NYC Makeup

For anyone that feels the need to get some cheap & decent makeup, head over to Rite Aid for the B1G1 50% sale on NYC makeup. NYC makeup sells for an extremely low price and with the sale, you can experiment with new colors or products without spending a lot out of pocket. 

Also, if you subscribe to or can purchase the All You magazine (exclusive to Walmart) there is a $1.00 coupon for a $1.00 off NYC makeup. The magazine is great for other coupon clippers who want more exclusive/rare coupons. 

Happy Shopping!


PS. The items are purchases were
1). NYC Smooth Skin loose face powder in Translucent
2). NYC City Mono Eye Shadow in Manhattan Gaze


Now the eyeshadow is a deep blue, almost a navy blue with a tiny (and I mean tiny) amount of shimmer to it. Enough that at first glance you would think this is a matte shade but it has just enough shimmer to give it additional dimension. I applied it just as a single color across my eyelid (I do this with every shade to get a sense of the color on my eye) and I loved it, even in that simple application. I am going to try it again tomorrow mixing with a grey color. Anyways, enjoy, buy some beauty products for cheap!

Mascara & the curse of the black smudge

After my terrible experience with a recent mascara purchase, I felt it was time to write a blog.

You know you’re wearing terrible mascara, if it is WATERPROOF and at the end of the day you have black, mascara smudges, under your eye. This happened the other day and I was 150% embarrassed when I noticed the black marks under my eye. I decided to test the product by wearing it to work and by the end of the day, I have mascara smudges under my eyes. No, I do not touch my eyes EVER. Yes, I wear primer. Once again, I wasted my money on a joke of a product and I have learned to just stick with what works. The product I am referring to is Revlon – Grow Luscious by Fabulash.

I have sensitive eyes and try to avoid scrubbing my eyes & tugging at the skin to keep myself 1). Wrinkle free  2). From drying out my eye area (I will get into another blog post about the skin around your eye). I’m sure most women have experienced this: you go to take off your make-up, you read & follow the eye make-up remover steps and still you have raccoon eyes. You apply the product again, some make-up comes off and you * think * all of it is gone or so you think. The next morning, you wake up, go look in the mirror and there are mascara smudges all around your eyes.

Now, I have tried dozens and dozens of mascara’s from high end to drugstore and they have all been a waste of money. The all basically give the same look, just slightly different (but not different enough to pay $50 for a tube of mascara). I’ve tried some of the following mascara’s:

Revlon – Grow Luscious by Fabulash  *

Loreal – Voluminous Million Lashes *

Tarte – Lights, camera, flash ***

Benefit – BADgal lash ****

Makeupforever – Aqua smokeylash  **

Korres – Deep Color Mascara ****

Covergirl – Lashblast Volume****

Loreal – Double extend ****

* Smells horrible, smudges & you couldn’t pay me to wear this again

** Dries out fast

*** Smudges but not a lot

**** Worth trying

I have tried more mascara then I have listed but they’re just the most recent purchases/samples.

Loreal Double Extend is by far my favorite, most long lasting mascara and it is not even waterproof! I love that the product does not dry out my lashes, it stays all day long, it gives great shape, definition & volume AND the best part is when I take it off at night (lol, I know). Unlike most mascara’s, this one comes creates tubes on your lashes, so when you remove it, it comes off like rubber. Do you know what this means? NO RACCOON EYES. I love it!! I just wash my face with warm water, it softens the product and it comes off like plastic tubes into my hand and it is gone. No rubbing the eyes. No tugging at the skin and no more raccoon eyes!

I love other products listed above but the double extend wand is truly a all in one, sweet little package of perfection & ease. Do not waste your money on another product, if you want good mascara, grab this one and save yourself a lot of time & money.

P.S. The one I use is the red and white tube.

P.S.S. I have a new camera & can start taking pictures for this blog.

Future blog’s will be:

~Review of the Sephora Colorista Palette

~ Reason for stopping my Aveeno products

~ Search for a new primer, testing Hard Candy Sheer Envy