Spoiler alert: this is going to be a rave review. Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss is, without a doubt, my favorite lip gloss of all time. Here’s how much I love this gloss. I paid $23 for it, was made to throw it out at the airport during the ultra-extreme flying liquid restrictions by security Nazis fine upstanding IAH employees just doing their job, and went back to Macy’s as soon as I got home to buy it again.
I am a huge Dior fan (who isn’t?). It’s not only the brand’s high-end designer appeal, but also the viscerally lush girlishness of it, packaging and all. While Chanel’s packaging is simple and elegant in black and white, Dior opts for colorful, embossed product cases with shine, and the Addict line is no exception. I had the gloss fall out at my dermatologist’s office (she’s the classiest and most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen). She gasped, “Oh, sorry! I dropped my gloss somehow?” Of course, she saw it and thought it was her own because she’s a Dior addict too. IYKYK.
I use Dior Addict shade #573, which is a bit darker than my everyday obligatory salmon-colored lip gloss. I’m a bubblegum-color devotee, but #573 is an unusually coy and playful dark pink, a far cry from the stodgy Estee Lauder lipsticks the color’s idea conjures. The gloss is filled with tiny specks of shine, but isn’t Wet-N’-Wild, drag queen shimmery. And the texture is phenomenal: thick, luscious, and silky, but never sticky.
The Verdict: 10 out of 10. Buy this, no matter what shade, no matter who you are.
Dior Addict Ultra Gloss is available for $23 from Amazon (now Dior Addict Lip Maximizer Plumping Gloss).
This seriously looks sooooo luxe I love it. The packaging. Fantastic.