The founder of the brand Anastasia Beverly Hills convinces millions of fans of her brand that everything is possible, the main thing is a little effort. A fairly wide range of facial products from Anastasia Beverly Hills allows you to choose the means to create the most perfect make-up even for fastidious customers. It is worth to familiarize yourself with the description of the brand in more detail, we will find out how its history began, and also consider the top products and tips for using cosmetics.
About Brand
Anastasia Beverly Hills - This is an American brand that has been producing professional decorative cosmetics for more than twenty years. The founder of the brand is a highly skilled specialist in the field of creating perfect eyebrows. You can say for sure that with the design of eyebrows her career began. The first cosmetics were released specifically for them. Many foreign celebrities have been and remain among the clients of the brand. Moreover, many of them at one time went to the eyebrows for the brand founder, and today they are successfully using her funds on their own.
The brand’s products are in great demand in many prosperous countries of the world, including Russia, China, Japan, the USA, Italy and others. It can be purchased at many famous retail chains. Today, the range of Anastasia Beverly Hills has decently expanded, it has become possible to find not only high-quality eye products, but also all kinds of products for the face, as well as modern highlighters, sculptors, blush and unique palettes. A few years ago, few people heard about this brand on the Russian market, but with the advent of the brand of social networks, many domestic makeup artists appreciated it.
Product Overview
Since the Anastasia Beverly Hills brand focuses on creating eyebrow and eye care products, we’ll start the review with them.
- Dipbrow Pomade. Highly pigmented lipstick for eyebrows from the brand is also waterproof. It can be used to completely fill the eyebrows or their partial detail when using other means. Fondant has a pleasant non-greasy texture that can be layered, with its help you can get the most natural eyebrows. It is worth noting that, despite the fact that the product is waterproof, it is perfectly stewed, and also with its help you can draw small hairs where they are few or not at all.
Fondant is available in many shades: from the lightest to darkest.
- Brow Definer Anastasia Beverly Hills is an eyebrow pencil. It is best suited precisely for fine drawing, has a pleasant texture, as well as a soft brush that allows you to distribute the product as evenly as possible between the eyebrows. For many beginners, this pencil is a find, because it is so easy for them to create natural and even eyebrows.
- For fine drawing of eyebrows, we also recommend paying attention to the retractable pencil. Brow Wiz. The composition of the product has a wax that allows you to make the eyebrows more thick and saturated.
- For styling eyebrows of any type and color, the brand has released a transparent gel with a non-stick texture Clear Brow Gel. It is suitable not only for fixing hairs, but also for giving the eyebrows a well-groomed appearance. As well as in the assortment, the Tinted Brow Gel in the most relevant colors can also be found.
- Palette with shadows Norvina s 14 original shades for the eyes, half of which are matte, and half with a metallic effect. All colors are quite pigmented, but they mix beautifully with each other and they are very easy to shade directly on the eyelid.
The palette is equipped with a mirror and a convenient brush for applying funds.
- Fans of bright and extraordinary colors can pay attention to a palette with shadows. Modern Renaissance, which was created under the inspiration of the Renaissance. It has 14 bright and rich colors that will surely make any holiday make-up memorable. The palette contains only one satin color, two metallic and 11 matte colors, all very pigmented.
- Of the seasonal collections, many fashionistas will surely like a palette with shadows. Riviera, which includes bright and saturated colors with iridescent textures. This palette is especially relevant for relaxation, because with its help you can create both a day make-up and an evening make-up.
Let's consider in more detail means for the face.
- Sweet sugar highlighter palette Sugar Glow Kit. This palette is one of the most often chosen by stellar makeup artists, it contains universal shades that allow you to give your face intense radiance. The formula is very light, the funds are not felt on the skin even throughout the day. Darker colors can be found in the Sun Dipped Glow Kit highlighter palette with sunny and shiny hues. They will certainly appeal to ladies with dark or tanned skin.
- Contour Kit. The face contouring palette includes three light and three dark shades to create a perfectly proportional face. Using this tool, you can edit any imperfection on the face, armed with only one brush. Shades can be mixed very easily, they fit perfectly on the skin and are not felt on it.
How to use and choose?
To properly create the shape of the eyebrows and color them with a pencil or fondant, The following rules from the brand founder should be followed:
- it is very important that the beginning of the eyebrow was above the middle of the nostril; it can be easily finished independently if the eyebrow is short;
- if you create a virtual line, then it should connect the tip of the nose with the middle of the iris;
- you should finish drawing the eyebrows in the place where the corner of the nostril connects to the outer corner of the eye.
When applying shadows from the brand, do not press hard on the brush, because they are already very pigmented. Almost all shades of Anastasia Beverly Hills, especially from palettes, can be applied with both dry and wet methods.
According to the advice of experts, bright shades of shadows can be used as blush without special problems, and light shades as a highlighter.
Highlighters from the brand of pallets can be layered or used separately, emphasizing certain parts of the face and body. Pink shades are perfect for highlighting the cheeks, and intense peach for emphasizing the nose or cheekbones. Snow-white shades with a shimmer are best suited for protruding points on the face.
Those who have never done face contouring, it is recommended to look at the schemes from makeup artists, only then you can accurately use the brand palette, I correct the imperfections of the face and emphasizing the advantages on it. Select and buy funds should only be at proven points of sale, they must be licensed. You should be extremely careful with suspicious sites. Today there is a very great risk of stumbling on a fake brand. Before buying, it is advisable to test the funds on the skin, so that you probably will not be mistaken with the right shade.
Analogs of funds
We can safely say that the brand has no analogues, although on a variety of Internet platforms you can find a lot of copies under the funds of Anastasia Beverly Hills. Many buy analog fakes, since originals are expensive. And this is not surprising, because one palette for the eyes can cost around 4 thousand rubles, which is a lot for many average customers. Such a price tag forces many to search for copies, although in terms of quality, of course, they leave much to be desired. Many women who have bought a fake, note that the funds go wrong, shine wrong, do not hold at all, unlike the original testers who tried in stores.
Instead of buying fakes, experts recommend purchasing analogues from brands from the mass market, in which highly pigmented eyebrow fondants, palettes with shadows and highlighters can also be found. For example, you can find such funds at Maybelline, L'Oreal Paris, Pupa, Revlon. Sometimes at a discount you can successfully purchase eye pallets Urban Decay, which in quality can well be compared with Anastasia Beverly Hills.
And also very similar brand funds can be found at Bad Habit and NYX, their prices are also pleasant.
Reviews
Regarding reviews of Anastasia Beverly Hills products, they marked the following advantages of eye shadow and eyebrow fondant:
- high pigmentation, nice texture, a large selection of shades;
- durability of sweets and shadows, as well as easy shading of shadows and their convenient mixing.
Of the minuses of eye shadow and eyebrow fudge, the following are noted:
- they crumble, “dust” when applied, and can roll and print during the day;
- they have uncomfortable easily soiled packaging and, of course, very high prices.
As for highlighters, in most cases, ladies leave positive feedback about them. Professional makeup artists speak flatteringly about them.
In the next video you will find an overview of the Modern Renaissance palette from Anastasia Beverly Hills.