It's too darn hot right now, and when that happens, my mind always starts to think wistfully about cooler seasons, I'm not a happy summer bunny, alas. Not to mention that I always prefer the Autumn and Winter makeup collections to the ubiquitous summer bronze (with a splash of "unexpected" blue) that we've been seeing all summer every summer since, well, time began.
ByTerry is one of my favourite brands, and this micro-collection of makeup staples (the wider collection has two fragrances and some really lovely skincare, which I'll tell you about another time) is a lovely one:
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| Yeah, 'scuse the finger marks, I couldn't wait to try the lipbalm. Sorry! Not sorry. |
The Rose de Rose contains three shades, a pink-coral, a salmon-peach, and a pearly pink highlight. It comes complete with a small brush, and a good-sized embossed mirror. It does kick up a lot of dust on application, but it's really nice - pinker than you'd expect - colour on the skin:
This has been applied with a heavy hand to get the colour to show up in pictures, but a lighter application leaves you with a sheer pink rosy glow that looks almost lit from within. The different colours are probably too small to be able to get to the individual shades with the average blusher brush, but the pan is a great size for swirling. The powder smells divinely of roses, as does almost everything in this collection.
I do love a powder eyeliner, I own an entire set of the Guerlain loose kohls for example, and this is a good one. The tip of the applicator is actually a sponge, which is really handy, as it adds a bit of flexibility to the application process - Boots No7 did a limited powder liner with this kind of tip a few years ago, I've always wondered why they didn't bring it back to be honest - and with a black this black (for it is indeed very black. Indeed) you're going to need all the help you can get when you're putting it on:
It blends out easily, and a little goes a long, long way, so if you want to do a soft but intense smokey eye, this is great. You can see from the swatch above that there is not much grey in the formulation, so you're not going to end up with a wan, pale grey smokey eye here. You will get a lot of fall-out with this - it is the nature of the beast with eyeliners of this nature, to be honest, there's no avoiding it - so I suggest you do your eyes first and then do the rest of your make up, and especially your base, afterwards. It lasts and lasts, particularly on the waterline, and barely fades at all. I've not noticed any staining, but this is a great BLACK liner.
I'm not a massive fan of the original Baume de Rose, to be honest. It's actually a great balm, and has a really nourishing formulation, but the milky film of colour it leaves on the lips is, for me, a killer. With that in mind, I may have given a tiny whoop of delight when I saw the six new shades of Baume de Rose recently. This is Fig Fiction, a sheer and easily wearable plum colour.
Anything that isn't milky on the lips is a winner for me, and the sheer but not unpigmented colour is great. With the same gorgeous rosey scent as the original, this feels nourishing and cushiony on the lips, but it IS a balm, and therefore won't last very long. It's a pleasure to reapply (even though it does come in a pot, a particular bugbear of mine), so this shouldn't be too much of a hardship.
The ByTerry Rose Infernal collection will be instore from September (the blush costs £72, and the eyeliner will cost £29) but the coloured Baume de Rose collection is in SpaceNK now, and they cost £35 each. I'll be picking up Cherry Bomb and Bloom Berry come payday ...
The Fine Print: PR Samples
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