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Wet n Wild Megalast Stained Glass Lip Gloss [1111447E - Kiss My Glass] Review

By Maychiri's Thoughts - August 09, 2023

And now for one freebie, the Wet n Wild Megalast Stained Glass Lip Gloss, shade 1111447E/Kiss My Glass!
 
 
Man, I love the names of the shades, and this one in particular! What a good pun! Anyways, I got this lip gloss as a GWP at BIPA; they have, so far, given it out twice as a gift... and I got it both times! So I’ve now got two – both this exact shade! I saw this lip gloss on the shelf but I didn’t pay much attention to it; I already have plenty of lip glosses, and besides, if it is called stained glass, I thought it would end up staining my lips, and I have a burning hatred for that! But if I already got it as a gift, I may as well do the courteous thing and try it out, right? The colour seems nice anyways, I’ve always loved a good magenta lip product. In researching this lip gloss I found out that Wet n Wild promise a million things, how much is true and how much is false promises? Is it really like stained glass? More importantly: does it stain lips??? Please tell me it doesn’t! Well, there’s only one way to find out! Let’s check it out!
 
 
 
Wet n Wild say the following about this lip gloss: 
 
“The first transfer-proof, kiss-proof lip gloss on the market that delivers up to 8 hours of wear time. The innovative formula combines the comfort and shine of a gloss with the lasting power of a stain. A blend of polymers in this stain delivers intense, vibrant color with zero transfer. Long-lasting, moisturizing formula provides mirror-like shine and intense glossy color that melts into the lips.”
 
Quite a few promises there, we will see just how true they are!
 
 
 
 
 
Packaging: a simple black tube with a black cap. White text to make sure it stands out. But there is one very nice detail that I like: the bottom of the tube is the same colour as the lip gloss! And the gradient really makes it look like stained glass! It also gives it this 3D quality that I quite like! The cap closes pretty tightly. The stopper inside is pretty tight, so that you have the perfect amount of pigment on the applicator each time. It’s a more modest, but still modern design, I like it!
 
 
 
 

Ingredients: nothing nourishing and no parabens. Hmm, I wonder if it will be drying since there’s nothing to keep the lips hydrated? The scent is very intense and not really good, I am afraid. It smells terribly chemical, almost a bit like metal or chlorine. It smells like you are putting a disinfectant on your lips, not a lip gloss. But there is something sweet in the scent, too, something that makes it sickeningly sweet at times. Since there’s no perfume, perhaps it could be alcohol? It is quite high up the list, and rubbing alcohol does smell somewhat sweet. I don’t know, but it’s not a good scent to me, it’s just too chemical and synthetic. The expiration date is 12 months after opening.
 

Applicator: well, it broke the first time I used it! I pressed slightly harder to get an even, thick layer of pigment and it just snapped off! But before it decided to snap off, it was a relatively small flat applicator. It was really soft and nice on the lips. It picked up quite a good amount of pigment, more than enough for both lips. And since it is flat, it can both coat a large portion of the lips in vibrant magenta, and be precise enough to line the lips. And it applied a really even and rich layer of pigment, too! Such a shame that it broke off, because it really seemed like it would be a great applicator. I honestly don’t even know how that happened, it’s not like I applied too much pressure or anything. And the fact that it’s already broken, when I haven’t even used it twice yet, is very concerning in terms of build quality.

 
Honestly, this is a phenomenal colour! It’s like magenta, or a magenta/hot pink mix. A super bright, vivid colour that is a great summery colour, but it fits with any season! It’s shockingly vivid pink (like the saturation slider had been turned all the way to 11 in PS), which is especially surprising in a lip gloss! You know, traditionally, lip glosses tend to be less vividly pigmented than lip stains/lipsticks. But this one is a superstar in this regard!
 
 
 
One layer and you’ll have intensely magenta lips! It’s crucial that such a bright, extremely pigmented lip gloss be even, and thankfully, it is! So don’t worry about having uneven patches! I feel like this colour looks even brighter and more saturated on my pale skin! It’s almost neon!
 
 
 
The formula is extremely thick and creamy and greasy. It feels almost like a liquid lipstick with how rich the formula is, but it’s also very heavy. Thankfully, at least it’s not tacky at any point. Although, it tends to collect in little bunched up pieces that end up being stringy and unpleasant. It’s not the most comfortable formula to wear, not at all. You’ll see why in a sec. Also, it is a bit drying. Not as much as I thought it would be, especially with alcohol present, but my lips did feel drier and a bit chapped after 8 hours of wearing it. 
 
Particularly on the centre of the lower lip, that's where they were the driest.
 
So... you can definitely feel this lip gloss on your lips at all times. Even when it’s fresh, it is thick and greasy and very creamy, which could have been nice, if it wasn’t so heavy and occlusive. About an hour later it changes, becoming more dry creamy, almost waxy, and a tiny bit tacky. It still feels ridiculously thick, but I am not sure how much I prefer how it feels now compared to how it felt at the start. It does become dry in certain places, too, adding to the discomfort of wearing it. 
 
 
The texture is pretty glossy, but not exactly like glass. It’s more of a jelly, wet look. I don’t know that I would call it stained glass-like honestly. Still, it’s nice that it’s got a fair amount of shine!

As for how it applies, well, pretty easily, actually. Or it would be easy if the damn applicator didn’t break... anyways, it’s even from the very first layer, which was a nice surprise to me! I though that it would, for sure, be uneven and require a ton of fixing to get it to look decent. But no, it actually applies evenly and even if it is a bit uneven in one spot it is easy to fix that. It does not pull or tug at the lips, no surprise with how greasy, slick, and creamy the formula is. It would honestly be much more of a surprise if it did tug, because it is really smooth! It also doesn’t collect in the creases of the lips. 
However, remember that this lip gloss is extremely intensely pigmented! That means that any mistakes you make in lining the lips are going to be hell to fix. Add in the fact that it stains like crazy, and you’ve got yourself some real trouble if you mess up. So, be careful how you apply it! Now just imagine the hell I went through to apply it with my finger, after the applicator broke... well, to be fair, I managed to be precise enough not to mess everything up, so maybe I got off easily!
 
 
Longevity is this lip gloss’s strong suit, definitely. Unlike most lip glosses, it survives for hours with barely any changes in its pigmentation. What does change, however, is the texture. While it is quite glossy at first, it changes into a more velvety texture that looks more like a lip stain. Oh, indeed, lip stain is the appropriate term! Because it stains the lips so badly that nothing can remove it fully! I tried with micellar, oil-based remover, olive oil, Vaseline, like, there isn’t a thing that I haven’t tried, yet there’s still at least some staining left! That’s also why my pinkie finger was fuchsia coloured for hours! I just couldn’t get rid of it, despite rubbing my finger with hand soap multiple times!
 
 
Now, while this is absolutely a negative thing (you never want to have stains that you cannot remove), it also speaks of how durable this lip gloss is. It truly doesn’t budge, no matter what. That also means that food doesn’t bother it, either. Indeed, it is in pretty much the same condition now as it was when I applied it (at least in terms of pigmentation), it’s like I haven’t eaten anything at all! While it does feather a bit on the edges of lips over the course of a few hours, it doesn’t smudge or collect in the creases of lips; it does fade a little bit over time, though, which is most evident on the upper lip. I never expected it to keep its shine, so I am not bothered by that, but if you do want to keep your lips looking wet and shiny, you’ll have to reapply it every few hours, leading to more and more staining. 
 
So, as good as the longevity is, there’s also a big negative to it as well, which ruins the impression.
 
Annnnnd here comes the hell that is removing this lip gloss. Ahh. Words cannot describe properly just how much of a nightmare this lip gloss (lip stain??) is to remove. I throw everything but the kitchen sink at it and yet it still remains, to some degree, at least. Micellar water does nothing, and even an oil-based remover isn’t strong enough. I had to scrub so vigorously that my lips felt sore and dry afterwards, which is so great when you have naturally sensitive lips. As if that wasn’t bad enough, this lip gloss also left a pretty noticeable stain on my lips! Which then meant that I had to scrub some more to remove that! I somehow managed to remove it almost completely, but I am sure that I caused some pretty major damage to my lips in the process. How miserable!
 
All in all, eh, idk, it’s both good and bad. I had absolutely no expectations going into it, because I legit did not know what to expect! It looked like a highly pigmented lip gloss, the name implying that it’s both vibrant and glossy like stained glass. But it turns out it implied that there would be one other thing, which is very obvious in hindsight: staining! First, let’s see how much of what Wet n Wild claim is actually true. Is it an intense and vibrant colour? Absolutely! It’s hella intense, with the pigment being so vibrant it looks almost neon. And that’s great for a lip gloss! Means you don’t actually need anything under it as it is pretty much opaque on its own. Next, does it have mirror-like shine? Hmm, yes, it is quite shiny, but to me it looks a bit more gelly than glassy. I wouldn’t exactly describe it as mirror-like though, compared to, say, Haus Laboratories’ Le Riot Lipgloss, now that’s mirror-like! Is it long-lasting and moisturising? This is the first one that’s false, albeit partially. While it is endlessly long-lasting, barely changing at all throughout the day no matter what you eat or drink or do, it is not moisturising at all. In fact, the thick, creamy formula only feels nourishing in the first half an hour or so, and from then on feels more tacky and slightly drying. My lips were dried out by it at the end of the day. Also, it loses its high shine an hour or two after applying it, making it look more like a lip stain. Indeed, it is 100% transfer-proof and kiss-proof, and it melts into every single tiny crevice in your lips it can find, but that’s not exactly a good thing. Let me explain. See, nothing can remove it completely, at least not without serious damage to the lips. I had to scrub my lips for ages before I managed to get it like 70% off, that’s literally the best I could do as it just wouldn’t come off. What was left is a massive stain that annoys me to no end! Horrible! And it also left my lips damaged! Oh, yeah, almost forgot! The applicator literally broke off during the first time I used it! The applicator is super soft and feels great in the lips, but it doesn’t seem to be attached properly. As soon as I bent it so that I could apply an even layer on my lower lip – it snapped off! Great craftsmanship there! I thought maybe it’s a one-off occurrence, but the applicator in the spare also seems fairly flimsily put together. Time will tell if that one will snap too. They say that this is an innovative formula that combines a lip gloss and a lip stain. My clown theory is that they originally set out to make a lip stain, but that would be boring, so they added some gloss to it to be able to market it as a lip gloss. Because it really is a lip stain at the end of the day! It behaves exactly like one, not like a lip gloss. I am not criticising them for this, it’s good to try and innovate, but this might lead people down the wrong path assuming it will really be as comfortable as a typical lip gloss when it won’t. Fortunately, I got both tubes of this lip gloss as a gift with purchase; had I spent my own money buying it, I would feel pretty salty right now ngl! Eh, I guess that not every innovation can be genius, this one for sure isn’t. It’s not a terrible lip gloss/lip stain hybrid, but there are so many others that are much, much better. Nope, no recommendations, just too many problems with it to warrant one. 
 
 
 
Rating: 4/10
 
 
Would buy again? NO (staininnnng)

 

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