Wednesday 7 October 2015

Born Pretty Store Make Up

Born Pretty Store Make Up Beauty Eye Liner Lip Gloss Stick Liner

As a beauty lover, I am always looking for high-quality make up without paying extortionate prices.  When Born Pretty Store (here) contacted me to try out some of their products, how could I turn them down?!


I was given the opportunity to choose a few products to try out, so I headed straight to their website.  I did find the website a little bit hard to navigate and very busy, it takes a bit of time to get your head around.  I eventually chose to try an eyeliner/shadow, a lip liner and a long lasting lipgloss.

Born Pretty Store Make Up Beauty Eye Liner

Born Pretty Store Make Up Beauty Felt Tip Eye Liner

The first thing I opened was the eye shadow/liner (link here).  I had ordered a bronze shade and expected a twist-up crayon style shadow stick.  Unfortunately, I didn't get anything close - compare these photos to the inage on the website, they look nothing alike.  This product is basically a dark brown felt-pen-style, which in my opinion could never be used as an eye shadow.  I could accept it if the liner was any good, but it's a bit of a let down.  The colour is completely mis-advertised, it's a dark brown shade with no shimmer (swatch at end of post).  As soon as you apply it, it feathers so much.  I don't even know how well it wears because I couldn't leave it on my eyes for a full day - it looks that bad!

Born Pretty Store Make Up Beauty Nude Neutral Lip Liner

Born Pretty Store Make Up Beauty Nude Neutral Lip Liner

Luckily, after the eye liner the package improved.  This nude lip liner in shade 7 (here) is gorgeous.  It's a browny nude shade perfect for pairing with pretty much any neutral lipstick of gloss.  The formula is waxy enough to stick around but not uncomfortable to wear.  Admittedly the packaging isn't great but for such a low price, this is brilliant.

Born Pretty Store Make Up Beauty Long Lasting Lip Gloss Matte Stick Liquid


Born Pretty Store Make Up Beauty Long Lasting Liquid Lip Stick Gloss Matte

The last product was this long-lasting matte lip gloss (here).  Although the name is a little deceiving (matte lip gloss?), this is a matte liquid lipstick with a doe-foot applicator.  This is definitely my favourite product of the three.  The formula is pretty similar to the Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvets and it's really comfortable to wear.  It's a gorgeous deep red shade, which isn't patchy and doesn't feather.  It's a perfect product for Autumn/Winter, I know I'll get lots of wear out of it over the next few months.

Born Pretty Store Make Up Beauty Eye Liner Lip Gloss Stick Liner Swatches

Here are the eye liner, matte lip gloss, and lip liner swatches.  You can see how different the eye liner was to what I expected!  Both lip products really impressed me, and i can see me getting a lot of wear out of them.  If your looking for some bargains and you've got some time on your hands to navigate the Born Pretty website - head over and take advantage of their free delivery!

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19 comments:

  1. That liquid lipstick is stunning, so perfect for fall! I know what you mean by when you buy something online and when you receive it you're like, ...."sorry what?" xx

    www.iridescentplaces.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Isn't it lovely?! I can't get enough of it!

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  2. I've never heard of this website! love the lipliner color! I'm going to have to have a look at this website

    leethrifts.blogspot.com

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    1. Neither had I, but it was pretty good considering the low price!
      xx

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  3. Did you open both ends of the eye product? From the website it looks like one end is the shadow, the other end a liner

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    1. I think I tried, I'll give it another shot!
      xx

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  4. I've never heard of this site before. I love how honest your review is, and the liquid lipsticks look so good.

    Lucy | lucyalana.blogspot.co.uk


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  5. I've never heard of this store before but the eyeliner looks really good! I don't think you can beat a good liquid liner xx

    Sam // Samantha Betteridge

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    1. It's just such a shame about the feathering!
      xx

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  6. lovely post!
    check out my blog + follow back?

    xo,
    Jess | wildvagabondss.blogspot.com

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  7. The matte gloss (lol) Looks amazing!
    www.laurcaud.co.uk

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    1. I know, stupid name right? It's fab though :)
      xx

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  8. Both of those lip products look really nice - esp loving on the matte lippie. I'm sorry you didn't get what you expected out of the liner though. It sounded like it could've been an awesome product had you been given the correct thing. Oh well, maybe another time!

    xo Jenn | Hello Wench

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    1. Two out of three isn't too bad though :)
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  9. interesting blog. It would be great if you can provide more details about it. Thanks you

    Lip Liner

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