Anyone else loving the new ‘block colour’ trend for spring? I was tempted by a bright orange Illamasqua eye pencil after seeing it in a magazine last week, but I was passing by the chemist in my student’s union the other day and saw a bargain bin full of GOSH products so I thought I may as well have a look. I ended up getting 3 ‘velvet touch’ eyeliners and a nail polish in some bright springy colours, all for about £10, less than the one Illamasqua pencil would’ve cost.
Here are the colours:
(top to bottom) Rising Sun, Girl Power, Ice Blue
(top to bottom) Ice Blue, Rising Sun, Girl Power
The orange Illamasqua pencil was a touch more neon than Girl Power, but I think it would still work well with minimal makeup and black mascara. The Ice Blue colour is a pale but vivid baby blue which would look great in the summer as well. Rising Sun is a deep warm gold which ok, isn’t very ‘springy’, but still looks great and wears well. In fact, I kept the swatches on while I had a shower and they were still totally intact after which is pretty impressive, and they came off easily with eye makeup remover.
The nail polish shade is Sweet Rose, which is a slightly pastel pink with a little bit of purple thrown in. In the bottle it seemed really ‘spring’ to me. The lighting doesn’t really show the proper colour once applied; the purple tones did come out a bit more. The consistency I wasn’t too keen on, a bit watery and after two coats wasn’t as opaque as I’d like, but overall it’s not too bad.
All in all, I’m glad I went for GOSH to try out the trend instead of splashing out. The Velvet Touch eyeliners are great and I’m going to see what other colours they have on offer to brighten my makeup up a bit for springtime.
What makeup trends are you trying out at the minute?
I love the look of the Rising Sun eyeliner.
ReplyDeleteYeah it's really nice! The texture of all of them is pretty nice too, you should give them a go :)
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