I also adore ... ADORE makeup and Hair blogs. Tutorials and reviews and the like. Some of the ones I frequent most are Scrangie, Pinch of Pretty, Makeup Geek, A brilliant brunette, My yellow sandbox, and The Small Things. To name a few. I'm seriously a beauty nerd, I will watch eye shadow and hair tutorials on you tube all day long if you let me.
Anyhoo, since I like to use lots of different products, and I'm constantly trying new ones I thought every now and then I'd post a review. I like reading what real people have to say about products. I think pinterest got me started on all of this. That's how I found the majority of those blogs.
So, here we go (and yes, I purchased all of these products myself.)
First up, NYX white eyeshadow base. I have to use eyeshadow base or within an hour or two, my eyeshadow sort of melts into the crease and looks like crap. I usually use a different brand, but I wanted to try this kind... and in white because I read that it really helps the colors stand out. I paid 5 bucks at Bartell's for this.


I applied it a bit thick over my lids, in my experience, the product works much better for me if I'm generous in the application.

I then applied eyeshadow as I normally would, and tried out two other new products:
Maybelline's lasting drama gel eyeliner

and Revlon photo ready 3d mascara

The gel eyeliner is kind of amazing. As you can see it comes in a little jar and brush... I was a bit nervous about trying it at first, but it went on very smooth. I've actually been wearing it every day for the past week and I am converted. There's no flaking or smudging, and even when my eyes were tearing I had minimal issues with smearing. Impressive! I paid about 8 bucks at Target for this.
I like the mascara as well. I've yet to find a mascara that I can't live without... I have about 10 different kinds in my makeup collection. All drugstore brands because I am cheap as hell. This stuff was 9 bucks at Target and overall I'm happy with it. Minimal flaking, no smudging... the mascara itself is kind of a wetter formula than I'm used to, and I was concerned about that but it went on very nicely.
Witness the end result:



I was very pleased with the eye shadow base, after about 8 hours it looked almost the same as when I had first applied it. It was after 10 hours where it started looking kind of gross. Not too shabby for a $5 buy!
Lastly, have you heard of Birchbox? Basically they send you a box full of beauty samples once a month. Sometimes the samples are truly sample size, and sometimes they stick a full size item in. You never know. It costs $10 per month. If you are a product junkie like me this is a pretty cool deal.
So far, I've gotten 2 boxes from my friends at Birchbox. I didn't take pictures of the first one, but I did take pics of my April box.



As you can see the focus this month was on natural products for the most part. I have not (and will not) be trying the lip balm as it smells heavily of fennel. Me no likey. I do like the Pomegranate cream and the eye cream. Overall not too bad of a haul for April! (Ps. No likey the Taylor Swift sample either. bleccch.)
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