An easy way to achieve the clown look peeps! (Boots 17 Pure Sheer Mineral Blusher)

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Boots 17 Pure Sheer Mineral Blusher
Date:	17/05/09 (78 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good idea

Disadvantages: All round rubbish mine is going in the bin now I've reviewed it!

One real must have product for me are blushers. I do have cheekbones (fortunately) and find they don't need a lot of definition however I like a bit of blusher to warm up my skin tone generally on my face, used like a bronzer because I am incredibly pale. I own about 25 blushers in total (no lie I am totally addicted as I have fessed up lol) and it's something that I do carry around with me as it's a product with a multi load of uses in my life! I Use it as a blusher, eyeshadow, I've even used it to brush over my lips and add gloss to.... I simply love the stuff! I'm off on one now as I'm so excited to be talking about the stuff! lol. Ok I'm proper sad.... lol.

The Packaging....

Long and mostly clear plastic tube with a dark grey label to it's middle. On that in metallic silver and blue writing I'm told it is '17' Pure Finish Sheer Mineral Blusher and then around the back of the tube I'm told a bit about the product and my colour is stated (plum) and there is a bar-code on a white sticky removable label. On the bottom of the tube again there is a round dark grey sticky label on there and contact details for Boots are given and the recycle symbol is displayed. I think the idea of the product is great. I like being able to see the blusher powder at the bottom of the tube. i also like the way the lid slides over the brush on and off easily and I like the fact that the black brush is thick and of excellent quality and has it's own safety cover that you control so you can pull a section up over the brush that pushes back down when you put the lid back on which means the brush bristles are protected and don't get wrecked or anything. However the idea is good but in my humble opinion to the eyes and touch of the thing it is rather cheap (but to be fair a rather inexpensive product this is so what do you expect lol).

The Product....

Anyway it's the product itself that counts after-all! Now there is no on and off switch on this at all. It's open or closed and that's that so you can't control the amount of product dispensed at all which is really tricky because you have to angle it to the cheeks to apply it of course. Once opened the powder kind of flows out which is a bigger problem to me because the colour is far too dark for my skin tone (in this case) which means I can't simply use a small amount and create some effect because it covers me at it's own pace!

The powder itself is soft, smooth with no smell to it at all. I won't argue that this is of decent quality because once it's on it colours the skin, it stays put with no smudging or transference and skin does appear healthy and softened. In my view it's ok in that respect. However I don't much appreciate looking like Coco the clown and for me sadly this is pointless. I've tried and tried to be light handed with it but it simply creates harsh lines on my cheeks, flies out everywhere it shouldn't to near my lips giving my face a dirty smudged look (only where it shouldn't though!) and I have to get a cosmetic sponge and work really hard to blend it in.

Verdict....

Even with a lighter colour option I feel this is too hard to control and apply. It flakes speckles everywhere during application and it's incredibly hard to blend it in to get a natural flushed glow. However if you want something for a dressing up clown box...great go ahead.

Pointless, hard to use and overpriced...in my view and I'd recommend that for the price this is you can get alot better brands of blusher than this on the market and to purchase one of them instead!

I paid £4.49 for my tube and it's exclusive to Boots.

Summary: Terrible!