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Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick Review, Photos, Swatches

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick ($39.00 for 0.40 oz.) has five shimmery strips of pink-tinted shades that can be used as a blush or as an eyeshadow. It’s designed to highlight the skin with “pearlescent shimmer.” The individual strips include: a rosy light-medium pink with a frosted metallic sheen, pink-shimmered peach-orange with a frosted metallic sheen, warm-toned dirty pink with a frosted metallic sheen, warm-toned pink with orange undertones and a frosted metallic sheen (very similar to the one before it), and light rose pink with a frosted metallic sheen.

When everything is swirled together, it takes on a rosy champagne-bronze color. It looks a lot like MAC Blonde, which may have a slight orange tint in comparison. Bobbi Brown Rose Gold is warmer, bronzy; it doesn’t have the same pink element that this shade has.

Applied, it highlights and adds a touch of warm pink color to cheeks with lots of shimmer and sheen. Bobbi Brown’s Shimmer Bricks tend to be high shimmer, so if you prefer subtler, more refined highlighters, I would look elsewhere. If you love products like MAC Mineralize Skinfinishes, you’ll probably like the Shimmer Bricks. The high shimmer emphasizes pores slightly–it’s not off-putting enough in lieu of the glowy sheen it delivers, because it’s not noticeable from a normal viewing distance.

When I wore this shade to see how long it would wear for, it hung on well for seven hours and looked a little faded after eight hours. The powder itself has a soft texture that’s very shimmery and metallic-like, but it never feels gritty, despite the amount of shimmer in the product. This product also looks really lovely wet, which enables you to bring out the metallic sheen for a very glitzy look.

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick
Bobbi Brown Wild Rose Shimmer Brick

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Sunny Avatar

Hey Christine, did you use this as a highlighter and also blush in this picture? Also, what’s on your lips? It’s super gorgeous (reminds me of Tarina Tarantino Showroom, but I could be way off the mark)!

Sunny Avatar

I think it’s really pretty how the top of your cheekbones naturally catches the light! And great, Bobbi Brown is available here so I’ll check Angel Pink out. Thanks Christine 🙂

April Avatar

Since I’m new to your posts, I must say that I am very impressed with your thorough review, the photos and your rating system. I’m looking forward to exploring your reviews more.

PJ Avatar

Love Love it! I don’t usually apply it wet– do you have any tips for successful wet application? Also, what shade of lipgloss are you wearing in the photo/ Its also very pretty!

GlowMyWay Avatar

Christine, do you think this would emphasize flaws other than pores? I have fine bumps on my cheek area, and that’s my big struggle with any kind of shimmer in that area. (But it depends: I can use theBalm’s Mary-Lou Manizer in that area without calling attention to the bumps, but Nars’ Albatross was just like well, hello there, bumps!)

Christine Avatar

I’m so surprised – Albatross is pretty finely-milled, and between Mary-Lou Manizer and Albatross, I’m shocked one would emphasize and one wouldn’t! I’m going to say the Shimmer Bricks are more like Albatross than they would be Mary-Lou. Mary-Lou is really dense and buttery, which might be the key to a highlighter working for you, and while this is smooth, it’s not the same dense, buttery texture of theBalm’s powder products.

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