Overrated Products #2: Nars Blush in Deep throat

Hello Readers!

Now today I come at you with another addition to the Overrated Products posts. The product I'm going to feature today is probably a bit controversial but this is my personal opinion on it. The product in today's post is Nars Blush in the shade Deep throat. Now for those of you who have been keeping up with my blog for a while, you will have noticed that I featured this blush in my "Top 5 Blushes" post a little while back. Now don't get me wrong, I do like this blush. However, this blush was so hyped up and I bought it having such high expectations that it just didn't live up to.

 

 I purchased this blush from the ASOS website sometime back in January. It came at the hefty cost of £21.50 and that's not including the price of delivery. This blush isn't cheap and I think that plays a factor into why I ended up being so disappointed in it.
My first impressions of this product when it arrived was that the packaging was beautiful. I loved the sleek black look of the compact. This was my first product from NARS so I was really happy to finally own something from this brand.

The colour of this blush in the pan is a very deep pink colour with lots of little gold shimmers through out. This blush is described as sheer so I knew that I wouldn't be able to transfer that exact colour on my cheeks, however I'd say that sheer is an understatement! This blush transfers terribly, which is not something I'd expect from a product that is so pricey. The pigmentation of this blush is the downfall of this product. You have to keep building it up until you can finally see any form of colour on your face.

I'm quite a pale person (think porcelain) so I couldn't believe how hard I was finding it to make this product show up on my skin. I wore this to college the day after I got it and I had friends ask if I even had any blush on. So that should give you an idea as to how sheer this blush is! Thankfully, this blush isn't very powdery so this therefore allows you to build up the colour without creating a cakey look on your face and without much fallout. Now once you've built it up enough, it does create a nice healthy flush of colour on your cheeks which is very blendable. But for a product so pricey, surely you shouldn't have to pack it on to see any result? Now admittedly, I made a mistake by not reading many online reviews before purchasing this product, as quite a few people have said that it is very, very sheer. But there are a few mixed reviews where some people have said they love it and think it's great, whereas a few people have said something similar to what I've said.
 

I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone with a darker skin tone to myself, as I feel like you'd have a hard time getting much colour pay off from this product. Which even I have experienced as a girl with very fair skin! I feel like I was sort of drawn into purchasing this product by the packaging and to some extent the name. I mean, who doesn't want to own one of the cheekily named Nars blushes? Surely I'm not the only one! It's a clever marketing technique by Nars which helped to build up hype about the product, and who could blame them as it's proven that it works! Is it any wonder why Orgasm (another one of their blushes which is similar to Deep Throat) is one of their best selling products?

I did swatch the blush on my wrist here but as you can see, it's really not very visible at all. The camera has not picked it up in the slightest.

When using the flash from my camera, you can see the colour a bit better. However it's still very subtle.

 

 

 

So overall I'd have to say that yes, this product is very overhyped. The colour pay off is so bad, and nothing can excuse that. I do love this blush when the colour has built up but it's just too expensive and simply just not worth the money.

Have you ever used this blush? What do you think of it? Let me know!

Paige.



Overrated Products #1: Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation.

Hello Everyone!

Todays post will be my first overrated products post, I will be doing more of these over time as I have a fair few products that I purchased due to the hype and then ended up being disappointed by. The product that I'll be discussing today is the Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation. I bought this product some time last year, I can't exactly pinpoint when but I definitely know it was during the last year. Now I saw loads of positive YouTube videos and blog posts about this product which is what drew me in. In all the reviews I was reading, people were saying that it smelt amazing, it looked lovely and dewey on the skin and that it was suitable for pale people. When watching YouTube videos of people applying this product, and then talking about it, it did look like a suitable pale foundation.

 

 

 

I went into Superdrug on numerous occasions, and found myself always debating on whether or not to pick up this foundation. I think the reasons why I found it so difficult to purchase this product, were;

1. The Price.
This product retails at £10.00, which I think is a hefty price tag for a drugstore foundation. I'm normally used to spending £6-£8 odd for my foundations.

2. Which formula?!
Until I was in Superdrug, I wasn't aware that there are two different formulas of the healthy mix foundation. There's the serum, which is more of a gel like consistency, and retails for a couple of pounds more. There's also the regular foundation, which is the one I chose.

I eventually caved and purchased the regular healthy mix foundation in the shade Light Vanilla 51. I used it for a few weeks before I finally decided that this foundation just wasn't for me.

My first impressions of this product, were that I really did love the scent. When applying the foundation, it has a lovely peachy / apricot scent which is very refreshing. The scent seems to disappear after the foundation has set on your skin, so for those who are concerned about the smell becoming sickly or overpowering, it doesn't linger for long. I really liked the idea of this foundation containing lots of different fruit extracts, to keep the skin healthy and revived, so that factor definitely drew me in. I also really loved the finish of this product. Healthy Mix was the first dewey foundation I'd ever used, and I enjoyed how It seemed to make my complexion so much more glowy and fresh.

After a few uses I began to notice that this foundation really wasn't a good colour match for me. It was quite dark and I began to notice that during the day it would oxidize on my face and become really orange and sometimes patchy. A few of my friends had also noticed that the foundation was quite orange during the day, so I knew it wasn't just me being overly paranoid about it.

This foundation claims to last 16 hours, which from my experience, I would disagree with. It barely lasted through an 8 hour day at college, even with powder on top. Everything else on the packaging, I would agree with however.

I stopped using the foundation, but I would definitely repurchase in a heart beat if they bought out some paler shades. However, I highly doubt they will as most of the colours in their shade range are very yellow / orangey toned. 

 

 

 

As you can see from these images, it's far too dark for my skin.

So overall I'd say this product is overrated. I've seen so many people say good things about it, so I was incredibly disappointed with it. It's too orange, it oxidizes terribly, it's expensive and it doesn't last very long on the skin.

Have you ever used this foundation? What do you think of it? Let me know!

Paige.