As a really young teen I dabbled with The Body Shop's Shimmer Cubes
but as with all things your tastes and shopping habits change with age.
I went through a good few years of being a complete brand snob and only bought high end cosmetics,
Why? Well because I was young, foolish and a bit of snob now I will shop anywhere and everywhere
and one shop that always brings a smile to my face is The Body Shop!
Honestly does any other shop ever smell better than The Body Shop?
The Body Shop's Shimmer Cubes are packaged really well,
not only do they come housed in a transparent square compact but each cube is individually packaged
so you can pop out a few for travel if you don't require all four shades at once.
The case is sturdy and practical not only in size but due to it being transparent you can see exactly
what is inside with such ease.
The Body Shop's Shimmer Cubes in Green consists of four aqua green toned shades
which compliment one and other and can be used alone or blended with one and other.
All of The Body Shop's Shimmer Cubes can be used wet or dry depending on the effect you require.
The Green quad is the perfect set of shades for the upcoming spring season.
A quick run down of the shades in the Green palette :
01 Pure Turquoise - Very true to the name, leans more blue than green.
02 Mint Green - A light pastel green shade with a silver accent.
03 Silver Grey - A bright silver shade that leans slightly green in tone.
04 Forest Green - A Deep green shade than has a blue undertone.
The formula of The Shimmer Cubes has changed vastly since I last used them,
gone is the excessive fall out and in place we have firm texture shadows that are well pigmented
and look equally great wet or dry.
I found the formula easy to work with, they built up easily if strong colour is your thing
and they also blended out really well too should you require a lighter effect.
One thing I should mention is that each shade is metallic in finish (no glitter)
and that there is no variation of formula across the shade spectrum.
Without primer these last on my oily eye lids for around 4 hours before creasing
but with primer this lasted a good full 10 hours with no signs of creasing or fading.
Product Summary
Round Up - A quad of green hues that are well pigmented and can be used wet or dry.
Best For - Fans of Green shades and those who enjoy metallic eyeshadows.
Pigmentation - (8/10) Each shade is well pigmented with no weak shades in the quad.
Availability - Most Body Shop stores and via their webstore - link £16/3.5g x 4 (S)
I love The Body Shop shimmer cubes! They last forever these are really pretty shades!
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DeleteI've been a fan of the Shimmer Cubes ever since the Body Shop brought them out- when these 4 new palettes were introduced to the permanent range during last Autumn, I couldn't be happier!!! This one I gotta have for this summer ;) Also, I find that they contain the "flattering" kind of shimmer- my eyes are pretty round so the "bad" kind of shimmer makes my eyes rounder, this never happens with the Shimmer Cubes. IMO they would look amazing on mature ladies as well!
ReplyDeleteYou have really summed it up :) the shimmer is so flattering and subtle not disco over load haha :) the new palette shades are beautiful aren't they :)
DeleteI nearly got the brown/bronze one a few weeks ago, might give it a go
ReplyDeletego for it :) they are next on my hit list ;)
Deletewow, they are so pigmented! do you use these like eye shadow? when i thought of shimmer cubes, i thought of something you smear on your body, hehe.
ReplyDeleteYes :) you just apply these like eyeshadows :)
DeleteI have never seen these before they look so good! I'm definately going to try these! Lovely post! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThey are brill :) aww thank you :)
Deleteabsolutely love this post, thank you! I really want to try these, and thankfully I have a 50% off code with free delivery that has to be used up! I'm not very daring with my shadows, but I think these are the perfect shades to get me away from my neutrals. they're lovely and your review was really helpful!
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Oh you should totally get it while you have 50% off :)
DeleteI've almost bought these so many times and ultimately decided not to...stupid choice as they look gorgeous!
ReplyDeletethanks Bailey :)
DeleteWow the teal colour on the far right looks amaaaaazing!!!!
ReplyDeleteThese colours a beautiful!Perfect for this time of year, lovely review x
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Thank you Harri :)
DeleteLove the packaging & the colours!
ReplyDeleteMe too so cute aren't they :)
Deletethe teal colour looks amazing, the packaging is cute too xx
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I love the dinky little cubes haha :)
DeleteThe colours are gorgeous! You've reminded me not to neglect the cosmetics side of The Body Shop. :) x
ReplyDeleteI love the packaging and the swatches look great!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Thsi reminds me of the Wet n Wild Blue Had me at Hello Palette! Lovely~ Love the last shade.
ReplyDelete"Honestly does any other shop ever smell better than The Body Shop?"
ReplyDeleteMy answer is yes: Lush! :D
The Pure Turqoise shade is so beautiful!
p.s: you have amazing pictures on every review :P
The packaging is brilliant who ever thought of that needs a raise! The colours are gorgeous!
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That mint green is really in - love it !
ReplyDeleteThese are so adorable! And how travel-friendly can they get? I never imagined TBS would come up with such a cute and functional eyeshadow palette. :D Too bad I've never seen these in TBS around my area before.
ReplyDeleteomg how amazing, I so need to get myself this x
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