ARTDECO Bronzing Glow Blusher | Review

A few weeks ago, Devon and I attended the Scottish Beauty Show through in Edinburgh.  I didn't purchase a lot, but one thing I did buy was the ARTDECO Bronzing Glow Blusher.  This is usually £20, but at the event it was on sale for £10 and also came with a free brush.

The blusher and brush were packaged in a box so I didn't actually know what either were going to look like, but I really wanted to give ARTDECO a try seeing as it is the makeup brand used at the likes of the National Television Awards, Emmerdale and Coronation Street.  I am so glad that I picked up this product, because it's AMAZING!

Firstly, let's appreciate how gorgeous the packaging is.  The design is so pretty and came as a lovely surprise because as mentioned, I had no idea what this was going to look like.  I know packaging doesn't have anything to do with what the actual product is like, but it does make for brightening up what's in your make up bag.  I do love nice packaging on beauty products.

The blusher comes with a mirror which makes it a great product to take on the go or when travelling.

The majority of the blusher is taken up by the coral colour, which has a shimmery golden tone to it as described in the name.  The colour makes for a really natural, healthy glow on the face with just enough radiance without being over the top.  The product allows you to enhance your cheek colour by adding either the fuchsia or rosewood colour depending on what look you are going for or how you feel on a particular day.  I enjoy mixing all three colours together to create a soft yet luminous look on the apples of my cheeks.

So preeeetty!

The product itself contains three colours - which are described by ARTDECO as being 'golden shimmering coral, fuchsia, and rosewood'.  A pattern similar to the one on the outer packaging is engraved into the product and the detailing just adds another thing to love about this product.

As for the brush, it does the job.  It's really just your standard blush brush but nothing to rave about - I actually prefer using a contour brush to apply this.

I've attached some photos of the three colours swatched and what they look like on my cheeks.  Enlarge them by clicking on them.

This blush is definitely worth a buy to add to your spring/summer make up collection!  

From L-R, Fuchsia, Coral, Rosewood

Zoë x

Artdeco Eyeshadow Quad

Yesterday myself and Zoe went to the Scottish Beauty Show which was held in Edinburgh over the 24th March and 25th March. There were lots of exhibitors including the likes of Artdeco, Airbase, Elimis and Fakebake to name a few. All the companies have great discounts on their products and it was definitely worth going to! 

Whilst there, I spent a while at the Artdeco stall and picked up 4 lovely eye-shadows and a palette to keep them in. These are great dupes for high end make up shades which I will go into more detail about later on. One retailer which sells these is Debenhams so head over there to take a look for yourself. They retail at just a little over £5 in the UK, but are the Scottish Beauty Show I grabbed them at a mere £3.20 - what a bargain!

Packaging (Sold Separately)

L to R : Pearly Snow Grey (30.15), Golden Highlights (3.210), Pearly Light Brown (30.16), Rosy Heart Throb (3.279A)

The eye-shadows are fairly small, but are very pigmented meaning they will last a long time. I have tried out several looks with them whilst practicing using them and feel that Pearly Snow Grey, Golden Highlights and Pearly Light Brown look fabulous together, while Rosy Heart Throb is great if i was to add subtle pink hint to my eye look that day. 

Once I got home I decided to compare these four shades to that of Naked 1 and Naked 3 by Urban decay and found that they were great dupes (all left Artdeco and right Urban Decay in the swatches below). 

Pearly Snow Grey is one of the favourties from my selection. It will be great as a brow bone highlighter and in the inner corner. It is a whiteish shimmer which looks great for getting a good highlight. I feel that with the Naked palettes, the highlight colour is more yellow toned normally, but Pearly White Snow and Virgin (N1) are fairly good matches. 

Golden Hightlights is a golden eye-shadow like it says in the name! Again it is very pigmented and can be applied lightly and built up to the desired effect. It looks great in the crease for an everyday look as it isn't too shimmery, but not matte either. It is very similar to Trick (N3) which is virtually the same colour, so a fabulous dupe for this Naked 3 palette shade.

Pearly Light Brown in my opinion is more of a medium to dark brown toned eye-shadow. It is very pigmented and you need a tiny amount which is buildable if you feel you would like to add more. It looks great in the crease if you are choosing a dark smokey eye look or the outer corner for a lighter smokey eye. I matched it with Mugshot (N3) which is less pigmented but would have the overall same effect when Pearly Light Brown is applied lightly. 

Rosy Heart Throb is a pinky shade with hints of gold throughout. Whilst it is shimmery, it is a subtle shimmer meaning that it would work perfectly with matte and other shimmered eye-shadows. I matched it with Dust (N3) which is slightly more bronzey but still s good match.

                                       

Overall, I would say these are definitely eye-shadows that are worth picking up if you are looking for a new company that makes some, of if you are looking for a cheaper alternative to some of the Urban Decay or even MAC eye-shadows!

Devon 

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