Review: Borghese Cosmetics and Skincare’s Vision of Winter Beauty 2015!

**Disclaimer:  This post has been compensated through a free product (s) or monetary payment.  Opinions are solely mine. All links are "no-follow" links.** 

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Even before I ever knew that I would find myself writing about beauty, I was enthralled by the artistry of Borghese’s cosmetics years ago.  Their unabashed use of bold, rich color always used to give me a thrill when I would gaze admiringly at their new collections because they were true masters.   Their deep appreciation of color was why I first became a Borghese customer from early on and still count them as one of my regular brands.

To my delight, the company surprised me with a package of their new season’s products.  With what I found in this box is just what any woman needs for looking effortlessly chic in time for the holidays.

Take their Eclissare Color Eclipse Shadow and Light Luminous Eye Palette ($55) of 12 haunting neutrals that also came with its own double-sided brush.  These silky, shimmery pearls and glowing metallics as well as its matte powders do an excellent job to make eyes look sensational with their fashion forward treatment of highly-pigmented color from the light to dark shades. I love how easily these vibrant shadows respond to blending.  They flatter each other, allowing me to create a myriad of new looks that won’t crease or fade for hours on end.

Eclissare Color Eclipse Shadow and Light Luminous Eye Palette

Now that I got your attention, let me delve into those 12 amazing colors of: 

Bask - a light, warm-toned creamy-beige with a satin-matte finish 

Afterglow - a warm-toned , highly metallized medium-beige

Pulse - a warm, highly metallized soft-peach

Veil - a cool neutral soft-brown with a satin-matte finish

Muse - a burnished gold with brown shade glows with lots of metal

Ascend - a light tan with a satin-matte finish

Wane - a rich warm medium brown with a satin-matte finish

Impact - a highly metallized, medium rose-copper

Downfall - a dark matte brown

Out There - a heavily metallized medium pewter.

Shroud - a deep charcoal-grey with blue undertones, highly metallized.

Immortal - a charcoal-black with subtle silver glitter through its mysterious depths

To pull off further eye drama, Borghese provided a mini size Superiore State-of-the Art Mascara in Black. This is easy to apply, a non-clumping, non-flaking formula in true rich black that does a fine job of lengthening lashes to incredible new lengths without piling on layer after layer.  My short lashes looked naturally longer with softness to the touch instead of fake and spidery-looking with hardness to them from a mascara overload.  However, if volumizing is more your thing, then this product won’t wow you in that respect.

I also got an Eclissare Color Eclipse Coloredge Pitch Black Eye Liner pencil ($21.50) to bring out my eyes. This pencil is softer spreading, besides being a very rich black formula that won’t pull on that fragile skin while adding a smoldering intensity as it rings eyes with deep black color.

For lips, I got a B Moisture Advanced Care Lipcolour ($24) in Grappa, a creamy red-wine shade with a slight sheen to it. The feel is so hydrating with a lot of high impact color to it that can keep your lips beautiful and comfortable for at least four or five hours.  However, it can migrate outside the lip line with all that lush creaminess so wear a lip liner, which solves that issue.

I also received two Eclissare Color Eclipse Colorglass Lip Glosses ($21.50) in Simmer and Spark.  These are thick, highly moisturizing with an unbeatable shine.  Simmer is a luminous sort of clear color with silver and pink fine sparkles radiating throughout.  Spark is more of a shimmery taupe-champagne shade that makes for inviting luscious lips.

Eclissare Color Eclipse Colorglass Spark Lip Gloss

Eclissare Color Eclipse Colorglass Simmer Lip Gloss

This was the first time I tried the Prima Viso Face Primer ($27).  My goodness, what I missed with how this smoothed with its botanical extracts and left my complexion practically flawless after I finished my foundation.  It really hydrates and keeps your complexion perfect without feeling greasy or sticky until you need to take it off.  This is one you need to try!

Finally, I found a Fango Purificante Purifying Clay Cleanser ($30) for deep-cleaning pores among the products.  When I saw it was clay-based, I worried that this mask-like cleanser, which rinses off with water might be too harsh with my dry skin.  Nonetheless, I was wrong.  This nourishing cleanser has phytic acid and polyphenol-rich plant extracts and antioxidants to tackle the hidden grime of pore-buildup, leaving your skin feeling invigorated as it deep cleans.  I plan on using this twice a week to make sure all that remaining, but trapped grime is gone.

Take my word on this.  These Borghese cosmetics are luminous and rich colors to make you the center of attention of those holiday parties.  If you intend to shine, then go for it and visit their website!   

Borghese Eclissare Summer 2015 Collection Will Excite All Beauty Lovers (Review) + SWATCHES!

Disclaimer:  This post is based on a free product provided by a company as a press sample so that I may offer my own  opinion, which may be the same or differ from yours.

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Makeup for Summer 2105 is about keeping the look fresh and natural with riveting smokey eyes and tempting fruity lips. After all, what is summer beauty without a sun-kissed glow that will light up your face and add that certain splash of extra sparkle and sexy mystery to play off of that radiance?  

Borghese Eclissare Summer 2015 Collection

When Borghese reached out and asked if they could send me a gift, I was more than pleased since this is one of my favorite brands.  However, I  had no idea what they were sending, but PR graciously shared nine of their Eclissare Summer 2015 Collection cosmetics with me–-and now I will share their vision of summer beauty with you.  

This is the season that you’ll want to replace your heavier foundations with a lighter formulation like a tinted moisturizer, CC or a BB cream.  Borghese’s Summer Glow Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 ($29.50) really is a nice way to go.  This product has enough dewy coverage and a subtle gleam, illuminating the complexion with a natural dose of healthy radiance as it smooths over less than perfect skin without suffocating the pores.  It is not some thin cream, but an oil-free formula with a thicker consistency almost like a gel-cream as it dispenses from its tube.

Borghese Summer Glow Tinted Moisturizer

When I first squeezed out the color for the swatch, I thought this universal shade looked entirely too dark.  I was so wrong because once I started blending this tinted moisturizer into my fair to light complexion, it evened out my complexion so well that it became a part of me, without looking artificial in the least, only more glowing like I spent some genuine time in the sun.    

As you can see, the color of Borghese Summer Glow Tinted Moisturizer appears dark when I first squeezed some out for this swatch.  Next to it, I started blending to show you the beautiful change.

It was hard to imagine a more beautiful effect–-that is until I grabbed the Kabuki Brush ($25) from its handy travel case and sampled the Eclissare Color Eclipse ColorRise Blush ($30) in my box.  This long-wearing blush comes in four colors.  I received Flight, which is a deep bronze with gold radiance.  This is a very pigmented, silky blush with a lovely shimmer within its red-brown depths that warmed my complexion a bit further like I leisurely enjoyed a relaxing day in the sun. 

This is Borghese's Eclissare ColorRise Blush in Flight and Kabuki Brush.  

For the eyes, I was thrilled to find their Eclissare Color Eclipse Five Shades of Fresh Eye Shadow Palette ($29).  These are luxurious shadows that go on smoothly besides also blending easily and wearing well through a long day, especially when you prime.  

This is the company's image of the Eclissare Fresh Eye Shadow palette.  Notice those gorgeous olive tones.

  The colors are smoldering smokey shades in this set of khaki and olive tones set off with a gold shimmer that couldn’t have been coordinated any better for working with a tan.

From left to right is Tender, Raw, Sass, Fierce, and finishing with Wild on the right.  The shades in my photo look more gray for some reason than olive-toned.

Tender is a soft neutral khaki satin with champagne infused through it.
Raw is stunning, light yellow-olive satin of a color.
Sass is a mid-tone olive sort of green infused with gold and black multidimensional pearl.
Fierce is deep, dark-olive, satin-matte with tones of gray.
Wild is a neutral khaki-gold shimmer.    

Starting from the left to right is Tender, Raw, Sass, Wild, and  ending with Fierce closest to my wrist.

Borghese Superiore State-of-the-Art Mascara 

To further enhance that smokey beauty, I got a tube of their Borghese Superiore State-of-the-Art Waterproof Mascara ($19.50).  What I liked about this gentle formula was the natural and lush look that my lashes got even after one coat.  It has a great brush for better lengthening and defining lashes more than volumizing, which you should keep in mind if you prefer one that creates bold, dramatic eyes.  Furthermore, it never caused my eyes to tear, smudge, or flake despite rubbing them and was easier to remove than some waterproof formulas I have used before.

Summer lips need to be ripe with fresh inviting color like Swoon, a gleaming peach among the 12 shades of Eclissare Color Eclipse ColorStruck Lipstick ($25) that was a fabulous choice to set off those smokey olive shadows and a tan. This lipstick has a creamy, moisturizing feel along with some fabulous, multidimensional pearl peeking through the shades that do seem to help with the illusion of fuller lips.  This lippie also was long-wearing and held on for the most part through eating.  

Borghese Eclissare ColorStruck Lipstick in Swoon.

I only wish that this shade had been slightly deeper for me to wear right now with my pale complexion.  I am anxious to experiment with rest of the darker colors, especially Halo, Cusp, and Dare next.

Here I am modeling  Borghese Eclissare ColorStruck Lipstick (Swoon).

Last by not least, I got an Eclissare Color Eclipse ColorGlass Lip Gloss in Gilt ($21.50) from the nine shades.  This is a type of thicker gloss that give lips vinyl like shine with intense shimmer power immersed in a rich, but sheer wash of multidimensional color.

Borghese Eclissare ColorGlass Lip Gloss (Gilt)

As to the color of Gilt, I would describe it having sparkling orange, gold, and silver within its gossamer peach-bronze depths.  Though you could wear it alone, I think it looks better layered over darker lipsticks than by itself.

This is me wearing Borghese Eclissare ColorGlass Lip Gloss in Gilt.  I did not layer it for this shot.

Though sticky just a tad, this gloss did adhere to my lips better than I expected for a gloss without getting on teeth or leaving the lip line.  It also had normal wear time from when I applied in the morning until lunch when needing a new application.

I have been wearing this brand for years and always loved their cosmetics especially for their exceptional rich colors.   This Eclissare Summer Collection is already tempting me with other shades and products that I want.  If you haven’t tried any Borghese yet, I recommend starting with these because they’ll keep you stunning.

Borghese Perla Duale Lipcolour Review & Giveaway!--Ends March 25, 2011

The Perla Duale High Impact Lipcolour line includes six inspired runway shades straight from fashion forward Milan, rich in opaque color with a high pearl finish, and  in a long-lasting formula! 

Borghese Cosmetics recently sent me a tube to review in Perla Nudo, a great conditioning formula with Vitamins A, E, and C plus Chamomile and Aloe to soothe while giving my lips a natural nude gleam of healthy color. 

The other colors in this collection include:  Perla Café, Perla Fiamma, Perla Pesca, Perla Vino, and Perla Rosa.  They sell for $24.50.

*Disclaimer:  This is my own, honest opinion.  No money was exchanged.  I just received free product to review so I could express an opinion.*

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