I was there to try out their new Custom Blend Lip Gloss service and its every bit as gloopy and gorgeous as youd imagine.
I think it must be every girls dream to be able to create her own lip gloss. In fact, scratch that, I now know it is: not only was I in my element sitting in my tall chair and messing around with the tantalising array of colours, glitter gels and flavours on offer, but Id very soon attracted a lustful-looking audience of nine-year-old girls with their mummies. One had a collection of more than 400 lip glosses, she told me. So did she really need another one, asked her Mum, as she pleaded for a go. Of course she did!
If, like Gloss Girl, you apply the principle theres always room for another lip lacquer in your life, then Prescriptives have got it all sewn up with this make-your-own service. With around 30 different colours, extenders, pearls, flavours and finishes to play around with, the possibilities are endless.
Which might be why one just wasnt enough for me. After much glooping and mixing and tasting and testing on the back of my hand and mixing some more, I walked away with two tubes of bespoke gloss one, a kind of dark, pinky-red that looks perfect dabbed on to lips for that flattering, stain-y look (and tastes of vanilla); the other a shimmery coral that Im going to wear on my eyelids, too (never mind it tastes of melon). And that doesnt include the several Ive been composing in my head
The Custom Blend Lip Gloss service is now available at Prescriptives counters nationwide and if you happen to really like the masterpieces pictured here, the recipes I came up with have been saved so you can even request your very own ELLE lip gloss. Ask for Annabel (the pink one) or Georgia (the coral) and relish being part of a very exclusive lip gloss club. Theyre not just for nine-year-olds, you know.