The non-glittery eyeshadows are like in their palettes from the regular line (I have Coral), so pigmented enough, though not exceptionally well and need some building up on the eyes (they swatch well). Texture is smooth and they blend ok. Formula is much less creamy than most of their old eyeshadows and can now be picked up with a brush, so they are quite improved. Shade range is a neutral to rosy one, but when I try to make a look from the non-shimmery shades, they tend to blend out to similar shades, since the deepest shade isn't very dark when blended. The two shimmery shades appear like dry, pressed glitter in the top layer, but below is the creamy part. Brush works with them, but you get more on the lids with fingers. They are better than the Glitterholic LE from last year which wore terribly, but these still crease in time and some of the shimmer migrates down the face. Packaging is a gorgeous glittery one, they've really outdone themselves. I'm not sure if this is still available or when they put it on the shelves, nor do I know the price.

This has the same formula as the More than Glow highlighter from the regular line. I’m not a fan of these type of textures because they are too tightly pressed creamy formulas that are very hard to pick up with a brush, but that’s just me and other reviewers praised it. I can apply it with fingers, but the texture isn’t smooth enough to be blended as seamlessly as Colourpop’s Flexiterian with a similar cream-to-powder formula. I needed a lot of building up for the glow in the pictures (on the face. It was ok for swatch on the arm which I did with a finger) and this just doesn’t compare to my Maybelline’s highlighter which gives me so much glow with one swipe of a brush. Shade is a champagne rose and shimmer isn’t quite as fine as in More than Glow. I find this makes my skin look too textured for my taste.   

A great, soft flat kabuki brush. I use this a lot mostly for powder, but I'd use this brush for foundation as well. These short kabuki brushes are so handy for us with poor eyesight because you don't hit the mirror with them. 

I got this in a much too dark shade and I didn't plan to try it, just give it straight away to someone who is in need of a darker foundation, but then I went to read reviews on Amazon and it's very highly praised, so I gave it a quick try and then disinfect it for the next person. I really like this formula, Bourjois again didn't disappoint. It's precisely the type of formula I like and the first in a stick form that actually looks decent on the face (from those few I tried). It's a light-medium coverage foundation with two light, layered swipes and this just melts into the skin, blends seamlessly and has a healthy look to it. Finish is just natural, neither shiny nor matte, it just looks like skin - that's what Bourjois excels at. It kinds of blends over the pores too and doesn't make me look older by slipping into lines, so overall this is quite nice. It might be too low coverage for a lot of people, but I'm not a fan of completely covering the skin. Shade is quite too dark for my skin tone as I got one of the darkest in selection (yeah…), but based on these swatches 100 might work for me and it's cheap online, so maybe I'll get myself the right shade. We'll see, I like it. 

*BOURJOIS Rouge Velvet Ink 

I have this on the wishlist in a different shade which I still plan to buy someday when there's a good offer. This shade is 08 Coquelic'Hot, an orange red, the last I'd pick for myself, but I'm not complaining, since I get to try the formula and see if it's worth buying the shade I want. I have several of their Rouge Edition Velvets, which were one of the first matte liquid lipsticks I've tried and they are quite different from these (mine are by now all out of service due to age). Those are more like a feather-light mousse that needs quite some time to set to a matte finish, while these dry much quicker and have a more "true matte finish" (those look more like natural lip texture. Still matte, but more like the lips were tinted that way). Pigmentation is not the best, as the first layer is on the sheer side and it can look uneven, so I need to apply two layers for a fully opaque finish. Due to that this feels like a layer of product on the lips, like dried paint, so comparable to Maybelline's Inks or Colourpop's Ultra Mattes, but that feeling goes away in about a half an hour and then I just forget this is on my lips. Still I don't think this formula is that nice for lips that tend to get dry a lot during the day, but I can't say for sure. It doesn't last all day, but it was still on until I had my second meal when I was checking how it looks. Packaging is super pretty and it instantly caught attention on my vanity. 08 Coquelic'Hot is an orange red, so something like Mac's Lady Danger.

*BOURJOIS Rouge Fabuleux 

05 Peanut Better 

I have a full review of the shade 07 Perlimpinpink on the blog. This is nice creamy formula, Bourjois has always made some of the best quality lipsticks in the drugstore, but I will always prefer their matte version, which is one of my favourites. 05 Peanut Better is a medium brown shade. 

I spotted a new version of my beloved Schaebens hydrogel masks. This one is with vitamin C in Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate form, but it's only in the second part of the ingredients list. Just like Cell Therapy it has niacinamide high on the list and hyaluronic acid, so its overall quite similar in terms of ingredients, only without acids. It’s the same 2-part hydrogel, so soft, yet thick. It’s slippery from the start, but holds well when it warms up. There’s plenty of essence. After some time it started to feel kind of tingly, but I’m confused why since vitamin C is so low and it’s not ascorbic acid. Results were ok, but I like Cell Therapy more. This one isn’t as brightening as that one.

Müller, 2.95 €