Unlike many American girls, I didn’t grow up wearing Wet ‘n Wild. For me, it was Maybelline. And though I have worked as a focus group moderator for other affordable brands, I never got a call from Wet ‘n Wild. So I was never drawn to the brand. But this week, a couple of mega-bargains …
Jesse’s Girl “The Eyes Have It” Palette
When I was in Atlanta on business a few weeks ago, I forgot my sleeping pills. Major bummer. I ended up with a semi-sleepless night the first night I arrived because I didn’t realize I forgot them till too late to do anything about it. The next day, my friend, Kim, was kind enough to …
Milani Bella Eyes Gel Powder Shadows
There’s been a lot of excitement about the new Milani Bella Eyes Gel Powder Shadows Collection. And I intend to add to the buzz! Last week, I received all 30 new Milani Bella Eyes Gel Powder Shadows to try out and review. I have never had 30 eye shadows at one time. I must say …
Milani Brilliant Shine Lipgloss
I’ve been meaning to tell you about Milani’s new Brilliant Shine Lipgloss for Spring 2014 for some time now, but spring still isn’t here yet! It’s in the 40s today 🙁 I don’t want to wait any longer. So I’m going to tell you about these uplifting lipglosses anyway since it’s spring on the calendar, if …
Freebies for Me: NYX, Rimmel and NYC
I lucked out makeup-wise this week. I got some free makeup that I didn’t expect. How nice is that?! NYX Ulta is changing their rewards program to a point system, similar to Sephora’s. You accrue points on purchases …
NYC HD Color Eye Shadow Trio: Long Beach Sands
Recently, I received my first VoxBox from #Influenster — the Holly Jolly VoxBox — a box full of edible and non-edible goodies. There were two makeup items in the box (to my absolute delight!) — eye shadow and lip gloss, and I …
Ponds Luminous Finish BB+
A few weeks ago, I received a sample of Ponds Luminous Finish BB+ in the mail, along with a coupon for $1.50. Did you get it, too? Not sure how I got on that mailing list, but thank you very much Unilever! Yesterday morning, I was in a rush and didn’t put on any makeup …
Wine Time: NYC ‘Mahogany’ Ultra Moist LipWear
Wine, oxblood, crimson, maroon, black cherry — whatever you’d like to call it — is hot for this fall and winter. I don’t usually wear dark shades, but I felt the need to get on the bandwagon. Because I don’t always choose right, I thought I’d start with a super-affordable wine lippie…that way I won’t …
essence match2cover! concealer duo
I like essence’s coverstick concealer, and I reviewed it a few months ago. I found it to be as effective as my Stila stick concealer at covering up my dark spots but at a much lower price. Recently I rediscovered the essence match2cover concealer compact in my makeup stash unused, since I got it a …
Milani Limited Edition Coming Up Roses Blush
For months, I was literally on the hunt for Milani Limited Edition Coming Up Roses Blush. I saw it in the late spring or early summer, I believe, on a West Coast blogger’s blog, and I had to have it. She had purchased it at Walgreen’s, so all summer I went to every Walgreen’s I encountered, …
essence I Love Stage Eyeshadow Base
I seem to be on a quest to find a good eyeshadow base or primer. I used to use Urban Decay Primer Potion, and I liked it. But maybe my skin got drier, or maybe the formula changed. The UDPP was so drying that my eyeshadow literally cracked on my eye lid. Not a good …
essence I Love Extreme Mascara
For the last month of so, I’ve been getting ready to conduct a market research project for a new cosmetics client. The brand was new to me. It’s called essence. It was created by an American woman, but the brand is based in Germany. It’s sold all around the world, and it came to the …
Almay Smart Shade Anti-Aging Makeup Base
Continuing with the foundation makeup theme, I thought I’d mix things up and shift from BBs to cream foundation. In my post, Foundation Makeup: Friend or Foe, I mentioned that a few years ago I used Almay Smart Shade foundation, the regular version, and I liked it. Almay Smart Shade Anti-aging Foundation is a relatively new …