When I heard that Reese Witherspoon became an ambassador for Avon, I was pretty excited. This may come as a surprise to you, but I’m a big fan of Reese Witherspoon, from when she did Cruel Intentions, to Legally Blonde, Just Like Heaven and many others. When I saw an Avon advertisement on the Avon Pro-To-Go lipsticks with her on the background, wearing the pretty pink lippie, I was admittedly sold. I know, pathetic, right?

Description:

Pro-to-Go is a creamy, moisturizing, highly-pigmented formula that also contains SPF 15. It glides on smooth, the texture is light, the color is even a little bit shiny, and the one-hand application packaging is fabulous!
Slide: Slide up button to raise lid…and lipstick.
Glide: Glide on color for beautiful lips.
Hide: Slide down button…see lid close.

Another reason I was interested in the Pro-To-Go lipsticks was the interesting concept of the way the lipsticks are encased. There is no cap on the tube of lipstick. You don’t turn the lipstick in a screw-like method to bring it up. Instead, you slide the thingy on the side of the lipstick, glide it upwards, and voila! Lipstick out.

I bought two colours from the Pro-To-Go range – Cherry Glisten (that’s the colour Reese Witherspoon was wearing in the ad), and Intimate Nude. The colours were quite pretty. I especially liked the Intimate Nude, which is, as the name suggests, a nude lipstick. The Cherry Glisten is a tad bright for me to be worn during the day though, but a lovely colour on evenings out. The Pro-To-Go lipsticks come in 15 shades.

Next, let’s talk about the texture and staying-on power. This is where the lipsticks disappoint me. They don’t last long; definitely have to be reapplied after meals or even a drink. Even though the description of the lipsticks mentioned that they were moisturising, I found them drying on the lips. That is, unfortunately, a big boo boo for me, as far as lipsticks go. I normally wear lip balm before applying lipstick or even lip gloss, and my lips still felt dry with the Pro-To-Go. Kinda reminded me of the matte lipsticks I used to wear when I was in secondary school, and matte lippies were all in the rage.

Oh well, my bad for falling for a product purely based on advertising. As cute as the lipsticks are, I didn’t like them on my lips, and I don’t think I’ll repurchase. Thank goodness I got these on sale on the MAD Minerals website at USD5.50 each (normal price per lipstick is USD9).

If you would still like to give ’em a go (who knows, it might work for you. These are just my personal take on the lippies anyway :p), do check them out at MAD Minerals. At the time of writing, the sales are still on on the Pro-To-Go lipsticks.

What I like about it: Cute way of housing a lippie. Slide and glide, slide and glide!

What I did not like about it: Not such a moisturising lipstick as it claims to be.