First Impressions: Bourjois New "Magical Paris" Colour Edition Eye Shadow in "Pétale De Glace" (03)

Tuesday 18 March 2014



Last week I popped into Priceline on my lunch break and saw a new stand from Bourjois. It was so new that there weren't any prices there!!

In the range they had some nail polish, lip crayons, cream eyeshadows and a new mascara.

I ended picking 3 products from the new range.


They had testers out, and I adored the lip products so I picked up both of them as well as 1 eyeshadow. 


There are 6 shades available in the UK of the Colour Edition 24H Eyeshadow, but only 3 available here in Australia. We have the whitish silver, a pale pink champagne and a dark blue. See the 6 colours here. They all have a metallic sheen. 

Not being familiar with its performance I just picked up the pink one as I thought I would reach for this more than the other 2 colours. . 



The packaging is very similar to the Maybelline Colour Tattoo's (black lid, clear glass top). 


These are very easy to apply onto your eyelid. I prefer to apply it with my beloved Models Prefer Cream Shadow Brush, which I've blogged about here before. It's really easy to use with the brush.

It's a cream formula that's supposed to turn into a powder. 



I've found depending on the light, it sometimes seems more pink or has shades of a light brown. 


While I love the colour, the formula has been a let down. 

While it was easy to apply and seemed to "set" easily (although not in powder form) I found it did wear within 4-6 hours and it did crease, so I can safely say that it doesn't live up to the 24hr claim.

I'm yet to try it out with a primer or to set it with a powder eyeshadow, but honestly at $20 I wouldn't expect that I would need to. Because of that I won't be picking up the other colours, even though they are beautiful. 


On a positive note, I did like the feeling of the eyeshadow. It didn't feel wet or heavy and was very easy to apply. 

I'll be posting about the lip products in a separate post. 

Have you tried these? Do you think $20 for a single cream eyeshadow is too much?
Amy, XO

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16 comments:

  1. Oh no what a shame! I considered buying this but decided against it.. kinda glad now haha. xx

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    1. Hahahaha. I wish I had bought it when Priceline had 40% off. It wouldn't have disappointed me as much.

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  2. I'd be pissed if I spent $20 on a product that did that, thanks for letting us know. I will be avoiding!

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    1. Glad I could help. It's nice to hear negative things too sometimes.

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  3. That is a shame especially considering the price! I would be annoyed as well. I'm excited to see your thoughts on the lip products. I have two of the original shades but I honestly have never worn them haha whoops!

    Sarah | More Than Adored

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  4. Wow - $20 is very expensive! Personally, I won't be picking any up especially because the formula isn't anything spectacular.

    Tasha // shiwashiful.

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    1. It is!!! I would have probably put it back if I knew the price before buying it.

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  5. I saw these today - I've heard the formula is nowhere near Maybelline's unfortunately :(

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    1. No, sadly it's not.... and yet it's nearly double the price :(

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  6. I'd love to try the lipcrayon, the packaging looks exactly like the REVLON ones :D

    xx,
    felishmichelle.blogspot.com

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    1. It does. I guess it's hard to make a unique lip crayon :) All brands crayons look the same.

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  7. Such a shame! I've been waiting for these to be released here in Australia, and I'm really disappointed that they didn't release the prune colour, it looked gorgeous, and it was the only one I wanted haha. Oh well, I hear Maybelline is good?

    Beauty Challenged

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    1. Ohhh I hate when that happens. Maybelline are fantastic. The colour range is great, the quality is fantastic and the price is good too.

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