Maybelline New York Pure Makeup

Great Natural look

I was curious about it, but I've never had good luck with Maybelline foundations; either the coverage or the color. However, all that changed when I found pure and I don't use anything else. I wear the light shade, which while looks too dark, is very forgiving when it actually is rubbed over the skin. The foundation really is more of a TM, so if you are looking for full coverage, you probably aren't going to find it with pure. I have combination skin and I'm breakout prone, and this hasn't aggravated my skin, nor does it collect around already existing breakouts. I've found that this actually keeps my nose oil at bay, or at least looks like it does. I was so thrilled with this foundation that I bought 2 backups when I found them on clearance at Target (bought the first at retail, around $4-5, and bought backups with concealer for $3 -- good deal!). Love this stuff.

January 27, 2008

Fresh Eye Shadow: Eyeshadow

Great basic shade: Mystere

Love Mystere! Probably love more that I got it rather cheap on Ebay, but still. This is a very very soft, silky, blendable shadow. I would describe the color as a plummy, brown (I first described this tone as warm, but it seems to have a silvery undertone, maybe it's neutral), however, it doesn't turn orange or red and doesn't make me look sickly. It actually brightens my eye area up a lot as the color is similar to my eye color. Comes in a very chic metal twist-off pot. Is HUGE at a whopping 3g. Retails for $22, pricey but I think good for the amount in the pot. I found it very pigmented and silky. Though it does tend to appear chalky in the pot when you touch a brush to it, it doesn't appear so either on the brush or the eye. Very pigmented over a base. Love this for a natural look!

November 20, 2007

Prescriptives Moonbeam Reflective Eye Color

Great base for taupe shadows (satellite wine)!

This has been my go-to eye base for the past week, and I have a ton. I'm surprised this cream shadow hasn't been reviewed yet because it is amazing. This cream shadow glides on very smoothly, though is does feel a bit greasy, and I've only done a thin layer -- I have not attempted building it up because of the texture -- however, once smoothed onto the eyelid, it does not budge. I wore this under MAC moth brown as a base (more info on that coming soon) and I forgot to wipe my eye makeup off. The next morning, it was still there and as strong as ever. Retouched the powder and mascara that morning, lasted straight through the day and I had to really rub to get it off that night. Now for the color. This color is a sheerer/slightly lighter version of moth brown, so it is the perfect base for the shadow. It is not a wine color, it is definitely a taupe with a slight touch of red to it. It is shimmery, it is pretty just a wash over the eye, but it is the perfect base for moth brown or any of the taupes in that family. For me, this, some black smudged liner (I like Clinique's creamshaper in black diamond) and moth brown on the lid is the perfect taupe smokey eye. Price is somewhere around $16 USD but can be gotten quite cheaply on Ebay. Applicator is a fuzzy wand. I usually dot on the eyelid and then smear with my pointer finger. As I said, stays all day, and then some. For girls that don't mind sheer application for bases -- I mean, come on UDPP is practically clear on, this works 10x better and creates some color to build off of.

November 20, 2007