The product: Marcelle Lux Gloss & Lux Gloss Sheer (the entire range of each!)
It really, really bugs me that it’s so hard to find swatches of Canadian products online.
So, while I’m not in love with these glosses (they’re a little dated, no?), here are swatches of the Marcelle Lux Gloss & Lux Gloss Sheer ranges! Hopefully they’ll help some poor soul out there, and in exchange, I get to take a little break from the photograph-test-review-new-stuff routine. (I may be burning out a little, oops.)
Marcelle Lux Gloss Sheer in 51 Chic Bronze, 62 Sorbet, 63 Passion, and 80 Nectar
(I am so sorry; these photos were taken years ago under an overcast sky. At sundown. Not my brightest moment.)
Marcelle Lux Gloss in 10 Whisper, 20 Starlet, and 21 Muse
Marcelle says that their Lux Gloss formula is plumping and long-lasting, with a metallic finish, and that their Lux Gloss Sheer formula is sheer and shimmery, with a wet-look finish. I’ve never found their glosses to be plumping, but the description is otherwise quite accurate.
On the whole, I find the Lux Gloss range to be a little too sticky, and a little boring. They’re not bad by any means, but… they’re just not exciting, you know? I’d love to see Marcelle update their gloss range past their new black lids; maybe focus more on the creme finishes, or try a less-sticky formula. (The now-discontinued Vita-Lip Plumping Glosses were a favourite of mine — I just pulled Rio Rose out again for the spring!)
Swatched L-R: Marcelle Lux Gloss in Magic (Sheer), Whisper, Chic Bronze (S), Starlet, Sorbet (S), Passion (S), Serenade (S), Mousseline (S), Nectar (S), and Muse
Marcelle Lux Gloss in Magic (Sheer), Whisper, Chic Bronze (S), Starlet, Sorbet (S), Passion (S), Serenade (S), Mousseline (S), Nectar (S), and Muse, swatched L-R.
Availability & recommendations
Along with a shimmer-free Lux Gloss Creme finish, the Marcelle Lux Gloss and Lux Gloss Sheer ranges can be found on the Marcelle website (US & Canada shipping), and at drugstores throughout Canada. They retail for $10.95 CAD and are fragrance-free.
My top picks from this range are Sorbet and Nectar, with honourable mentions going out to Chic Bronze and Mousseline. The shimmer in Magic is also quite lovely in person, if you haven’t a shimmery topcoat in your collection yet!
Marcelle Lux Gloss in Whisper, Starlet, Muse, Chic Bronze, Sorbet, Passion, and Nectar
Marcelle Lux Gloss swatches in 1. Magic (Sheer), 2. Whisper, 3. Chic Bronze (S), 4. Starlet, 5. Sorbet (S), 6. Passion (S), 7. Serenade (S), 8. Mousseline (S), 9. Nectar (S), and 10. Muse
Marcelle Lux Gloss ingredients:
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters, Talc, C30-45 Alkyl Methicone, C30-45 Olefin Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Tribehenin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Propylparaben, Sorbitan, Isostearate. +/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Carmine.
Marcelle Lux Gloss Sheer ingredients:
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Polyethylene Terephthalate, C30-45 Alkyl Methicone, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, C30-45 Olefin Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Ethylhexyl Hydroxystearate, Tribehenin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Propylparaben, Sorbitan, Isostearate, Palmitic Acid. +/- Bismuth Oxychloride, Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Silica, Red 7 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Carmine, Tin Oxide.
