Target Purchase – CHEAP New MAKE UP Products!

I went into Target on my lunch break and noticed that they had these new products in their makeup section called BA; honestly – I did not even notice the brand; I was more attracted to the fact that they were $3 each! What a STEAL! 

At first I thought I would just get some polish as they seem to have a rather small range but then noticed a few other bits and pieces like blusher and bronze tint ‘sticks’ and some eye shadows and heaps of eye pencils in what looked like 12 different colours! I was a little annoyed that they didn’t have any testers but for $3 I suppose I could more than risk the hit or miss of it all!

So here is what I bought: 

A) 2 eye colours (“smokey” – which is a black colour and “silver” which is actually more of a shimmery taupe/champagne colour)

B) 2 Tints (“bronze” which is a shimmery taupe bronze stick and “blush” a faint pink shimmer stick)

Here are the swatches:

Firstly, I have to say that the eyeshadow colours are really pigmented! I am amazed that the colour goes on quite well. The black is a matte colour and the champagne coloured one is obviously shimmery - but not powdery at all! I used the black one this morning to 'set' the colour on my waterline and I am rather happy with it and have used the champagne/taupe one for highlighting my brow bone. I am rather impressed with the $3 price – the shimmer particles are really fine and it looks lovely when I swatched it! I will say that I am not a fan of the packaging OR the brand title (I mean really, "BA" – wtf?) but I think the product itself is ok!

The tint sticks is what I was most interested in; I HOPED that it wouldn't leave my skin MORE shiny by the end of the day (as i have said before - i have very oily skin!). I have never used a cream blush before; I think its because my skin gets so oily throughout the day that I've always thought it wouldn't have much lasting power. I got the bronze one to use as a highlighter along my cheekbones – I am not too sure about the “Blush” coloured one as it is really sheer - in the pic below after I used the tint i went over it lightly with my Bobbi Brown Shimmer Tint (i have it in the red/peachy/coral one). On the swatch in the pic (right) I had the run the stick up and down in the same spot 3-4 times before I got that colour!

Overall - I like the eyeshadows; their pigment and the colour intensity and the lack of fall out. I am not a fan of the blush as it is too sheer - i do like the bronzer tint as i think it looked really nice one applied and pretty much all through the day!

PS. The brand also has a large range of eye pencils; including a white one that I was REALLY curious about! But I am wary of purchasing cheap eyeliner pencils without trying as they can be really hard and thus bad for the skin around the eye.

Stats

Brand: BA (I don’t know if it stands for anything – the bottom other product does not tell me)

Purchased from: Target Stores

Cost: AU$3

Here is a photo of the tint sticks on my cheeks:

FYI: These pics are after a WHOLE day of wear and i had blotted my makeup at lunchtime so by the time i took these pics i was beginning to look a little shiny! BUT all in all; I'd say that for colour that was applied at 7am this morning this is pretty good!

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