Posted On: 11/9/08
Posted in: Bobbi Brown, Cheek Products, Eye Products, Eyeshadows, Highlighters, Lip Balm, Lip Products, Lipgloss
Copper Diamond Shimmer Brick
($38.00) According to Bobbi Brown, there are five shades found within this shimmer brick: Candlelight, Gold, Copper, Beige, and Sand. I like the subtle glow it gave me; it’s very subtle, not too much color–more of a shimmer, highlighting effect. Some shimmer bricks give more color than others, but I’ve always liked the shimmer they’ve given, regardless of actual color (since I still consider these highlighters rather than blushes!). Copper Diamond is probably more suitable for warm-tones, just because it’s so warm itself. I still think cooler skin tones will enjoy this shimmer brick, because it won’t bronze you in a fake, orange kind of way.
Copper Diamond Glitter Lip Balm
($19.00) is a very subtle and sheer lip balm. It’s not sticky or tacky; it barely went on for me, to be honest. I saw a hint of shimmer/glitter on my lips, but the color itself was minimal. I haven’t tried the other shades, so perhaps those are more pigmented–otherwise, I’d skip these and head straight for the new, limited edition glitter lip gloss (the ones in the compact).
Glitz Metallic Eyeshadow
($20.00) is a new shade to the line’s existing metallic eyeshadows. The metallic eyeshadows have a more–you guessed it–metallic finish. I find they’re shimmery/frosty finishes, some of them do seem more metallic than others, though. Glitz itself is a soft, pale yellow-gold that goes on with a nice dose of shimmer and glitz (ha!). I think it’s a great shade for the holidays, as it’s a great all-over lid color to match with festive holiday-red lips! Oh, by the way? While they’re sold in their individual compacts, you can always pop ‘em out and put them in Bobbi Brown’s customizable palettes. Depotting without the hassle that comes alogn with MAC pots–awesome.
Ball Glitter Lip Gloss
($19.00) is actually my favorite product from the two collections. It’s a thick, semi-tacky gloss that is full of glittery bits with decent color. I picked up Ball, which gives lips some warmth and golden shimmer. It’s a great gloss over reds, especially a red like MAC’s Port Red, because of the lipstick’s subtle gold shimmer.
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Monday, November 10, 2008
The darkest shade of the glitter glosses shows up fairly pigmented on me. I love it!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Thanks! I’ll have to check that shade out then!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Oh these all look gorgeous! I love Bobbi Brown…sigh…but she always makes pretty expensive stuff. I really really want that Shimmer Brick — I don’t own one and everyone’s always raving about them. Just wondering, can the individual shades be used as eyeshadows or do they have too much fallout?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
You’d probably find there’s too much fall out, and maybe not enough color pay off. Maybe if you used them wet :)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Thanks for the post, Christine.
Do you think this Copper Diamond Shimmer Brick is similar to the MSF Soft and Gentle?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Sure thing, Eniana! It’s more golden, more bronzy. Soft & Gentle is almost a cool beige-nude shimmer IMO!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Thx Christine.
In your opinion, ia it worth to have both?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
If you’re more wanting to try a shimmer brick out and aren’t dying for this one, you might want to try one of her pink ones instead. :)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Well, I think I’m gonna try the Copper one because I have the MSF Petticoat. So I want to try different colors. I’m very tempted to buy the MSF Soft&Gentle and, also, the Shimmer Bricks – but they are much more expensive here in Canada :(
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Oh, yes, that makes sense then :)