Glossier: a brand I’m sure you are familiar with. If you haven’t seen the hype all over the internet, you must have seen the glossy showroom and the simplistic yet functional packaging on your instagram feed. I have been sucked in, every time I scroll through instagram I see endless hauls and photographs of glossier.. Hello October, I’m blaming you for this haul.. but also thanking you because I don’t know how I’ve lived the last 24 years without Haloscope in my life.
If you haven’t heard of Glossier *where have you been?!* Emily Weiss the founder and CEO of the beauty editorial site Into The Gloss
started Glossier for the cool girl who likes to keep things simple. Glossier
has been available in the UK since October so I thought it was about time I saw
what all the hype was about. Here are the products I chose for my first order
and my first impressions.
The Packaging
Something Glossier have nailed is the way the packaging really lives
up to the message the brand promotes. Clean, simple and affordable. They’ve
made it really easy to find what you’re looking for, but kept it fun and
playful with the slogans, the branding and that totally instagrammable
millennial pink theme running throughout the whole range! The delivery comes
with cute suprises – eg. stickers!.. and is sealed in a pink
bubble wrap package.
Glossier Boy Brow
I love a brow product, I think I’ve tried just about every single
benefit brow gel out there and I’m a lover of HD Brows Beater Gel, but I’ve
heard such great reviews about the Glossier Boy Brow, at only £14 I had to pick
it up. I went for the brown shade and it really does give definition, thickens
and fills in your brows. I like that the wand is smaller than some brow gels,
meaning a more natural appearance.
Glossier Haloscope
I added the Glossier
Haloscope to my basket in the shade Quartz, it comes in three shades, Quartz
being the medium. I’ve not loved cream highlighters before, I’ve always
preferred powder illuminators but WOW - this stuff works amazingly giving the
most natural, dewy highlight. It literally transforms your skin giving you a beautiful glow. I love the formula, the outer part of the halo has crystal extracts, which
give you the glow, and the inside is a solid oil with vitamin rich moisturisers. It
can be used every day but you could also really gloss up an evening look, or
create a natural, radiant, minimal make up look on holiday or at the beach.
The best thing about Glossier is lots of their key products come in
sets – I purchased the set with the Haloscope and the Boy Brow in, meaning you
get a lower price and its easier to shop on the website.
You know you’re a self confessed beauty addict when you buy a
product for its name.. how cute though? I went for the Birthday Balm Dot Com –
its super luxurious and reminds me of the Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream, but for
not even half the price. The Birthday shade is inspired by birthday cake and is
clear with a subtle shimmer. It's not only fun, but it’s also full of antioxidants
and natural emollients to nourish and repair dry chapped lips and skin.
Glossier Cloud Paint
Again, a cream formula – as I mentioned I’m normally a powder kinda
gal, but after seeing how dewy cream products leave your skin I am converted! I
picked up the Glossier Cloud Paint in Dusk – it comes in four beautiful shades
and I’ve read lots of other reviews about mixing them together *adds the rest
to basket*.
CL x
