Makebelieve… we do!

We weren’t really aware that Makebelieve had a cosmetics line before we received our November She Said Beauty box. We knew they’ve been around for sometime in the self-tanning market and have had good reviews, but now they’ve branched out into the cosmetics market we were keen to see how they lived up to the hype. 

Our She Said Beauty box contained the Makebelieve Enhance, Luminize Skin Highlighter and we’ve been using it everyday for the last week. We liked the packaging, the black and gold box looks stylish, although the actual plastic container is quite plain and unexciting. The highlighter itself is in cream form, which we like as we’re mainly using either liquid or powder highlighter at present and we like to try different textures depending on our look.

The colour is also something we were very pleased with, it has pink/gold undertones which we felt would suit warmer skin tones. Other highlighters are often more silver/blue based and can give a rather unnatural halo effect but Enhance matched really well to our skin tone and gave a very natural looking glow. The cream consistency meant it was easy to apply with fingers and blended well. We found the product to last well and still be shimmering at the end of the day. We use the word shimmering deliberately as that’s exactly what it does, it doesn’t sparkle or glitter thankfully as that is something we detest in highlighters, we don’t want to look like the fairy on top of the Christmas tree!

Apply to the cheek and brow bones for a natural glow, build up the product to get the right level of shimmer for you and blend well with your fingers for the best effect.

We did find it quite difficult to find stockists through the Makebelieve site as they don’t appear to have updated with their own range yet! However a quick search revealed that Boots, asos, John&Ginger and other stockists are available and it’s priced at around £7.

There are other products in the Makebelieve cosmetics range, have you tried them? What did you think? We’d love to hear from you!

Thanks for reading.

tbo

xxx

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This weekend we’ve got reviews on MUA Cosmetics, Makebelive, Chanel, Elizabeth Arden and the latest in our #WeLove and #AtoZBeautyFaves. We’ve also got an article on being skin confident whatever your skin type, plus a few other little bits for you!

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tbo

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She Said Beauty Box – November 2012

She Said Beauty are another big player in the beauty box arena. thebeautyobsession was pleased when our November box arrived at the the weekend and it cheered us up on a rather grey day!

Our initial impression of this months box, was that there was slightly more style than substance. Although it contained three full size products which was a nice bonus, and an additional treat, none of them were what we would call “luxury” products. More what you would class as your day-to-day staples instead.

Clockwise from left: So…? For Me Body Spray, £1.99 for 75ml (full size incl.); Redken Smooth Lock Shampoo & Conditioner, £11.85 for 300ml & £13.40 for 250ml (10ml sachets incl.); Murray’s Manicure Matchbook Nail Files £1.99 (full size incl.); Collection Primed & Ready Smoothing Make-Up Primer, £5.99 for 18ml (full size incl.); Yardley Royal English Daisy Eau de Toiliette, £9.99 for 50ml (1ml sample incl.); Weleda Wild Rose Smoothing Night Cream, £14.95 for 30ml (5ml incl.); Makebelieve enhance Luminize Skin Highlighter £7.50 for 2ml (full size incl.)

We’ll definitely be reviewing the Collection Primer and the Makebelieve Highlighter and we’ll give the So…? Body Spray a spritz, but we are a little disappointed with the Redkin Sachets and the size of the Weleda Night Cream. They’re both brands we love, but it’s very hard to tell how effective a product is and whether you want to use it again, if you only get enough to use it once! We love the Murray’s Manicure Nail Files though, never again will we be stuck without a file and a broken nail!

Overall we think the She Said Beauty box is still good value for money at £9 + £2.95 p&p, and is good for showing you some good staples.

Do you get a She Said Beauty box or subscribe to another beauty box? What do you think of this months box? We’d love to hear your opinions.

You can subscribe to She Said Beauty here. They also have an excellent site featuring lots of beauty blogs and articles – definitely worth a look we say!

Thanks for reading.

tbo

xxx