The pack “Gilty Pleasures” contains 3 shades: Midas (gold), Copper (brown) and Crimson (red). Colours first- now, I’m not a red kind of girl but this red is stunning- dark red with just a hint of purple. Just the thing to brighten up a dull outfit. The brown is a lovely warm shade which is more of a chocolate than a copper- it’s perfect for winter outfits. The gold is very pretty and just slightly glittery.
I wore all shades at various times on my toenails and fingernails and kept them on for a good few days to test the longevity. A busy mum just doesn’t have the chance to redo nail polish every couple of days. I found they lasted beautifully, with my fingernails staying unchipped and smart-looking for 3-4 days, and my toenails for over a week. All shades looked OK with 1 coat but obviously much better with 2 and the colours are very wearable.
Caroline Laver
November 19th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Sam asked me to try out the ‘all that glitters’ eyeshadow trio.
I don’t wear makeup very much, at least not on a daily basis, and would probably only have worn this for a special ocassion. Sam convinced me to try this for daily wear on the school run, and suggested that I put it on lightly.
I didn’t believe her that it would go on pale and sheer, but it did and it looked okay dropping my kids off at school. Then she changed the goal posts and challenged me to create a glamorous nighttime look but without using anything other than this trio.
I’m not sure if my actual result was that great on a technical challenge, and Sam didn’t see it (would you let your makeup artist friend see your makeup attempts?), but I could see her point that it would be possible to create a dark look aswell as a light look.
November 20th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I went to a party recently and tried some of these, they seemed lovely. I wish I’d bought some now.
November 25th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I was recently sent the Guilty Pleasures Glamouriser Glitter in White Gold. I’ve got to say that having not used all that much Vie make-up before that I have been really quite impressed with this. I often use Mac Reflects Pearl on clients (and myself when I’m having a night out) and I’d say that this is very similar.
The glitter comes in a tube with a screw off top (kind of like a mascara tube) and one downside I found is that when you screw off the top and open the product that quite a lot of glitter falls out (but I’d guess it’s to be expected by the nature of the product).
Ok, in terms of if I’d buy this again… I checked the price (£10.50), and I’ve got to say that unfortunately I wouldn’t. I’d say it’s at least 1/3rd smaller than Mac Glitter/Pigments and I would say that they win hands down.
However, if you’re at a Virgin Vie (now called Vie) party and feel like you want to buy something but aren’t quite sure what, then I’d say this is a great product that (although super-sparkly) can easily be worn alone, or with/over other shadows during the day and the night.