Vivito Illust Lumiere Luminising Powder - review

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I received this product from Memebox and it's one of those ones I'm not sure I'll keep, the reason being that - while it's a lovely, finely milled powder - it does contain noticeable sparkles, albeit very small ones.

This is unfortunate because it's a great powder and a beautiful colour. I'm annoyed because it certainly didn't look like it contained noticeable sparkles in the picture on the Memebox website, a picture which of course has since been removed, and I can't find any information about the product online.


Vivito claims/product details:
  • A shimmering, loose finishing powder
  • Translucent, skin luminising and mattifying
  • Light-reflecting, smooth and silky
  • Creates a luminous, youthful glow
  • For all skin types
  • Reduces the appearance of imperfections and blemishes
  • Apply to the t-zone, chin and apples of the cheeks
  • RRP $32 for 7g

And I just have to add the claims written on the box (word for word - the errors aren't mine ; )):
  • Base makeup expresses wanna be skin
  • Finishing pearl loose powder outstands at controls sebum with fresh finishing touch and soft glow glitter for bright skin expression
  • Base makeup product expresses 'win all hearts' skin appearance
  • Base product applies before colour makeup for even skin texture expression, restored your natural skin colour and brightness with soft and rich touch

I had a giggle ; )


See below wrist swatch, taken in natural light. The photo doesn't show the glitter unfortunately, but it's definitely there. The colour is gorgeous though - a lovely soft gold. I wish I really could remove the sparkles! If I could, I'd be using it as a finishing powder and a spot highlight because I really love the colour and texture.


There we are again in direct sunlight:


And on my eyes below (the inner corner and lash line). It's nice and subtle, expect for the glitter issue. FOO. Double foo because there's fall-out from this so you wind up with glitter where you don't want it.


Verdict

I really REALLY wanted to love this but I can't get past the sparkles. It would work well enough as a highlighter if you're happy with some minor glitter, but as a finishing powder? I'm not sure anyone would want glitter all over their face. Maybe that's just me.

Also, it calls itself both a base product and a finishing product, so I'm not sure what's going on there. I suppose you could mix in a bit with your primer before adding foundation to avoid the sparkle issue, but honestly, I have products I prefer using that achieve the same thing.

Also, I've tried it along the lashline as an eye brightener/shadow but it doesn't have enough punch for that. It's definitely more of a highlighter, as you can tell from the above photo - it's not designed to be a colour product.

I'm sad about this one. It really is pretty, but it's not one I'll be using. Foo again. At least I can think of a few happy homes for it so I'll pass it on to a friend, knowing it will be well-loved.




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