Honestly, I've never heard of Victoria Jackson before today, so when the sales girl from Victoria Jackson cosmetics approached me today I was merely entertaining her at first. Then she told me that if I get a Victoria Jackson membership now, I CAN GET A LIFETIME OF MAKE-UP SERVICES FOR FREE. That caught my attention. Imagine simply walking into a cosmetics store, flashing a card, getting my make-up done and just walking out of the store, everyday (if I abuse it)! Apparently, they are doing their branding here in Malaysia now, so that's why they are giving out a lifetime's worth of make-up services in return for customer loyalty. It seems too good to be true.
Now, I am aware that many companies often make promises they can't keep. They might find that it is not feasible to permanently launch their product line in Malaysia, or they may simply hire a salesgirl with no make-up experience to do your make-up (the latter seems highly possible). Thing is, I don't really have much to lose because membership comes with purchasing any product, whatever the price. I looked at their products and saw something that I like.
It's called the Harmony Eyeshadow Kit and it's priced at RM98.00 for members. The salesgirl told me that I would definitely like it as I am a Bobbi Brown user. She said that their products are similar to Bobbi Brown (colour-wise, I assume), and their packaging is Mac inspired. I'm really not that excited about the packaging. Mac inspired, but really, missed the bar.
Anyway, this palette really got me excited because I knew that I could use it for shading and contouring as well as on my eyes. In fact, I think it works better as a face contouring powder set than an eyeshadow set for me. I have really flat Chinky eyes so the typical way you would apply this on your eyes does not really work for me. (Like how westerners would emphasise darker tones on their crease) The salesgirl has demonstrated that much to me today. She was quite proud with what she did to my eyes, but I thought it kinda made my eyes look really flat and weird. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure that I can find another way to work around it.
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| e.l.f. Golden Bronzer |
I've been using this bronzing palette from e.l.f. for contouring before this. It works pretty well but it's shimmery and thus not as suitable for contouring as the matte colours in the Harmony Eyeshadow Kit from VJ. Still, it's REAAALLY value for money at, if I remember correctly, USD 3 a palette. The colour on the bottom left corner is great for highlighting and with this palette it's like shader, highlighter and blusher in one - the colours complement each other so you won't have to worry about clashing colours! In fact, I think I just convinced myself to get another one of these when I've finished this palette, hmm.... Still, the thing about it being too shimmery for daily use is a downside.
Apart from lifetime membership privileges, they thew in a little beauty tip booklet. Really cute!
So at the end of the day, if they do break their promise of lifetime make-up services, they lose me as a loyal customer (and I do spend quite a fortune on make-up), I bitch about them to my friends and nobody wins. At least I got myself this neutral palette as consolation.
