'Pure' Product Reviews

A couple of months ago I went on a bit of a makeup binge, and decided I wanted to try a few drugstore makeup and beauty brands that I’d never tried before. I’d seen the ‘Pure’ beauty brand in Home Bargains a few times but never bothered to take a look at any of the products as the seriously low prices put me off. But as I’d passed the products so many times before, and was eager to try new things, I decided to give the ‘Pure’ brand a try. 

I picked up a BB Cream, CC Cream and Cucumber Undereye Roll-on, all marked at £1.99 each, and decided to test them out for a couple of weeks (though I can’t say I was expecting much) and here’s what I thought!

Pure BB Cream - £1.99

I only noticed this BB cream in two different shades ‘Light’ and ‘Medium’. There may be a ‘dark’ shade available but I definitely couldn’t find one anywhere that stocked this product. As I’m a little pale, I picked up ‘Light’ and was expecting this to be an okay match, and when I initially applied the BB Cream it seemed to match really well! The coverage was actually pretty decent for such a cheap BB cream, and I was pretty impressed with how it applied to my skin.

The squeezy tube allowed me to dispense just enough product which was a bonus too, and after I’d applied the rest of my makeup and set off for work, I was feeling pretty positive about the £1.99 I’d just spend.

Until I got into work.

I have naturally oily skin, so a deciding factor for me is how my foundation looks after an hour or two. And not only was my foundation sliding off my face, but it was ORANGE. Obviously the foundation had oxidised which is really annoying, but because I was wearing a hat on the way to work, my foundation had worn off under the band of the hat, and left my with a white forehead. EVEN MORE ANNOYING!

If you have dry skin, this foundation might actually work a lot better for you as it may not slide off the skin as it did for me. But be aware of the oxidising, and definitely stay away from this foundation if you’re any paler than me.

Pure CC Cream - £1.99

I tried this product shortly after trying out Pure’s BB Cream, and assumed it wouldn’t be too different. Again, I was given the option of only ‘light’ or ‘medium’ shades, so I picked up the light shade again, and this matched fairly well when first applying. However as I blended it into my skin, it almost disappeared! I tried using both my fingers, and my foundation brush to apply this foundation but nothing seemed to improve the coverage.

I know this product is called a ‘Colour Correcting’ cream, but generally these sorts of products provide a small amount of coverage in order to ‘colour correct’ however this did not. I decided I couldn’t go to work with such little product on my face, so had to apply my usual foundation over the top.

With that being said, I wouldn’t recommend buying this product at all, as it was pretty much useless in my opinion. I personally don’t think I would repurchase either BB or CC products, but if you wanted to try one of the two I would definitely go with the BB Cream.

Pure Cucumber Eye Roll-on - £1.99

I’ve been using this eye roll-on for around 2 weeks now, as this is the sort of product you can’t really rely on first impressions for. And whilst I can confidently say it hasn’t improved my dark circles or undereye bags, it is definitely soothing to apply under the eyes when first waking up.

The product features a cool metal rollerball which allows easy application under the eyes for those mornings when you just can’t seem to open your eyes properly! There are probably better alternatives out there, but at this price I still think this product is fairly useful, if only used as a ‘waking up’ aid! (I definitely rely on one of those!)  

Overall, I’m not amazingly impressed with the ‘Pure’ brand, but I guess this is just one of those times where ‘you get what you pay for’, but although I will be getting rid of the BB and CC creams, I will probably be keeping the undereye roll-on close to hand for those tough mornings.