It's that time of year when tans start to fade and we stare longingly at our bronzers and fake tan. I will admit I'm having difficulty loving this as much as I love my Bourjois bronzer but it's cheap and does a good job, which is all I need in a drugstore buy. This is in shade 2 'Radiant'. I haven't tried the other shade for comparison as this one suits me fine.
The back says it should create a 'natural sun kissed glow'. I found it kind of has that warm soft summery glow feel to it, the type that reminds me of the American movies, where there's a tall leggy girl with straw coloured hair and this nice soft tan. It also contains Vitamin E, which holds a place in the Anti-Oxidant Hall of Fame. Good stuff that. ;-)
I do however have an issue with this. A few reviews I've read have mentioned that it's not glittery. Oh it is. It really is.
It was so shimmery I couldn't wear it over the summer because as soon as the sun hit me, I looked like Edward Cullen, or at least one of Edward's more attractive sisters *shifty look* okay fine, I just looked like a Twilight wannabe. The issue wasn't with my glittery face, to be honest it looked quite nice, I just couldn't control where the powder was going. I was covered, and I didn't know it until it was too late. Arms, chest, hands, glittering majestically in the sun.
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Nothing looks more attractive than my fingers in this picture.[/caption]It's not a bad look when on the face, so long as you apply it right. A quick sweep will leave you with a nice glowing look, start going at it wildly with your brush and you do end up with it everywhere. And I mean, everywhere. Glittery sneezes anyone? Although as you can see below, I have used it quite a bit, so it's not all bad. :-)
The packaging is typical drugstore packaging. It looks really nice, but isn't really sturdy enough to be manhandled whilst travelling, so be cautious when packing. The lid feels like it could snap very easily. It's refillable too, apparently, but I think when it runs out, it would just be easier to get a new one unless you had a real attachment to the case. Also, on a side note, WHAT IS WITH COLLECTION PACKAGING PRINT RUBBING OFF!? Like seriously, what is this.
On the subject of casing, I believe there was a nicer version, with a sun surrounding the Collection 2000 logo. The one I have is from a Glossybox, and is in fact just the plain Collection one now. I don't know why they've removed the 2000 (for a while I was convinced they were two different brands), perhaps it's because we're no longer in the 0's? Either way it's the same product, just to avoid the confusion.
Have any of you tried this? Did you find it too glittery?
<3 Thanks for reading lovelies. <3
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