Every time there is a new Bobbi Brown collection, I stress what a fan I am of the Bobbi glosses. I remember leaving a beloved Lulu Guinness handbag in the loos at Heathrow by mistake and it got taken – I was far less bothered about the bag than the Bobbi glosses inside it that also disappeared! But Bobbi collections are a little bit hit and miss, and personally speaking the Bobbi Brown Illuminating Nudes Collection is somewhere in the middle.
First up the Lip Gloss in three new shades (I have two above) – Almost Nude, Almost Peach and Almost Pink. Above you can see Almost Nude followed by Almost Pink. Almost is about right – they’re nearly colours but not quite. They give a nice, milky wash to the lip but it’s so bare that I can’t even say it’s a nuance. I think only you would know there was supposed to be any colour there! In the initial application you get the ‘milk’ but not the colour; thereafter, it’s more or less clear. In which case, I think that particular look doesn’t need a Bobbi type spend.
There are also three new Sparkle Eye Shadows – White Sand (above), Golden Peach (in the top picture and swatch) and Ballet which I don’t have.
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I’ve popped them side by side so you can see them properly. I’d say they’re more eye-gleams than anything.. the shimmer is so fine and the formula so light that you can use as a wash over any other colour to gleam it up, or on its own. Even though White Sand looks more beigey than anything, it’s actually almost white on the skin.
The collection is HERE.
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The lip glosses – well from the look of it for the colour pay-off a slick of vaseline might be just as good and certainly cheaper.
I’ve become increasingly disappointed by Bobbi Brown over the past 18 months or so, except for their gel liners and shadows. I also liked their oil-free moisturiser as a base before make-up. Their Oil-Free Tinted Moisturiser is I think the best out there (I don’t have oily skin incidentally) but it stays put for 12 hours, the colour is good and it doesn’t feel as if you’re wearing anything but it evens up skin tone a treat., But I’ve had a couple of instances where the colour has oxidised in the tube. I’m also fed up with the changes that keep being made to the Foundation Stick, the original version was fantastic, the new version is good but the colours don’t carry across so you have to get the colour rechecked, The iteration before the new version was like dragging a hard chalk across the skin and almost impossible to spread on the skin. Their colour palettes are hopeless in trying to get any definition on the eyes, I have an expensive palette bought a couple of years ago – tried twice and each time I look as if I’ve done ten rounds in the boxing ring and lost! The Pale Yellow Powder with the concealers is now so yellow that i look as if I need treatment for jaundice. I’m also highly irritated by the airbrushing in all their advertising and the overly-dark eyebrows as well. I was also disappointed that they started using celebrities. Next time they work with the Duchess of Cambridge could they also try weaning her off the eyeliner on the lower lid. Sorry to be such a moaner Jane but seeing your post today made me realise why I’m buying so little Bobbi Brown now and I’ve loved the brand since I bought a lipstick in NY when that was all they sold.
I love Bobbi makeup too, especially the glosses and cream eye products. I really don’t see the point in this collection though. I’ve had a look at them myself and its just so bland that its just pointless.
Love your blog by the way.
I agree with Lesley about some of the points she has raised. The eye palettes are such a rip off. I bought the one in the Autumn thinking it was going to be better than the last ones i tested and i liked the shades but the colour pay off was rubbish on the eyes(used with bobbi brushes) . The palettes used to be great about 5 or 6 years ago. I do however love the gel liners and mascaras but i do wish they would stop changing formulas on products. The assistant on my local counter was saying it has caused a problem with regular customers shopping elsewhere. We cant be the only ones who have noticed this. I agree that the air brushing on the models should stop. Bobbi used to say she was against that sort of thing. I wonder why there is such a huge change with the brand.
Thank goodness Rebecca, I thought it was only me that had issues with Bobbi Brown. Looking through my make-up drawer yesterday I was struck by how much Bobbi Brown I have and how many bad purchases there are, all down to the recommendations of the Bobbi Brown counters at Fenwicks Tunbridge Wells and John Lewis Bluewater. In fact looking at the pile I am quietly seething at Bobbi Brown and even more so at myself for going ahead with the purchases! As far as foundations are concerned the counter staff say that there are problems with so many of the new formulations oxidising on customers skin that when purchasing a foundation that has been reformulated you need to have your colour checked again as you won’t necessarily be the same colour you were. Several of their foundations after an hour on the skin have turned such a vivid shade of orange on me that I look as if I’ve been ‘tangoed’. As a result I’ve gone back to Chanel and Shiseido and am very happy at the care taken to get the right match and formulation for my skin. Also for days when I just want something quick to slap on I love Origins Powder Foundation Compact, it doesn’t look like powder just evens everything up and has great staying power.
I also don’t understand the huge changes at Bobbi Brown it’s such a disappointment, I always loved the ethos behind it but remember thinking that the writing was on the wall when they felt the need to use a celebrity to promote the brand starting with Katie Holmes.
I agree with the comments above the eyeshadows look like nice colours though . xox
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