The Body Shop: Brush On Radiance Review

While browsing through The Body Shop, I noticed a little item in their makeup line that caught my eye: Brush on Radiance. They call it color pearls that provide illumination. It looked and sounded like an affordable Guerlain dupe! I had to buy it just to test it out.

Best if you want to: Enhance your complexion and add a touch of illumination to your face with light-reflective, iridescent pearls of color.

Best for: all skin tones

What it is designed to do:

• Multi-colored beads provide skin with subtle, yet stunning illumination.
• Light-reflective, iridescent pearls enhance the complexion.
• Community marula nut oil promotes moisturization and hydration. 

The pearls are housed in a clear plastic container with a bronze colored lid. Like the météorites, there is a sponge applicator sitting right on top of the colored pearls. I don't see the sponge to be of any use at all in applications. It feels kind of cheap and the beads actually left some indentations in the sponge.

The pearls themselves are much smaller than Guerlain's perles. They also remind me less of pearls and more like beads of color. There are three colors in all: pink, rose, and gold. Every color has the same level of sheen and shimmer to it.

The application is average. It is easy to get color on the makeup brush, but this is not something that should be applied with a heavy hand or very liberally. Too much leaves an undercoat of frostiness on the skin that makes it look obviously unnatural. In artificial lighting, the skin looked kind of chalky.

The sparkle is evenly distributed and very fine on the skin. The lasting power is fairly long.

At the end of the day, while cute, these pearls are nothing compared to Météorites. However, if someone wanted an affordable dupe of Guerlain's perles, these little pearls might work in a pinch.

All photos (c) Little Luxuries 2013.