I remember there were quite a few raves for the Sephora PRO eyeshadow palettes, and I wasn’t too excited over them (but I don’t know that I’d go as far as to say they didn’t work for me).
Happy Wednesday! Here's this week's survey, which you can copy and paste and share as a comment.
I don’t think so! I’m at the point where there are products I might keep even if they’re not ones I’d use but not for packaging rather because I think they might be needed for future blogging-related purposes. Anything really bad I tend to pass along, though.
Check out this post of the top, permanent dupes available for Pat McGrath LuxeTrance Lipstick Madame Greige!
NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer ($30.00 for 0.22 fl. oz.) is an award-winning (it's even taken home several Temptalia Readers' Choice Awards over the years!), liquid concealer available in 22 shades from an ultra light, neutral-to-yellow toned shade (Chantilly) to a deep dark, neutral-to-cool-toned...
Bite Beauty Prismatic Multistick ($24.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a new finish in the Multistick formula--sparkly/glittery--and comes in five shades. The Multisticks can be worn on "eyes, cheeks, and lips." Here are swatches!
Coloured Raine Cheers to the Beauty Eyeshadow Palette ($56.00 for 0.71 oz.) is the brand's newest palette with 12 eyeshadows and one highlighter. There are five mattes with the rest being fairly metallic/shimmery. Here are swatches!
Urban Decay x Kristen Leanne Collection is a new, limited edition collaboration that includes two eyeshadow palettes, one highlighter palette, three lipsticks, one liquid lipstick, one liquid lipstick set, and one single eyeshadow (the latter three I do not have). Here are swatches!
I love reading reviews where it is clear that the person actually tried the product out–used it, wore it, checked in on it–to see how it performs. I want to hear about why someone liked or didn’t like a product in a meaningful way, not just “hated the color!” The latter drives me batty–I don’t mind a comment within a larger review to the effect of, “I didn’t think it was flattering on me,” though.
As someone who reads lots of press releases every week, I don’t want to hear or see press release verbiage in a review (unless it’s in quotes) passed off as the reviewer’s own words–I immediately lose interest and do not trust anything said in the review.
I also cannot abide by positive-only review policies and find it extremely difficult to rely on that person’s reviews, even when I’ve felt that they’re pretty honest. There’s something about the lack of “negative” reviews that is inherently dishonest to me. (Shouldn’t you be saving me from a potentially bad purchase?!)
— Christine
