Une is by Bourjois, will be sold in Boots generally and is already in the big Boots on Oxford Street, near Bond Street tube station. The products are priced between £5 and £14, with most at around the £8 mark. The Lip-Toned Lipsticks are a nice texture and have a lot of good my-lips-but-better shades; I liked T8 and T9, both quite deep rosy shades. I also liked the cream to powder Breezy Cheeks blushes. I wasn't impressed by the Sfumato powder eyeshadows. It might just have been due to previous abuse of the testers, but the powders were somewhat chalky with almost no colour payoff when I tried to swatch them. The Nude cream to powder eyeshadows had better colour payoff and the flesh-toned shades would make a nice base for powder eyeshadows. The blush and lipsticks would be good for someone wanting a very natural make-up look, but I wouldn't personally buy the Sfumato eyeshadows, even for that person.
Kjaer Weis will be at SpaceNK (it's already online, but not in bricks and mortar shops yet. The sales assistant didn't know when it exactly it would arrive). This is a very expensive line; the blush, liptints and eyeshadow cost between £32 and £38 each, although it appears refills will be available for much less; £13 to £18, so much of the initial purchase price is attributable to the admittedly lovely packaging. I'm not sure how I feel about this; I like packaging to look nice, but not to double the price of a product, and at £35 a product has to be absolutely exceptional. It's pretty similar to what ByTerry did with the original line though, where you had to buy a silver pebble container to hold each single eyeshadow/blush.
I'm looking forward to having a look at the products when they do launch at SpaceNK - the line is small with 3 lip tints, 3 cream blushes and 4 powder eyeshadows, all in natural shades. I'm hoping that the eyeshadows are more pigmented than Une Sfumato shadows, and at that initial price, they should be.
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The question is do I wait to hear back your thoughts after its released in store or be rash and order something really expensive that I have read no reviews of... ;)
ReplyDeleteI saw Une in Boots and had no idea what it was. Bourjois is one of my favourite cosmetic brands xx
ReplyDeleteI really would like to try Une but it is not yet in my Boots. I love the whole concept of the range, although it has me reminiscing of the Boots Botanics makeup range that was discontinued some years back - I loved a lot of their products especially the eyeshadows which were amazing.
ReplyDeleteAs to Kjaer Weis, the price does put me off a bit, I would happily buy some more Rouge Bunny Rouge instead.
- Athena
this is very interesting. i didn't know bourjois is coming out with organic makeup. i don't think we will have it here in australia (before i leave in december) but it is still good to know that the brand is taking on the organic challenge. i like it.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I wonder if they will ever hit the states?
ReplyDeleteits been available at canary wharf spacenk since last week x
ReplyDeletei really want to try une make up. i haven't been able to find it in the Boots stores i have been in so far.
ReplyDeleteOK, ordered a Kjaer Weis shadow, bet your impressed but how long I was able to hold off for :)
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous - thanks :) I'm hoping to get it in a closer-to-home SpaceNK to check it out.
ReplyDeleteHey Replica - LOL. Well, I'll be v interested in your thoughts on it.
Hi Athena - The price of Kjaer Weis is very high - it would have to be remarkable to persuade me to buy it. I too would rather buy some RBR instead.
Hi Jojoba - it's good that they're giving it a go, but I find the eyeshadows a bit dull, which is disappointing.
Hey Olivia - it's getting harder to find Bourjois in the US, so I doubt it'll get there soon.
Hi Me:) - it's worth having a look at, but I thought the lip products were better than the eye ones, personally.
Hi BeautyGeeek - it's in more of the bigger ones - Cambridge Boots has it too. I hope you find it soon!