I love discovering new makeup brands. Prior to receiving these products, I hadn’t heard of Sculpted by Aimee. It’s a female-founded and cruelty-free brand that’s on a mission to make applying makeup easy, quick, and fun.

Although I sometimes love spending over an hour getting creative with makeup, sometimes I just want to do a simple makeup look in 20 minutes. So does Sculpted Aimee really enable you to achieve an effortless and glowy makeup look? I share my honest review of the quality, ease of use, and overall experience with Sculpted by Aimee.

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Products in this review

I’m reviewing the following 5 Sculpted by Aimee products:

  1. HydraTint
  2. Brighten Up Concealer
  3. Complexion Duo Brush
  4. Bare Basics Palette
  5. LashLift

I share my honest thoughts, swatches, and ratings for each product below before moving on to my overall review of the brand, including a makeup look.

1. Sculpted by Aimee HydraTint

£20 for 9ml

I got the HydraTint in the shade 4.0, which is described as light with neutral undertones. This product is a moisturising tinted serum that provides sheer coverage and SPF20. It’s supposed to be the perfect intersection between makeup and skincare, marrying together the nourishing benefits of a skincare product with the complexion-perfecting – yet still natural-looking – benefits of a makeup product.

This swatch was done on my bare hand, without primer or skincare underneath.

Review

As you can tell from the swatch, this product is quite dark for my skin tone. It’s also too yellow. Although this is described as a light shade, I actually think this swatch is more of a light-medium shade.

However, this skin tint is very forgiving, thanks to its sheer and buildable coverage. It helps to even out the complexion, but it still looks skin-like, with a satin finish, and some imperfections/blemishes peek through. To this end, I can make the tint work for my skin tone. It’s still a bit too dark for me, but it’s fine once I’ve buffed it into my skin.

I like the consistency. It’s quite thick, but it blends effortlessly and quickly into the skin. It’s hydrating, doesn’t pill, and doesn’t cling to dry patches or texture.

I’ve got oily skin, and the texture is a bit too oily for my preference. But it surprisingly was long-wearing without going greasy or breaking down throughout the day. It lasted for a good 8 hours with very little fading throughout the day.

Rating: 4 stars

I like how easy this skin tint is to work with.

2. Sculpted by Aimee Brighten Up Concealer

£15 for 5ml

I got the Sculpted by Aimee Brighten Up Concealer in the shade Beige, which is for fair/light skin with a rosy undertone. This concealer is supposed to blur and brighten the under-eye area with a soft-focus finish. It claims to be hydrating, glowy, and ideal for concealing dark circles or signs of tiredness.

This swatch was done on my bare hand, without primer or skincare underneath.

Review

I think I picked a great shade. It’s a little lighter and cooler than my complexion for a brilliant brightening effect. The concealer does a fantastic job of making me look more wide-awake and fresh-faced, which is ideal for someone who has difficulty getting consistent sleep.

I agree that the concealer is hydrating. It has a creamy and smooth consistency. Unlike a lot of concealers that can become dry and cakey, this is very comfortable to wear. However, this nourishing texture does lead to more creasing, which means you have to set your under-eye area well.

I also wish this concealer provided more coverage. My preference is a full-coverage concealer so that a tiny dot can go a long way to easily cover up dark circles, spots, redness, and blemishes. This is a medium-coverage concealer. I had to apply more product than usual to get the same effect as some other concealers in my collection, which I think led to more creasing.

Rating: 4 stars

I love how hydrating and comfortable this is to apply and wear, but I wish it offered more coverage and creased less.

3. Sculpted by Aimee Complexion Duo Brush

£17

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The Sculpted by Aimee Complexion Duo Brush features 100% synthetic bristles. This dual-ended complexion brush aims to work with skin tints, foundations, primers, and concealers. The larger, denser side is designed for all-over coverage, while the smaller, denser side is designed for more precise application.

Review

I used the Complexion Duo Brush to apply the HydraTint and the Brighten Up Concealer. The bristles are soft and fluffy, so they don’t drag across your skin and feel wonderfully smooth. This is definitely a high-quality makeup brush.

I prefer a denser brush to apply my foundation, skin tint, or concealer, though. The larger brush made applying the skin tint really easy, as it buffed the product into my skin quickly. However, a denser brush would mean less product would go further and provide more coverage and control, which is my preference.

I found that the smaller brush buffed the concealer into my skin too quickly and almost blended the product into nothingness. I get on better with denser bristles to precisely control how much product I want to buff into my skin. Again, this means your product can go further too, as you can really pack it on.

Rating: 3.5 stars

A lovely brush duo, especially if you have a light touch with your base application; I just prefer denser brushes.

4. Sculpted by Aimee Bare Basics Palette

£34 for 22g

I got the Sculpted by Aimee Bare Basics Palette in the shade Nude 01. This is designed to be a perfect face and eye palette to create a nude makeup look while you’re on the go. It’s versatile, convenient, and meant to be filled with beautifully buildable textures for the face and eyes. This palette contains 3 eyeshadows, a highlighter, a bronzer, a setting powder, and a blush.

These swatches were done on my bare hand, without primer or skincare underneath.

Review

I’m not a multi-use makeup palette lover. I’m always under the impression that face and eye palettes are not of the same quality as if you just buy the products individually. However, I ended up liking this Bare Basics Palette more than I expected.

The shades in this palette are lovely. I’d use every single one. They’re great staple nudes that are wearable and will work for any occasion. As you get a lot of different products in 1 palette, this is perfect when travelling to save space and for convenience.

There are 2 different formulas in this palette: cream and powder. The shimmery eyeshadow and the highlighter are cream, while the rest of the pans are powders. They vary in terms of quality, pigmentation, fallout, and ease of use:

  • The shimmery cream eyeshadow doesn’t pack much of a punch. The shimmer is subtle, and I found it took a lot of layering to get it to really show up. This shadow applies better with your fingertips too.
  • The 2 matte powder eyeshadows are pigmented, smooth, and quite buttery. There’s a fair bit of fallout, but it’s nothing crazy. I found that the medium matte brown shade blended and layered easily without going patchy. The darker matte brown shade was a bit patchier and chalkier.
  • The powder setting powder was OK. I don’t think it impacted the longevity of my makeup.
  • The powder bronzer is creamy, has little fallout, and buffs easily into the skin. The colour doesn’t lean orange and gives my skin a nice sunkissed glow.
  • The powder blush is a gorgeous baby pink shade that’s pigmented, buttery, and applies smoothly onto the skin. This is the highest-quality pan in this palette and is easy to work with.
  • The cream highlighter applies best with fingertips. This doesn’t provide a blinding highlight, but if you tap it into your skin, it provides a lovely glow. I find the formula incredibly easy to work with, and the formula simply melts into your skin.

Rating: 4 stars

This is a convenient, multi-purpose palette that I’ll be taking with me when I’m on the go and want a quick and easy makeup solution.

5. Sculpted by Aimee LashLift

£20 for 9ml

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I got both shades of the Sculpted by Aimee LashLift: Ultra-Black and Rich Brown. This mascara is designed to make lashes look longer, more lifted, and voluminous. The formula is supposed to be lightweight, nourishing, and non-clumping.

Review

I’ve only tried the Rich Brown shade so far, and I absolutely love it.

This mascara instantly and quickly added length, lift, and volume to my lashes. It feels weightless, isn’t dry whatsoever, and separates my lashes. There’s no clumpiness, smudging, or budging either, which makes for a foolproof and fantastic mascara.

The Rich Brown shade is divine. It’s still quite deep, but as it’s not as dark as black mascara, it’s more daytime-friendly and wearable.

Rating: 5 stars

I’m obsessed with this mascara. It gives me everything I want!

Sculpted by Aimee makeup look

To truly test the Sculpted by Aimee makeup products, I applied all of the products in this review. In the photos below, I’m wearing LashLift in the shade Rich Brown. Here’s how the look turned out:

I’m happy with how this makeup look turned out. The products were easy to work with, which made creating this simple makeup look quick and trouble-free.

Overall Sculpted by Aimee review

Overall, I think Sculpted by Aimee is a great makeup brand that’s worth checking out. The prices are reasonable, sitting at the mid-price point range, and I think the quality is overall good.

This is what I’d call a great basics brand. The formulas are easy to work with and designed to make makeup application quick and easy. If you’re limited on time or just want to create a straightforward makeup look speedily, Sculpted by Aimee is a fantastic option. This brand doesn’t inspire me to get creative in the way that some other brands do, but I appreciate the need for solid makeup products that simply work.

I particularly love the mascara. It’s definitely one of the best mascaras I’ve tried, so I’ll be using that regularly.

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