Hello
everyone,
Today I’m going to review the first makeup kit I ever
owned, the Hello Bombshell Makeup Kit by Victoria’s Secret. I had never owned
any makeup product from Victoria’s secret till my sister got me this one on one
of her trips to the US early last year. The time when I got this I had only
about 2 or 3 eyeshadows and a couple of lipsticks and this makeup kit got me
all excited to increase my makeup collection, but that’s another story.
Victoria’s Secret describes
this kit as:
55
must-haves for eyes, lips and face.
5
¼” x 4 ¼” x 1 ½”. Domestic and imported. A $209 Value.
Includes:
Includes:
- 30 Eye Shadows
- 5 Lip Glosses
- 5 Lipsticks
- 4 Blushes
- 1 Luminous Powder
- 1 Translucent Powder
- 1 Bronzer
- 1 Mascara
- 1 Lip Liner
- 1 Eye Liner
- 5 Brushes
The
kit when opened looks like this:
The
price quoted on the website is $30 but I got this for $29.50 and the comparable value as it says on the carton is $104.
There
is a complete ingredient list on the outer carton:
My take on the product:
To begin with, I am in love with this kit, it absolutely
answers my all my travel queries, the eyeshadows are decently pigmented, and
have mostly soft and subdued everyday wear colors. The staying power could have
been better though. They fade easily, like in about 2-3 hours. These do not
crease though and the fading is very even and not patchy. The darker shades are
more pigmented than the lighter colors and I sometime feel that they could have
given less of these light shades and maybe added one or two matte shades. All
the eyeshadows are satin finish except for one, the dark grey on the bottom
right and two shimmery ones, black on the rightmost side of middle row and
mauve, 2nd from the left, middle row.
Some Eye shadow Swatches: (the uppper picture shows swatches of some shadows, with and without base, the bottom picture shows swatches without a base)
The lipsticks, the right row ones, and very lightweight and
well pigmented too. 2 to 3 coats give full coverage and very wearable colors.
All colors are crème finish except for the bottommost one, which has some
shimmer but nothing OTT.
And the glosses are just too fabulous, one swipe and
you are good to go. And you have like really cool colors in there, very very
glossy and plumping effect these have. I think because of the superfine
shimmer, which I am so loving.These stay for a good time like about 2-3 hours
which is pretty okay for me.
The eye pencil is black, soft, smooth and easy to apply,
but it’s not the blackest black. The lip liner is #$@*&$%!@$#$ , whatever,
I initially thought it was a concealer pencil..lol.. and then read on the
box…the mascara is the tiniest tube I have ever seen, very very cute and
surprisingly very light on the lashes and non-clumpy and doesn’t make the
lashes hard like the other mascaras I’ve used. I wish they made it in larger
tubes so I could hoard on it .. The applicator brushes are ..Umm...funny…but
okay, this is a travel kit, so no big big stuff…the blusher/powder/sawdust
brush is weird, haven’t used it even once and it is already shedding. The
sponge tip applicators are useless for me.
Coming to the bottom most tray, there are 4 blushers, out
of which I always end up using only the outer two, because the mauve one would
make me look like just escaped from a circus and the pale pink wouldn’t show. I
think these may suit very fair skinned girls but even that I’m guessing. The
mauve according to me is very funny..I would never buy a blush of that color,
and I don’t yet know anyone who would.
The translucent powder is okay-ish. Since it is colorless,
it will suit all kinds of skin tones. The luminous powder works great as a
highlighting powder. And the bronzer is awesome as well. I tend to turn to
these two most often for my contouring needs.
So summing up the pros and cons:












Overall, I think this
is a great kit to have, especially when you’re travelling. I wouldn’t mind
repurchasing as well…
Have a love day all...bb-byeeeeeeee
Have a love day all...bb-byeeeeeeee
oolala i'm drooling :D
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DeleteI liked the lipstick shades and few blusher shades a lot! overall really awesome kit while travelling! anyways joined you via gfc! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!! ;)
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ReplyDeleteThankies Riddhi!! :)
Deletethe shades are so good..esp the midnight blue and the hot pink shade.. :)
ReplyDeleteya Kuheli, awesome quality at that price.. I totally love this one!! :)
Deletethe lip shades are just spectacular ab!
ReplyDeleteye sthey are Neha, really nice, I never expected them to be so good, and that's why I tried them the last... but I really use them very often these days..
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