Discover the Ultimate Catrice Collection for Spring 2023!

Glow Lover Oil-Infused Highlighter

010 Glowing Peony

One of my most worn and favourite highlighters. It’s a subtle and natural one that in a light coat even works as a luminous finishing powder. The shimmer in this is very fine and looks like a natural glow, it’s not over the top and not obviously shimmery under sunlight, plus it doesn’t emphasise pores. The glow is a white shimmery one, neutral and the shade is quite pale, but I’m not sure if it may look ashy on darker skin tones because of that. When it was new the formula was very loose, but it’s been in my collection for a while and there no excess powder flying around when I swirl the brush in it.

A baked blush that has an intense pigmentation and a smooth formula. I get loads of colour payoff quickly on my pale skin and despite being so pigmented, it blends well. Shade is a type of peachy-pink that’s a lot more pink than peach. It has tiny shimmer in it that adds a glow, but since it’s so pigmented and I need to apply little of it, the shimmer/highlighter effect isn’t that intense on me – it should be more visible on deeper skin tones, but I apply Glow Lover Oil-Infused Highlighter over to get that effect. Overall this is one of the best drugstore blushes I’ve tried, very similar to the discontinued L.O.V. blushes.

Catrice has been making some of the best drugstore/affordable blushes for years and though the discontinue them regularly, the replacements are always good. There are two versions of AirBlushes, Glow and Matt, I have both and both behave the same. Glow doesn’t have an luminous effect on my cheeks, so I consider Matt and Glow formulas the same (I think on deeper skin tones, the difference should be visible). It’s another very pigmented formula, but this one doesn’t blend quite as well as the Cheek Lover, regardless it’s still a good one. Most impressive at this formula is the staying power, as it’s still intense 6-7h after application. Shade on the picture is 020 Cloud Wine.

A high quality palette with smooth formulas and a good pigmentation. The bronzer side is matte and a nice shade that’s not too warm or orange, so it suits me as a contour. It’s quite pigmented, so I don’t need a lot for my fair skin and it blends evenly. The highlighter is a champagne shade with very fine shimmer, so it looks really great on the skin. It’s not the strongest, so I can apply it in a way that it looks more natural or build it up for a more intense glow. Bronzer shade is a good shade for pale skin. 

Invisible Matte Loose Powder

This is a very fine and silky powder. It mattifies without leaving the skin looking flat and obviously powdered. It has a tiny bit of a blurring effect, but don’t expect miracles. 

Liquid Liner Matt

My faithful liquid eyeliner for many years now. I’ve used up countless tubes, which actually I mostly replace because I think I should due to age, but liners are still working after many months of use. Formula is intensely black, dries matte and lasts all day without fading, peeling or crumbling. The felt applicator is comfortable to use and precise.

Since Catrice launched Demi Matte formula a few years ago, they just change the name of the line, but matte lipstick formula essentially stays the same, with the same packaging and minor changes to the embossing.  Demi Matt and Vegan Collagen Matt formulas were exactly the same as this one. I loved those two and I love this formula as well. It’s light, glides on the lips with ease, has good pigmentation, looks smooth and has a semi-matte finish (later it settles to a completely matte one when the creaminess goes away). They last well on my lips, but they are not particularly moisturising, neither are they drying.

This is Catrice’s moisturising formula, though I think their Melting lipstick may be even glossier/more hydrating, but it’s a formula I haven’t tried yet. This one is somewhere between a creamy-shiny lipstick and a satin one, as it doesn’t have much shine, but it’s got a comfortable formula suitable for dry lips. It doesn’t last as long as the matte lipsticks, w hich it’s to be expected. I particularly like the shade 040 Secret Crush, which is a beautiful pink-nude shade for my skin tone

Lovely, slightly richer and thicker glosses than usual formulas, but they are not sticky. The shine level is intense and these manage to hold on the lips for a while, by that I mean longer than an average lip gloss. It’s one of many Catrice’s formulas that tingles, but it’s not strong and it doesn’t last – it’s more cooling than tingling. Both shades I have (020 No Fake Love and 040 Prove Me Wrong) are semi-opaque, so these have a good colour payoff for glosses. I love the shade  040 Prove me Wrong, which is a perfect my lips but better shade for me.

ICONAILS Gel Lacquer

I’m not 100% certain these are still sold, but they are on the website. They are tinted balms, not the softest, but are regardless lovely for giving the lips some subtle hint of colour. Formula is moisturising and a subtle scent. Packaging is partly cardboard. I have 030 Sweet Cherry, which is a rosy natural shade.