Fudge Brownie soap!!!

Just a quick post on a new project I worked on.

I was either feel feeling extremely bored, very creative or extremly hungry with a sweet tooth cause I made these fudge brownie soap with vanilla icing. Yummy!!!! : ) I think the one on the left looks more realistic. I left these on the table and someone almost tried to eat em. LOL just kidding. So what is your opinion on my latest creation? Please feel free to comment!!!

Now I want a chocolate brownie. LOL

Review of Maybelline eyestudio gel eyeliner.

Hello everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I know I did!!! : )
Well over my mini holiday vacation I did a tiny bit of shopping, and I finally decided to buy the Maybelline eyestudio gel eyeliner in "Blackest black" after my favorite gel eyeliner, Stila smudge pot in "Black", ran out. :( So being a college student on a budget I decided to buy it after reading great reviews that its an amazing dupe for higher end gel eyeliners. I actually purchased mine at my local target for $6.99, instead of buying it at a local drugstore like CVS or Rite Aid for $9.99. I actually think that this gel eyeliner is worth $7 instead of $10 at CVS cause the jar is really small and I'm not sure how long the moisture in this eyeliner will last as it is a drugstore gel eyeliner. So on to the review...





What it comes with:


The Eyeliner brush

Maybelline Gel eyeliner "Blackest Black".

Review:
So far I am really liking this product! For a drugstore brand gel eyeliner its pretty decent and a great inexpensive dupe to higher end eyeliners such as Mac Fluidline or Stila Smudge pot. I have read a few reviews on the maybelline gel eyeliner and from my understanding there are a bit of good reviews. For starters let me compliment Maybelline on their amazing eyeliner brush that comes with the package. It is very delicate on the eyes and VERY percise. Personally I it makes the product. However, I did read alot of reviews where most people said they hated the brush ( so I'll let you makeup junkies decide). In my opinion, the brush easily follows the curve of your eyes and can give both a nice natural line or can give you a more dramatic one (your choice). Secondly, the pigmnent intensity is great! You don't have to worry about having to keep building on the color by going over it repeatedly. What you see in the jar is what you get. Thirdly, I am a bit disappointed with the amount of product that comes in the little jar, which is about 3 grams. Then, there is the issue that this product claims to be "smudgeproof" and "waterproof". I can honestly say from wearing this product its hard to say. It takes a very long time to even fully dry on your eyes and can easily smudge after 5mins of putting it on. So when it does fully dry it doesn't smudge...much.

Swatch:

Here is a swatch of the eyeliner. As you can see what you see is what you get.

Pros:

• Color intensity is great!
  
• The eyeliner brush is very percise, a perfect hand fit and picks up color well( so you can do a soft cat eye look or a soft winged look).
  
• The eyeliner brush is very delicate on the eyes (compared to other drugstore brushes I used that came with the packaging * cough* Cough* Loreal Hip cream eyeliner).


• You don't have to worry about flaking as its a gel eyeliner.
  
• Comes in different colors (eggplant, brown, and charcoal).
  

Cons:

• It smudges easily


• Wouldn't recommend it for the waterline cause it smuges easily


• Its not waterproof or smudge proof.


• I wish it comes in a blue eyeliner color.
  

Would I recommend this product? Yes! Overall, I am very impressed with the color intensity and the smoothness of the brush and the product. For a drugstore gel eyeliner I expected something a bit more low quality, but it impressed me. The color intensity is good enough to create optional soft smooth looks or add drama by building the color. Lastly, as I said before what works for me, may not work for someone else and vice-versa. The color intensity will never be as good as Stilla or MAC, but its still workable. For me it adds the right amount of optional intensity for daytime looks as I am transitioning into doing more natural/ sublte makeup looks while still wearing makeup.

However, i wouldn't recommend this product for someone that tend to brush their hands by their eyes as it smudges very easily. I left it on my eyes for like 2 hours and checked to see if it would smudge and it still did on my fingers(plus i applied it without a primer and i have oily lids sometimes(so that might be why).

I will do another update on how to get the best maximum wear out of this eyeliner...