Does anyone here use any Collection 2000 products?

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Collection 2000 are the kind of cheapish products you get in boots, superdrug and loads of different places in the UK. I'm not sure if anyone else in the world has it, but I really do like them loads!

I have a little collection of their Dazzle Me! eyeshadows which are kinda cheap versions of Barry M dazzle dusts, in bigger and different pots. I have 7, and theyre only £2.99 each (there are usually deals on them too!), and they come in about 20 shades. Here are the ones I have:

Up sides:

• Nice to use (ie good texture, easy to blend)
• Good amount
• Great price
• Nice colour range
• Doesn't fade after a long time
• Doesn't crease (providing you use a good base)
• You can vary the brightness for subtle looks
• Can be used as eyeliner

Down sides:

• Creases if you don't use a base
• There could be more colours in the range

I can't really think of any more down sides...
So yeah, those are basically my Collection 2000 products, apart from a silver eye crayon thing that can be used as an eyeshadow because the pencil itself is quite thick, and it is nice and creamy to apply, however it needs warming up and isn't the best for using as eyeliner due to it's size. But it's a good product for £3!

EDIT: I didn't really know where to put this, so please move if it's in the wrong place!

 

[mahreez]

i've tried it before but the lipstick doesn't last that much on me.

 

[seabird]

i used to use the blusher and i really liked it! i tried some nail polish though and it was incredibly tacky, like plastic and took forever to dry.

 

[Elzapan]

I haven't bought any myself, but i got a secret santa with illusion in and a dark glittery grey.. and someone gave me a white irridecent one which is lushious! (sp?) and a sky blue eyeliner...

there cool, but i prefer barryM <3

 

[Girl about town]

i wasn't too impressed but then i am a make up snob haha!!! i love luxurious feeling make up and i found the formulas a bit bleh!!!

 

[MsCocoa]

Never used anything other than a lipgloss but that was years ago, a friend of mine had the Vinyl Lash Mascara and it was quite good but I prefer volumising mascaras.

 

[Lily_Lyla]

I like the "get cheeky" cheek and lip tint.
Cheap and works quite well =]

 

[glam8babe]

i have 2 of them pigment things... the blue one and goldy yellow... i must say i dont use them. I tried the blue one once and it looked like i had a bruised eye! then didnt bother again, i wore the yellow/gold one on holiday and even when i wore mascara it looked like i had no eyelashes.
I think they are ok if you want to experiment with pigment type eyeshadows before you pay £15 for one Mac one.. but other than that i really dont like them at all.

 

[AmberLilith]

I have some of the 'Dazzle Me' pigments as well, I like them particularly because they're cheap n cheerful!

I also really love their liquid eyeliner!! I use so much liquid eyeliner and find that theirs does pretty much what i want it to. Seems to be the best drugstore one. (Just for info, I've never used a non-drugstore liquid eyeliner) It's only issue is that the liquid is a little thin at first.

 

[jenizzle]

i have four or five of these, and I love the texture of them. I find though that colour fades when you blend them, and you have to reapply carefully! Other than that, they're pretty nice!!

 

[-moonflower-]

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Originally Posted by jenizzle i have four or five of these, and I love the texture of them. I find though that colour fades when you blend them, and you have to reapply carefully! Other than that, they're pretty nice!!

Seconded. They're much better if you apply them wet though.
And they're really nice as eyeliner.

 

[Growing Wings]

One of my friends bought some of the dazzle me eyeshadow dusts as she wanted to experiment with pigments. I've used them a couple of times and I'm not a fan. I think they really are a case of 'you get what you pay for'. They were pretty hard to blend and the colour pay off wasn't that great either.

On the other hand, I love their black liquid eyeliner. I prefer the eye defining eyeliner to the fast stroke, as it has a far thinner brush. For the price, I think it's fantastic!

 

[Laurenxx]

The glitter eyeliners are really good for their price. They come in green (amazing!), silver, gold and blue and for 2.99(i think) are an absolute bargain.

 

[SuomeaSorceress]

I have an eye-shadow palette in green colours from this line. I really like it, as someone else said, it's cheap and cheerful

Which is great for someone like me who's on a tight budget!

I've used a couple of nail polishes from this line also, I find the darker colours are pretty useless, their kinda 'gloopy' (hahaha can't think of any other way to put it!), but the light colours are OK for me.

Oh...and I have a translucent powder too, which has done the job so far, but I'm going to try another one soon...maybe NYC or Rimmel, not sure yet. (Yeah, I really AM on a tight budget

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Oh YES! AND I have the black liquid liner! I think it's fab! Though I honestly don't have anything to compare it to, as it's the first liquid liner I've used.

 

[k.a.t]

I have about 8 of those loose eyeshadow thingies lol i just went kinda crazy coz they're so cheap! I just love experimenting with them and they are great as eyeliners. I must say i agree with the posters who mentioned they fade when you blend them so you have to be really careful when applying them which is kinda annoying... But they're great when used wet! ( i mix them with fix+)

I also have their glitter eyeliners but meh, the gold one isn't really glittery enough and the silver one goes really crusty! plus it's soo hard to get off...it goes in my eye which can be REALLY uncomfortable

I got a lipstick too but i haaate it, it's horrid! The thing changes colour (wtf?) and the texture's like sand paper..*shudder*
I do however like their plastique lipgloss in 'nude' it's such a pretty shade!

 

[Growing Wings]

A couple of swatches of the glitter liners.
Light blue (my camera didn't pick up much of the blue in this), Silver (which has a slight lilac tint), and Green.

 

[glam8babe]

i have a couple of their products but dont like them really.
i have 2 of their 'pigments' and i havent touched them in over a year... i just find them hard to blend and the colours arent vibrant

 

[User49]

I like collection 2000

I've got their nail polishes (which I LOVE), rose blusher which is perfect for porcelain skin tones and a gold glitter eye liner that I think is really good quality!

However I'm not a fan of their eyeshadows or lipglosses.

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