Firstly Ruby cosmetics is online only, but they do go to events e.g Birmingham Clothes Show which is where I bought mine from. They also only specialise in contour and eyebrows (which is very 'in' at the moment). I would say that in away it is a 'dupe' for the Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kit but more a take on it. They actually retail for the same price £39.99 or with the Ruby one you can have it
come with two brushes which costs £85.00. If you want to know my thoughts on this kit then keep reading!
Firstly the packaging: personally I feel that the packaging is a bit cheap looking as it's cardboard, it feels very flimsy, also the packaging gets dirty very easily but their is a bonus that it does come with a decent size mirror perfect for travelling.
The product itself comes in one shade but does have three different contour shades. In total this kit has six shades; a blush called flirt which is like a barbie pink shade (more of a spring shade); a setting powder (which looks so similar to the banana powder in the Anastasia kit) called Tease; a highlighter call Desire; a warm brown colour called coffee (more a bronzer shade on me); Coco which is the colour I use to contour, it's more neutral than the other 2 and then lastly Nut which is a very orange/brown colour and one that I will never use.
All six shades are pigmented but chalky and you have to really work your brush into the product to get the pay off , the blusher and coco shade work well on top of foundation, the rest show up a bit weird. I do feel that some of the colours are a bit off like the highlighter I dislike because it's like a skin colour and doesn't do much when it comes to highlighting. Like said above the shade nut I will never get any use out of because its more orange than brown and will look awful on me. I've got a lot of use out of the blusher especially now it's spring and i've got a bit of use out of the shade coco as a contour but personally these shades are all too warm for my complexion and only suit me when I am tanned. The setting powder is very chalky I thought this would be brilliant for setting under the eyes but it doesn't sit right and just looks chalky.
All in all i'm on the fence with this kit, I think if the price was lower then I think it would be brilliant for someone who can't afford the Anastasia but because they are the same price, I wouldn't recommend it.
Have you tried this kit? If so what is your opinion?
Thanks for reading!
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