REVIEWING: H&M COMPACT POWDER

In my previous post I asked you whether you'd like me to review any of my latest purchases since most of them were beauty products. Some of you answered you'd like me to review the powder from H&M because most didn't know the brand even sold make-up. Well, here it is. The highly-requested (slight exaggeration) review!

I've been using my Sephora Kabuki Brush to apply the powder, though, to be honest, I think it isn't the "right one" for powder. If you go to the ELF Cosmetics webpage, you can find a brush for every single part of your face. It's quite interesting, actually. (I like going there just to browse but they have amazing prices, so check it out!)

What first caught my eye regarding this powder was the extremely light shade it has. Now, if you've been a reader of this blog before this post, you know I'm quite (quite!) fair and I find it incredibly hard to buy certain beauty products (such as foundation or powder). Trust me, photos don't do justice to my paleness, even though I barely edit them.

In the pictures above you can see my skin is not terrible, obviously, but I do get the odd blemish and I have quite a bit of redness that needs to be masked on a daily basis. In here I was wearing my Sephora Foundation in R20, a smudge of concealer under each eye and also covering the redness, plus the H&M Compact Powder.

The first day I put on this powder I actually thought I was having an allergic reaction but I had already felt some itching the day before (when I hadn't used the powder yet), so the powder couldn't possibly be the reason why my skin was irritated. After lightly splashing some water on my skin, the reaction was gone and I've been using the powder since then and nothing happened, so I think this is just my skin adapting to the changes (I didn't really wear much make-up until very recently).

I have to say, I'm impressed with H&M beauty products so far. I actually own a blush by them too and I really want their bronzer because it blends really well with my skin. All in all, I'd say the best thing about this compact powder is exactly the fact that it blends perfectly with my skin tone and doesn't look standoffish. I'm quite glad this was the first powder I bought as it was incredibly cheap (€4,95) and works well with me, but I will probably buy a powder by a brand that focuses more on beauty, rather than fashion, in the future.

If you like this review and want more, do tell me. I'll probably review the H&M eyeshadow and Clarins' Exfoliant Cream too (mainly because I'm in love with both of these products), but if you'd like me to talk about my experience with anything else, I'm more than happy to do it.

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