Bourjois Paris Delhi Shanghai Lippies

81, 80 and 82



These little beauties are part of Bourjois's Autumn/Winter collection.

Firstly the packaging is lovely, but you wouldn't expect anything else from Bourjois. The lippies themselves are lovely and creamy to apply. I find lipsticks to generally be drying but I was pleasantly surprised with these. (apologise for the lack of pics of the lippies on but my lips are in no fit state for pics at the moment)

They're quite pigmented and I love the colour choice. Would have to say though that I would only wear number 80, in the middle for the winter months as the other two are a bit too summery for my liking. The colours are nice but just not really me if I'm honest - always the way!

Overall very impressed with my first go with the Bourjois lipstick range, but would have to have a hunt for a better shade as the formula is perfect for me!

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Healthy Mix Foundation

I've already talked about the new serum formula of this foundation, so as I already own this one I thought I should really share my opinion on it!

Bourjois is one of the few high-street/drugstore brands that's pale enough for me to use which is great and I've been using 10 hour Sleep Effect for a while and regularly repurchase. This is number 51, the lightest of the range.

The Health Mix Foundations contains fruit extracts which are supposed to boost the skins radiance and help improve the overall appearance:

• Apricot - Radiance
• Melon - Hydration
• Apple - Anti-oxidant
• Ginger - Energy

I love the coverage I get and it blends in well, but I personally think you need to moisturise well in the morning as it can settle in any dry patches. I apply a little on to a stipple brush and buff in.

Downsides - it's not as light as the 10 hour Sleep Effect and I prefer the texture and consistency of the Serum version. I also don't really notice much in the way of improvement to my skin.

It's a good foundation but I think it's better for normal/oily skin types as it really doesn't suit mine - definitely try theSerum version if you suffer from drier skin.

Smile Enhancing Gloss

Bourjois have created 6 glosses that enhance your smile and make your teeth look even brighter.

(06 Brun Showbiz, 07 Beige Tapis Rouge, 03 Rose Bright, 04 Fraise Celebrity, 05 Framboise Hollywood)

In the picture is all but one which is 02 Glossy Star which is a clear gloss.

The glosses are duo ended with a gloss at one end and a tooth brightening gel at the other.

Not only that, but the glosses and gel are also very minty which leaves a fresh breath sensation on your lips.

You apply the gel onto clean teeth, where the fruit active ingredients and brightening agents get to work. The gloss itself includes "White focus" pigments to help enhance the tooth brightness

The glosses themselves are lovely and non-sticky which is a definite bonus. I also love how pigmented the brighter colour they are for glosses.

No entirely convinced that they brighten my smile when I wear them but I love the minty freshness you get from wearing them. Oh and as usual with Bourjois products the packing is great if maybe only a little cheaper looking than the usual range and although the gloss is duo ended it is still a handbag friendly size.

Worth a look for £8.99 from any Boots or Superdrug.

Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Foundation

This is my new foundation love - I love the original Healthy Mix, but I much prefer the texture of the Serum (just noted that I haven't reviewed the original oops! I'll get a review done this week).

The foundation itself promises to simply 're-boost' your complexions vitality.

It contains 3 super fruits - Lychee, Goji and Pomegranate, which Bourjois state will,

'enhance the skin through repeated applications thanks to it's super-action:

- an instant, revitalising effect

- a refreshing and light sensation

- radiance boosting shades

- and a uniform, revived complexion lasting 16 hours'

Regardless of the benefits, for me, I just LOVE the gel texture. It's so light and refreshing on my skin and blends in so easily. I tend to use a stippling brush or a beauty blender sponge, although I find it just as easy to use my fingers.

I suffer from a lot of dry skin on my nose and I found that the texture really prevented it from clinging in any of the dry patches.

It's available in 6 shades and I'm wearing 51 Vanilla which is the lightest - Bourjois is one of the few brands on the high street that I can actually purchase foundation from given the shades available. Have to admit that I do think the range is limited for Asian and Darker skin tones.

Overall I love the texture and ease of application, and the end result is a lovely glowing finish. It sits very naturally on my skin which is perfect for me. I'd say it's medium coverage and for some they may find that it doesn't give them enough coverage, although for me it covers any redness I have and helps cover any blemishes - any heavier and I would just feel that it was too cakey on my skin. Oh and even better it smells so refreshingly fruit.

The foundation is out now, priced at £10.99.

Bourjois 10 Day Enamel in Kaki

Part of Bourjois's AW11 collection is this gorgeous Kaki. It's a new shade created to compliment the cashmere, candy, rosewood and fuchsia pinks and is the very reason it was created.

It's such a gorgeous and easy shade for Autumn.

It's part of the 10 day Nail collection, which (unsurprisingly given the name :) )claims to hold up for 10 days with touch ups. To enable this Bourjois had included an angled brush for touch ups. I actually found the brush really easy to use and a nice addition. It also made it easier and quicker to deal with chips.

This is actually my first Bourjois polish and I was very impressed - It only required 2 coats for a streak free finish. In respect of lasting, I got around 3ish days before I had to touch it up and in the end I had to re-do my nails in about 8 days. I probably could have got the 10 days out of it, but I felt that my tips looked quite thick.

Very worth it for £5.99 and I've already eyed up a few more of the polishes that I need in my collection!

Bourjois AW11

Just wanted to share with those in the UK, a few of the new products that Bourjois have released for AW11.

I've just done a quick round up below, but will put up full swatches and comments later on in the week. Had a slight incident with my camera - nightmare!

First up is the new Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation.

I already love the Healthy Mix foundation but I so much preferred the feel and textured of this gel version. Full review and pics to follow (once camera issues resolved).

Next up is their gorgeous new lippie shades - 3 new pinks inspired by the East. The whole range is inspired by Paris, Delhi and Shanghai.

Tips from Bourjois Celebrity Makeup Artist Casie Lomas - Wear your lipstick like a halo of colour and recommends using their new Professional double tipped brush to achieve this look.

Finally is their gorgeous new shade to add to their 10 day no chip range - Khaki,

The colour is absolutely gorgeous!

Finally we have the new Smile Enhancing Glosses,

And the new Felt tip liner,

I absolutely adore felt tip liners - so quick and simple to apply.

We were also given the opportunity to have a look at UNE's BB Cream foundation. To date I've never really looked at the range but the BB-cream foundation was lovely although not pale enough for my skin tone.

Check back in the week, as hopefully my camera issues will be resolved and I can put up the swatches etc.

Have you spotted anything in the collection that catches your eye??

Bourjois Rose D'Or

Shockingly this is my very first Bourjois Blush. It's not that I've never wanted to try them, but I have to admit until recently Bourjois has just not been a brand I ever looked at. For a drugstore brand it's at the top end price wise - and that's definitely put me off in the past.

The little round pot blushers cost £7.49 and it's around £10 for foundations.

I eventually decide to give the blushers a go when Superdrug had a 3 for 2 offer, as I really wanted to try the Healthy Mix foundation and thought it was a great chance to try the blusher.

I instantly went for Rose D'Or as it looked perfect for me and I've seen it about on other blogs and it looked great.

It's a gorgeous shade of pink, with the perfect amount of shimmer to it without having a disco ball feel.

I love the packaging as well - so pretty and practical with the little mirror. It comes with a little curved brush as well, but I wasn't to keen on it really and don't use it - and then I couldn't find it when it came to photographing it.

Now as you can see in the picture below, I've had a problem with my little pot.....

the blusher pan's fallen out.

The bottom of the pan is quite sticky so it is managing to stay in but I'm so disappointed, especially for the price. The hubbie's picking up some superglue for me to stick it back in.

Despite this I still love the blusher and it sits perfectly on my skin.

It gives me a lovely glow to my cheeks and really perks up my day to day makeup.

So despite the pan coming out I really do love the little blush.

Anybody else had any problems with the pan's coming out?

Any other Bourjois blushers I should check out?

Battle of the Eye make-up Removers

In the search for the perfect eye make-up remover I ended up with lots of different ones on the go at the moment. They are Johnson's, Botanics Soothing Eye Make-up Remover, Botanics Face Nourishing Eye Make-up Remover, L'Oreal Absolute Eye & Lip make-up remover and lastly Bourjois Express Eye Make-up Remover. So I wanted to give you a run down on each one and show you how they removed my Body Shop Mascara, First up is Botanics Face Nourishing Eye Make-up Remover:

This can be picked up from Boots for roughly £3.99 for 75ml, and a little does seem to go a long way. This is quite a unique product, the product is more like a balm that you massage onto your eyes firsts then you wet with warm water and remove with cotton wool. As you can see from the picture above with the cotton wool it actually removes the Mascara quite well and I don't end up with any morning left over eye make-up residue (its a problem I seem to suffer with blonde eye lashes). It is also very gentle on the my eyes and doesn't leave them sore at all. I would buy this one again especially as it is value for money, though it does take longer to use then a regular eye make-up remover.

Second up is another Botanics purchase its there Soothing Eye Make-up Remover, you can buy this from Boots for £3.05 for 150ml.

This is a two part solution that you need to shake before use and apply/use with cotton wool. This is one of the worst of the bunch for me, I have to use two lots of cotton wool on one eye to get all the make-up off (I don't even wear much eye make-up on weekdays). Though it is cheap I wouldn't repurchase as my eye's feel sore the next morning after applying this as I have to rub my eye's with the cotton wool to ensure my eyes are clean. Third up is Bourjois Express eye Make-up Remover, this retails at roughly £4.99 at Boots and can be found withe the Bourjois make-up in store. This is my absolute favourite of the lot and I will be repurchasing (after I use up my stash). It is a two part formula that you shake together again and apply with cotton wool. This only takes one (maybe two) swipes and all my eye make-up is gone and I don't have sore eyes or morning residue. I feel this gives me everything I need from my eye make-up remover as I feel it also moisturiser the eye area. Next up is Johnsons Gentle eye make-up remover, it retails at Boots for £3.05 for 100ml.

Again this is a two part solution that you shake before use and I apply with cotton wool. Now I picked this up as it states 'Gentle', well i have found nothing gentle about it! My eye are sore and sting a little, and as you can see I have persisted in trying this out but it really doesn't seem to work for me. It just doesn't seem to remove my eye make-up and it does make my eye sting.

Last up is L'Oreal Absolute Eye and lip make-up Remover, this retails at Boots £5.40ml.

I actually picked this one up by mistake I was actually looking for the gentle eye make-up remover that L'Oreal do but ended up with this. Though it removes the make-up really well (the second best of the bunch) its not as gentle as I would like on my eyes, they do feel a bit sore after I use it.

Out of the choice I have at the moment the Bourjois and Botanics Nourishing one are the ones I would repurchase and have enjoyed using. I am determined to use up all of these though even if they make my eyes a bit sore. Another one that I have tried but have not mentioned here is Simple Gentle Eye make-up reomver but after a week of use that went in the bin as it really made my eyes sore. I still want to try No7 and I have a clinique sample to try so I will update you on how I get on with these two as well.

Do you have a favourite? Or any others I should try?

Thanks

Bourjois Sweet Kiss Shine in 73 Rose Scintillant

Just wanted to do a quick post to show you my new favourite everyday lipstick, it is one of those lipsticks that is 'your lips but better'! My new love is Bourjois Sweet Kiss Shine in 73 Rose Scintillant. The Sweet Kiss Shine range are suppose to give lips a dewy shine effect, and leave lips feeling nourished and smooth.

Now I have to say I love mine and when I got it you could only get three other colour, Rose Etincelant 59 (a peachy pink), Framboise Petillant 70 (a fuchsia pink), and Juicy Tangerine 74 (orange). The shade I got is more pinky/plumy/nude shade and I found that this suited me more. But Bourjois have just released Sweet Kiss Naturel Lipstick, this comes in 8 shades and are suppose to nourished the lips like the Sweet Kiss Shine but are more intense radiant colours - so I will definitely take a look at these as well.



Sorry that the picture below of the swatch is not great, the colour does not come out brilliant when photographing it but it does look great on.

The formula is creamy, with a hint a sparkle to it, and so far it has not dried my lips out but I wouldn't say they feel extra moisturised! It one of those lippies that will live in my handbag, so I can just pop it on whenever.

I have fair skin and pale lips so I'm not sure i this colour would work for everyone but it is now my everyday fave....even beating my MAC Plink!

Have you tried any of the range? What do you think?