Hey guys,
How many of you have heard of this brand named Boe Beauty available at BigW here in Australia?? I know many of you have tried these products but I know a lot of people who still have not even heard of these.
Basically these are beauty products sold in BigW for $2 each (LOL Cosmetics in Kmart ring a bell??) These are just like that but way better quality I think. I picked up two of their matte lip creams and one eyeshadow palette to review here. They also have a wide variety of eyeshadow duos, eyeliner pencils, liquid eyeliners, mascara, jumbo lip pencils, glosses, lip lacquers, matte lip creams, nail polishes etc.
The two lip creams I have here are #32 Blush Pink Matt Lip Cream and #33 Shock Pink Matt Lip Cream.
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| Blush Pink |
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| Shock Pink |
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| Blush Pink |
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| Blush Pink |
Blush Pink is a nice nudey pink. It does not look great on my skin tone but girls with lighter skin can pull it off easily.
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| Shock Pink |
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| Shock Pink |
Shock Pink is a bright fuschia violet colour that will look great on light and dark skinned beauties.
As you can see in the above swatches I do find the product not living up to the name. It does not look matte in anyway. They do have a satin shine finish . The colour payoff is amazing, both lip creams shown above are one swipe of product only. They do have a perfumy smell but that does not transfer on the lips. They are not super long lasting but they do last about 5 hours which is really good for a $2 product.
Pros:
Only $2
Available in a few shades
Available at all BigW stores
Lasts pretty well
Does not dry out the lips
Very pigmented
Slim packaging easy to carry
Easy to apply, No lip brush needed
Cons:
Is not matte as the packaging claims
Has a perfumy smell
Bleeds if a lip liner is not used
Transfers if not blotted
I cannot think of any other con as I do find it pretty good value for the price.
The next thing I picked up is the Boe Beauty Glamour Eyes Palette. This retails for $5 and has 11 eyeshadows. Some are shimmery while others are satiny. The range includes neutrals to bright fun colours.
I started swatching from the big yellow eyeshadow on the top and went clockwise. The three small colours right below the big yellow are swatched horizontally. All swatches are done by an eyeshadow brush.
Although these shadows were quite powdery I did find them to be quite pigmented (better than the models prefer gift sets I bought recently). The above swatches are only one or two layers of product. I think for $5 that is quite impressive. On the eyes these last well too. I did use a primer and the shadows lasted me 5 hours, without primer I am looking at 3 hours due to extremely oily lids.
Pros:
Cheap and affordable only $5
Variety of colours
Pigmented
Not patchy
Last well for the price
Great gift
Cons:
Powdery
May not last long on the lids without a primer
Cheap packaging
Honestly, for the price I think they are worth it.
Have you tried Boe Beauty products? What do you think about them??
I think there good for the price too! there nail polishes are quite good too :)
ReplyDeleteI have not tried thier nail polishes yet. But yeah for $2 they are totally worth it
Deleteshade looks not at all pigmnted!
ReplyDeleteFor $5 I did not expect them to be pigmented. But because they are light shades and I did not pack them in layers it looks very light. But they are more pigmented than my Models Prefer gift sets :)
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