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Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Makeup Revolution - first thoughts
Well firstly, the postman had delivered an open Superdrug envelope! Apparently the package came apart in transit, and I lost the foundation and lip lacquer I had ordered :(
What I do have though, is: 4 lipsticks, a bronzer, one eyeshadow palette and 2 blushers (one cream & one baked) to show you.
(NB: 3 for 2 at the moment in Superdrug!)
So apparently this brand is owned by the guy who started MUA, and I can see the similarities: budget price, plastic packaging etc. etc. But it's been hyped up as pretty decent quality for the price, so I had to jump on the bandwagon and find out for myself.
Lipsticks:
Encore: pinky-purple (although their website shows a more purple lipstick)
Reckless: Vampy red
Twist: red with a hint of orange
Dare: standard red
These come in plastic cases, with little (v. hard to open) pots of colour on the ends. They also seem to rattle when you shake them - weird!
Otherwise, quite pigmented! Mostly moisturising, and typically lasts as long as the MUA ones do - a few hours ish.
Redemption Palette Essential Shimmers:
I have the MUA dupes for Naked 1 & 2, plus I've just purchased the Naked 3, so I thought I'd try another palette they offered: the essential shimmers palette, especially with summer just around the corner.
Overall, good pigmentation and will need to test with and without UD primer potion to see how long they do last. Nice range of colours, and very blendable!
Vivid Bronzer in Golden Days:
Nice and chunky! Love the packaging. Good colour for my NC37 skin at the moment too. Peachy- gold tones. May purchase some of the other shades to test.
Vivid baked blush in Loved Me the Best:
Again, nice packaging, nice pinky tone and soft to the touch.
Cream blush in Rose Cream:
The plastic wrapping ruined the lid a little, but otherwise the packaging is a little less nice than the other two. Reasonably pigmented, soft and fairly blendable. I think my favourites are still the Californ.i.a palette from Sleek or the Bourjois cream blushes, but for pennies this is not bad.
Verdict:
Definitely buying more bronzers and another baked blush at least, maybe the highlighters (when they come back into stock).
Lipsticks - probably won't purchase any more.
Eyeshadow palette: reasonable, and probably will stay in my collection for travelling use, however, probably won't be purchasing any more.
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