Victoria’s Secret Shine Drama Lip Gloss Gloss in Give Me Fever Is a Sexy, Bold (Staining!) Red

My friend was rocking a gorgeous fiery red a few nights ago, and it inspired me to try one out, too. Normally I stick to deeper, blue-based reds unless I’m feeling extra quirky, but she made it look so natural, I wanted to find a similar gloss. I found it at Victoria’s Secret.

This gloss is called Give Me Fever, and it’s everything a lip gloss should be, which really surprised me since I haven’t been 100% satisfied with a lot of the beauty products I’ve purchased from there (Beauty Rush glosses are a little too sticky, and another one I tried before was great in pigmentation, but the brush splayed after just a few uses).

What I found:

• Sexy, bold, opaque red color that seems like a pure red with possibly the slightest orange tinge. This is no blue-based red, for sure. It’s a medium shade—not vampy, not non-committal.
• Lasting power is phenomenal for a gloss. I’ve had it on for hours. The shine gradually wears down and the color gets a little less intense, but even after about five or six hours, unless I’ve aggressively wiped my lips with a napkin at a meal, there is still a noticeable stain left behind.
• The packaging is nice. So far, no leaks. It’s heavy for a tube, with metallic accents, and it has a no-nonsense rectangle shape.
• The price is on par with other lower end department store brand lip glosses, and in some cases, drugstore lip glosses.
• The shine is gorgeous and glitter-free.

The only two negatives I found with this: I can’t make it look as natural freshly applied as my friend did with her gloss despite the very similar color, and I can’t think of too many people who could (this is a little more intensely pigmented than what she had), and it transfers, which most glosses do anyway. I’ve had it on my teeth, my daughter’s face, all over the lid to my coffee cup…

I would consider this a good color to wear full strength on date nights or girls’ nights out, but you might want to leave it on your lips for a few minutes and then blot it down during the day to get that pretty stained look without the risk of getting it on your clothes, the kids’ clothes, your kids’ faces, hands, etc.

Photo credit: Victoria’s Secret