This week's Manicure - Snappy Sorbet with dots!

Hello,

Today I wanted to share my manicure, I got one of the Maybelline Polka Dots polishes in my Cara Box.  So I wanted to check it out.

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Snappy Sorbet
 

I started with a base of Sally Hansen Complete Manicure Base Coat.  Then I put on Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Snappy Sorbet.  You can see my bottle has a strip of color on the top from my organizing system I talked about HERE. 

 

 

This polish with the base coat wears really well,  I didn't put a top coat on and I have only minor tip wear after 3 days.  It has a wide brush that I find kind of hard to work with, but the formula spreads well and they always have lots of trendy colors.

 

 



Then I grabbed my Maybelline Color Show in Dotty and did an accent nail.

 

 

 The translucent orange base of Dotty made the Snappy Sorbet look "oranger" for sure - and it was hard to place the dots, I couldn't get a lot of the big ones.  I'm not sure how I feel about the polka dot top coat trend.  Maybe it's just because it's orange - but it feels a bit "Halloween-y" to me.

 

What do you think?

 

Jasmine

The Color Whisperer

Hello!

Today I wanted to share the 2 Color Whisper "lipsticks" I bought recently.  Calling these lipsticks, is kind of like calling the Revlon Lip Butters lipsticks.  Some are more pigmented, but they feel much more like a balm.  So let's see what I got:

Berry Ready on the left and Bare to be Bold on right

The colors I choose were Berry Ready and Bare to be Bold.  I really wasn't sure what either was going to look like.  Maybelline describes this product as: "Get truly translucent gel color. Sexy, soft, see through color.  No heavy waxes or oils.  Just a kiss of shine."

I am always on the hunt for a good "nude" lipstick so that's why I grabbed Bare to be Bold, and I thought the Berry Ready would actually be lighter than what it turned out to be, as they said "soft see through color".  The colors are very comfortable to wear and you can easily put a little balm underneath if you are feeling chapped (as I was when I wore Bare to be Bold). 

Berry Ready
 

Berry Ready appears much lighter in this photo, I was quite surprised how pigmented this color was.  You can get a better sense of the color from the swatch above on my arm.  But I still like the color.

Bare to be Bold

Bare to be Bold on the other hand is lighter than I thought it would be it is just a tinge more color than clear.  It gives your natural lip color a bit of beige. 

These are comfortable to wear so that's a plus but I'm not totally in love with the colors.

Jasmine

Oh la la lips - Maybelline Vibrant Mandrin

Hello!

Today's lips are brought to you by Maybelline's new Vivids (a part of the Color Sensational line).  There are a lot of really great colors in this collection but I limited my self to one - Vibrant Mandrin.

The color looks just like that - in real life - almost neon.  But as you can see in the swatch it's not so frightening out of the tube, in fact I think it look fabulous on!  It's a lovely pink/coral with a bit of extra punch.

 



My only complaint would be that the pigment settles on any dry spots on your lips, so just like most vibrant lipsticks, a good exfolliation and bit of balm is necessary beforehand.  I can't wait to try Neon Red from the vivids collection!

Have you tried any of these?

Jasmine

Maybelline Great Lash BIG

Hello:

This week I went to get Maybelline Collosal Volume "Cat Eye" Mascara because one of my co-workers had it on and it looked GOOD!  But CVS and Walgreens were out :(  So at CVS Maybelline Great Lash BIG was on Sale for $5. 

 Now I have never understood the hype surrounding Great Lash, but this had a different brush and I wanted to get a "simpler" mascara so I could try another product with it.  Anywhoooooo... I went home with Great Lash BIG and here's the results.

The brush is full and you can put on a few coats with now clumping  issues.  It is a "simple mascara" no tricks or frills it just separates and darkens.  So it's good for natural looks.

From Left to Right - No mascara, One eye with Great Lash Big, and both eyes with Great Lash BIG.

Jasmine

Maybelline Master Drama Cream Eye Pencil - is a bit soft but stays strong

Hello:

I've been looking for a Holy Grail eye pencil for just doing the basics.  Everything I have either fades too quickly or "drags" across my eyelid and I feel like you work too much for an eyeliner. Anyhoo...

 Maybelline describes the product as:
Experience the new generation of liner~          
• Oil-free cream formula holds the highest concentration of pigments for more intense eye drama.
• Smudgeproof and waterproof for 16 hours.
• Most intense line for lasting drama.
• Safe for sensitive eyes and ophthalmologist-tested.
• Contact lens safe.

It's funny they say "smudgeproof and waterproof for 16 hours" and then on the packaging it says 24 hour wear.  I wore it for about 14 hours and it looked the same from beginning to end.

It is a really creamy formula so it glides on but it also may smudge right away, (which it happened) so I nudged into place with a brush.  For some real lasting power I would put a black eyeshadow over it to set it.  And that nice sharp point you see above that is the only time you'll see it, because you can't sharpen it.

 You can get two different widths of line by using it straight on or wide by angling it sideways, and after it drew these lines on my hand for the picture it was about 5 miuntes before I washed it off and it lives up to its waterprrof claim, it took a bit of scrubbing to get it off.

But you do get a nice black line that can be smoothed with a brush.  It's not the Holy Grail I was looking for but, it works well enough for it's $6.49 price tag.  You can check it out at Target Here.

If you have any suggestions for an awesome pencil liner let me know!

Jasmine