Boots 17 recently re-launched their bronzing products in swanky new packaging and with new items to boot. Amongst the re-launched bronzing powders there is a leopard print bronzer, bronzing rocks and shimmer bricks. Would anyone be interested in me doing a comparison post between my beloved Instant Glow Bronzing Powder in Light with the new launched one? Today, though, I'm reviewing the two new shimmer bricks.
If you would like to see what these look like on ma face, check out my Face of the Day post here to see me rocking the pink one :)
Each brick contains four stripes of shimmery powder and is £4.99 for 5.7g. The Gold one reminds me of Bobbi Brown Bronze Shimmer Brick and the Pink one reminds me of Bobbi Brown Pink Quartz Shimmer Brick. The Bobbi Brown products contain 5 stripes of colour and cost £30.50 for 10.3g of product. The finish of these 17 Bricks reminds me of MAC Mineralize Skinfinishes; they have the same kind of shimmers and pigmentation but aren't quite as smooth as some of MAC's recent releases.
The Gold Bronze shimmer brick contains a soft champagne, a golden sandy taupe, a rich coppery bronze and a deep rose bronze. The fifth swatch shows what the colour looks like when they're all blended together. Each shade is super pigmented and smooth. No chunks of glitter here.
The darker shades in the Gold Bronze shimmer brick are far too pigmented for me to be able to use on my face, I'd end up looking a bronzey shimmery mess. The two lightest shades mix to make a beautiful taupey highlight though. All four colours work well on the eyes and I didn't experience any creasing when I tried them out with my trusty Too Faced Shadow Insurance.
The Pink Bronze shimmer brick contains a silvery pink, a soft ballerina pink, a taupey pink and a pinky purple bronze. Again, the fifth swatch shows what the colour looks like when they're all blended together. Also, each shade is super pigmented and smooth. It's worth bearing in mind that the second shade has more of a satin finish; it certainly doesn't have the same level of shimmers as all the other shades in either shimmer brick. This makes it my favourite shade out of all of them lol!
Now these do say that they wash off, and they do easily rinse off with warm water, but I didn't notice them disappearing when I got caught in the rain. That is definitely something to bear in mind especially given the temperamental nature of the British weather!
I used a run of the mill flat shader brush to apply these to my eyes. To apply the pink colour to my cheekbones I found my Eco Tools Finishing Kabuki picked up the right amount of product without depositing too much glitter.
What do you make of these shimmery kinds of products?
These look really pretty, very similar to the Bobbi Brown Shimmer Bricks, much cheaper too x
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how they'll fair in the summer being so shimmery but they might be nice in the evening. In the mean time I just like looking at them :)
DeleteKelly x
oooh these look gorgeous! x
ReplyDeleteDefinitely worth a look if your local Boots has got them in :)
DeleteKelly x