Review: Pur Minerals Eyeshadow (Gold Marcasite)

Hey guys. Today I have a review on the Pur Minerals pressed eye shadow in Gold Marcasite. You can find this at select Dillards, and online at purminerals.com. This retails for $14. BTW, my camera charger broke and I can't get a new one for a while so these pictures were taken with my iPad's crappy camera! :( On to the review...

Review: ELF Jumbo Eyeshadow Stick (Bali Bound), 21634

Hey guys. Today I have a review on the ELF Jumbo Eyeshadow Stick in "Bali Bound", 21634. This retails for $2, and I found mine at K-Mart! You can only find these specific products at eyeslipsface.com and K-Mart, as it is pretty new! Target also has a limited selection of ELF, but not these eyeshadows yet! On to the review!

This is what it looks like in stores and the packaging.

Bali Bound, 21634 - Dark forest green with shimmer.

Here's the packaging. It's a lot chubbier than I expected! I like how the tip of these, the part you twist up since it's a twisty pencil , is the shade of the pencil. Make's it a lot more convenient when looking for a particular shade! This product doesn't fully retract, but it goes down a bit more. You honestly don't get a lot of product, probably only down to where the ELF starts on the packaging. :(

This shade is not that great. On the left is one swipe of the product, and the right is three swipes. I had to use 5 layers to get a medium green color. Not cool. This particular color didn't blend, so I didn't even bother with a picture as it would of been the exact same picture. This didn't crease by itself, but it did fade a bit around 8 hours. With a powder eyeshadow on top, I experienced no creasing or fading. 

That's my review! Hope you guys enjoyed.

Virginia, beautyhairandmoree.

Review: ELF Jumbo Eyeshadow stick: Rock Out, 21633

Hey guys. Today I have a review on the ELF Jumbo Eyeshadow Stick in "Rock Out", 21633. This retails for $2, and I found mine at K-Mart! You can only find these specific products at eyeslipsface.com and K-Mart, as it is pretty new! Target also has a limited selection of ELF, but not these eyeshadows yet! On to the review!

Here it is, so you know what to look for! It's still in it's plastic and cardboard packaging..

Shade- Rock Out, which is a cool olive green with strong gold tones and much what looks to be... glitter!

Here's the packaging. It's a lot chubbier than I expected! I like how the tip of these, the part you twist up since it's a twisty pencil *YAY!!*, is the shade of the pencil. Make's it a lot more convenient when looking for a particular shade! This product doesn't fully retract, but it goes down a bit more. You honestly don't get a lot of product, probably only down to where the ELF starts on the packaging. :(

Here's a swatch. The left swatch is one swipe and the right is two swipes. This isn't very pigmented. The shade is a golden olive with a strong sheen, no actual glitter make's it on to your eye or in this case, the swatch. 

When it's blended, most of the olive is gone. It's more of a golden with very slight army green tones, and the sheen goes away a bit.'

These aren't super pigmented (I've tried more, watch for reviews) but they give that sheer wash of color I've been looking for in bases. They aren't very creamy. You know how lipsticks in... stick form are creamy, and then jumbo lip pencils are just kind of... drier? That's how these are. These blend easily, though, and they are pretty thin. They stay on by themselves, with one layer, all day. They fade just a tiny bit and don't crease. With a shadow on top, these don't fade, crease, or smudge.

These are very nice eyeshadows, and I'll probably pick up some more shades. That's my review! If you'd like to know anything else, please comment down below! Thanks :D

Virginia, beautyhairandmoree.

Review: Benefit Stay Don't Stray primer

Hey everyone! This is a review on the Benefit Stay Don't Stray. This retails for $26.00 where ever you can find Benefit products. It comes in 1 shade. On to the review!

I seriously appriciate the fact that Benefit tried to do something else with their primer packaging... It's not super awesome, though. The pump *no pic, sorry!* will get clogged up if you don't wipe it off after you use this product. This is easy to store, but it's a bit chunky. Not too bad!

This is the product. Sorry for the glitter particles on my hand,  I took tons of pictures that day and we had some glittery products! ;). Anyways, since this is a primer for concealer and eye shadow, it's tinted. I could see people using this as a concealer as it's opaque and very creamy! It's a beige color with yellow undertones, so it's possible! 

After it's blended, it dries fast and is matte. It has great coverage, hides a bit of my dark circles and veins on my eye.

This product, I found, made my concealer, Neutrogena 3-in-1 Undereye Concealer, go on a lot smoother. It never creases, so I can't tell you if it honestly helps with that! It does help my concealer last longer, too! It extends it's wearing time by an hour or so. 

For eyes, this product will make cream bases a bit cakey. If you want to use something like a MAC paint pot or Maybelline Color Tattoos over this, I wouldn't This is a thick primer, but if you do use a cream eyeshadow or base over this, it won't crease or anything, but man is it cakey! 

When I would use this just with a powder eyeshadow, usually Urban Decay, The Balm, or L'Oreal, it would help it not fade or crease through out the day. With Urban Decay, I have fall-out problems. This helped with that A LOT! With The Balm, I have fading issues. This helped it stay on a ton! I love using Matt Batali from the Meet Matt(e) Palette, but it always fades after 5 hours or so! With this primer, it stayed on for 10 hours! With L'Oreal shadows, they crease a tiny bit. This helped prevent creasing!

This is just an awesome primer, you guys. Try it, it's a life changer. Holy grail. 

That's my review you guys! Hope you enjoyed, if you have any further questions, comment down below!

Thanks guys!

Virginia, beautyhairandmoree.

Review: Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream

Hey everyone! Today I have a review on the Maybelline Dream Fresh BB cream. Mine was $6 at Target. You can find this where ever Maybelline is sold. This comes in 5 shades. On to the review!

This is the packaging. It looks very tacky with the stupid ombre and bright pink writing. It's in a squeezy tube which is nice, better than pouring it out, but I'm pretty sure everyone prefers a pump.

This claims to enhance by..

1. Blur imperfections; Does it? No
2. Enhance. Does it? No
3. Brighten; Does it? Yes, I was a big oil blob. I was very bright and shiny
4. Adjusts to skin-tone; Does it? No
5. Smoothes; Does it? Sort of. Not really
6. Hydrate; Does it? Yes. I was an oil pit
7. SPF 30 protects; Does it? I'm guessing it does.
8. 0% oils and other heavy ingredients; Does it? This felt really heavy on, so no.

Here's a swatch of the product. It's very pink toned, but still shows to be a bit orange. 

After blending, something went wrong. This felt super heavy and oily. But, it gave terrible coverage. It covered nothing, no redness, freckles, blemishes. Nothing. 

Crest toothpaste in the backround! Anyways, as I blended this in to my face (talking about experiences with face, not hand) I looked like a pink-toned oompa loompa. I was gleaming, in a bad way. This is SUPER oily and gross. For no coverage, no thanks. I have DRY SKIN and I got oily skin with this. Great job, Maybelline.

This stayed on for about 2 hours because it was literally running off my skin in my 68-70 degree house. This crap is terrible.

That's my review! If you'd like to know anything else, comment down below! Thanks guys!

Virginia, beautyhairandmoree.

Review: Maybelline Color Tattoo "Inked In Pink" 55

Hey guys! Today I have a review on the new Maybelline color tattoo in Inked in Pink. I got this for 6.99, and you can get these wherever you can find Maybelline. I got mine at Kmart. On to the review!

The packaging is OK. It's just a pot, with a see through bottom with silver text, and a black lid with the name and color. I hate storing this upside down, because my similar shades look the same (duh) and I can't see the color.

 

This should be the top of the product. It'd make a lot more sense!

In the pot, before using it, it had a weird film on top. You can see it in the picture a bit. It makes it look like a dark, almost purple shade. But, it was just to make it look more metallic. When you use or swatch this for the first time, there was no difference as I have used this product quite a few times.

This is a beautiful metallic, frosty-ish pink. It's a medium-light shade. I'd almost describe this as an antique pink. This shade in particular is very creamy. It blending ability isn't exactly easy, though. It's a bit patchy since its metallic, but nothing that requires extra focus on. You can layer the product, though, if its that big of a deal.

The wearing power on this without a shadow is awesome. It doesn't crease, but after 12 hours, if I did one layer, the color starts to fade a bit. With a shadow, though, I have no creasing or fading. With or without a shadow, this product doesn't smudge or smear.

That's my review! If you'd like to know anything else, let me know in the comments! Thanks guys!

Virginia, beautyhairandmoree.