Love this lipstick. Laura offers so many wonderful lipsticks but this one is special because of the gloss look in the lipstick. Brown Sugar is a great shade. I can wear with my salt & pepper hair and gray eyes.
I bought the "Stickgloss" in the color brown sugar. I have light to medium brown (yellow based) African-American skin tone. The lipstick color comes off as light mauvy pink with a little glimmer. It's great for every day and gives enough coverage to make me look like I have a complete make-up look on. The formula is creamy and moisturizing and without eating or drinking, I can get about 2 hours of opaque wear and another 2 hours of residual color. I do wear a department store quality lip pencil with the lipstick. The con is that the tube is smaller, seems like less product than my average lipstick, but I have not checked the unit weight. Also, because of the consistency of the lipstick, it got a little messy and smeared in the tube. However, warm temputures in my house (humid) while in my purchase may have contributed to the melty-messiness, but if you like to apply lipsticks with a lip brush, this formula is perfect for extracting a good amount of color with one swipe. Overall, the color pay- off is nice, th consistency is moisturizing and it feels nice on the lips. For those used to creamier/stain lipsticks or matte lipsticks, you will have to deal with the fact that this (at this color) does not stay on long, but also doesn't leave an unflattering nasty residue behind when it wears off, like some othre "long-wearing department store brand, lipsticks.
