NYX Jumbo Pencils, finally!!!

I finally got my hands on two of the NYX jumbo pencils that I've been wanting! I was going to order from the NYX/Cherry Culture websites, but milk was sold out. I got these at Ulta on the first Tuesday of the month (so that means 20% off for college students with a college ID!) and it was buy one get one free so I think I paid $2 for each. I don't know how long the sale is going on for, but I saw that the L'oreal HIP line was also buy one get one free. I wanted to get the hot pink and purple jumbo pencils, but they didn't have any. Usually when I go to ULTA for jumbo pencils, I walk away empty handed because all the ones being sold are opened and have been tested by someone else, so I'm glad I finally got some that are new and unopened!




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Too Faced Liquif-Eye

Vanessa was generous enough to send me the prize I won from her competition! Well sort of competition at least lol. My prize is the Too Faced Liquif-Eye palette and I'm totally loving it! It's also great just as use for eye shadow and the colors for the liners are really pretty. I'll do a look with these soon. They're great for bringing to and from my boyfriend's house since there's such a wide array of colors in the palette and it's relatively easy to travel with.





Now I can wear any color liner. The possibilities are endless muahahahaha.

Thanks Vanessa!

Fluidline Swatches

These are the first gel liners I've ever bought. EVER! I actually got these kinda recently like 4 months ago and putting them on the first time was really awkward. I was at the MAC store & the MA was showing these to me so I asked if I could try putting them on myself to see if I could get the hang of it... and I did alright for my first attempt... only I also poked some of this stuff onto my contact lenses and boy, do these babies STICK! I ended up having to throw one of my contacts away and was walking around in the mall half blinded.

Anywho, I'm not so sure that I'd buy fluidlines again even though they are really functionable gel liners since there are other brands out there like L'oreal Hip that make equally good gel liners. Frostlite definitely is the sheerest out of the rest. Because of that, it also makes a good highlighter and that's what I mainly use it for. They're all super water resistant so they won't budge (not even with soap & water. believe me, I've tried)

L'oreal HIP Cream Eyeliner

I'm glad Walgreens was having their BOGO free on L'oreal Hip products or else I would've never bought these. They usually retail for about $12 each and I would've just bought MAC fluidlines instead, but these were on sale! So I got them for about $6 each and they are SO WORTH IT! I love the brown one! The brown one is more matte whereas the teal is a bit more shimmery. I think I'm going to go back and buy the blue one along with a paint or something since I've been wanting to try those out too...

These definitely hold up to fluidline standards. They are very water resistant. I tried running the swatches on my hand under water and even rubbing them with my fingers and they stayed on pretty well. They didn't smudge or anything, but the color did fade a little and the brown held on better than the teal.

Overall, I'd definitely buy these again, but I'd have to wait for another BOGO free sale.

Product Review: Stila Convertible Eye Color

Product: Stila Convertible Eye Color
Packaging: 4 out of 5
Overall: 4 out of 5
Price: $20
Would you buy this again? Yes

PROS: Great for beginners! This was actually one of the first makeup items I purchased way back when. It's also great for people on the go because you can line, smudge, and apply shadow all with this stick.

CONS: Nothing really... Except for the first one that I bought, one of caps didn't click quite as tightly so I was always worried about it falling off, but the second one I bought was just fine.

NYX Lipliner & Eyeliner Swatches!

I LOVE NYX lipliners! Forget MAC's $12.50 lip pencil cuz these are only $1 and they're crazy long! They'll last a lifetime and then some! And at Cherry Culture they're on sale! Buy one get one free. So they're really only 50 cents. Hello? HELL YEAH BABY!

I'm not too fond of the eyeliners. The long ones aren't as creamy as the regular ones. I also find that these are hard to use over eye shadow... Like once you're done doing your eye makeup and you want to line them, it doesn't really glide on as easily as a gel liner. In fact, it's kinda hard to get them on there at all unless you have bare eyes with no shadow on... And even with that, the liners tug a little... Maybe it's just me. Does anyone else have problems with the NYX eyeliners?


My loooooves--Lipliners
Plush Red is more of a cool toned red. It's a little misleading on the website.


Eyeliners

Anywho, yesterday, I was thinking about how Mai said that she buys stuff to vent when she's mad, and I realized that I end up buying stuff when I'm bored or have been sitting at home for most of the day and I just need to DO SOMETHING lol... (When I'm really mad, I get things pierced) But I only buy things when no one is watching so my boyfriend can't catch me spending anymore money. The only thing that makes me feel guilty (besides all the money I spend) is when the damn packages arrive! LOL cuz then everyone sees just how much stuff I freaking order and I feel sooooo incredibly guilty like I'm a makeup whore and cannot stop buying stuff! One of my best friends said that when I like something, I REALLY like it and I go out and buy like 10 of the same thing in different colors or whatever. So now, I wait for my packages to come and quietly sneak them in and jumble them with the rest of my makeup so you can't really notice them at all... I even know what time the mail man comes by everyday. And another thing! My mail man is super nice! I hope he doesn't think I'm a spoiled brat every time he has to drop off another one of my packages. Gah I'm so pathetic! Do any of you ever feel this way? Lol or am I the only one? :(