you do need to shake the bottle like a mini cocktail to mix them back into one colour rich formula - hence the name! Each of the bottles features a conical foam applicator which is incredibly soft and moulds to the shape of lips to ensure a super comfortable and precise application; these slip back into the centre o...