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Saturday, July 14, 2012

wet'n'wild flora and fauna sets

I purchased these LE sets several months ago, so sadly they're no longer available.  However, most of the products within the sets are available separately.  I hope these swatches will help!






 Out of the flora collection, the lip gloss and the blush are available in the permanent line of products.









mow the glass, eyeshadows, mellow wine



mow the glass

1 coat, 2 coats


 Of the fauna collection, the nail polish, lip gloss, and blush are all available in the permanent line.









glass confusion, eyeshadows, pearlescent pink

this swatch just shows the glowyness of the highlight shade...

glass confusion

1 coat, 2 coats


I hope this post was helpful (even though some of the products are no longer available.)  Thanks for reading!

wet'n'wild goldigger eye shadow single

This eyeshadow came in a little set- one eyeshadow, one eyeliner.  Two for the price of one!  I've seen these sets around before, so once I saw a color I liked, I purchased.  Here's some pics and my impressions:

packaging

ingredients, click to enlarge





The eyeliner is quite pigmented.  It applies smoothly without tugging.  It wears about as well as any w'n'w eyeliner- quite well, with a bit of smudging by the end of the day.






The eyeshadow is quite powdery.  I swatched it the same as I would any eyeshadow, and this is the amount of powder that came up.  


Applied directly to my arm, it's still quite powdery


 But when blended, it looks quite nice!


This eyeshadow is pigmented enough to show up well on the eyes.  It's not as bright a gold as I like, but that's nothing against the product itself.  It is quite powdery, so you'd have to be careful about fall out.  For only $2, I'd say it's worth a try.  (My other favorites from this line include Nutty and Penny, a warm taupe and a copper shade)  Thanks for reading!


Sunday, March 4, 2012

Essence I LOVE (heart) GLAM powder eyeliner & eyeshadow

   All right, so apparently you can't put <3 in the title of a post.  But anyways... here's the eyeshadow/eyeliner product




 Here's the little brush!  Well, actually, it's a little spongy.  It's not really a normal sponge wand, but it's more of a rubbery sponge.  I think it's a really nice size as well.  It's a little wider than a dulled pencil eyeliner.
   And here's a few swatches, a thin one and a thicker one.  You can see in the first photo that there's some teeny tiny flecks of blue glitter.  It's a pretty dark color, and if it's not quite black, it's a very very dark charcoal.  It's quite pigmented as well- that's just one line.  I didn't have to go back over it, and I didn't have to dip the wand back in for the thicker swatch.


This is the swatches after I rubbed them with my finger.  I think that if this was applied over a cream base or primer, it wouldn't smear as much.  This will make a really pretty soft black eyeliner, as well as a really great product for setting black eyeliner.
Update (well, not really an update, since I'm updating before I actually publish this post...)  I applied it as an eyeliner, and I have no clue why I said it would make a soft black eyeliner.  Exhibit A:
It's still just as pigmented on my eyes.  Love it.  Note: I did get quite a bit of fall out under my eyes from this.  A LOT of fall out.  I  brushed it away and that just smeared it into my skin.  But when I wiped it away with some toilet paper (Yes, sometimes I do that.  I do my makeup in the bathroom, and that's the closest thing handy.  Don't tell me you never do that!) it came right off.  I don't know what that means for the longevity of this eyeliner, but we'll see.  I'd say to prevent any fall out from showing up, do the eyeliner before applying face makeup.  Then wipe it off, and continue along with your makeup.  Problem solved!  I'll update when I can about how well it lasts!