In my Hush+Dotti test package I received three single eye shadows, a cream highlighter, a lipstick, a gloss and an eye balm.
The eyeshadows are called shay, which is a very light beige, faye, a dark grey with a silvery shimmer and roxxy, a powdery pink. They're rice powder based and contain lovely ingredients such as thyme, olive leave extract, lavender and grape seed oil. The pigmentation is good and the eye shadows have a nice satiny finish. All of the shades are easy to wear and they distribute evenly. However, they don't last on my eyelids very long. I use an eyeshadow primer and the product still settles in the eyelid crease after a few hours. All in all the quality is ok, I love the ingredients but for CHF 24 for a single eye shadow, I would have expected it to last longer on my eyelids.
Eclipse is a cream highlighter in a champagne colour with a hint of rose gold. It's shimmery and contains a tiny bit of glitter. It's based on coconut oil combined with laurel wax, cocoa butter, olive oil and jojoba, which makes the highlighter smell nice. I use this in the inner corner of my eyes and it stays there during the day. The creamy consistency makes it easy to apply and melt onto your skin. I'm really fussy when it comes to wearing highlighter on my cheekbones, I hardly ever tried one which I thought looks natural but still adds the wanted glow to my cheeks. It's no different with this one. It's very pretty but I just don't like it when one can tell I'm wearing highlighter. If you're a highlighter kind of girl, I'm sure you will like this one. It's available for CHF 32 and I like the cute little pot it comes in.
The eye balm smells amazing! It contains shea butter, candlelilla wax, olive, black cumin seed oil, argan oil and a lot of other lovely oils for your skin. It's soothing for your skin and the cucumber extract helps to depuff your under eye area. The product description says, you can use it before applying your concealer for some extra moisture. This doesn't work for me. Even though I love the relaxing scent and moisturizing effect, it's just too oily to apply in the morning. I use it over night and I still have to remove the residue in the morning. When I apply it onto my dry hands though, it sinks in really quickly. The packaging is quite cool, you can twist it just like a lip balm which makes it easy to apply. This relaxing eye balm costs CHF 36.
Now on to the lip products. I've tested the lipstick in the shade deenie, a light pink with a hint of shimmer. The shade is gorgeous and I guess it would suit a lot of people. The texture is creamy and feels moisturizing on the lips but the joy of this lipstick was really short for me. After about an hour, it just wasn't there anymore. I guess that's due to the amount of oils in the lipstick. If you don't mind reapplying your lipstick from time to time, you might still like it because of its moisturizing benefits. What I noticed first about this lipstick is the packaging which feels quite cheap, especially when you twist it. For CHF 24 I would expect a sturdier packaging.
The lip gloss in the shade heidi is a browny nude with shimmer particles. Among other it contains shea butter, coconut oil and castor oil. It's not sticky and quite pigmented and feels moisturizing on the lips. For CHF 23, I think this is the better choice than the lipstick.
I would love to only write positive things about beauty brands who are conscious of our environment, choose ingredients with love and put a lot of thought into their products. But still, as a consumer, I want them to be effortless to use and I need them to last during the day because I simply don't have the time to run to the bathroom and reapply my makeup during the day. Hush+Dotti has products with lovely ingredients but they just don't match my expectations. I wouldn't be that picky if the prices were lower but for that price point, I do expect a little more, even though I'd like to support their philosophy.
Have you tried Hush+Dotti? What are your thoughts on the brand?
Have a great day!
xx Cheryl
*press samples, all opinions are honest and my own.
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