Bourjois Pearl Eyeshadow : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk

Author's product rating:

Ease of Application	easy
Waterproof?	yes
Does it irritate your eyes?	no

Advantages:	Fantastic colour
Disadvantages:	Pot needs to be stronger !

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Hey Ciao!
I'm going to tell you about the rather popular eye shadow that a lo of make up wearing ladies out there seem to love- and that's the Bourjois Paris Pastel Lumiere Pearl Eye shadow. I think this stuff is popular because it has original looking packaging, and it comes in rather a few funky, bright colours. The 'little round pots', which are characteristic of the eye shadows and blushers, are Bourjois Paris' trademark. They are easily recognised, and so when you see the little round pots, you know you're going to get a good quality product, and a bright and eye catching colour! To learn more, go to www.bourjois.co.uk.

The pots generally retail at £5.50 in shops like Boots and Tesco, which I think is the average price you can expect to pay for make up of this famous designer brand. BUT, where I live, I managed to buy this stuff for £2!!!! Girls- fine independent make up market traders, because it's where I got mine- and it's the real deal- no copies or anything.

The little round pots are all different colours (19 shades) according to what product you're buying- the pot matches the shade of the product. The pots are 4.5cm in diameter and 2 cm high, so they're nice and compact- easy to fit in a hand bag or make up bag. The top of the lid the pastel Lumiere eye shadow has gold writing on top. On the left hand side is the word 'Regard' and then the Bourjois Paris logo. You can then see the worlds 'Pastel Lumiere- Pearl Eye shadow' and beneath that is the colour and shade information. My favourite pot is the green shade, although this is labelled as 'Iridescent Blue'! It is shade number 49, but trust me- it's bright green! I can't currently find my shade on the website.

The round pot is made of plastic, and appears to be quite sturdy on first inspection. You open the pot by pushing a little gold button on the front of the pot, and the hinge lid clicks open. The eye shadow itself is set in solid form (not powder), but does have a fine powdery effect. The shape of the powder is also curved; not flat, so it makes it really easy to load up your make up brush, and be able to use up every last bit!

The pot comes with its own little applicator brush, though it is a fiddly little thing. It's one of those little cushion brushes, which is curved to match the curve of the inside of the pot, and the handle bit itself is just over 2cm long- that's not a lot to work with if you're in a hurry! However, I find the brush suits me just find when I'm applying the eye shadow normally, the head of the brush is small enough for me to be careful where I apply, so I can sweep the colour neatly on my eyelid, and you don't get any loose powder collecting below your eyes.
Now, a tip I found out from the website- if you want more of an impact, and a longer lasting colour, apply the powder to wet skin. Trust me, the results are rather striking! I'm annoyed I didn't learn about this sooner!

I apply the powder on my eyelids (not all the way up to the eye brow) and it really does give the eyes a striking look, and for me, they look more open and brighter. IT definitely makes me feel good about myself and how I look! Green works well for blue eyes ladies!

The length of time the powder stays on for depends on where you're wearing the make up to, and what kind of look you want to get. I find that if I'm going out for the evening, one application on dry eyelids lasts moderately well. By the end of the night, the colour certainly has lost its intensity, but you can still see the green there, and it looks like you've just applied a pale and less intense colour! This is why I like this eye shadow so much- the results it gives always work in your favour; there are no smudgy eye lids, just alterations in the colour intensity! Applying the shadow to wet eyelids will make it last a lot longer, and it gives a dramatic look which will turn heads. Just make sure you apply in moderation, you don't want to spread it too far up your eyelid!
If you want to wear the colour throughout the day, then you'll need it with you to do some touching up, either once or twice. I'm quite happy to do this! I also use the shadow in a slightly different way to accentuate my eyes and make them appear brighter. Using the very tip of the brush, I put some colour on it and very carefully apply it under my eyes, just on the eye lash line, if you do that, then put some mascara on, it gives your eyes a great look! Green is a very good colour to use for your eyes.

The scoring of the eye shadow fell for me, when the pot broke! A little plastic bit of the hinge snapped one day after being stored in my make up bag for a bit, now the pot is in 2 halves, and that means I can't really take the powder with me anywhere. The packaging needs to be a bit sturdier. If you look on the website, however, they have actually updated the eye shadow pots, so hopefully the new batches are more durable. The new pots also come with mirrors- oooooooh!

This hasn't put me off using the stuff, because the powder itself is of a very high quality, and lasts a very long time! You get 1.5g of the powder. I've had my pot for well over a year, and it shows no signs of running out yet! Another factor, which proves the high quality of the powder-, it doesn't break up in the pot. Too often I've had to chuck some eye shadows because they broke up in the case because they couldn't live up to too much moving around (But since my pot broke, it really hasn't had too much moving around!).

I don't know if the powder is suitable for sensitive eyes or not. I've never had any problems, but I couldn't find out on the website, or from the product packaging if it's suitable for sensitive users. I'd still recommend the eye shadow to anyone though, in my opinion, it's a cut above the rest.

Bourjois produce a lot more make up products, so I recommend checking them all out!

Thanks for reading :o)