Collection 2000 – Shimmer & Shade

These three lovely looking offerings from Collection 2000 cost around £3.99 each. Not bad really for something that looks so pretty in your collection! To my knowledge these are all of the available shades. From left to right we have 2. Golden & Gorgeous, 1. Pink Me Up and 3. Just Peachy. Yes I should have put them in order but I didn’t notice they were numbered till right now...

Anyhoo the flowers are not an overspray. You actually get 3 different colours running all the way through the palettes. They say on the back that they can be swept everywhere for ‘an all over glow’ or used as highlighters and they are pretty multipurpose. I wouldn’t use them all over though unless you want to look like you’ve escaped from the ceiling of a disco. Mmmm shiny. All of these, as the shimmer in the title suggests, are very shimmery.


Forgive the lack of swatches, I couldn’t get them right for love nor money. I’ll start with Just Peachy. This is, unfortunately, the chalkiest and least pigmented of the lot. I tend to use it all swirled together as a pink tinged highlight on my cheek bones. It is almost too difficult to see to bother with though. However even though it’s almost useless it does look lovely in the draw so I’m glad I have it (sad I know).

Pink me up is the one I use most often as a warm toned pink blush. Again it is shimmery so I tend to use it if the rest of my look is entirely matte just to stop everything looking too flat. It lasts pretty well on my skin and blends easily. The formula is much smoother and easier to work with than Just Peachy. If you’re going to get just one this would be my pick.

Finally we have Golden & Gorgeous. To me this is essentially a bronzer though I have used it a couple of times very lightly over my cheeks. I think if I were to use an actual bronzer on a regular basis I would prefer it to be matte which obviously this isn’t. I have actually used it as an eyeshadow with no ill effects and worked well (requires a good primer). The formula is similar to Pink me up though the background colour is a bit chalky.

I’m torn on this one because whilst I concede it is a case of style over substance I’m glad I own them anyway. I can’t help feeling that with the gorgeous design and clear cases I’ve bought three beautiful but fairly useless dressing table knick knacks(the exception being Pink me up of course). If you collect makeup these may appeal but if you are looking for functional items you can use every day I would buy one of the solo blushes from Collection 2000. I have one and it is excellent xxx