Bourjois 10 Days Nail Enamel New Colours

BOURJOIS is launching 10 Days Nail Enamel, new nail colours that have long-lasting hold. The exclusive fortifying pro-silicium formula gives nails colour for up to seven days, then the angled touch-up brush can be used to smooth over any chips for an extra three day hold. There are 12 shades available nationwide from 15 June priced at £5.99 each. Bourjois Eyeshadow was initially developed in 1863 and now the new Intense Eyeshadow is set to launch. Designed using 87% mineral pigments, it is hypoallergenic, paraben and fragrance-free and claims to last up to 16 hours. There are 10 Intense Eyeshadows available and will also launch on 15 June, priced at £6.99.

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Bourjois Bio Detox Organic Foundation Review

At the Bourjois event I was lucky enough to try a sneak preview of their new natural foundation launching in October. The new Bio Detox Organic foundation has a formula of 98.8% natural ingredients (21% being organically sourced) and has been certified by Ecocert as an organic cosmetic for a flawless finish. The formula enriched with chlorophyll brings oxygen and filters pollution to purify skin with each application. An anti-imperfection effect that evens out the complexion, lets the skin breathe, smoothing blemishes and lightly mattifying skin.

My first thoughts on the foundation when I tried it on my hand was that it seemed drying on the skin, so I would of imagined this would cling to dry patches on the skin and look terrible. However once blended on the face it’s a whole different story, it does not look dry at all, obviously it has a matt finish but it doesn’t look ‘flaky’ nor cling to dry patches. It does dry quickly to a powdery velvet texture and goes to nothing on the skin so you need to blend and buff quickly.

There are 7 shades to choose from, I selected Shade No. 53 ‘Light Beige’ for a medium skin tone. It has a fresh, fruity scent similar to the Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation due to the fragrance of melon, apple and sweet jasmine. It brightened and evened out my skin tone without feeling like I was wearing foundation, I felt like my skin could breathe. I think this would be fabulous for oily skins too. It gives a light coverage, but is buildable but the overall look is still natural and fresh.

Next is the accompanying Bio Detox Organic Concealer which owes its concealing and anti-puffiness performance to the dual action of a massaging roll-on ball applicator and a formula containing 98.8% ingredients of a natural origin, including 14.4% Ecocert-certified ingredients from organic farming. It has anti puffiness properties of horse chestnut extract and light-reflecting pigments to hide dark circles and puffiness. The non-greasy texture lets skin breathe and delivers a lightweight, even coverage for an ultra-natural result. The small metal ball of its roll-on applicator gently massages the eye contour. This massaging action coupled with an ‘ice cube’ effect stimulates micro-circulation of the skin. It produces effective and immediate action on dark circles, puffiness and swollen eyelids. This draining action immediately enhances the eyes. It comes in 2 shades, one for light and medium toned skin, and another for tan and dark skin tones.

Swatches on my hand: Top Foundation and below the concealer 

(Sorry for the picture - Blogger was playing up!)

Cassie Lomas, Celebrity Makeup Artist says ‘Glide the massaging roll-on applicator around the eyes then gently pat the formula with the fingertips to blend well and release the light-reflecting pigments.”

I found the concealer not heavy enough to cover my dark circles, but was ideal for lightly covering any blemishes or red patches on my face. Due to the roller ball it feels very cooling on the skin and lovely to use around the eye area and the scent is the same as the foundation – fresh and fruity. Like the foundation, it provides a light coverage and blends to almost a powder/velvet finish. Its obviously too early to tell if its made a difference to my dark circles but I will be interested to find out if it does.

Foundation and Concealer blended into the skin

Bio Detox Organic foundation is priced at £11.99 and concealer priced at £7.99 both of which are launching in October and available from Boots. Are you a fan of Bourjois Foundations?

NOTD - 1 second innovation Bourjois Nail Polish

Heres a quick photo of my Nail of the Day! I cleaned my old nail polish off using superdrug nourishing nail polish remover, and put a coat of NAILS INC a & e protein treatment as a base coat. I applied 2 coats of 1 second innovation nail polish in the shade 16 - a lovely deep brown shade with a fleck of gold. I absoutely love this polish as it literally takes one second to sweep on due to the fan shaped brush.

What do you think? What are your fav colours for winter?
Bourjois polishes are available from Boots.com and Superdrug

Feel free to comment below thanks for reading :)

Superdrug Bourjois Splurge

Hi guys - hope your all well :)


Last weekend I attended London Fashion Weekend (I shall be writing a separate blog about this). Whilst I was there I picked up some Bourjois nail polishes from the  Superdrug stand.

There was a special offer on if you bought a nail polish you got a free bourjois crystal nail file and bottle of nail varnish remover (the polishes were roughly £5 each). So i decided to pick up 4 of these polishes - so i ended up getting 4 crystal nail files and 4 bottles of remover free! They all came in a pink carrier bag and a copy of the superdrug magazine.

I'm really pleased with the polishes they are really good quality and unusal colours - perfect for September/October.
The first is a lovely shade of deep pink called 'Beige Glamour' - its perfect subtle dark pinky shade for autumn as even though i love hot pinks, they just dont look right when the winter weather is coming! I have got a few of these So Laque ultra shine polishes before and they really do last 7 days without chipping.

Next I got in the same So Laque collection - a very deep plum shade called 'Dangerously rouge'. It looks almost black in the photo - but it is very dark plum almost looks dark brown in the bottle! This shade is lovely and i have been wearing alot of browns recently so this adds a bit more colour to my collection.

I then picked up 2 polishes from the new collection - 1 second innovation. I was excited to try these and they don’t disappoint. It does in fact take one second to apply to each nail due to the flat fan effect brush. I absolutely adore the brush - it is the best nail varnish brush I have found. Extremely easy to apply - in literally one stroke, taking one second – they give an even, flawless, precise finish! Dried quickly and I love the chic bottle design too. I got the colours ‘28’ a charcoal grey and ‘16’ a medium golden brown. I’m very impressed and am definitely going to get some more of these!

The freebies i got were a glass crystal nail file which I have been wanting to try for ages! The quality of the file is fantastic, and leaves your nails really smooth with just one sweep! Apparantly these files last forever and are not as harsh on nails. This is a small sized file so is handy to keep in my handbag. I may be tempted to buy a larger size file now i have tried this out.

Lastly I was given a small bottle of bourjois gentle nail enamel remover which is acetone free. I havent tried this yet but can never have too much remover!

You can find these products in Boots.com and Superdrug Please feel free to leave me a comment, hope you all enjoyed reading x