Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Review: Jesse's Girl Eye Dust's

I first discovered Jesse's Girl Cosmetics while shopping at my local Rite Aid. I was originally looking for the Loreal HIP Creme Shadow Paint in Secretive since they were having their buy 1 get 1 half off sale, but they don't carry their Creme Shadow Paint line (weird huh?). I only realized that Rite Aid does not carry it at all after I went to 3 different locations and they were no where to be found. Just so that I felt like my time wasn't a complete waste I bought Jesse's Girl Eye Dusts and immediately fell in love with them. I figured since I didn't have a local store that carried the NYX Loose Pearl Pigments, I should give these a try. I immediately fell in love. The colors are super duper pigmented! The only problem that I find with the Eye Dusts are that they do not have color names or numbers. Their website shows names for them but they are not labeled on their packaging in Rite Aid. They are finely milled flour like consistency just like how most people describe the consistency of the NYX Loose Pearl Pigments. I can't say for sure that they are the same consistency since I don't own any NYX Pearl Pigments.

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Swatches were applied dry without base. Notice that there are only 9 colors swatched but I have 10 eye dusts. The top 2 on the left are the same. I went back to Rite Aid the following day but this time the one near my job and since I didn't know the color names of the ones that I already bought I ended up doubling up on the the top two :(! No biggie I could have returned it but I knew I'd make use of it anyway. I also found that applying them with a base or even a mixing medium makes the eye dusts stay longer and bring out the color even more.


Jesse's Girl Eye Dust Price ($3.99 USD)
Packaging: 3 out of 5 (3.5 grams Net Wgt.)
Product: 4 out of 5
Quality: 4 out of 5
Overall: 4 out of 5

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Joanne's Everyday Look

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Face:
*Avon Matte Chance Moisturizer
*Smashbox Photo Finish Primer
*Avon Mineral Foundation in Bisque (it's actually a bit dark for me. I'm a NC25)
*MAC Mineralized Skin Finish (MSF) in Medium(to set the foundation)

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Eyes:
*Urban Decay Primer Potion (UDPP)*all over lid*
*Coastal Scents Mineral eyeshadow in Champagne *all over lid*
*NYX eyeshadow (e/s) in Platinum Pink *inner corner of lid*
*NYX eyeshadow (e/s) in Salmon *middle of lid*
*NYX Perpetual Trio used brown shade *outer corner and v lid*
*MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
*Wet N Wild Khol eyeliner (e/l) in black *line top waterline*
*Wet N Wild Khol eyeliner (e/l) in White *line bottom waterline*
*Loreal Telescopic Mascara in Black

Lips:
*Mac Pro Long Wear in Lover's Lust (I hate reapplying lippies all day long)I'm not wearing it in the face picture. I'll post a picture of my lips with it on. **sorry**

Eyebrows:
*filled in with MAC eyeshadow in Espresso and Mystery

Cheeks:
*MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in Deep Dark/Natural *contour*
*MAC blush in Pinch O'Peach *apples of cheek*


So that's my most current everyday look. It changes every now and then and by that I mean whenever I buy new neutral makeup I change my everyday look...I love NYX Cosmetics! You can find them at your local drug store or even ulta. I usually get me stash from Longs Drugs, but I also see them at Ulta. I even stopped by the Petaluma Outlets in Cali and the Fragrance Outlet Store carried a whole section of NYX Cosmetics!! Really great quality makeup. Very pigmented eyeshadows (e/s) and lovely lippies. I store my NYX eyeshadows in my MAC 15 e/s pallet. I'll post a picture of it sometime later. Til next time CIAO Ladies and Gents!