When I heard that H&M were realising a make-up collection, I knew that I had to get my hands on some of their products and test them out. The products themselves would not be available in every store across the country, luckily the store in Nottingham was going to contain the collection.
Personally I feel that being able to physically see the product makes a huge difference to a potential purchase, as it enables me to clearly see colours and test pigmentation for myself.
So as I made my way into store I was full of excitement, (make-up shopping is a favourite of mine) and the first thing I noticed was the sleek nature of the products and the packaging. Gone was the tacky high street packaging and in its place was products that had a cream, gold, and black theme throughout. Each stand, which was colour co-ordinated to match the products, contained items that were area specific, for example there were stands dedicated to eyes, face and body. After spending a good 10 minutes just looking at what they had to offer I decided to pick up 2 nail varnishes and a bronzer. I could have gotten so much more believe me, but student budgets held me back!
Before I review the products I bought, I just wanted to talk about how pigmented their eye shadows were. All of their products had testers and the nail varnishes had nail swatches, and when I tested out some of the eye shadows onto my hand I couldn't believe their pigmentation! They were so bold and bright, and as well as this the colour stayed on my hand for so long and was really hard to get off, whilst being annoying on my hand, that was promising for my eyes. So I may be going back to purchase a few of those!
I picked up 2 nail varnishes in the colours 'Milky Tea' and a glitter called 'Copper Cascade' each retailing at £3.99. The brushes are thick and flat, which are perfect for applying the colour onto my nails. I was honestly surprised at the quality of the varnishes, I only needed to put on two coats and the colours were strong and remained glossy. After painting my nails, I had a few people ask me whether it was a gel varnish that I had on, so that was a bonus! Another thing that I really like about these varnishes is that they dry pretty quick and they don't chip after a day like most drug store brands.
The bronzer I chose was called 'Sunrise Glow' and the pigment is amazing, it provides a subtle bronzing to my face and it contains a small amount of shimmer, which I love! The only downfall is that the fallout after putting it on my brush covers the the rim of the packaging, so it constantly needs to be cleaned, however for the price, £6.99, that was my only complaint.
Overall I am very impressed with the quality and pigmentation of theses products; and I would recommend them to anyone who was interested in giving them a go!
I hope you liked this, I really enjoyed writing it and reviews are definitely something I would be interested in writing more of,
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Until next time my lovelies,
Abi
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