Maybelline: Golden Halo, Copper Craze, Sun kissed Olive Swatches

Today's Blog is going to be on one of Maybelline's recent Spring 201 collection launch called "Modern Metallic". Which features some new eyeshadow single shades like "Copper Craze", "Golden Halo" and their new eyeshadow duo designs and color called "Sun kissed Olive"( Which I have a ton of bad stuff to say).

What I bought?

• Golden Halo (Single)
• Copper Craze (Single)
• Sun Kissed Olive
  (Duo)

Reviews:

Golden Halo: I really love this color!!!! It's an eye popping, highly pigmented, velvety smooth Metallic Gold eyeshadow color. It's a little difficult to describe the shade of this gold as its nothing I've ever really seen in drugstore brands, but all I can say is this color speaks for itself. This color is a MUST have for spring!!

• Pros: Last all day, highly pigmented, doesn't crease, blends well, texture is like velvet, no fallout
• Cons: None I can think of.

Copper Craze: A color I highly recommend for blue eyed and brown eyes ladies of any skin tone. This color really works really well with "Golden Halo" if you apply "Copper Craze" in the crease. I'm not super crazy about this color, but I don't hate it either. For me it comes off kinda dull and blends into my skintone too well. When it comes to copper I'm a bit iffy cause how you apply it can either make or break your look. However, I still recommend this color and for everyone to play around with it. It think this color can also be used for a great coppery summer smokey eye look.

• Pros: Last all day, highly pigmented, doesn't crease, blends well, texture is like velvet, no fallout.
• Cons: None

Sun kissed Olive: Lastly, I have some things I need to say about this eyeshadow duo before I get started. Not to get political and get into economics, but I know in the U.S we are still going through a recession and everything, but Maybelline did not have to go there with there eyeshadow duos and Quads. Why in the world would you make one eyeshadow pan bigger than the other? I mean the design is cute, but I feel like I'm being ripped off a little! I have honestly never seen a design like this in my whole entire life. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm very open to that. Anyway on to the review. Besides the packaging I don't like this eyeshadow palette. The colors look great inside the package, but when swatched it doesn't come off as strong as some of the other colors. Some of Maybelline's products are a hit and miss, but this color is a miss! I had to wet the applicator in order to get come color payoff, Other than that you get more shimmer than color. This palette really is a shame and it would have been great if not for the pigmentation.

Pros: Colors are beautiful

Cons: The pans are a ripoff, the texture is a little rough, no color payoff/ NOT highly pigmented, more shimmer than color.

From Left to right: "Golden Halo", "Copper Craze", and "Sunkissed Olive.

For some reason the dark green color is showing up mocha like and the light green was not picking up at all.

Swatches of "Golden Halo" (Left) and "Copper Craze"(Right).

Maybelline has more new shades in their collection life "Sapphire Smokes". "Plum smokes", "lavender Smokes" feel free to check out more of their other new shades.

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Maybelline "Smokey Surprise" trio!!! Review and Swatches

Hey everyone
I have been a little under the whether lately cause the humidity makes me feel like I am suffocating. So as a result today is going to be a bit of a short blog. But besides all that today I am really excited for two reasons: 1) I purchased the new unii palette and can't wait for it to arrive to test it out by depotting my eyeshadows. 2)I did a little bit of shopping at CVS and found this really cool smokey eye trio from maybelline called Smokey surprise. Ok, now that thats out of the way, Let's get back into the maybelline trio, which truly was a surprise because this look is so very easy and simple to do(I can't do a smokey eye look to save my life). Oddly enough, I never even heard of Maybelline having a smokey eye trio, although i do know about their quads and I never seen it on the Maybelline website. The colors in this trio are really pigmented and I think will go well with any skin tone. Maybelline is on a roll! Would I recommend this product to a friend? Yep, it has my stamp of approval.



Here are the swatches. I love the middle color! It reminds me of a grayish brown.

Maybelline Pearl eyeshadow duo

Hey everyone!
Right now my room feels like an inferno and the fan is on and my windows are open. It is such a hot day outside in NYC so I am going to have to make this post a little brief. Let's get started shall we?

Review:
Today I am going to be doing a review of Maybelline's new pearl eyeshadow duo. The one I bought is called "Sinful Cinnamon". Doesn't the name sound interesting? lol. (Besides it was the last shade left). The cool part about this eyeshadow duo is the fact it can be applied wet or dry, but to me you get the best usage out of it when its applied wet. Now I tried it out a few times. The first time I used it I didn't like it. But after i kept using it, it started to find its place in my heart, as well as starting to irritate my eyes. It got so bad my eyes started looking red and my lids were so itchy. Just to let you know, I have used pearl eyeshadows like this before and I never had a problem. Here are the pros and cons.

Pros:

• It's highly pigmented
• Does add alot of shimmer
• Ok packaging
• Can swirl the colors together
• Can be used wet or dry. Best if used wet
• Long lasting
• Option of making a dramatic or sheer look

Cons:

• Alot of fallout
• It irritated my eyelids
• The lighter color/ pearl side is very flaky
• The pearl side cannot be easily applied with a brush
• Creases easily.

Would I recommend this product to a friend? Maybe. This product wasn't for me. The colors are really beautiful online and in the store, but I think its the eyeshadow fallout and the fact it irritated my eyes was what ruined it for me. Honestly, I think I am allergic to the pearl eyeshadows from the Maybelline line and wouldn't try it again. However, I say still give it a try and see if it works for you. Remember what may not work for me may work for you and vice-versa.

Maybelline's Color Sensational Lip gloss Review & Swatches

(L-R) Broadway Bronze and Cocktail.
I got a lot of compliments on my lips when I wear the cocktail color with a silver smokey eye look. It's also weird that cocktail is larger than the Broadway bronze tube and they are next to each other on an even level.


This is what it looks like opened.


Here is the applicator

Hey guys,
Today is such a bummer! I am have been in tons of pain and Dr. Butcher(lol) will not see me again after this. Anyhow enough about that...just thinking of my situation is causing me agonizing pain. I am going to review Maybelline's Color Sensational lip gloss in Cocktail( my favorite color) & Broadway Bronze. Now I will admit I am not a huge fan of wand type lip glosses I usually opt more for tube lip glosses and lip palettes(it's just personal preference). I wanted to do a blog on these glosses because I feel like not enough people know about these glosses and if they do they are sleeping on it. Anyhow I was extremely attracted to the colors they had on display at my local drugstore and I was also pleased with the price for a product that was just released at the time. So i bought two of them. The color in these glosses are very highly pigmented and the formula is so smooth and non clumpy. The lasting power of these glosses are awesome!!! You can drink and eat and the color will still be there(but not as pigmented as when u first applied it of course). Now in terms of moisture I can only speak for myself, because i have very dry chapped lips and so i have to go the extra measure to keep them smooth and chapped free. The gloss was a bit drying on my lips after a few hours so much so that their gloss reminds me of lipstick because of the way it dries on my lips after applying it. Would I recommend this lip gloss to a friend? You betcha i will.

The Best part of these glosses are the fact I think they are very complexion friendly. They can fit every skin tone beautifully and the colors are very natural looking when you apply them to your own lips.


Top= Broadway Bronze
Bottom= Cocktail