Will I Buy It: Items from the Physician's Formula Anniversary Collection

This collection caught my eye, because I love it when brands do this. They go through an image shift, and come up with interesting products to celebrate that.

In this case, PF is going back to its roots, releasing a vintage spin on some of its pre-existing products, as well as bringing out some new ones.

So, um, I won't be buying.

Let's start with the Mineral Glow Pearls, in the shade Pearl:

This is a new shade, limited-edition (yawn), in a slightly different design and three dollars less than their permanent mineral glow pearls. Unlike their permanent ones, this one is not formulated with Pearl Extract, Kaolin (clay), or Shea Oil, so I am wondering if this will be a very shiny, translucent product. I have never used any of this, and I really don't intend to. I don't need any more highlighters.

And the brand font reminds me of Willy Wonka.

Moving on:
Le Velvet Foundation

First of all, the shade range on this is pretty limited (4), and pretty indiscernible. I myself have never tried this, or poured foundations. PF boasts that it is "15 SPF" which, come on...is not that high. Pass.

The third product in their collection are two eyeshadow quads that feature two matte shadows and two shimmers. Each quad retails for $7.95. The one I had my eye on looks like this:

To begin, I know the matte shades from PF are pretty much raved about. The shimmers though, is where I am going to express major reservations. Those shimmer strip palettes suck. They don't seem to have the same ingredients, though, so perhaps PF made improvements. Whatever the case, I don't think the shade variety was very smart. The top left white frost could have been a warmer red-tone or something. It just feels redundant. 

Lastly, are lipsticks I was interested in because they resemble vingtage lipsticks from Besame Cosmetics or Estee Lauder, both very expensive. However, I think, again, the shade range is laughable:

Swatches I've see show a bit more variation, but not enough for my liking. 

So, though I think this collection is a fun idea, I really think that PF went about it in a very boring way.