Kailijumei jelly flower lipstick

  Kailijumei jelly flower lipstick review

The ingredients

These are the ingredients listed: cocoa butter, plant extract, stearyl alcohol, beeswax, candelilia wax, olive oil, citric acid, grape seed oil, lavender oil etc.

It doesn’t look like there are anything seriously wrong about the ingredients. Most of them can be found in products designed to moisturise. The only one that you probably have to be a bit concerned about is stearyl alcohol (third on the list), which is a fatty alcohol that has low toxicity. Studies show that this may cause irritation to skin, and in very high dosage can be poisonous and may cause cancer. However, this ingredient isn’t a stranger to the cosmetics world. It is often used as an emollient in cosmetics products and also in hair products like shampoo and conditioner.
The other point of concern is that “plant extract” sounds very vague, and that instead of listing every single ingredient in the formula, it listed some and ended off with “etc.” It also doesn’t really give a hint as to what gives it its colour, what are the gold flakes made of, and so on.

looks

The main draw of the Kailijumei lipstick and why everyone went crazy over it was its gorgeous looks. Featuring a flower and gold specks encased within a clear jelly-like bullet, it reminds us of the enchanted rose from Beauty and the Beast.

We’re sure you can see the resemblance.

But its good looks ends pretty much at the bullet. For a lipstick that costs almost IDR500.000 (after including shipping fees), I expect its overall packaging to be luxurious. But its box and casing look disappointing.

Besides the bullet, the other aspects of packaging just don’t scream “luxury” despite its hefty price tag.

The box of this China-based brand even comes complete with incomprehensible English description: Touching on love, surplus bright lipstick, bright surplus magical formula.

The colour

It goes on clear at first (swatch on the right), then gradually becomes a deeper shade of pink (swatch in middle, then swatch on right).

Besides the pretty jelly bullet, what was probably most interesting about the lipstick was that it has a colour-changing formula. While the lipstick goes on clear on the lips at first (just like what you’d expect), it slowly transits into a light pink shade, and then a darker pink shade. Watching it transform was actually pretty exciting and adds to the “magical” dimension of the lipstick.
The colour eventually becomes a rather bold shade of pink, especially if you go over your lips with it for a few times. This was how it looked on me after several swipes.

The smells

As you open up the lipstick, you’ll notice a nice fruity scent to it. The scent will transfer onto your lips after application. However, after a while the scent becomes mixed with a not-so-pleasant stale, crayon-like smell.