Friday, March 8, 2013

Ben Nye Banana Luxury Powder


It took a lot of thinking and reassuring in order to purchase this product since Ben Nye is not sold in drugstores. Drugstores are my thing, I'm definitely not into waiting for my addiction/fixation to arrive. I hate the anticipation of waiting, with each tease of every email. The confirmation email, the shipping email, and then the actual 5-7 days of shipping. It drives me nuts! So after many sleepless nights I finally placed the order. I ordered the powder from www.makeupmania.com for $7.95 and it surprisingly took less than 3 days. I was expecting this powder to be an obnoxious shade of yellow but it's not and it unfortunately does not smell like bananas. The actual product is amazing! It's finely milled and the coverage is great. I use it mainly as a setting powder for my under eye concealer but sometimes use it all over my face since it keeps me matte and fresh looking all day. I highly recommend this product to medium-tan skin tones since it is a yellow based powder. 
Clear packaging makes it easier to see the amount of powder left.

It conveniently comes with a shifter to dispense the powder.

The cap is useful as well!

Perfect shade for highlighting the under eye area.






Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Rimmel London Match Perfection 2-in-1 Concealer & Hightlighter

I have been looking for this product for so long and I've finally found it!! It's the PERFECT shade and consistency. It does have a good amount of coverage and is not cakey whatsoever. It's a liquid type of concealer and it dries up pretty fast so blend blend blend! I was in NYC and found it at a local Walgreens for around $7. Which is an extremely great deal for the amount of product you get. One downfall is the squeeze tube brush applicator. I'm not a big fan of that but it's definitely overlooked when considering how great the actual product is. I usually just blend it with my fingers when applying under my eyes but can be blended with brush/sponge and still get great coverage. Yup it's that great!  
I got mine in the color 430 Medium

Here's a swatch on my hand (natural lighting)

Here's a swatch blended (natural lighting)

Here it is set with Ben Nye Banana Powder!

L'oreal Telescopic Shocking Extensions Mascara



I recently have watched some of my favorite YouTube gurus and saw them raving about this new mascara. To be quite honest I was a bit weary about it. I absolutely HATE rubberized mascara wands! Actually that was too harsh. My eyelashes HATE rubberized mascara wands! Much more accurate. See I've tried Lash blast, Falsies, etc. and all they do is clump my lashes together and make my short stubby lashes into black mini birds nests. So when spending the $8.99 at my local target for this product I felt as though I was literally throwing the money away. BUT I actually love this mascara! It lengthens and separates my lashes so beautifully! I'm happy I shelled out the money for this product and I have been using it daily.
L'oreal Telecopic Shocking Extensions Masacara 

Here's the rubberized wand

The wand has over 200 rubberized bristles

I got mine in the color Blackest Black

These are my lashes with just two applications