Clinique High Impact Mascara review

I've tried this before, but it's been a while. I forgot how much I love this!!! It makes my invisible eyelashes come to life :) I got it in black. It goes on smoothly, and eventhough the brush is small-ish, it makes an impact. It lets you keep building length and volume for a while without clumping. Tell me that's not awesome. :) No smudging, which is a big factor for me. It retails for between 17 and 24 bucks.

My rating: 10/10

Organix Moroccan Argan Oil Shampoo & Conditioner review

I picked these up at CVS while shopping with Claudia. Yeah, I go shopping at CVS instead of the mall. That's what I do.

We were actually there to find a hairspray for Claudia and she wanted a sample size because she wanted to try it out before she bought the full size. Smart girl. Well, right there next to the sample hair sprays were the sample shampoos and conditioners. I saw these and got excited. Organix is supposed to be a brand with no sulfates. That plus the moroccan argan oil = heaven for my hair, supposedly.

I tried this two times, getting what I could out of the sample sizes. Each time was horrible. The shampoo didn't lather up much, which was understandable due to the lack of sulfates. However, I've tried sulfate free shampoo before. It was nothing like this. The Organix shampoo left my hair feeling stringy and tangly. So I put on the matching conditioner. It was thick and smelled pretty gross. It did detangle my hair. It took about 2 minutes to rinse everything out, that's how thick the product was.

Even after all that, my hair felt so gross. It felt greasy and thick and heavy :( It smelled HORRIBLE too. After work, I rushed to wash it out with my regular CVS clarifying shampoo. Much better. But my hair still smells bad after 2 washes.

My rating? 0/10. Ugh. Don't bother.

Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo, NYC Eyeliner Duo review

First off, I'll be reviewing the Maybelline 24 hour Color Tattoo. I wanted to try the H.I.P. ones because I've heard so many good things about those. BUT they're pretty expensive. These were on a 50% off sale, so why not? I grabbed this one in Painted Purple, purple has never let me down before and this looked like a good, rich color.

This eyeshadow promises crease-free, very pigmented eye color that doesn't smudge or smear for 24 hours. It does all of the above. Very creamy, went on smoothly, no creasing in the week I've worn it. No smell, nothing. It even works pretty well as a cream eyeliner.

My only issue with this product is that the color I got when applying to my eyelids doesn't match the color in the bottle. It came out like.... a pastel cornflower blue-ish purple. After a certain point it wouldn't build either.

It's nowhere close to how beautiful the color was in the bottle. I heard that H.I.P. eyeshadow pots come out exactly the same color. *sigh* but for $7.00, this was pretty worth it to find an eyeshadow I didn't have to constantly keep re-applying. My rating: 8/10

Onto the NYC Eyeliner duo. I got this one in Through The Storm because, once again, purple.

The purple was so pale, it barely showed up on me. And while it wrote smoothly (both sides) on my hand, it tugged on my eyelid to the point where I had a series of maybe 5 dots. No lines. The pencil is also so hard, no matter how lightly I press on the pencil, it HURTS! I didn't bother putting a picture up because I couldn't even get it on my eye. This cost about $4. Not worth it.

My rating: 1/10

Vanila Milkshake Gray from Loveshoppingholics

I love loveshoppingholics.com :) They have so many cute things, but their selection of circle lenses are really cool. So these are the Vanilla Milkshake lenses (the website lists them as "Vanila" so that's what I put as the name of this review). I thought the design shown on the website was really cool. They are pretty comfortable, I can feel them sliding around sometimes. The color is really bright, but it shows up in triangles and doesn't have grey through my iris, so I kinda resemble those aliens from The Host. Which, by the way, isn't a bad thing. But the result is rather harsh and startling. The website lists them as 17-ish mm but they're no bigger than my 15mm lenses. Color: 7/10 Design: 8/10 Comfort: 8/10 Size: 9/10

Milani Ultra Fine Liquid Eyeliner review (picture heavy)

It's summer, time for colors :) I got 3 new eyeliners last night at CVS. They're from Milani, I got them in Prismatic Purple, Sparkling Turquoise, and Emerald Glisten. The colors are BEAUTIFUL. They retail for about $8 each, but I got them for BOGO 50% off. I didn't get a fourth one because the only color left was black and I have enough black eyeliner.

The colors really are prismatic. They're beautiful. The pigmentation is pretty good, the swatches are from after only one swipe. But you have to make sure you shake the bottle well.

The only color I've tried so far is Prismatic Purple. The blue in it makes the color deep and gorgeous. The brush was short so it was a bit difficult to apply. It didn't smudge or smear (dried in about a minute), but after 2 hours, the edges of my eyes felt caked up and the eye liner started flaking off. NOT GOOD. I've had to re-apply 3 times so far. The prismatic effect fades after about 2 hours, but the color is still bright and pretty.

I wish the staying power was better but the colors are amazing.

My rating: 8/10

CVS Haul!

Just stopped by CVS (yes, at 11pm) with Claudia. Got some stuffz to review for next time :)

-Maybelline 24Hr Color Tattoo by Eyestudio in Painted Purple, Pomegranate Punk, Gold Rush, and Edgy Emerald
-Milani Liquid Eyeliner in Prismatic Purple
-Milani Liquid-like Eyeliner in Aqua
-Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips in Nude Eyes

Can't wait to try them! Stay tuned!

Wet N' Wild Juicy Lip Balm review

Hey guys!!

So, the Wet n' Wild Juicy Lip Balm. I usually don't like anything from Wet n' Wild, the quality always seemed very cheap. This is cute, though, so why not? :) I picked it up at CVS for $2.00. I got it in Strawberry, I love anything strawberry scented. The scent is very sweet.

Although the packaging is cute, it's very cheap. The top comes off easily. I dropped it once and (as shown in the picture) it cracked immediately. The tube turns easily, so while I'm applying, the lip balm will twirl up or down into the tube. :( not fun, since I end up having to hold it a certain way so the product doesn't twirl around to get a decent application.

There is some color output and the color builds. I wasn't aware of this and kept applying, so when I looked in the mirror, my lips were a pale pastel pink. Not attractive on my olive skin :(

While the product applies so smoothly (think Softlips chapstick) and feels light on the lips, it dries quickly and leaves my lips feeling drier than before.

The packaging is cute. The product is affordable. It smells good and offers SPF 15. But it doesn't do what it needs to do, and that is moisturizing my lips. So my rating? 4/10