Over the last few years Primark has expanded it's P.S. range of makeup. I've tried a bit of it before and find it quite hit and miss. The good thing about it is, it is priced very cheap, which means if it turns out to be rubbish you haven't spent a lot of money on it. It is possible to find a few items which are quite nice out of the rubbish ones. I did notice that they had some new products in so decided to grab a few.
Sweet Cheeks Blush And Highlight Palette
I do love a good palette and when I saw this one I had to grab it. The blushers and highlighters look quite cute inside and come in 4 different shades. Lilac and pink with a bronzer and highlighter color too. Each color has a candy themed name such as Jelly Bean and Candy Floss. They are scented too which does sound good but in reality the scent smells really fake.
Color wise the pigment wasn't that bad. It did take a bit of work to get the color looking intense and they seemed to blend alright too. I did really like the highlighter in this palette as I thought that was quite good. I didn't use the bronzer shade as it looked like it would make me look quite orange.
Bubble Blush Cushion Blusher
These looked quite good so I decided to grab the two of them, one in coral the other in pink. I have never seen cushion blushers before. If you are familiar with cushion foundations then these are a very similar idea. Using the sponge included you just dab it into the color and then apply to the cheeks. They did come out a bit sheer at first, but after a few more applications I got the color looking intense. As these are a cream product I applied them after foundation and before powder to prevent them going patchy.
Double Dimension Highlighting Powder
I love highlighters and the colors of these ones really caught my eye. The pigment in them wasn't the best and I really had to dig my brush into the color to get it to show up on my face. Once on they did give my face a nice glow. Purple was my favorite.
Shadow And Shade The Smoky Edit Eyeshadow Palette
This 9 color eyeshadow palette strongly resembles the MAC ones and I'm pretty sure this is another Primark copy. Primark seem to be copying a lot of other brands and bringing out a cheaper version of it. The colors in this one looked great and were really nice and intense. I love dark colors that stand out, so definitely had to get this palette. Pigment was alright, although some colors had a dry feel to them and took a bit of work to blend. To stop creasing I used my Urban Decay Shadow Primer. It may look exactly like the MAC palettes, but the quality isn't the same.
I didn't think that these products were that bad. I wasn't too fussed on the eyeshadow though. If you are looking for very inexpensive makeup to try out or just don't want to spend much I would recommend trying these ones.
Primark's makeup range - P.S. is infamous for trying to copy other makeup brands. One of the latest brands it has tried to copy is Too Faced, by bringing out their own range of Chocolate themed makeup. Too Faced's Chocolate Bar palettes are very well known and have the amazing scent of chocolate as they contain actual cocoa powder. Primark have even gone as far as to add a supposedly chocolate scent to their range of products.
The chocolate range at Primark actually comes in two parts - regular chocolate and white chocolate. The white chocolate range had lip and eye products, with the regular chocolate ones also having face products too. I didn't fancy anything from the white chocolate range so decided to get some products from the regular chocolate one to try out. The good thing about the P.S. range of makeup is, it very inexpensive, so if it does end up to be rubbish, it hasn't cost a lot of money.
I decided to grab an eyeshadow palette and a cheek palette too.
The packaging does have a cool cute look to it and unlike Too Faced it actually comes in hard packaging, although you can't go expecting high quality packaging for a cheap price. Although for the cost the packaging really isn't that bad.
Cheek Palette
This palette has 4 different colors with a mix of what looks like blusher, bronzer and highlighter. I really didn't like the look of the bronzer as I could tell it would make my face look orange. The blushers really weren't that bad, a bit on the dry side and the pigment could have been better. I did think the highlighter was good and although not on the same level as Too Faced, for the price of this palette it really wasn't a bad highlighter. The colors did take some building up as the pigment wasn't amazing but it was workable.
Contour And Eyeshadow Palette
Although described as a contour and eyeshadow palette, I'm not quite sure if the brand means eye contour or face contour. There are some brown colors in the palette which I'm guessing could be used as a face contour. As I'm not a fan of contouring I didn't bother and just used the eyeshadows. I do like darker colors that stand out, so I really did like the color choice in this palette. They were a bit on the dry side and did take some building up. I found blending wasn't too difficult either and I was able to create a look I liked with this palette. To stop creasing, I used my Urban Decay Shadow Primer before applying these colors.
It's obvious that this is meant to be a copy of Too Faced's Chocolate Bar palettes. Quality wise there is no comparison and I found the chocolate scent in the P.S. palettes did smell really fake, whilst the Too Faced ones have an amazing scent that makes you feel like eating it as there is actual cocoa powder in the palettes.
Yes, the Too Faced ones are more expensive but I really would advise getting there ones if you can. If you are on a tight budget and really don't want to spend on Too Faced then the P.S. chocolate range isn't that bad.
