Review: LE Maybelline Eyestudio Quad in "Cozy Cashmere"

Maybelline's shimmer eye shadows are really good, as I stated in my last post, but how would their mattes perform? My answer: pretty darn good. I believe "Cozy Cashmere" is the only Maybelline Eyestudio quad to contain mattes. Although I could be wrong because I haven't look into them until the pass month or two.

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Product Range Name: Maybelline Eye Studio Color Plush Silk eye shadows

Shade Name: Cozy Cashmere

Retail Price: $7-$10
Amount: 0.09 oz/2.5 g
Available Color(s): Fall 2012 Limited edition collection and was released with Olive Martini, Smokey Cinnimon, and Sea Sprite 
What is it? 4-pan eye shadow palette/quad
Where to get it? This is Limited edition so you may still find it at Walgreens or where ever this collection appeared.

Unlike my last review on Copper Chic, this has a variation of finishes. These are still very pigmented, silky smooth, and not powdery. 

This quad contains a:
Metallic Nude - The shimmers in this one are larger and shinier than that of the nude shade from the copper chic palette.
Satin Dark Brown with scattered Gold Shimmers -  The impressive thing about this is that you actually can see the gold shimmers post application. I find with this type of scattered shimmer eye shadow, they usually end up being a solid color and the shimmers just never appear or fall out onto my cheeks. I'm impressed, although it doesn't mean that there isn't any glitter fallout from this. It's just not as much.
Matte Burnt Orange - Quite silky smooth in texture. I'm loving this shade as of late. It really warms up any look when applied to the crease.
Matte Mauve-y Brown - Also quite silky smooth. This gives a nice change from your average brown crease eye shadow.

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Overall:

9 out of 10

Deduction of one point for the fallout from the dark brown with golden shimmers. Other than that I think this is a lovely quad. Your able to able to a full look from it, from a warm day look to a warm smokey brown look. This palette range are really becoming nice go to's for me as of late. I really encourage the thought of Maybelline releasing more matte shades in the eye studio formula. 

Review: Maybelline Eyestudio Quad in Copper Chic

Maybelline has been stepping up their game for awhile now. These eye shadows are phenomenal,  I'm shocked I haven't given in to buying these sooner. Out of the palettes available at the time, I really gravitated toward Copper Chic because of the warm rosy pink, since I've been on the hunt for a nice pink for awhile.

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Product Range Name: Maybelline Eye Studio Color Plush Silk eye shadows

Retail Price: $7-$10
Amount: 0.09 oz/2.5 g
Available Color(s): 15 permanent, but unknown(to me at least) amount of Limited Editions
What is it? 4-pan eye shadow palette/quad
Where to get it? Anywhere Maybelline products are sold.

The eye shadow quality of these four shades are consistently the same. One doesn't perform better than another, which I found was quite rare in drugstore shadows. Let me tell you, these are so gorgeously good too. 

All four shades have a metallic finish. The only downfall to this quad is the fact that there isn't any  variation of finishes. I have to admit that Maybelline has perfected the formula of shimmery shadows. 

It comes with a high reflectivemetalic off-white, rosy pink, bronze, and a dark brown. They don't seem to be powdery at all. To top it off they are very pigmented too. 

'Copper Chic', the name of the quad sort of threw me a bit because none of these shades are copper. Once worn it actually looks quite coppery when the shades are all put together.

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Overall:
10 out of 10
Copper Chic has been my go to 4 out to 7 times a week for the past month. I have to say at this point its close to becoming my top favorite drugstore quad. Wet n' Wild, watch out! (Even though the Eyestudio came out way before the Coloricon.) I've been reaching for this so often that I feel a bit guilty for ignoring my more expensive eye shadows too. Despite my feelings, I MUST get more.

Collective Haul: Up to 11.27.12 + Black Friday stuffies

I want to first say that I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was wonderful and that everyone was able to shop safely as they hunted for some deals.

Sooooo I finally got a Job this pass month so I've been pretty bad with my money. I'm still in the process of figuring out how to deal with money without gunning it all. More about that in a later post.

Here is my Haul from the pass couple months along with Black Friday deals and a couple after BF stuff.

Sephora/Disney - Cinderella palette: I was torn between getting this or the Tarte Carried Away palette.  I just chose the pretty gimmick in the end because I've been super into fairy tales as of late and it does say that it's Vol. 1 so hopefully more to come to collect~ So far I like it, but it definitely comes with problems of it's own.

Target Beauty Bag: I'm so Sad this is the last one that they're giving out. D; I'm loving all of these little makeup bags that come with the samples.

Maybelline Color Tattoos LE - Test my Teal and Rich Mahogany: The textures of this are way better then the regular line in my opinion. I was quite sad that I couldn't find the Beige or Dark Gold Limited Edition colors. 

Revlon Lip Butter - Berry Smoothie and Fig Jam: These shades are great and I'm liking the texture of these. I've been reaching for these all the time. 

China Glaze - Deviantly Darling and Rare & Radiant: I was quite disappointed in these. The duochrome wasn't too apparent. But They are still pretty none the less.

Jordana blushes - Coral Sandy Beach and Redwood: These gems are amazing, super cheap, and pigmented. I finally got the chance to venture into a Kmart to get these. I've been wanting these for awhile now.

Sinful Colors - Cinderella, Winterberry, and Glass Pink: Cinderella looks gorgeous in the bottle, but I'm not a huge fan of the formula. Winterberry is a nice dusty purple with tiny white shimmer flecks. Glass pink is a great "clean" color.

Ultimate Poshe - Crease brush set: I wouldn't recommend these to be honest. They're a bit scratchy 

Black Friday haul

Ulta Mix and Match 5 for $5
~Ulta Nail polish - Celebutante: Cool Purple Creme.
~Vanilla Noel Hand Cream - Smells Nice and since I started working my hands have gone to pieces with dryness so a hand cream was definitely on the shopping list.
~Nail clipper: Nothing much to say here...
~Ulta Shiny Gloss Mini - Mischief: I'm liking the colors and happy it isn't sheer.
~Chi - Silk Infusion- I wanted to see what all the hype about this stuff was about. It smells nice.

Tarte Black Friday set: I thought this was a great deal for half the price you'd get for each plus they are full size products.

 Black Friday Deal

Threshold Fuzzy Blanket: This is so amazingly soft. I've used it twice so far and I felt like I was drifting on a cloud of baby bunnies. 

Snake Double ring - I've always loved snake rings and it was on sale for 99 cents for Black Friday.

Nyx Blush - Copper- I love the shimmery pigmented quality to this and it's not your traditional pinky blush color.

Nyx Eyeliner - White: I think I want to try giving the white waterline trick a go one more timee with a more pigmented white.

Haul: My first time at Ulta

Recently I've been loving where I live. My mall got a expanded Forever 21, an makeup counter in sears, and a movie theater.
In addition to ALL of that a plaza very close to where I live opened up a Ulta a couple days ago. It replaced the space where Borders was, sad Borders had to go bankrupt, but super stoked that I get an Ulta near me. The closest one before this was probably an hour or more away so needless to say I never went to one until today.

If I were to ever consider doing the $20 Makeup challenge, THIS ulta portion would be the purchase I'd use with a foundation.  Of course it's probably cheating though, but hey, No ELF products at least. ^^;

ULTA - Single eyeshadow in Sunburst, Toast, Grace, and Honey Bee : ($7) I just couldn't pass up these beautiful colors with the deal that was going on.

ULTA - Mystic Collection Gift with Purchase : ($17.50) 13 piece gift with purchase. Not a big fan of shiny fake leather material and/or any animal prints, but the clutch look nice.
- #218 Good Year for Wine Lipstick
- Femme Fatale Nail Laquer
- Instant Nourish Facial Moisturizer sample
- Eyeshadow Quad of Iceland, Must Have, Eggplant, Eclipse
- Eyeshadow Quad of Silk, Gold Dust, Platinum, Granite
- Legendary Lengths Mascara
- Super Shiny Lip Gloss in #18 Stellar
- Sponge tip, Eyeshadow brush, and Contour/Blush brush
- Dual ended Eyeliner. Deep Brown/Black
- Adore Cheek blush

All items above, Total:  $11.20

Ulta brand makeup was on a Buy 2 get 2 Free. Since the store just opened they gave out a 20% off the entire purchase Coupon. Since my purchase was an Ulta brand cosmetic, I got two choose one out of three types of bags. <--- I didn't even know about the gift until the cashier pointed it out to my delight.
Can you see why this would be cheating in for the $20 Makeup challenge? xD Perfect deal.

Duo Lash Adhesive in Dark Tone : ($5.49) I've heard wonderous things about this. I've also had a few unused falsies for a while because of the bad included lash glues. Plus my senior pictures are in the next couple days, so I'm going to need a little boost for my short stubby lashes.

Maybelline 24 hour concealer in Medium Beige : ($1.94 sale) Lucky~ I've wanted to try out this for a while after all the rave reviews about it, but I just never picked it up.

Estee Lauder - Pure Color Crystal lipstick in 44 Berry Truffle : (gifted) Very pretty on the lips and smells like berry fruit punch.

Estee Lauder - Pure Color Long Lasting and Pure Color Crystal lipstick mix Palette : (gifted) It'll be a nice way to see what colors work with my complexion.

My Mom's coworker gave her two sets of the Estee Lauder stuff So my mom decided to give me the doubles. I'm pretty positive that these are gifts with purchase, which makes me wonder if my mom's coworker is a big Estee Lauder junkie. :P

Haul: The Balm, Maybelline and Nyx

Gawh, I did it again. I think I may have a problem, but then again what makeup obsessionist doesn't have a problem with  hauling? ^^; Plus you throw in the fact that I'm on spring break at the moment too and your just asking for a haul.

The Balm:
!Note!: I got these from Marshalls, so I suggest you to RUN to a Marshalls or TJMaxx to get various The Balm products for super cheap.

 Smokey Eye Kit: $9.99~ (Originally $87)
Comes with:
~ Shady Lady eyeshadow in mischievous marissa and sexy stacey
~ Overshadow in if your rich I'm single
~ Cheater mascara in black
~ Balms Away eye makeup remover

Black Tie Kit: $12.99~ (Originally $ 115)
Comes with:
~ Shady Lady eyeshadow in caught in the act courtney and shameless shana
~ Overshadow in no money, no honey
~ Hot Mama shadow/blush
~ Cheater mascara in black
~ Balm Shelter lip gloss in pin-up girl
~ Hot Ticket nail polish in Better of Red

Duo: $9.99~ (Originally $48)
Comes with:
~ Luminizer in Mary-Lou Manizer
~ Bronzer in Betty-Lou Manizer

Maybelline:

 

Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze and Pomegranate Punk

Around  $6 each~

Nyx: 

~ Girls nail polish in Algae: $1.99

~ Round lipstick in Mars and Vitamin: $2.49

~ Studio Liquid Liner in Extreme Gold: $3.99

Off topic Note: NEED the gold liner for whenever I go watching the Hunger Games movie this week *Squeel* I'm totally planning a half Katniss(outfit/hair) and half Cinna(makeup) cosplay, even though the premier is gone. xD Still wondering if I should do the Katniss' fire manicure or just wear China Glaze's Fast Track.

Review: Maybelline Waterproof Ultra Liner

This Product sure brings back memories. This was the second Makeup item I've EVER bought in my life. Impressive thing is that I still use it to this day, about 5 years later(Not the same one of coarse XD). This is my second purchase of Maybelline's Ultra Liner.

  

Claims~: 

"Why You'll Love It

• Waterproof liquid liner delivers all-day wear
• No skipping, no smearing
• Precision brush for perfect application
• Safe for sensitive and ophthalmologist-tested

• Contact lens safe"

Retail Price: $4-7

Amount: 0.25 fl. oz/ 7.3 mL

Available Colors: Black & Dark Brown

What is it? Liquid Eyeliner

Close up of the applicator.

The Type of Applicator: It comes with is a thin brush that really isn't Ideal for beginners, but with practice it'll get easier. Despite many people hating this applicator, for some reason I prefer this over felt tips and was pretty good at applying it to my eye when I was a makeup Newbie. 

Intense Rubbing Test: As you can see from the before and after, virtually nothing happened. No fading or smudging. No matter how hard I tried to, this sucker wouldn't come off. 

Color: As Black as you could possibly have. Be warned all you matte lovers, this does dry into a glossy or satiny finish.

Staying power: Absolutely AMAZING and when they say Water-proof, they MEAN Water-proof. I've went to beaches, pools and even water parks and this stuff did not Budge. This would be great to have if your on a swim team, in sports or have a gym class in general. The only bad thing about the this is that it won't stay on the waterline. I solve this problem by applying a pencil liner on the water line before applying this and it usually stays on all day, even if the pencil liner is crappy because the the ultra liner will act as a barrier from smudging and bleeding of the pencil liner.

Consistency: Obviously liquidly, as should all liquid liners be. It drys pretty fast and into a plastic-y like state, which is why it probably water-proof. Although because its plastic-y it will start flaking after 8 hours, but not exactly flaking off, unless you rub your eyes.

~Tip: Since its plasticy it maybe a bit difficult to take off, so I suggest soaking a cotton pad or something in makeup remover or just plain water and holding it onto your eye for a minute to soften it up

Product Amount: My first one lasted me for a little over a year and a half with consistent every day use! So I think it a fantastic price for the amount you pay for.

And here it is, all by its lonesome.

Overall: 

3 out of 5

Minus two because of the flaky-ness and the tough application, but this will forever hold a spot in my Makeup collection.

Haul: Target Clearance!

There's been a Target Clearance Sale going one for a couple weeks. There weren't an extreme amount of clearances like CVS, but I recently went and there were still quite a few items there. It seems like the only foundations on Clearance were the darkest ones; so if you have a deep complexion, go check your local Target. If your a Revlon Colorstay Eyeliner fan, packs of 2 are going on Clearance for (if I remember correctly) $6.23! Even some of the Pixi, Jemma Kid, Neapolitan Perdis brands, Sonia Kashuk, are on sale.

 My Mini Haul (purchased about 1-2 weeks ago):

 Total Cost: $4.83 w/o tax

Would-be Cost: $19.42 w/o tax

1) Maybelline - Expert Wear Single in "Emerald": $2.94, But on sale for $0.73! I had to get it! SOOO Cheap, so I thought meh what's so bad about getting it. I mean seriously, 73 CENTS. Its a very misleading name, its actually a sky blue. Like the packaging suggests, its shimmery but I definitely wouldn't say is that shimmery at all.

2) Sonia Kashuk - Retractable Foundation Brush: $11.99, But on sale for $2.98. You saw right, flipping $2.98!!! I had to get it. Its not big enough in my opinion to be a foundation brush, but as a Concealer brush. <3 then again retractables are usually smaller for a reason right? XD

3)Maybelline - Expert wear Blush in "Romantic Plum": $4.49 but on sale for 1.12. >___< Fail. Fail. FAIL. No one get it!!! No color payoff at all, pressed to hard, and if you get a bit of product off its Chalky. I was hesitant about getting it in the first place because it was so light and I'm probably and NC 35-40 for reference, but I thought, why not, just a dollar and I could try to work with it? WRONG. to be honest I doubt it'd even show up on the fairest of fair skin.