Bare Minerals Prime Time Eyelid Primer Review

I don't know where my latest obsession with primers came from but I am obsessed. I recently bought a few things from Sephora and with that purchase I was able to get a few samples as you know. If you have never ordered online from Sephora before when you check out there is a selection of samples that you can choose from and you can pick up to three. Among those sample was the Bare Minerals Prime Time Eyelid Primer. I have never used any products by Bare Minerals. I'm sure that part of the reason is because I don't buy into all that "natural" makeup crap. I personally don't care if it's natural or not as long as it's not going to kill me. However, I think a good primer is something everyone should have no matter their budget or personal preference. Let's face it, your make up doesn't look right without a primer. Half way through the day it's running down your face and you just look like a hot train wreck. No one wants that. Invest in a primer, they make your makeup work for you. I tried this last night at work, which I think is the ultimate test. I am a nursing assistant and I work in a nursing home. This is a very hard job. You are one person responsible for anywhere from 10-13 people and you have to feed them, bathe them, dress them for bed, and put them in bed all in an 8 hour shift. As you can imagine you work up quite a sweat, so if I really want to test the limits of a makeup product I wear it to work. This passed with flying colors. I had no creasing what so ever, the color showed up brilliantly, and it was easy to blend into my lids. If you're one of those "all natural" girls and you're looking for and eyelid primer I would seriously recommend this.

CoverGirl Eye Enhancers 1 Kit Eye Shadow in Tapestry Taupe

I recently bought a huge amount of new eye shadows, mostly Cover Girl eye shadows. I picked up singles, trios, and quads. Some of the shadows were great while others left some to be desired, and because this is such a well known brand and is very accessible I would like to review all of them for you. I personally like to read reviews before I go out and purchase things and for some of these eye shadows I wish I had done that. However, I knew when I bought these I wanted to do reviews on them so I wanted to be as unbiased as possible and give each shadow a fair shot. Tapestry Taupe is one shadow that I love. Its not a dark taupe and I like that. I like to use this all over my lid and crease for a quick and pretty natural looking eye. I have worn this everyday for a week to work. I think this is a great stand alone eyeshadow great for busy moms that don't want to spend forever getting a nice look or even college girls like my younger sister who have more important things to worry about than coordinating eye shadows before class. However, because this isn't too dark I wouldn't use this as a crease color with something that has a brownish tint to it on the lid. It could get lost with a shadow like that. over all though I would say this is a repurchase all the way and a great basic in any makeup collection.

My Biggest Beauty Secret EVER!

Yep that's right people. It's Vaseline. I absolutely love this stuff. And now that its got a pop top that's connected to the jar, it's even better. I'm sure a lot of you use this as a cheap lip balm, as do I. One small jar will last you forever if that's all you use it for. I however, have some different uses for Vaseline. I use it as my eye cream at night. Why not? It's thick, incredibly moisturizing, and cheap. You can't go wrong there. I know it doesn't have any thing to help dark circles so I do have to use a separate eye cream to treat that problem in the morning but I don't mind. I also like to use this as a whole face moisturizer at night when my skin starts to drying out, I actually did this last night! I don't know why, maybe it's because my skin is getting older or maybe it's because of the cold weather, but I am having some major dry skin on my cheek bones. I have tried every normal think moisturizer out there trying to sooth my skin but nothing was working. So I just slathered some of this on in a final attempt to sooth my skin. I woke up this morning with the Vaseline still in place, I washed it off, then exfoliated to get rid of any dry skin that couldn't be saved, then put on a thick day moisturizer. I put my makeup on and there isn't one sign of dry skin and I couldn't be happier. This may just have to become my nightly routine for the winter.

Maybelline Define-A-Brow EyeBrow Pencil Review

I have been a huge fan of Maybelline's ExpertWear Eyebrow Pencil for years so I thought that this would be a good item to try. I couldn't have been more spot on if I had tried. It's got an eyebrow brush on one end and an eyebrow pencil that twists up at the other end. I personally don't need the eyebrow brush because my brows aren't that wild but it does come in handy from time to time. As for the actual pencil, I am in love. The tip is so small and it allows you to create hair like strokes. You also have great control over how much product is applied to your brows. I love that because I go back and forth between coloring my hair blonde and dark auburn and with this pencil you can control how dark or light your brows are. The staying power of these pencils is fantastic! I have very oily skin so I am far too familure with products just running off my face. Even without primer the product stays where I need it to. I personally love this product and I would most deffinately repurchase this.

I got this at walgreens for $6.99

Wet n Wild Color Icon Trio Review

After watching review videos about these trios I finally decided to give this drugstore brand a try. I was hesitant because when I hear Wet n Wild I automatically think cheap and useless. This is probably from my preteen days of using cheap makeup before I knew what I was really doing. Now when I think Wet n Wild I think cheap and underrated! I bought the trios Walking on Eggshells and Sweet as Candy. I bought them because they were more on the neutral side and you can't go wrong with neutral shadows. When I first swatched these the first thing I noticed was the great pigmentation. The payoff I got just from barely rubbing my bare finger over the colors was astounding, especially for a drug store brand. The colors blend beautifully. I haven't tried any of the more outrageous colors yet, but I'm dying to. These also have tremendous staying power. I have worn these with both my E.L.F. Eyelid Primer and my Too Face Shadow Insurance and have no problem with fading or creasing. These would be great gifts for makeup newbies since the colors are already labeled and come with directions on how to apply them. It also helps that they are very inexpensive. I say go out and by all of them (that's what I'm slowly doing!).

I got these at Walgreens for $2.99 but I have also seen them at grocery stores and CVS.

E.L.F. Eye Primer Review

I recently ordered a few items off of eyeslipsface.com for the first time. Among the things that I ordered the E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer and E.L.F. Eyelid Primer made their way into my basket at checkout. I tried them both out last night, the Mineral Primer on one lid and the regular Primer on the other. After a 10 hour evening out I came home to check how the primers had held up. The E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer had creased on me while the E.L.F. Eyelid Primer held up just as well as my Too Faced Shadow Insurance. I should have known that I wasn't going to be happy with the E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer when I applied it. The formula was very wet, too wet. It was so wet that it was hard to work in to the skin of my lid. Then when I put my eyeshadow on I noticed that the color didn't show up as bright as the color did on the lid with the E.L.F. Eyelid Primer did. So I have reached the conclusion that you should save your $2 and buy the $1 E.L.F. Eyelid Primer and leave the E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer at the factory.

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E.L.F. Eyelid Primer $1

E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer $3