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Coastal Scents 88 Ultra Shimmer Eye Shadow Palette

My Holy Grail eyeliner is black, of course.  My favorite at the moment is MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline.  This is a limited edition color, but repeatedly shows up in new collections, and so is not difficult to obtain. This particular liner is creamy enough to apply smoothly with no tugging, and has staying power.  I can use it on my water line, and not worry about it pulling a disappearing act.  It is an intense black, and I love it!

Two more staple eye liners for me are the MAC Eye Kohl in Fascinating (white), and Stila Kajal Eye Liner in Topaz (pinkish-peach).  These two are always in my kit because of their eye brightening capacities.  Fascinating is water resistant, and is long lasting.  Using this on the inner corner can add a luminous, brightening effect to those tired eyes.  Topaz is not as long lasting, but when used in the water line, it helps to open the eyes up and make them look larger.  It is a great way to cancel out pink waterlines, and is very wearable.  It is soft and smudgeable, and such a pretty color.
For eyeliner splurges, I mention 3 that I love, and continually keep on hand.  The newest addition to my love list is Maybelline Line Stilleto, which is a black liquid liner.  The applicator is a flexable fine tip, and the result is an easy to manage approach for creating a defined black line with liquid liner.  The black Benefit Bad Gal liner is a fabulous way to create a smokey shadow look, and this chunky pencil helps to creat that dark, smudgy rocker chic look.  The Benefit Eye Bright is a pale pinkish brightening liner, and when smudged into the inner corner, creates an alive and awake look. 

I have been playing around with some Spell Cosmetics eye shadows, and I am so in love with them!  They are rich in color and the intensity is buildable.  They are finely milled mineral shadows, and are very blendable.  They work well with both wet and dry applications. 

The colors I am gushing about are the Moonspell Collection:

I have really been getting into using blue shadows lately.  I am on a mission to challenge myself to use more color in my eye looks, and I find I often reach for blue to up the intensity. Here is a look I did to go out.  I think it is soft and subtle, while having a hint of drama.




The other things I used on my face:

When it comes to an eye makeup remover, I have found that the Neutrogena Oil-Free version is my favorite.  I do often wear a good amount of eye makeup, to include mascara, liner, primer, shadows, and sometimes glitter.  To use this product, you shake it up, since it is a dual-phase product that separates.  I saturate a cotton ball, and place it on my eye, holding it there while it starts to lift the eye makeup off.  It works so effortlessly, that there is no pulling, tugging, or scrubbing to get all the traces of the makeup off.  It does not cause any sort of burning sensation (others I have tried did) and it does not leave a greasy feeling behind (which I have experienced with others, also).  Sometimes, with gel liners, they are pretty stubborn to remove from the delicate lash line. For this, I use a q-tip dipped into the remover solution to gently remove the persistent liner residue. 

This bottle has 3.8 fl oz, and lasts me about six weeks.  That is with daily use, sometimes multiple times per day. 



I also recently tried the Neutrogena Extra Gentle Eye Makeup Remover Pads.  I do like these, but I find the pad itself doesn't have enough product for me to remove all traces of my makeup.  If you only want one or the other of these on hand, not both, then these are clearly more ideal for those that wear a light load of makeup.

The color of the day is absolutely blue!  Most of my blue cosmetics are for the eyes, and I do occasionally enjoy wearing blue nail polish.  It was hard to narrow this collection down to a manageable amount, since I have a ton of blue products.  So, I tried to mention my most used blue items.  The list could have easily been twice as long!



Pictured Items:
NYX Candy Glitter Liner in Disco Queen
Victoria's Secret Lustre Eye Shadow in Wanted
Jesse's Girl Baked Eye Shadow in MoonBeam
Benefit Bad Gal Blue
L.A. Girl Matte Nail Color in Matte Blue Twilight
Rimmel Lasting Finish Polish in Fuel
VS Eyeliner in Midnight
Wet n Wild Idol Eyes Shadow Pencil in Distress
Stila Smudge Pot in Cobalt Clutch
Spell Cosmetics Mineral Shadow in Sublime




Eye Shadows:

• Spell Cosmetics Sublime is a newer product for me, and I have been reaching for it every day.  It is a finely milled mineral shadow, and can be applied wet or dry.  I love the depth and intensity of this dark blue. It initially goes on very dark navy blue, and is very buildable to a blue-black color.  Not only is this a fabulous shadow, it is also a great liner.  It has true color payoff, incredible staying power, and has a subtle, slight shimmer.
• Next is the Victoria's Secret Silky Eye Shadow Wanted, which is a pretty, shimmery midnight blue.  This shadow goes very sheer initially, and builds to a brighter more vivid hue.  I love the velvety smooth consistency of the VS shadows, and with a proper shadow primer, the staying power is decent.
• Third from the left is Barbie ♥ Stila Smudge Pot Cobalt Clutch.  It is a gel liner, with a subtle shimmer to it.  I have found it works brilliantly as both a liner and as a brightening shadow base.  It performs well, and is a fab color, but it doesn't build well.  One layer is best, as additional layers cause flaking.
• Last is the Jesse's Girl Baked Powder Eye Shadow MoonBeam.  It is a pretty, sparkly blue with pink veining.  It is a vibrant blue when applied dry, and a brilliant metallic blue with a pretty sheen when applied wet.

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  NYX Candy Glitter Liner Disco Queen is a multi color glitter, with blue, green, yellow and orange glitters.  It looks overall blue in the tube, and goes on a silvery, coppery, blue-ish color.  It is a dramatic and sparkly! 
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  Wet n Wild Idol Eyes Creme Shadow Pencil Distress is a metallic navy blue, and works both as a shadow or a liner. 
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  Victoria's Secret Liner Midnight is a deep blue, and the liner pen has a smudger on the end to smoke out the liner. 

I haven't gone crazy on the hauling, but I have picked up a few items here and there lately.  Here are my new additions and some swatches.

First, I was excited to try the new Maybeline Lash Stiletto Voluptuous in Very Black.  This promises to not only bring the length, but the volume as well.  With the cleverly, and subtly curved applicator, I found that it was a bit more volumizing than the original Stiletto version. 

Here is my naked eye, void of all makeup.  You will be able to see just why I value a mascara boasting to both lengthen and volumize! 

I found that the mascara formula was very buildable without becoming too chunky or clumping my lashes together.

Another set of treasures I found at a small boutique.  There was a small display of NYX pencils.  I picked one eye pencil in 917 Purple, and two lipliner pencils in Sweet Bean and Latte. 


I found 2 Hard Candy products to try. 

The first is this Lip Tatoo- a lip stain and breath freshening gloss.  The color is Posy.  The stain is a pale, frosty pink with silvery, pink, coral, and green sparkles. The stain is applied with a doe foot applicator and dries into a pretty pale shimmery finish.  The gloss is clear and smells minty, and is applied with a brush.  I found that the stain stays put once dry, but definately loses intensity and color when the gloss is applied. 



The 2nd Hard Candy product I purchased is Lash Tinsel glitter mascara in Voodoo.  It is a gorgeous bright purple.  The brush is dissapointingly long and skinny.  That can be forgiven for a novelty glitter mascara.  Unfortunately, when applied, little to no color or glitter is deposited onto my lashes.  The mascara formula seems too wet and runny, so I am going to leave it open for a while to see if it thickens up. I may be able to use this as a liquid eyeliner.  So far, this one is a disappointing fail. :(

I will definately report back if I am able to get this product to work any better!

This is what it looks like:
Have you tried any of these?  What are your thoughts?  I love to read your comments!  ♥