I have had these two products
tucked away for a while now but as I have run out of my usual staples I decided
to bring them out and give them a try.
I first went in to pick up
another make me brow by Essence; however I was quite disappointed when the Red
Square store I went in to was out of stock.
I have always been really lazy when it comes to my brows I always forget
to pluck and up until recently when I have I have always over plucked. In any case so I was quite disappointed and
wondered over to the Catrice stand in order to see if they had a similar
product, of course an ever so helpful shop assistant wondered on over to me and
asked if she could help, I told her what I was looking for and she handed me
this set.
I was at first somewhat reluctant
being there were two shades included in the set and I really didn’t see myself
using the darker one but as I was in a hurry and the price was great I decided
to try it out.
Looking at the product as always
with Catrice products the design is simple yet compact and sophisticated looking
even though the product is inexpensive it never appears to look that way when
it comes to design.
The compact holds two shades and
the lid includes a little mirror, you can also slide the bottom out to reveal a
mini tweezer and applicator which is just stinking adorable. The product is also perfect for handbag use
being small and compact.
Upon testing the colours my first
thought was again that I would only end up using the lighter shade, but after
applying I have to say I ended up using both, the lighter shade towards the
centre of my face and darker towards the outside as that is where my brows
lighten up significantly and appear hardly there.
The pigmentation of this product
is great and it blended really well and stayed all day without coming off onto
my fingers if I brushed them over my brows.
I am incredibly impressed with
this product and I’m sure it is going to last a long while which makes it even
better, it has definitely made it onto my list of must haves.
Catrice Prime and Fine Anti Red
Base Primer
This was another product I picked
up because my usual selection was out of stock but being as I am incredibly
pale faced and always tends to have red patches/ areas along my face I decided
to give this a try and see how it faired.
Now I know from friends who also
have pale tones with red areas that a green toned foundation or concealer is
great for that however I will admit looking at the product thinking wow that’s green
but hey let’s give it a whirl.
When I first tried it I used way too
much and it ended up not blending well so I cleaned up and tried again, you
really do need a minimal amount of this product.
Honestly it was an ok experience
I still prefer my previous primer, for me this products consistency and ability
to blend is just not as great and whilst it does balance out the reds in my
skin it makes the rest of my face look sickly and I have to apply both my bb
cream and foundation and colour corrector in order to balance out the tones
perfectly.
I am not saying it is a bad
product it just hasn’t been a great fit for me and I will be going back to my
previous prime and fine primer which is also from the Catrice range.
I really adore the Catrice range
and it has quickly become my number one make up brand to use, it makes up the
majority of my make-up collection and I don’t see that changing.
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