L'Oreal Paris H.i.P Bright Shadow Duo in #224 Showy

Hi everyone!

 

This week I have been finding out that some of the products I own have been discontinued/renamed/repackaged etc and that I want to get those products out of the way with reviews. Continuing with these products I found out that my L'Oreal Paris H.i.P (high intensity pigments) Bright Shadow Duos in #224 Showy has been repackaged. They kept the number and the name #224 Showy, but it appears they have changed one of the colors it looks like from the Walmart website.

I bought this product about 5 years ago when I was starting to get more into makeup and was looking for very pigmented eye shadows because I thought it was fun. I do not remember how much I paid for it, but I am going to assume around $3-$5. From what I remember they had only two categories. One was matte eye shadow duos like this and metallic eye shadows/duos. From the research that I did, it was very difficult to find which is why I stay away from L'Oreal products because it takes you to a million different websites before you get to the actual website. I finally got to their official USA website with their products and I could not find this on there. After endless searching I finally found it. From seeing what mine looks like and what the new one looks like on the Walmart website that they changed the color from a medium shimmery green to a shimmery light blue color. The dark blue eye shadow looks very similar if it's not the same eye shadow, but it looks like that kept that one the same.

I am kind of bummed that they didn't keep the green because I really like that color. I thought the shimmery green and the dark blue went very well together. I am amazed at how pigmented these eye shadows were because they were from about 5 years ago. Back then I didn't think they were as pigmented as I think they are today. I tried them on before I started doing my research to see if these were still around or not which was almost 2 hours ago and they are still on my eyes fairly pigmented. I didn't even use a primer. The green kind of melted into the blue on my right eye, but it looks pretty. It looks like I put the dark blue eye shadow on my lid and then lightly swept the green shimmer on it.

*FAIR WARNING: the L'Oreal HiP (high intensity pigment) Bright Shadow Duo in #224 Showy does not exist anymore. It appears to have been re-packaged, with the shimmery green eye shadow replaced with a shimmery light blue eye shadow*

RATING:

Price:10/10
Packaging: 10/10
Pigment on fingers: 8/10
Pigment on lids: 9/10
Longevity: 8/10
On different lids: 8/10
Eye shadow blendability: 9/10
Quality: 9/10
Amount of product: 10/10
Would I buy this again: 5/10
Overall product rating: 8/10
Total: 94/110=85.45%=85.5%=B

My personal rating: 9/10=90%=A

Comments: I think I paid around or under $5 for this duo from Walmart so I think that is decently priced because you get two pigmented eye shadows. The packaging is cute and simple. With this packaging on the front you lift up where you get to eye shadows and in the back there is a secret opening that has a small round mirror that comes with an applicator which is pretty cool! I'm not sure if they still do that with the new packaging or not. When I swatched the pigments on my fingers the green showed up very well, while the blue showed up, but not as pigmented so I took some points off. The blue pigment on the lids seems to go on more pigmented although I did have to put on two coats so I took a point off for that. The longevity of the pigment seems to be fairly good. It's lasted at least two hours without primer. With some good primer I can see this lasting for a while. I would recommend this product for oily lids because the colors are pigmented and seem dry, especially the blue color, so it stays in place. I have oily lids where this is an issue and if the colors can stay for over 2 hours without primer then. I think that the eye shadows are easily blendable, except the blue one struggles a little bit because it's not as easy to blend as the green eye shadow so I took a point off for that. I think that the quality on these eye shadows is above most drugstore brands. For the price I think you get a decent amount of eye shadow. I would recommend this product, but they don't carry this exact one anymore so I can't. I'm bummed. As a side note I noticed that these eye shadows go on better with the applicator it came with rather than the brushes that I used.

Thank you so much for reading! I updated because I did further research into this product and found out more information. I hope it's all correct now.

Sincerely,
Marina

NYC (New York Color) Liquid Lip Shine in #557 Sheer Raspberry (discontinued)

Hi everyone!

 

I have been wanting to do a review on the NYC (New York Color) Liquid Lip Shine in #557 Sheer Raspberry for a while now. I'm not entirely sure why I haven't, but I guess it just never came up. In my mini NYC haul I stated that I don't normally think of NYC as a go to makeup company.

I bought this lip gloss about 2-3 years ago when I was trying to put together a Halloween costume. I ended up being a rock angel. I went to Walmart looking for cheap makeup/costume type of things. I picked the color I thought was going to be the most Halloween-like. When I got home and tried it out I found that I actually liked the color, I liked how it went on smoothly and it was actually a very cute lip gloss. I apparently thought the color was going to be a lot darker than it turned out to be. I don't remember how much I spent on it, but it could not have been more than around $2. I was looking for a dark red color to go with my costume to stand out. At that time I didn't really wear red lipstick because I didn't think I could actually wear red. That's why I bought it for Halloween thinking it's going to be this bright lip gloss to go with my costume. Normally I would go for nude colors or actual lip glosses that had no color to very slight color.

When I was looking on the NYC website I could not find it on there. I am going to assume that since it's been about 3 years that they discontinued this product which is very sad to say. I did notice on the website that they have liquid lip shine that has completely different packaging and different lip colors along with different names.

After writing about the mini haul a few days ago I remembered that I had this liquid lip shine and that I have been wanting to do a review on it. The only good thing about it being discontinued is I don't really like the packaging because some how when you try to screw the cap on the product comes up and out creating a huge sticky mess. I had to wrap a paper towel around it so I could put it in my makeup drawer with my other lip products because it was creating such a mess. I really do like this lip shine and really like the color.

With the mini haul reminding me I had this product and now finding out that it's discontinued I am doing a quick review because I am trying to get all of my limited edition/discontinued products out of the way. If I had not been reminded by my mini haul I probably would have done this review later on not even realizing that this product doesn't exist anymore. It seems like a good time to do a review on this product.

*FAIR WARNING: regrettably as of 01/30/2013 from going to the NYC (New York Color) official website this product does not exist anymore*

Rating:

Packaging: 7/10
Price: 10/10
Amount of product: 10/10
Pigment: 10/10
Longevity: 8/10
Smell: 7/10
Taste: 7/10
Application: 10/10
Texture: 10/10
Different lip types: 10/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Would I buy it again: 3/10
Total: 100/120=83.33%=83.3%=B

My personal rating: 9/10=90%=A

Comments: As I stated above I have an issue with the packaging leaking the product out all over everything which is really messy so I had to knock a few points off for that. The packaging itself is cute and would have gotten the full points if it didn't leak. I honestly don't remember how much I paid for this item, but I know it had to have been around $2 so I am basing my rating on that. It seems that you get a lot of product in this lip shine. I've used it a couple of times and there always seems to be product coming out. This lip shine gives a hint of a red color, but I would not go to this product if you are looking for a lot of pigment. It does have a nice hint of color, but not what I would normally call pigmented. It is mostly glossy than pigment. I would not say that this product lasts a long time on the lips, but normal lip glosses don't usually last very long so if looking for a lasting product I would not reach for this one. I do feel that this lip gloss does come off more quickly than most lip glosses. It doesn't have staying power. You would definitely need to reapply it often. This lip product has a very waxy smell to it. I would say it's about a medium smell in the fact that with most products once applied you can't smell them anymore, but this you can still slightly smell the waxy smell. This lip product also has a very waxy taste to it. I can taste that I'm wearing and eating wax, I just hope it isn't toxic, lol. I love the application of this product it goes on very smoothly and evenly. The texture of the product feels like you are wearing a lip gloss, but it's not heavy, I would say it feels fairly thin, like a thin waxy layer. It does not feel sticky at all. Because of some wax-like-thing going on in this lip product I would say that anyone can wear it including people with dry lips. It actually feels like it adds moisture to the lips upon application. Besides the leaky packaging and the waxy smell and taste, this product is actually very good. I would recommend it, but I can't because it looks like it has been discontinued. I'm not sure if I would buy this product if it was still around because of the three main problems, there are so many lip glosses out there that have better packaging and don't have the smell or taste of wax, for around the same price.

Thank you so much for reading!

Sincerely,
Marina

Walmart Mini Haul of NYC (New York Color) from 01/25/2013

Hi everyone!

 

I had some money left over from my ULTA Mini Haul because I didn't spend as much as I thought I was going to. I was watching youtube videos on $20 makeup not using E.L.F. products and I saw a lot of N.Y.C./NYC/New York Color products. I don't know why, but I never think of trying them. A few years ago I was going to a Halloween party so I needed some quick/cheap Halloween makeup so I decided to buy a lipgloss, but I ended up liking it. Probably because when you see 99cent lipstick it doesn't exactly scream buy me. I was curious. At first I was going to try to see if I could do that makeup challenge and spend $20. I went into Walmart thinking I was going to spend at least $20.

First I couldn't find the N.Y.C. product area so I ended up walking around for a bit looking at other brands. I found a green face primer I think it was from Covergirl, but it was priced at over like $10. I tried to find a green face primer in other brands, but they didn't have them. The only other brand I know that has green face primer is Smashbox, but they want $38 for it! I have some redness on my cheeks I want to cover up that is why I am looking for a green face primer to counter the redness.

Then I finally found the New York Color/NYC/N.Y.C. makeup area. I bought the following products:
NYC (New York Color) IndividualEyes #939 Bryant Park created for Blue eyes $4.47
NYC (New York Color) Ultra Last Lipwear in #415 Brandy Sparkle $1.72
NYC (New York Color) Ultra Moist Lipwear in #304 Mocha $0.93 (93cents)
NYC (New York Color) Ultra Moist Lipwear in # 301 Cafe $0.93 (93cents)
NYC (New York Color) Ultra Moist Lipwear in #316 Blossom $0.93 (93cents)

I already had in mind that I was going to try their IndividualEyes eye shadow palette. If you have been keeping up with reading my blog I am not a huge fan of eye shadow palettes. The only eye shadow palette I have liked is the one from Avon because the quad/palette I bought of the eye shadows actually have pigment and staying power. But anyway, so I decided to try their palette for blue eyes. I liked the color selections they put in their palette. Most "drugstore" brand quads/palettes for blue eyes include like 50 shades of blue eye shadow. The NYC IndividualEyes for blue eyes had a quad/palette of purples and grays. I thought it was unique and something I was very interested in trying out. I like purples and browns so I've always had to get a quad/palette for brown eyes because they had the colors I liked. But this combination of colors for blue eyes looked super pretty and like I said definitely unique. I had to try it! I had to make a decision of either buying the quad/palette for blue eyes or I had the option of buying a smokey eye for blue eyes. I decided to just try the regular for blue eyes. If I find myself liking this I might go back and buy the smokey eye for blue eyes quad/palette. The palette comes with 4 eye shadows, an eye primer, and a highlighter. My first impression of the eye shadows is that the light purple and the light gray show up light and not very pigmented. Up close you can kind of tell one is supposed to be like a lavender color and the other a light gray, but from far away I wouldn't be able to tell them apart. The dark gray and the dark purple do show up very pigmented and you get a lot of product. I usually don't like the eye shadow applicators that come with most eye shadows/palettes, but I find myself liking these ones. They have a different feel to them and they seem to actually work with the product. I would recommend using the eye shadow applicator that comes with it. It picks up the eyeshadow and has good application. I haven't tried using my brushes with this product.

I went a little overboard on the lipsticks. I was just so excited that I could find light brown lipsticks that I bought like 3 of them. I originally wanted to buy one Ultra Last and one Ultra Moist to test them out, but then I saw that they had the colors I was looking for in Ultra Moist and they were only 93 cents each that I had to buy them. The Ultra Last was a bit more expensive. I bought this bright pink lipstick called Blossom because it looked fun and it was only 93 cents. It was a spur of the moment thing. My first impression of the NYC Ultra Moist Lipwear and the NYC Ultra Last Lipwear was that they were very pigmented for the price, they went on smoothly, and they have a nice sweet smell to them. I was blown away at the pigment of these lipsticks. I was not expecting that at all. MAC lipsticks are like $15 and I really like them, but I can definitely spend 93 cents on a NYC lipstick and get the same thing. I can spend $15 on a MAC lipstick or I can spend 93 cents on a NYC lipstick or $1.72 on a long lasting NYC lipstick. I am about cutting costs where ever I can with makeup. I think on eye shadows and lipsticks, if you can cut corners then why not? The nice thing also with the NYC lipsticks is that they are buildable. If you put on one layer you get a nice color, but if you want more pigmented color then you can apply more. Like with Blossom if you put on one layer the lipstick is pigmented, but not over the top. If you put on another layer it gets very bright. I feel as though I'm not explaining it correctly.

I am super excited to review these products in the future. Thank you so much for taking the time to read!

Sincerely,
Marina

Ulta Mini-Haul of NYX Cosmetics from 01/24/2013

Hi everyone!

 

I finally got some money to spare on buying some products. The past couple of months I have been looking at NYX Cosmetics products online on youtube, on the company's website, and on Ulta's website. When I order online I like to buy enough products so I don't have to pay shipping because I feel like it's a waste of money to spend money on shipping. I have never seen or used NYX Cosmetic products before so I wasn't exactly sure what to expect from them. I didn't want to spend $50 without knowing what I was spending it on so I held off on buying.

Last week I was on my way to go grocery shopping at Aldi, I usually use Walmart, but decided to try Aldi but that's completely off topic. As I was driving to Aldi to go grocery shopping I just happened to look to my right and I saw the words, "ULTA". I was like, "Oh my gosh! I didn't know we had an Ulta here." I told myself I have to go check it out soon.

So when I finally got some extra money on Thursday I went to Ulta to check out NYX Cosmetic products. The store had a sign that said, "NOW OPEN" so it's definitely new. I bought 4 items so it's definitely a mini haul to try out some of their products.

I bought 2 eye shadows, a mega shine lipgloss and a soft matte lip cream.
NYX eye shadow in ES19 Flamingo $4.99
NYX eye shadow in ES78A Sensual $4.99
NYX mega shine lip gloss in 120A Sponge Cake $5.49
NYX soft matte lip cream in SMLC02 Stockholm $5.99

My first impressions of the products was mixed. I was a bit disappointed, especially with the lip products. My local store had quite a bit of the eye shadow collection, but a very limited lip product collection. I think the reason why I was disappointed with the lip products is because I didn't get the colors I was looking for. I swatched the eye shadows on my fingers. I liked the colors of the eye shadows and I thought they were decently pigmented. I am definitely going to be slowly building their eye shadow collection. Now that MAC eye shadows are like $15 I would rather spend a third of that using NYX eye shadows because they seem to be similar quality. I was and am very excited about that. I swatched the soft matte lip cream in Stockholm and didn't really like the way the color looked on my lips. My local Ulta store only had pinks, so I picked this one up thinking it was the closest to brown that I could see. The NYX Cosmetics website describes this color as a Mid-Tone Beige Pink. With my skin color which is more on the light side (I am an NC 25 in MAC Studio Finish foundation) so I'm on the light spectrum, but in that category I am at the darker end of the lights). Anyway, swatched on my hand this color looks more like a washed out brick color. To me it looks like a very light red/light orange tint to it. That's not what I personally was looking for when buying this product which is why I was so disappointed. Even on my lips, if you can even tell I'm wearing it especially after it dries, looks like a redish-orange color. The lip cream itself I really like. I like how it goes on smoothly, applies wet but then dries without drying the lip out, and I like the sweet smell to it. Another problem I had with my local Ulta store is because it also had limited collection on the Mega Shine Lip Glosses which seemed all geared towards pink. I picked up one that said, "Sponge Cake" which I remembered looking at that color online so I was familiar with the name which is why I bought it to try out this product line. I was a bit disappointed with this product too because I thought they would be more pigmented and I did not like the color that I chose. The NYX website says that it is a Red-Bronze with Gold Shimmer. The picture on the website looks pretty, but on my lip I can't tell, all I can see is shine. It looks like a lip gloss with a very slight red hint to it. I do love the smell of this product and if I was looking for a lip gloss with a slight hint of color but mostly glossy I would definitely reach for this because it is very glossy.

Thank you for reading. I am excited to do actual reviews on these products in the future!

Sincerely,
Marina

Organix Brazilian Keratin Therapy Shampoo/Conditioner

Hi everyone!

 

Today I am going to be reviewing about the Organix Ever Straight Brazilian Keratin Therapy Shampoo and Conditioner. I bought these about 6 months ago when I was finally done with Fructis and looking for alternatives for dry/damaged hair. I came across these at my local Walmart. I was super excited because it was organic and because I heard a lot of good things about keratin so I was excited to try it. The bottles are cute. The bottles have a lot of good things written on them about how it has coconut oil, keratin proteins, avocado oil, and cocoa butter. I have watched videos on youtube with people talking about how awesome coconut oil, avocado/oil, and keratin are really good for the hair. This bottle lists all of them in one product. I thought this was going to be the answer to my dry/damaged hair problems. I used only this product in my hair for a month and I didn't notice any change. My hair was still dry and tangled easily. I was very disappointed with this product.

On both the shampoo and conditioner bottles it says, "An excellent blend of antioxidant rich cocoa oil along with lush keratin proteins to strengthen and soften the hair, while avocado oil and cocoa butter smooth the cuticle for straight, strong tresses, adding a brilliant and luminescent shine."
I would disagree with the statements that it makes the hair strong or any kind of shine. I did notice it was a bit softer though.

RATING:

Price: 9/10
Packaging: 10/10
Shampoo/cleansing: 9/10
Conditioning: 7/10
Smell of shampoo/conditioner: 8/10
Longevity of shampoo/conditioner: 6/10
On dry/damaged hair: 6/10
Frizz: 5/10
De-tangling: 5/10
Overall product rating: 6/10
Would I buy this again: 3/10
Total rating: 74/110=67.27%=67.3%=D

My personal rating: 6/10=60%=D

Comments: I took off a point because I think I paid around $6 per bottle. The shampoo and conditioner come in separate bottles so it was around $12-$13 for this product. Normally I wouldn't say that's expensive, but for how badly this worked it was overpriced. The packaging of the bottles is pretty cute and original, I like it. I feel that even though the shampoo doesn't have sulfates that it did it's job of cleaning. The conditioner I don't feel works as well as the conditioner. The conditioner washes out of the hair easily. Both the shampoo and conditioner don't last very long. Someone on youtube said that they felt the conditioner didn't work very well and I would have to agree with that. The conditioner is quite disappointing. The smell of the shampoo and conditioner is kind of a vegetable smell. It's not bad and it's not super strong, but I don't really like it. Normal shampoos and conditioners last a couple of days, but I felt like this barely lasted after I got out of the shower. I personally don't think this product did anything that it promised. My hair still remained frizzy even after a month of using this product. This product did nothing to de-tangle my hair at all. I feel like I might be too generous on the frizz and de-tangling ratings. I definitely don't think this product is worth the money spent on it for someone with my kind of hair. When using this product you would definitely have to use other product along with it.

I'm super bummed that it didn't work for me, but apparently according to youtube others have had success with this product. It's cheap enough to at least give it a try for a month. It's not like you are spending $20 a bottle. Then I would definitely say probably don't try it, especially if you have really dry/damaged hair. But at $6/$7 a bottle if you have the money, then it's worth a shot. I'm thinking about trying it for another month just to see what I really don't like about this product. If I do end up giving it another chance I will do an updated review.

Thanks for reading! I hope this helps =-D

Sincerely,
Marina

MAC Limited Edition "To Catch a Sailor" Lipstick

Hi everyone!

 

Today I am going to be finally reviewing a MAC lipstick that I bought from the MAC Hey, Sailor collection that came out like 7 or so months ago. I think it was their last Summer collection. I don't usually buy limited edition items because if I really like something then I want to be able to re-purchase it. I am not into that whole thing of someone else can't own the same thing as I do. This is a personal opinion, but I think companies purposely make limited edition items for the purpose of people being able to say that they have something not many others have. I do not know that for 100% fact so it is just my personal opinion. It also creates excitement too.

I went to my local MAC counter because I was looking for a specific item, I forget what it is now, but I was there for a purpose of buying something from MAC and I noticed the counter had a special Hey, Sailor area. I usually like to look at what's there so I went with the intent of just looking, but as soon as I saw the lipstick To Catch a Sailor in frost, I had to buy it. It is such a pretty color. I bought it.

I think I paid around $16. It is a bit more than their regular lipsticks because this was a limited edition with special packaging lipstick. I would say it is a medium tan color with with a frost finish so it has a shiny finish. But the way it goes together is really pretty.

**FAIR WARNING: THE MAC TO CATCH A SAILOR LIPSTICK IS A LIMITED EDITION ITEM!**

You might be able to buy it online on like ebay or something, but they do not sell it at the MAC counter or on the MAC website.

RATING:

Packaging: 10/10
Price: 8/10
Amount of product: 10/10
Pigment: 10/10
Longevity: 10/10
Smell: 10/10
Taste: 9/10
Application: 9/10
Texture: 10/10
Different lip types: 8/10
Overall rating: 9/10
Would I buy this again: 5/10
Total rating: 108/120=90%=A

My personal rating: 9.5/10=95%=A

Comments: I am not a huge fan of the Hey, Sailor packaging in particular, but the packaging of this lipstick and their others is very cute. I don't have a problem with it. I actually like their normal packaging better than their special edition packaging. I don't like how they charge a few dollars extra and I already think the lipstick is a bit expensive so I took a few points off. You get a good amount of product. I love the pigment of this lipstick and it is pigmented enough for what it's supposed to be, I think. This lipstick is a normal lipstick so it doesn't exactly have longevity, but it's not supposed to be extra lasting. I love the smell of it. It has a hint of a sweet/vanilla scent. I am not a fan of the taste or after taste of it because it does taste like a lipstick. The application is a lot easier when the lipstick is warm than when it is colder so I'm afraid I'm going to break it while applying it. I don't like that feeling. I noticed a lot of lipsticks do that. When it's warm it goes on smoothly and evenly. When it is colder it doesn't go on as smoothly or evenly so I took a point off for that. The texture is very smooth and creamy. It feels nice and light on the lips. I would recommend this for smooth lips after applying moisturizer because the lipstick applies smoother and evenly, but it also looks better on the lips. Under would I buy this again I would have given it a 10/10 but since it is a limited edition item I don't know when they are bringing it back, if ever, or if under a new name so I had to take points off for that. I would recommend this lipstick, but I can't because it is limited edition.

Avon Glimmersticks waterproof eye liner in G04 Blackest Night

 

 

Hey everyone ::waves::!

Today in this blog I am going to be reviewing the Avon Glimmersticks Waterproof Eye Liner in G04 Blackest Night. When I first got this product I was very excited about it and if you had asked me a year ago I would have said that this is the best waterproof eye liner out there. Now that I've had a while to test it out, I am not as quick to say it's the best product out there.

What I really like about this eye liner is that it comes in a twisty pen type packaging which I will admit that I have a bias towards products when it comes to eye liners that you can twist to use the product. I have never been a huge fan of eye liner pencils because I don't work well with them and having to worry about sharpening them is a pain. The pencil either gets too sharp or too dull. I tend to stay away from eye liner pencils. Another thing I really like about this product is that you get a lot of product. It is definitely good for the price. The quality of the product itself is pretty good.

What I don't like about this Avon glimmerstick waterproof eye liner is that it is difficult to apply. It doesn't apply evenly so some parts are darker than the other parts. Sometimes it goes on thick and sometimes thin. It is a bit difficult to work with. Another thing that I don't like about this product is that it says it is supposed to be waterproof which is the reason why I bought it, but I have noticed that it does move and it does fade. I just tested it on my hand and it showed the same thing it does on my eyes. I put a small line on the back of my hand. I let it dry for a few minutes. Then I ran my finger over it. The eye liner moved and faded. I definitely would not call it waterproof.

RATING:

Price: 8/10
Package: 10/10
Amount of product: 10/10
Longevity: 7/10
Application: 7/10
Smell: 9/10
Overall product rating: 8/10
Would I buy it again: 8/10
Total:  67/80=83.75%=B

My personal rating: 8.5/10=85%

Comments: The price of the product is $7.00 but I don't think I paid that much. Avon has a lot of sales all the time on different products. I probably paid like $3.99-5.99 for it. On clearance this is a really good buy, but I'm not sure I would personally spend $7 on the product only because I don't agree that they are actually 'waterproof'. That's why I took off a few points for price. I like the packaging because I prefer the twisting of the product to get it our rather than using pencils with having to sharpen them. The amount of product that you get is really good for the price. You get a lot of product. I was very happy about how much there actually is. I took a few points for longevity because as I stated above that after a few hours I noticed that the eye liner would move and create dark lines where I did not apply the product. That is very frustrating and disappointing. The product for me doesn't like to stay in place. It clearly says waterproof on the packaging but I did not find it to be completely true. Even though the eye liner moves, it does leave a faded layer of eye liner so it technically does last a long time where you apply it. The lines where applied don't necessarily wear off or fade. I know this sounds complicated and like a contradiction, but I hope you can kind of get what I'm trying to say. For example with eye shadow when you are applying it to the lid some of the eye shadow falls out creating what is known as fall out. It's kind of like that. Similar concept. The application of the product is not very easy. You have to press kind of hard to get the product on the lash line. You can't just apply it smoothly and evenly. Sometimes it applies a lot of products and then no product goes on at all. As far as the smell goes there is some kind of smell to the product, but once it goes on the eyes you can't smell it so it shouldn't bother anyone. It's not a pleasant smell so I took a point off. I am being a little bit too harsh on the product because I think the price is a bit steep and the packaging does say waterproof even though I haven't really experienced it. The eye liner stays on where you put it, but some of it also moves. I would definitely buy this product when it's on sale.

If you have any further questions about the product just please don't be afraid to ask. Thanks for reading!

Sincerely,
Marina

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year =-D

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for reading my blog. I appreciate your patience with me not posting very often and for putting up with my camera that won't take quality pictures from up close. Speaking of digital cameras mine has been acting up recently, not only with taking blurry pictures, but it has a hard time starting up. I'm not sure what will happen with that. 

Sincerely,
Marina