Embodiments of inventive subject matter described herein include a lip gloss comprising: a sugar gel matrix that includes stearoyl inulin and an ester or ether of formula R(1) COOR(2) in which R(1) is a residue of a fatty acid including from 6 to 29 carbon atoms and R(2) is a hydrocarbon-comprising chain comprising from 3 to 30 carbon atoms, entrapped in the stearoyl inulin sugar gel matrix; a gel comprising hydrogenated polyisobutene; and a gel comprising fumed silica dimethyl silicate in C(15-19) Hydrocarbon.