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Re: Neutral Wash colour help please!
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:46 am
by lilychemgirl
I don't have any useful input, I don't have enough SN colours yet, but here you get Nivea at the supermarket, it is kind of funny that it is high-end in the US. Bourjois is high end here though.
Re: Neutral Wash colour help please!
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:46 am
by la_canadiense(01)
Thanks Jen. I did find all the swatches available on the site. On the one you mentioned, it looks like it *might* work, but on my screen at least, it definitely looks warmer than purely beige. But on the other hand I don’t want pink, I would prefer warm than anything pink because me and pinks just don’t work. I think Dreamy is the only e/s with pink in it that I can pull of without looking like I have Pink Eye. 
Hi Karen – I know, I had never seen Bourjois before moving to Ireland. 
It is basically like buying Revlon or similar in the drug stores back home. When I went home last time I saw Bourjois at Sephora, and majorly overpriced (same as No.7)!! I couldn’t get over it! Most things are generally much more expensive over here than over there, so maybe it makes it even?. Nivea is fairly cheap-ish as well, something like Neutrogena or the like.
Bourjois has nice makeup actually, but I wouldn’t classify it as high end. But I would certainly use it before using something like Revlon or Maybelline. I guess Sephora /Ulta just takes advantage that they are not sold in the drugstores/super markets and can charge what they like. 
This colour is I would consider a perfect neutral, and it has just enough shimmer that it isn’t flat, and it can easily be used to highlight, or use down the nose for contouring and on the cheek bones, and does so very subtly. Although I would be interested to see how my friends wear it, if it looks different on warmer or cooler skin.
Do take a look at it next time your in Sephora, maybe Boom is a similar colour in which case no need to dupe! But maybe it could be a perfect neutral to add at some point 
Re: Neutral Wash colour help please!
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:16 pm
by MsRaquel
I too was looking for a similar color (that Bourjois looks great!). I'm sure I could not wear Nekkid as pale colors get "lost" on me, even under the brow they don't look very good on me, ditto with the warm tones. So Karen, maybe this could be a new color for you to work on. 
Re: Neutral Wash colour help please!
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:45 am
by Rhys
I really miss Bourjois. I don't know if you can get it at all in Canada, and it is readily available in the UK. Somehow the stuff in drugstores here just isn't the same. Maybe Lise Watier, but that's a bit on the pricey side.
Re: Neutral Wash colour help please!
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:24 am
by la_canadiense(01)
Just wanted to report back for searching purposes and if anything else is interested in similar colours...
I got Boom in my order yesterday! It is a a nice colour but too gold/yellow 
If I apply very sheer I can pull it off no problem, and on my lids I have it a bit heavier and it is also fine, but the yellow/gold is easily seen.
I would still prefer a dupe of this bourjois colour if possible. It is a prefectly neutral colour...
All is not lost with Boom and I can wear it but for a highlight colour I need more neutral. The other highlight colours (Vanialla, cream, etc...) are much much too light for this purpose for me. unless I apply very lightly they just look white which isnt' a colour I like soo much for highlighting...
anyhow...I'd be more than happy to send a sample of this bourjois colour if is something possible to dupe. what I like about it is that it is not overly shimmery, it has a nice sheen/pearl to it but nothing shiny or obvious...I think any more tan-ish girls would really like this because the other highlights are too light (or gold) I think for some of us....
Re: Neutral Wash colour help please!
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:39 pm
by lwoodall10
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What about any of these? Venus, Cuddle (I know not this one, but I already swatched it), Quartzite, Long Weekend, Cream, or Riviera?