Bourjois Volume Glamour Max Holidays Mascara

 

Bourjois Volume Glamour Max Holidays Mascara - £5.99

 

I remember receiving this mascara in a Bourjois gift box thing at Christmas time and I was going to blog about it in January, but with my rotation of mascaras I just never got round to it and now that i've finally used up the couple that I was working on i've been able to start using this one and I can finally give my opinion on it.

 

Firstly, how cute and small is this tube? This would definitely be perfect for travel, and when researching this mascara you can actually still buy this mascara in this size tube if you wish to. Or you can buy the full size for £9.99.

 

 

First of all, look at the size of the brush of this mascara! It's pretty big, and if you don't like the bigger brushes on mascaras then you won't be a fan of this. Bourjois claims this adds up to 10x more volume to your lashes. A bit of an overstatement in my opinion. It did make my lashes look volumised but 10x is a bit much really. It didn't make them look clumpy and it was buildable with a few coats. Bourjois also state that it will last for 16 hours. Now I don't know if this is true or not as i've never worn mascara for 16 hours without taking it off at some point in that time. Don't know why you would need to wear it for that long either to be honest, but each to their own I guess. It stayed on all day for the 9 hours or so that I was wearing it.

 

This is the first mascara i've ever tried from Bourjois, i'm a Maybelline girl at heart when it comes to mascaras, but I am enjoying using this. I suppose Bourjois are least well known for their eye products, i'd say their speciality are their face products, but having tried this mascara I will take more of an interest in their other mascaras next time i'm in Boots or Superdrug.

 

 

Bourjois Volume Glamour Max Holidays Mascara - £5.99
 

 

 Bourjois Volume Glamour Max Holidays Mascara - full size - £9.99

 

Love

Amy

xxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

***DISCLAIMER***

All views/opinions are my own,

product gifted to me as part of a Christmas giftset.

Bourjois Delice De Poudre Bronzing Powder

 

Bourjois Delice De Poudre Bronzing Powder - £6.99

 

When I first started getting into makeup a few years ago I remember everyone going bananas for this bronzer, it still is a very much talked about bronzer. Especially in terms of the drugstore/high street. It is of course the Bourjous Delice De Poudre Bronzing Powder, although everyone on planet Earth seems to just call this the Bourjois Chocolate Bronzer, it's just easier for all us lot who aren't so gifted with the French language.

 

I was completely engulfed by the hype around this product and went out and bought it. And I didn't even use it for months and months and months, it just lay forgotten about in my makeup stash. Firstly because I had bought the darker of the two colours avaliable, as you can see I have 52 and in hindsight I should've got 51, also back then I didn't understand how to apply bronzer and just what to do with this product at all. But now I know enough about makeup that I now use this product on a daily basis and i'm quite proud to say this is currently the one and only bronzer I have in my entire makeup stash! *pats self on the back*

 

 

The reason I haven't gone out and got any more is easily because I don't wear bronzer everyday and even in the summer I don't reach for it either, i'm just not a bronzer kind of gal. But I do use this product to contour my cheeks almost everyday. It is an almost matte bronzer, it has the smallest gold flecks in it which you can barely see and are not at all visable when you apply it so don't worry. I also love the chocolate bar look to this bronzer, I don't think it particularly smells like chocolate. It smells nice, just not a full on chocolate smell.

 

The cardboard packaging annoys some people, but it doesn't bother me at all. It probably would look better in a nice compact size packaging with a mirror, but i'm not fussed really. It looks good and the actual product works great and at the end of the day that's the whole point of the product itself isn't it.

 

I've been using this bronzer for almost 8 months now and that's how far i've got down it, if you look at the picture above, barely anything! I feel like this bronzer is going to last me forever! I've never actually see anyone finish an entire one of these. So it's great value for money from what I can see!

 

If you are looking for a cheap bronzer, or maybe your first ever bronzer like this one was for me, then i'd highly suggest you try it out.

 

Avaliable for £6.99

here

 

 

Love

Amy

xxx

 

 

 

***DISCLAIMER***

All views/opinions are my own, product bought myself.



Bourjois Color Boost Lip Crayon - Peach on the Beach

Bourjois Color Boost Lip Crayon 'Peach on the Beach' - £7.99

 

Can you remember when everyone went absolutely crackers for these Bourjois lip crayons a while ago? I do, and I completely fell for the hype! I remember seeing this exact colour and falling in love with it straight away, a lovely pink based coral, something which the Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain's couldn't offer me and what I was wishing for.

The more and more I saw this colour the more I wanted it, so I rushed out and got it.

I caved, I couldn't help it.

 

No matter how hard I try, I cannot get the right colour of this product to show up true to form on my camera. I've tried different lighting and in different rooms and it still always comes up orange! It's frustrating as it has a lot more pink in it than what is showing up. From the pictures and the later swatch it just looks orange, but I promise you there is more pink to it.

So I can only apologise for that.

 

The Bourjois Color Boost Lip Crayons are not so much like the Revlon Balm Stains, the packaging may be very similar but the actual product isn't. Firstly I must stress these are not stains, I thought they were going to be just like the Revlon ones but they aren't. These are just like a lipstick in a crayon form in my opinion. So that may be a negative or positive point for you. I wish they had been a stain, but nevertheless it's a good product.

 

It is said to provide 10 hours of moisture, I can agree it is very moisturising and glossy and it feels light on the lips, and importantly not at all sticky. Very handy to just chuck in your handbag and apply on the go.

 

They don't last the longest on the lips, i'd say about four hours or so, if you don't drink or eat, as they are like glossy lightweight lipsticks they aren't going to stay put forever. These lip crayons twists up at the bottom so no need to sharpen which is plus and I also really like the colour range that Bourjois have provided for these Lip Crayons.

 

I would consider buying more of these in the future, the colours they have for selection are much more spring and summer colours so i'll be wearing this one a lot from April onwards I think.

 

 

Avaliable for £7.99

here

 

 

Love

Amy

xxx

 

 

***DISCLAIMER***

All views/opinions are my own, product bought myself.



Bourjois Happy Light Luminous Serum Primer

 

Bourjois Happy Light Luminous Serum Primer - £10.99

 

A shocking confession heading your way, i've never ever used a face primer before. I know, it's bad. But I got tired of my make-up not hanging around for as long as I wanted and so I decided to try one out. I got the new Bourjois Happy Light Luminous Serum Primer on the basis that, firstly it was raved about by a lot of people, and secondly it was on offer at the time for about £6.99 I think.

 

I do love the packaging of the Bourjois Primer, it's in a lovely glass bottle and it comes with a pump at the top which is always handy. The actual primer itself comes into two forms, there is the Luminous Serum Primer or the Matte Serum Primer. I chose the Luminous Serum Primer purely on the fact that I have dry skin, whereas the Matte Serum Primer would suit any of you who suffer with oily skin.

 

 As you can see from the swatch picture above, it comes out a peachy colour and does have a very light pleasant fresh scent. I put this on underneath my foundation, which I applied almost immediately afterwards. It felt good to put on and it felt light on the skin, I didn't even notice i'd put anything extra on my face when i'd done all my make-up. Even my make-up applied more smoothly than normal, which is an added bonus.

 

As you can see from this last picture it blends beautifully into the skin and does make my skin look more luminous, and even after my make-up application my face looked more awake and it definitely helped to hydrate my skin, as it claims to do on the front of the bottle.

And I would say my make-up definitely lasted longer with using this primer underneath, i'll be using it everyday from now on.

 

I would definitely recommend you try out this primer, especially if you're knew to the whole primer thing. The only downside to this product is the price, £10.99 is rather steep for a high street/drugstore product, but it is worth it. Also there are always offers floating about in Boots or Superdrug, so keep your eyes peeled for those if you want to save a few pounds.

 

This can be found at:

 

Boots - £10.99

Superdrug - £10.99

 

Any comments/questions please leave in the comments.

 

Love

Amy

xxx

 

 

 

***DISCLAIMER***

All views/opinions are my own, product bought myself.