Bobbi Brown Bronze Mini Shimmer Brick (Holiday 2018) Review & Swatches
Bronze
Bobbi Brown Bronze Shimmer Brick ($25.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a brighter, coppery gold with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. This is, of course, with the product swirled together, which is the practical way to use the product in the mini size (even small eye brushes are tedious given how narrow each strip is!). If you’re someone who tends to use their Shimmer Bricks as cheek highlighters and as individual eyeshadows, stick with the full-sized version. If you’re someone who just uses it as a highlighter, the mini is a nice way to save a bit of money as there is still a good amount of product that will take a good while to use up. It had rich, opaque pigmentation that applied evenly to bare skin and blended out with ease. The consistency was dense, lightly creamy, and smooth to the touch. It wore well for eight hours on me before fading slightly.
The full-sized version retails for $48.00 and contains 0.40 oz. of product. The mini version contains $16.80 worth of product, so it is only a better “value” for those who rarely, if ever, finish their products–it’s not unusual for minis to cost more per ounce than full-sized. The color and quality of the mini was consistent with the last version of this shade I tried (in a palette).
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Glo Up (LE, $8.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Anastasia Bronzed (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Candyman (P, $10.00) is darker (95% similar).
- rms beauty Madeira Bronzer (P, $38.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Ignite (P, $20.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild Go With the Glow (P, $5.99) is warmer (95% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow (P, $48.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Zoeva Surreal (P, $26.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop Do Not Disturb (P, $8.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Cover FX Candlelight (P, $42.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Dimethicone, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate, Isopropyl Isostearate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Sorbitan Stearate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Water, Nylon-12, Polyacrylamide, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Laureth-7, Silica, Tin Oxide, Xanthan Gum, Disodium EDTA, Sorbic Acid, Chlorphenesin. May Contain (+/-) Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Manganese Violet (Ci 77742), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Chromium Oxide Greens (Ci 77288), Chromium Hydroxide Green (Ci 77289), Carmine (Ci 75470), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Ultramarines (Ci 77007), Ferric Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510).
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Just popping in to say your eyeshadow looks stunning here! Thank you for your excellent reviews. <3
Thanks, Amy!
Because it’s a mini, and as a result, less expensive, I’m going to try to get it during November’s Rouge sale perhaps. Because, quite honestly, this would be my *perfect* fake a tan bronzing blush! It has that little touch of rosiness to enliven my somewhat blah neutral-olive cheeks.
The mini size is a good pan size (for a highlighter, that is) without the higher price point of the full-size ones!
I really like the idea of the shimmer bricks and swirling the shades together to create a lovely effect on the cheeks. The mini size is a great idea to try out the palette. Love the shades.
This i like.. By versital.