Maybelline

Hello my Fellow Beautiful Makeup Addicts!

I know that in my earlier post (at 1:30 am...man, I really need to get my sleeping patterns back on track) I said that my next post would be about IPSY. Well, I just could not wait and decided to write a post about one of my favorite drug store companies, which if you can guess by the title is...MAYBELLINE!

Before I tell you all about how I became obsessed with Maybelline, I think it makes sense for me to tell you briefly on how my love for makeup came to be.

I am not sure if I already wrote this or not, but the first time I started using makeup was for my senior prom. Instead of going to the drugstore, my mom (who is amazeballs by the way) took me to Sephora (big mistake). To make a long story short, I left the store after spending $300 on makeup, crazy right? At the time I did not even know how to put on makeup and looking back on that moment now, I think I should have just stuck to drugstore makeup for my first time.

Jump 2 years later, I discovered Maybelline products...well I knew about them but I had never tried them before. I knew the commercial "Maybe it's Maybelline," but I did not understand the hype, until I tried the product that would change my view on liquid liner forever. The Maybelline Line Stiletto is by far, my most favorite eyeliner I have ever tried (even surpassing high-end ones). The thin flexible brush made it easy for me to learn how to create a cat-eye line on myself. From that moment on, I have tried several Maybelline products throughout the years.

Looking at this picture, I realize that I do not own that much Maybelline but my collection is still growing. Looking at it now,I also realized that all of the products I own and have tried are for face. Hm...maybe I should try a lipstick next. What do you ladies think?

These products are the:

1. Maybelline Line Stiletto in Black
2. Super Stay 24 Concealer in Medium Beige
3. Great Lash Clear Mascara
4. 24 Hour Color Tattoo Metal in 70 Barely Branded
5. 24 Hour Color Tattoo in 35 Tough as Taupe
6. Eyestudio by Maybelline in 80 Pink Persuasion

I decided to swatch them for you guys if you are interested in the colors. Each color arrow corresponds to a different product.

• Black Arrow - Maybelline Line Stiletto
• Brown Arrow - Super Stay Concealer
• Eggshell Arrow - Barely Branded
• Grey Arrow - Tough as Taupe
• Pink Arrow - Pink Persuasion

* The Mascara is clear so there was no sense in swatching it.

I know there are so many other Maybelline products out there to try. Some of them are:

1. Baby Lips
2. Color Tattoo Pigments
3. All of their Mascaras - Which one do you recommend?
4. Color Whispers
5. Vivids Collection
6. Dream Lumi Line
7. Fit Me Foundation

Leave a comment below telling me what drugstore line is your favorite as well as what are your holy grail Maybelline products?

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Bobbi Brown Concealer

Hello to my Fellow Makeup Obsessed Addicts!

It is currently almost 1:30 am on a Tuesday morning in NYC and all I can think about it makeup and how I have not written a blog in several weeks. I promise to get better at blogging. To show you how much bettter I am becoming at blogging, I can tell you that the post after this will be about, surprise: beauty subscriptions. I feel like all I have written about on my blog are beauty subscriptions, but hey, I do love them. Anyways, let me get back to the reason I am writing this blog, which is concealer. But I am not writing about any concealer, I am writing about the Bobbi Brown concealer.

When I first started out with makeup, I did not know the difference between concealer or foundation, mineral or liquid, yellow or pink undertones, sheer to full coverage, and other beauty terminology. One day, a boss of mine at a summer internship introduced me to Bobbi Brown as he was also a makeup artist for this company on the side. The first product he gave me was the Bobbi Brown creamy concealer kit (in the old packaging).

 *Pictures from Who So Loves Blog* (Check out this blog, it is amazing)

The color he matched me in was Warm Beige, which came with the Pale Yellow powder. From the moment I used this foundation, I was hooked. LOVE does not even cover what I feel about this product. It was creamy and glided beautifully under my eye, especially after I applied the Bobbi Brown EXTRA Eye Repair Cream (amazing product, I highly recommend it). It did not cake up, crease, or settle into the fine lines under my eye (yes at 21 years old, I do have fine lines). I would just wear this concealer along with the powder as well as some mascara (which was also Bobbi Brown) and be set for the day. Also, a little goes a long way. This concealer lasted me 6 months even though I used it everyday. When I finished it, I decided to try other concealers (i.e. Benefit Erase Paste in Number 2 and MAC's Pro Longwear Concealer in NC30) but I just do not love them as much as I loved my Bobbi Brown creamy concealer.

After researching the concealer, I realized they changed the packaging, which made me bummed. I loved the old packaging. Eve though it was bulky, I though the lose powder on the bottom. I am hesitant to buy it now because I have heard negative reviews on the new packaging, especially with the powder. At $34, I want to make sure this concealer is still the one I fell in love with during my sophomore year of college (2 years ago).

*Picture Courtesy of Bobbi Brown*

Have any of you tried the Bobbi Brown concealer in the new packaging? Would you recommend it? Ugh Bobbi, why can't you make the old packaging again? :'(

If you have never tried Bobbi Brown, I HIGHLY recommend you try this line out. Every product I have tried from them, I have loved. They are amazing quality and you will not be disappointed. What Bobbi Brown products have you tried? Let me know which products you recommend to try.