I finally got my compassionate shopping guide from Naturewatch on Friday last week, and it made for very interesting reading. I had a few questions for them though ( don't I always ha ha) and so I'll do a proper post on that when I've had a reply. In the meantime, you can get one here
I was looking through their list of approved companies and I was a little surprised to see Chit Chat make up there. Chit Chat is basically Poundlands own brand of make up that is of course available for £1. It's made by a company called Badgequo who manufacture products for different clients with Poundland being one of them.
The lure of cheap cruelty free make up was too strong , so I went and got some to see what it was like, oh the things I do for you readers ;)
So , I went and bought a small selection of products , the range consists of a liquid foundation , bronzing pearls , blusher , lipstick, gel eyeliner, cheek tint , highlighter and I think they had some eye shadows too.
I'm afraid I chickened out of buying the foundation , it had gotten bad reviews online for being very oily and my skin can be so temperamental, I have a few shoots coming up and I just didn't want to risk a bad breakout. I bought the bronzing pearls , blusher , lip tint , highlighter and lipstick.
**Just to say , this post is not sponsored , I paid for the products and this is my honest review. They are cruelty free to the best of my knowledge , if you know otherwise , please leave me a comment below**
Bronzing Pearls - These come in a study plastic tub with a screw lid, not a huge amount of pearls in there but hey , it costs a pound! They do have quite a strong chemically smell to them but this may be due to the packaging. Ok , the colour pay off on these is very dark brown , I don't think I would want to use these as a bronzer , but they may work as an eyeshadow. Blended they were better but still way too dark for my skin tone. For a quid you can't grumble but I wouldn't repurchase. I do have a better use for the pot though , my e.l.f mineral foundation comes in a tiny pot that is too small for me to swirl my kabuki brush in , I think I'll decant the foundation to this then I can use the lid to load product onto my brush :)
Blusher - This also comes in good study packaging , definitely wont be breaking in your make up bag! This is actually really nice and I think the best of the bunch. Due to the amount of shimmer I wouldn't use this as a blush but it does make a really nice highlighter or eyeshadow. It has no strong smell. I would repurchase this.
Highlighter - This is very similar to Benefit's highbeam. It comes in a nail polish style bottle with a small brush. It's quite a nice pearl shimmer but its very thick and gloopy. It doesn't really smell of anything much , it's an ok product and again, its a pound , but I wouldn't repurchase, the blusher was a much better option for a highlighter.
Cheek Tint - Again , very similar to Benefits Benetint. A word of warning , if you buy this check the packaging , pretty much all the ones in the shop I was had leaked , just have a look through to find one that hasn't. Again its an ok product. I'm going to road test this during the day this week , but I can't see it lasting a huge amount of time. Probably wouldn't repurchase this.
Lipstick - This comes in pencil form , and you can twist up the top to get more lipstick. I bought the red shade as I figured this would be the one I used most. Its quite sheer but it was quite pretty on , it was drying though , so I wouldn't want to wear it all day. Again it was ok but I wouldn't rush to buy it.
So in conclusion , the make up from Chit Chat is ok. Nothing that I would want to rush out and buy. The blusher was definitely the best item from the bunch and I'll definitely be using that. The bronzing pearls pot will come in very handy with my foundation so not a wasted item!
I plan on doing a look with the make up so you can see how it looks , for now here are some swatches of the products. I apologise for the quality , I'm hoping to get my proper camera up and running soon so that'll be better pictures for you :)
Whilst I was in Poundland I did get this very cute compact mirror in a Paris theme , and the matching tweezers and mini nail files to go with it. I think the tweezer sets would make great stocking fillers at Christmas, I may have to stock up!
Let me know if you've had any experience with Chit Chat make up or if you know of any other bargain cruelty free make up buys xx
I was looking through their list of approved companies and I was a little surprised to see Chit Chat make up there. Chit Chat is basically Poundlands own brand of make up that is of course available for £1. It's made by a company called Badgequo who manufacture products for different clients with Poundland being one of them.
The lure of cheap cruelty free make up was too strong , so I went and got some to see what it was like, oh the things I do for you readers ;)
So , I went and bought a small selection of products , the range consists of a liquid foundation , bronzing pearls , blusher , lipstick, gel eyeliner, cheek tint , highlighter and I think they had some eye shadows too.
I'm afraid I chickened out of buying the foundation , it had gotten bad reviews online for being very oily and my skin can be so temperamental, I have a few shoots coming up and I just didn't want to risk a bad breakout. I bought the bronzing pearls , blusher , lip tint , highlighter and lipstick.
**Just to say , this post is not sponsored , I paid for the products and this is my honest review. They are cruelty free to the best of my knowledge , if you know otherwise , please leave me a comment below**
Bronzing Pearls - These come in a study plastic tub with a screw lid, not a huge amount of pearls in there but hey , it costs a pound! They do have quite a strong chemically smell to them but this may be due to the packaging. Ok , the colour pay off on these is very dark brown , I don't think I would want to use these as a bronzer , but they may work as an eyeshadow. Blended they were better but still way too dark for my skin tone. For a quid you can't grumble but I wouldn't repurchase. I do have a better use for the pot though , my e.l.f mineral foundation comes in a tiny pot that is too small for me to swirl my kabuki brush in , I think I'll decant the foundation to this then I can use the lid to load product onto my brush :)
Blusher - This also comes in good study packaging , definitely wont be breaking in your make up bag! This is actually really nice and I think the best of the bunch. Due to the amount of shimmer I wouldn't use this as a blush but it does make a really nice highlighter or eyeshadow. It has no strong smell. I would repurchase this.
Highlighter - This is very similar to Benefit's highbeam. It comes in a nail polish style bottle with a small brush. It's quite a nice pearl shimmer but its very thick and gloopy. It doesn't really smell of anything much , it's an ok product and again, its a pound , but I wouldn't repurchase, the blusher was a much better option for a highlighter.
Cheek Tint - Again , very similar to Benefits Benetint. A word of warning , if you buy this check the packaging , pretty much all the ones in the shop I was had leaked , just have a look through to find one that hasn't. Again its an ok product. I'm going to road test this during the day this week , but I can't see it lasting a huge amount of time. Probably wouldn't repurchase this.
Lipstick - This comes in pencil form , and you can twist up the top to get more lipstick. I bought the red shade as I figured this would be the one I used most. Its quite sheer but it was quite pretty on , it was drying though , so I wouldn't want to wear it all day. Again it was ok but I wouldn't rush to buy it.
So in conclusion , the make up from Chit Chat is ok. Nothing that I would want to rush out and buy. The blusher was definitely the best item from the bunch and I'll definitely be using that. The bronzing pearls pot will come in very handy with my foundation so not a wasted item!
I plan on doing a look with the make up so you can see how it looks , for now here are some swatches of the products. I apologise for the quality , I'm hoping to get my proper camera up and running soon so that'll be better pictures for you :)
Whilst I was in Poundland I did get this very cute compact mirror in a Paris theme , and the matching tweezers and mini nail files to go with it. I think the tweezer sets would make great stocking fillers at Christmas, I may have to stock up!
Let me know if you've had any experience with Chit Chat make up or if you know of any other bargain cruelty free make up buys xx
Swatch of bronzing pearls
Swatch of blusher on finger (sorry for bad quality , I couldnt get it to focus but I wanted you to see how much colour pay off you get , quite a bit!
Swatch of blusher blended
Highlighter , unblended
Highlighter , blended
Cheek stain , unblended
Cheek stain , blended
Lipstick , swatched
Lipstick on lips
How cute is this mirror? great quality for a pound too!
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