Maybelline The Brights Palette – First Impressions + Swatches

Today I was browsing the makeup aisles of Target, as you do, and found the new Maybelline The Brights palette! I’m not sure how long this has been out, I haven’t seen it anywhere else and Target only had two but they were misplaced and there was no display for them. The packaging is consistent […]

Project Wear All The Lipstick! Round 1

I’ve never counted how many tubes of lipstick I own, but it’s a number that truly qualifies as a collection, not just “a lot”. As a collector of all things makeup, I think that’s pretty rad. However, I do find that for the most part I tend to stick to the same handful of lipstick […]

Maybelline Color Elixer’s – Swatchapalooza

I can’t freaking make up my mind on these gloss/balm/hybrid things by Maybelline. Sometimes I love the colors and the wear time and sometimes I really hate the smell and the weird application. I actually pulled these out to throw them away because I never use them but then I swatched them and was like […]

Maybelline Color Tattoo Leather in Creamy Beige

When it comes to finding a good cream eyeshadow from the drugstore, Maybelline Color Tattoos are the answer. Maybelline has managed a long wearing, crease resistant, affordable cream product in a variety of shades and they frequently come out with limited addition shades. Every so often they actually add new shades to the permanent line […]

Gym Bag Makeup August 23, 2014

I’ve written about this before on Tumblr but this is my first Gym Bag Makeup post on this blog so I’ll give a probably rambling brief description of what the heck is going on. A long time ago in another life I was a personal trainer. It was awesome. There’s nothing quite like helping someone […]

Maybelline The Nudes Eyeshadow Palette

Maybelline recently released something that is really exciting to see in the drugstore: a 12 pan eyeshadow palette! Obviously a full eyeshadow palette is rather common to find at Sephora or MAC, but not so much at your local Walgreens. The rundown: 12 eyeshadows A total of 9.6g/.34oz of product (.8g/.028oz per pan if I’m […]