Love It Or Leave It; Review 2.0: MAC Cosmetics Coquette, Charcoal Brown, Nanogold, Honey Lust, Ricepaper, Gorgeous Gold, Rated "R", One-Off, Jealousy Wakes, Shimmermoss, Clarity, Tilt, and Crystal Eyeshadow

Hello folksickles. As a makeup junkie and blogger you may have realized that I review a LOAD of eyeshadow palettes and I like to think of myself as being largely an eyeshadow junkie. In order to declutter a bit I've decided to pick out a palette or series of eyeshadows for the month and have that be my monthly selection for those instances where I'm not doing a tutorial for the blog. Every month I'll do a recap on the eyeshadows - how I feel about them and whether I'll be keeping them or giving them away (and why :P). 

MAC Cosmetics Coquette, Charcoal Brown,  Nanogold, Honey Lust, Ricepaper, Gorgeous Gold, Rated "R", One-Off, Jealousy Wakes, Shimmermoss, Clarity, Tilt, and Crystal

These are the looks I created this month:

So as you can see I created both colorful and neutral looks with these shadows. I personally have found that these shadows are easy to blend and the pigmentation on them is fantastic. All of them work really great in my experience. Although using Clarity on the lid was a challenge, it behaves better as a crease shade. I've had these shadows for a while and definitely had a fun time finally getting to play with them! I am passing on Coquette and Charcoal Brown because I have dupes for them in palettes and never reach for them otherwise. I have also found that, despite my hopes, both shades are too warm-toned to use as brow shades so there's no need to hold onto them. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Disclaimer: I purchased these eyeshadows myself.

Love It Or Leave It; Review 2.0: Lorac Mega Pro 3 Palette

Hello folksickles. As a makeup junkie and blogger you may have realized that I review a LOAD of eyeshadow palettes and I like to think of myself as being largely an eyeshadow junkie. In order to declutter a bit I've decided to pick out a palette or series of eyeshadows for the month and have that be my monthly selection for those instances where I'm not doing a tutorial for the blog. Every month I'll do a recap on the eyeshadows - how I feel about them and whether I'll be keeping them or giving them away (and why :P). 

 Lorac Mega Pro 3 Palette

These are the looks I created this month:

So as you can see I created all sorts of somewhat colorful, smoky, warm-toned neutral looks with these shadows. I personally have found that these shadows are a literal dream to blend (absolutely effortless!) and the pigmentation on them is fantastic. All of them work really great in my experience. As you might know, I am a sucker for warm-toned neutrals and this was a palette I did not want to put down. It's an absolute pleasure to use!

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Disclaimer: I purchased this palette myself. 

Mascara Review: Isehan KISSME Heroine Make Long UP Black Mascara Super WP #01

Alright folksickles...

Today I will be reviewing the KISSME Heroine Make Long UP Mascara Super WP #01 in Black.

Sans Mascara:

With Mascara:

Availability: This retails anywhere from about $12 - $16 and is generally available at amazon.com, kissme-usa.com, isehangroup.com, stylevana.com, and japantaste.com.

Would I buy this again?: No. 

Notes: This mascara comes in black and brown, both are waterproof.

Let's go over what the mascara's supposed to do and what it actually does. According to kissme-usa.com:

Beautiful Lash Length UP!

New Super Waterproof Mascara with super lengthening and even stronger waterproof formula.

Durability & Curl: ★★★★★

Lengthening: ★★★★★

SUPER LENGTHENING FIBER

5mm Long EX Fiber easily entangles with lashes, lengthening them with every coat and creating beautiful, separated lashes.

ALL DAY CURL-HOLD

With Curl-Locking ingredients and Memory-Shape Polymer, lashes stay curled upward for a whole day.

ULTRA STRONG WATERPROOF

It has super strong resistance against, especially, tears, sweat, water, oils, and abrasions, preventing smudging all day long.

CONTAINS 6 KINDS EYELASH SERUM INGREDIENTS

Eyelash treatment ingredients protect sensitive lashes from damage while wearing makeup. Camellia Oil, Royal Jelly Extract, Argan Oil, Wild Rose Oil, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, and Almond Oil

Honestly, I find this mascara to be alright, but there's several reasons affecting why I won't be purchasing this again. The first is, as you can see from the above photo, this doesn't really help curl my lashes - now I'm unsure whether you're meant to curl the lashes with a curler first to help the mascara "lock it in" but that's not indicated anywhere in the instructions. Generally my lashes tend to be curly as is (although the day I photographed them, they clearly weren't even curling) so I don't bother, I also generally glue falsies on. As always, this isn't giving me a dramatic effect where I'd wear it alone without wearing falsies. I know you might ask why I wear mascara under falsies and that's because I find it helps anchor the falsies to the lash-line and also keeps glue from getting in my eyes. Additionally, I don't like that there are fibers in this mascara, I feel like they get in my eyes and are irritating. Even if they don't, I'm paranoid that they will. Lastly, removing this, possibly because it's waterproof is an absolute pain! Even when I seem to have really gotten into the lashes and lash-line with both my oil-based makeup remover and my Makeup Eraser, this will leave behind residue that gives me racoon eyes the next day - so I'll wake up to an unpleasant surprise. I can understand that if you need something long-wearing, this might be a good option, but I didn't find that it worked great for me. So while I tried this because it seems to be a fairly hyped up mascara, this was a one and done situation. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks!

Disclaimer: I purchased this myself.