Coming to a Tesco near You! VIVO Cosmetics (Extremely Pic Heavy!)

Your weekly Tesco shop is about to get a little a lot more interesting come September with the launch of new budget make up line Vivo Cosmetics...

I was expecting products along the lines of Superdrug's MUA range (which I love, especially some of the eyeshadows) and while the prices are slightly higher, they are still very purse-friendly (ranging from £1.50 - £6) and the products better quality.  

This post is extremely pic heavy, but I want to show you the breadth of this range, focusing on my top picks.  First shots are from the blogger event, but I've got some better quality ones and swatches further down.

Baked Blushes, £4, there will be 4 shades.  My faves are Peaches and Cream (left) and Rosy (right).  They remind me a lot of the Accessorize blushes, so if you haven't been able to get your hands on them, try these.

The Baked Bronzers will be £5 and again remind me of the Accessorize range.

 Not a huge range of foundation shades, but the lightest, Natural Sand looks to be something in between MAC NC15 and NC20.

Blush and Highlighter Duo, £2.39 - I'll be giving one of these away soon so stay tuned!

Now, we come to one of the best pieces - the Baked Shimmer palettes.  For £6 you get a blush and four eyeshadows.  Now I have some Prestige Baked Minerals eyeshadows which look similar to these and they are so badly pigmented it's ridiculous - but these are in another, much better, league I'm glad to report!

Single eyeshadows for £1.50 each.  The shimmery ones are better pigmented than the mattes, as per the norm with budget eyeshadows (MUA is the same).

A small range of false lashes ranging from £2-4

Glitter liners for £2.  The ones with chunks of glitter don't come off that well, but the pearlised ones are fantastic.

Pink Pout for £1.99 looks and smells divine, and the packaging ain't bad either.  Reminds me of NARS Orgasm in a tube with it's golden sheen.

With Shimmer & Shine Lipgloss over the top in Nude Shimmer, £1.99

This highlighter may be £5 but it will last your for a stupidly long time (unless you use it on your body!).  The colour reminds me of Benefit's Moon Beam.  It's gorgeous.

Highlighter dotted along top of cheekbones.

The pressed powder gets a massive thumbs up from me.  Sturdy packaging, whacking great mirror, nice sponge and the best bit - excellent coverage in a tone that pretty much suits my summer skin.  For £2.39 you can't beat it with a stick. 

Now here's a closer, and clearer look at my favourite of the Baked Shimmer Palettes, Chocolate Box.

Swatched dry, no primer, no nothing - and look! 

This is Peaches and Cream Baked Blush - so pretty in the pan, if a little orange on my cheeks, but I'm determined to make this work, and on the right skin tone (tanned probably), this will be a gorgeous blush.

This is a great little eyebrow kit and I particularly like the brow gel with the tiny wand, but as you're probably only going to need one colour, or at most a mix of two, I prefer e.l.f.'s Studio Brow kit for only £3.50 as opposed to £5 for this.

There are some great little eye shadow trios for only £2.50 - five in total - and this is Be-Dazzled.

I must say I'm much more impressed by the quality of these products than I thought I would be, and there are some nice unusual things in there for a budget range, like the baked palettes which are great for travelling or stashing in your desk at work for that last minute night out on the town.  On the whole, the quality is good and I love that the products have cute names - silly, but it amuses me!  I haven't tried any of the mascara, false lashes, eye liners or baked bronzers, so if you have, let me know how you get on.  There is a great little concealer set which unfortunately is too dark for me but I'd say it hits a good range of skintones, so you should give that a look too.

VIVO hits selected Tesco supermarkets in September - what will you be picking up with your milk and veg?

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