little white truths

I picked these up in the Bellabox shop a while back and absolutely love them. 

Plus they're well-priced: $27.95 isn't bad for products of this quality - particularly when you can use some points to lower the cost; ). Oh, and then there's the packaging, which makes me feel happy just to look at.

See above and below wrist swatches, taken outside in natural light. Bahama Mama is the perfect brown. It's a really natural colour and definitely works as a multi-purpose product. I can see myself making some serious inroads into this bronzer over summer.

Hot Mama is a beautiful pale peach that applies lightly but can be built. I would definitely use it as an eyeshadow as well.

Verdict

These are brilliant, good value products. They're finely milled, creamy and nicely pigmented (but not too much so, meaning it's hard to overdo application - perfect). They also blend and apply well.

Both work well as shadows and blushes, and Bahama Mama is definitely a great contour shade.

I love that Bahama Mama is matte because that's how I prefer my bronzers. It mightn't be my favourite bronzer (I prefer something warmer), but it's definitely my most versatile and I often travel with it because I use it as a crease colour as well.

Hot Mama is a good blush although I used to use it a lot more than I do now. These days I tend to reach for products I have from Hourglass and Becca because they're my favourites, but I do travel with Hot Mama because it's compact and I'm not worried about breaking it since it's not as costly as many other blushes I own.

The packaging is cute and fun - and while cardboard, it's sturdy and doesn't feel cheap. 

If you're interested, I've also done a review of theBalm's Cindy-Lou Manizer and Mary-Lou Manizer, which are also smashing products.

These products wear well, last well and are well-priced. What more do you want? LOVE.