A vibrant array of colors will surely catch someone’s eye, but if done wrong, it can be a big let down.
Jungle Rock, the wet n wild collaboration with Bretman Rock, was launched on Feb. 15 in Ulta stores and on the wet n wild website, but is an unfortunate flop.
wet n wild is an inexpensive Los Angeles-based makeup brand, boasting cruelty-free and insanely affordable products.
Bretman Rock is a YouTube star with over 7 million subscribers and has remained humble about his upbringing since the start of his career in 2015 with YouTube.
He was born in the Philippines and later moved to Hawaii, where he now resides.
When wet n wild released a video teaser with Rock, it came as no surprise that he would collaborate with them, as he has already collaborated with affordable brands before, such as ColourPop and Morphe.
The island theme of the collection channels Rock’s love for nature and animals.
The vivid colors captivated me right away, reminding me of a scenic shot of Manoa Falls Trail in Hawaii.
The Jungle Rock collection includes a 15-pan eyeshadow palette, loose highlighting powder duo, three-in-one face mist, three lip glosses, mascara, a makeup bag and three brushes. Each product retails for under $15.
The packaging of all the products is lively, with hot pink and yellow backgrounds, covered by green and red
jungle-flower prints.
The colors inside were just as striking as the packaging with a variety of greens, blues, pinks, reds and golds.
The shadow’s payoff was amazing, with the texture of all the colors having a buttery consistency. To begin, I went into the teal shade “ANACONDUHH” and built up the pigment.
The impactfulness of the shade was not necessarily bad, but the shadow was not moving or blending on the eye. If it does that, there is no point of the product being pigmented.
If you are not able to move the shadow’s pigment in the way you want, it can be a time-consuming process with the end result looking harsh and gaudy.
When going in with the cream-colored eyeshadow “COCONUT CONNOISSEUR” on top of the crease, it still did not help blend out the shade “ANACONDUHH.”
To try to save the look, I used the metallic bronze foil shade “PROWL.” The shade looked OK, but the pigment from the swatch on my arm was different than applying the shadow with a brush, even after spraying the brush with water to help the pigmentation.
After that, I decided not to continue the look and took off all the eyeshadow. I was very disappointed in how the shade was not blending.
I decided to try some other shades and they all, sadly, had the same result.
As I moved on to try the glosses, I hoped they wouldn’t let me down like the eyeshadow palette did.
The lip gloss shades “Ferocity” and “Fearless” both have warm-toned shimmering finishes that made my lips look nice and juicy, but the only problem I faced was when I was dealing with the applicator.
The applicator was too flimsy and made it hard to apply the amount of gloss I wanted on my lips.
With Rock features a “mascara of the day” review on his Instagram story, so I was ecstatic to try the “Bad Bitch Lift” mascara.
Overall, the mascara was not terrible. If you like a natural lash, the “Bad Bitch Lift” mascara may be something you like. Personally, I like a more dramatic lash look, so this was not for me.
The two products I think are the best from the collection are the face mist and the duo highlight.
The spray gave me a nice, radiant and refreshing look, especially when combined with the highlight shade “Gold LIONESS.” I looked like a sun goddess.
It hurts me to say that I was not impressed with this collection because I am a fan of both wet n wild and Bretman Rock. I think the product pricing was fair, but the products need a little fine tuning to be even better.
After trying these products, I woefully say this collection does not earn Bri’s approval.
