Bobbi Brown's latest collection is all about bright, glowing skin - shades for eyes, skin, lips and nails which are all about adding shimmer and glow, rather than high pigmentation colour. The collection is split into skintones to allow you to find the most natural glow-makers for you - there are variation for extra-light-to-light, medium, and medium-to-dark skintones.
This Sheer Lip Colour in Pink Gold, £19, is recommended for medium-to-dark skin tones, but actually, it's sheer and neutral enough to work well on any skin tone. The texture is soft and buttery, glides onto the lips, and adds a whisper of colour.
Sheer Lip Colour in Pink Gold |
Crystal Eye Palette |
Porcelain, Opal Sparkle, Mica Sparkle, Angel Pink |
Nude Eye Palette |
Dove Grey; Ballet Pink; Nude; Cement |
Swatched, you can see that these shades are more intense on my pale skin - they'll be more natural on those with darker skin, but they're lovely on anyone looking for glowing, wearable nude shades. Both of the sparkle eyeshadows in the Nude palette suffer from the same fallout issue as the Crystal palette, so a bit of care is required to avoid metallic taupe cheekbones, and looking like a robot.
And here I am wearing Ballet Pink and Nude layered up, with Nude as a base and Ballet Pink applied as a wash over the top. The effect is subtle, albeit very sparkly, and goes well with plenty of black mascara and a strong lip (or a nude lip if you're going for all-over glow).
At £35 each, the Eye palettes are pretty spendy, particularly given that the shades don't look the same between pan and eyelid. That said, the textures are all soft and blendable, and if you like a subtle, polished eye look, you can't really go wrong. Just don't constrain yourself to the products that match your skintone - there are lovely shades in all categories, and some work just as well outside of them.
Find the Nude Glow collection now at Bobbi Brown counters and at their website now.
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Cement and Ballet get the same color of sparkle? only a "base color" is diferent? color + glitter color
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