Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 February 2014

Collection Shimmer Shades / Review


I feel like I've had this quad forever, I used to wear it all the time until for some reason I stopped and then rediscovered it in the back of my drawer earlier this week. This product is made by Collection and is around £4 so that works out at £1 per shade which is such a good deal, especially for the quality that you get. I've never tried a high-end blush so I can't compare it to a more well known product, but compared to what I know it's well pigmented. 


I think the range of colours is good as there's a highlight shade, a bronze, a peachy pink, and a darker bronze. I'm really bad at knowing the tone of a product, but I'm pretty sure that these are warm toned which is why I'd recommend them for a tanned skin tone. I wear NC20 and I have to be quite wary of the amount I apply as it can look fake, but like most blushers if you apply to correct amount it looks natural.
On a normal day I wear either of the 2 right hand side shades (ring and middle finger swatches) depending on the look I want to go for; the bronze makes me looked more tanned so I use it on my cheekbones, but the peach shade makes me look flushed so I use to it add more colour to my face.
In my opinion the least pigmented shade is the pale highlighting shade but the shimmer does come through so I suppose it does its job. My least worn shade is the darkest as I can't find a way to wear it that's natural, it's too shimmery for a contour, but it's too dark to be worn on the cheeks.

I still really love this quad and will continue to wear it until I discover or rediscover a new favourite. I'd be really interested in trying the quad of 4 pink blush shades they do called Blushalicious.

Have you tried this way-to-glow quad by Collection or the other one they sell called Blushalicious? What do you think of them?

Sunday, 26 January 2014

Is it worth the hype? / Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation



When I first discovered the whole beauty blogger/vlogger world the Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation was raved about by so many different people, but recently it seems to be spoken about less often. I've always been put off from buying it by people's reviews as it seems to have a dewy finish and not provide much coverage, whereas I prefer my foundation to be matte-ish and give me at least a medium coverage. However, if I saw this foundation in a sale then I would definitely buy it and give it a go. 

Another thing about this foundation that's stopping me from rushing out and purchasing it, is that it's only available in 6 shades. This isn't a deal breaker, but it will make it harder to find a perfect match for my skin colour.

I'm probably going to wait until spring when this foundation will once again be blogged about constantly, and maybe then I'll give in and try it for myself.

What do you think of the Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation? Is it worth the hype?