First Impressions: L'Oréal Lineur Intense

I'm an eyeliner person. Always have been. Its the first bit of makeup I purchased. And I'm a hard sell at that.

Im a Fluidline fan, I own them in an array of colors and am pleased with them. That being said, sometimes needing a brush isn't  all that convenient, and if your brush isn't clean-well you're in for a half hour eyeliner application. 

I know there are a lot of great high end liquid eyeliners on the market, but I prefer gel and its not worth the money to me unless I can fall in love with it, which hasn't  happened yet.

So, I thought I'd try and review this little eyeliner. This particular one is a liquid formula with a felt tip pen.

The formula is a touch watery to be honest. This is both good and bad. Its bad because until it dries, smearing is a definite  possibility. But- if you made a mistake it is easy to fix.

Its intense, but not overwhelmingly so. It has a very slight sheen even once its dry. It,however, is not layer-able, if you're someone who goes over a line several times to build or smooth. It removes itself with that method, and is certainly not a product for you.

As far as the brush is concerned, a sharp point is easy to create, as shown. The line is not ultra thin, but fairly thin with the ability  to be thick if so desired. Its a touch too long and not as thin as I would maybe like, but workable for sure.

This liner is not waterproof. At all. A drop of water on a Q-tip took it off in one swipe. This is good or bad, depending on your preference. 

Keep in mind, This is a first impression, it may wear very impressively, I will test it out and see.

Also, I am wearing no mascara in the picture to show the true color intensity.

What are your top eyeliners?

-Rachel

Face of the Day

Hi there!

Quick little face of the day for you. Ive been keeping my eyeshadow really low on the lid lately, which is new for me. Not sure how I feel about it, but it doesn't make for very good pictures.  Either way, here you go!

Also, my brows don't look that scraggly in person. Promise.

Face:

Bare Minerals Original in Golden Fair

Bare Minerals Faux Tan

NARS Sex Appeal

MAC Wedge Eyeshadow (Brows)

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Urban Decay Eyeshadows in Virgin, Smog, Darkhorse

MAC Ether Mineralized Eyeshadow (LE)

Stila Eyeshadow in Kitten

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

L'Oreal Volume Collagen Mascara in Blackest Black

Lips:

MAC Lipliner in Subculture

MAC Lipstick in Brave

Looking back, I would have worn a different lipstick, but I wanted to wear Brave seeing as its new to my collection!

-Rachel

New Additions: The Lip Products

Whelp. The black packaging and silver writing drew me in. I know I'm not the only one...yes? Yes.

If its any consolation, I only bought a few items, and they're all useful, neutral, everyday type products.

The problem...they're all lip products, which I already have too many of.

On to the goods:

Whirl Lip Pencil: I'd describe this as a tan for your lips, basically a much darker natural tone. Raising the color saturation. Its true to its description as a dirty rose.

Spice Lip Pencil: This is the more warmed toned of the three, but not overwhelmingly so. Its called a pink cinnamon by MAC, which I'd agree with, but I'd say it favors the cinnamon description.

Subculture Lip Pencil: MAC calls it an underground pink. Anyone want to guess at what underground means in this instance? I'm at a loss. This, for me, is a cooler medium pink that works well alone or with any marginally pinky lipstick.

Brave Lipstick: A pink beige that is a "my lips but better" plus a sheen shade. This is a satin finish lipstick. Easy wear, hard to mess up. Flattering in the simplest of ways. 

In order: Whirl, Spice, Subculture, Brave

Note: Brave is slightly more beige in person, flash can be tricky. 

XOXO

-Rachel

Face of the Day

Just a quick little FOTD. Going out to lunch with a friend and keeping it pretty neutral.

Bare Minerals Original in Golden Fair

Bare Minerals Bronzer in Faux Tan

NARS Blush in Sex Appeal

MAC Eyeshadow in Wedge (Brows)

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Virgin

Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Buck

Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Darkhorse

MAC Pigment in Naked

Guerlain Maxi Lash Mascara in Black

MAC Lipliner in Whirl

Dior Ultra Addict Gloss in #227

Have a lovely day!

-Rachel

Guerlain Maxi Lash

Before I get in bed, I thought id do a quick little review of this mascara. So, a little hurried iPhone post this will be.

I always pick mascara samples when I place an order with Sephora. I never feel as though high end mascaras live up to the hype or are worth the cost. So, I pick the samples to see if I can be proved wrong. Ive tried Lancôme, Estee Lauder, MAC, Tarte, etc. I have purchased full sized high end mascaras based purely on hype before. Bad decisions.  Ive tried the famed Diorshow, which I thought was a pretty lackluster and kind of worthless mascara. So, keep that in mind.

My favorite drugstore mascaras have narrowed themselves to Loreal varieties. I prefer a deeply black mascara with significant volume and reasonable lengthening abilities. Curl is not a requirement for me.

When I received the Maxi Lash sample, I was expecting a completely average mascara. I was dead wrong and now feel compelled to purchase a $30 full size version. Its that good. (The packaging just so happens to be drool worthy...) Below are some photos I took to show the effects. This is one, I repeat, ONE light coat. Thats all. (I have no mascara on my bottom lashes and no eyeliner or eyeshadow on.)

The Lip Products

I always see "What's in my bag?" or "What's in my purse?" videos on YouTube and thought I'd do a little spin off as I cleaned through my makeup. The photos below represent my lip product collection after I threw away a number of old, unused products.

Side note: Most of my makeup purchases began back when MAC products like 3D glosses, which will be pictured, came out. And I stopped purchasing by collection soon after the Moonbathe collection came out, which is still one my my favorite packaging styles to date. That being said, a lot of my MAC products were limited edition. That isn't as prevalent in my lip products, but if I continue this series there will be largely non purchasable products.

That was an incredibly long side note....!

On to the makeup, I tried to organize by type but then realized I left out a NARS lip gloss/stain, so it got stuck in the last photo.

Addict, Literally

I headed out for a makeup shopping adventure today- looking for a gift for a friend. (If you're curious, I purchases Chanel Glossimer in #156 Pampille for her.)

For myself, my shopping adventure lasted long after I left the mall. All summer I've had a list of cosmetics I intended to purchase. Needless to say, the list is empty now- although that includes a few things I saw in person and decided against. My purchases included:

(Image via Nordstrom.com)