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Avon Supershock Gel Eyeliner Pencil
by bringingsexyback
WHAT IS IT?
A gel eyeliner from Avon. You usually would buy it from an Avon catalogue but I received mine for free when a womans magazine were giving them away.
HOW DO YOU USE IT?
It is a pencil eyeliner and comes already sharpened. You use it the same way as you would use any pencil eyeliner but ... because this is gel it comes out quite dark to start so you have to be sure that you are applying it right the first time because it does not clean up very well.
WHAT I THINK
When I first used this eyeliner I liked it very much and it was only when I had been wearing it for half a day that I realised it is not a very good eyeliner.
It is very nice to apply because it is smooth and does not drag on my skin when I am lining my upper and lower lash line. The colour is dark black straightaway and it looks very effective as soon as I have drawn one line. I wanted to make a broader line of eyeliner so I picked up my pencil again to make the line thicker but it would not work and when I went to draw a thicker line it rubbed away some of what I had already applied. It was very hard to complete my make up that day because every time the eyeliner overlaps even a little bit it removes colour that I have already applied.
I finished off my eye make up but was not happy with it because it looked patchy but I thought I would continue to wear it so that I could see how long it would last. It did not last for very long and after only one hour the black had faded badly and then it started to rub off even though I had not been touching that area of my face, it rubbed off very uneven and most of it was at the edge of the colour so that it looked like I had applied my eyeliner messy. At the end of my day I did not have to remove my eyeliner because it had all gone by itself and I was not very happy about that.
ANYTHING ELSE
This gel eyeliner costs about £5 from Avon but I would not recommend you to buy it.
1 Dooyoo Star.
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Benefit California Kissin'
by CosmicLove
I was given this last lip shine last Christmas as a little stocking filler gift and although I do really like Benefit products I wasn't too sure about this because it is bright blue with little specks of glitter in it! I thought that it would look ridiculous but I have to say, I love it!
When it's on my lips it doesn't look ... too blue - there's a slight blue tinge but it really doesn't look that noticeable and I love how shiny, glossy and healthy it makes my lips look. Because of the little specks of glitter I was concerned that it would look a bit tacky and sparkly, but it doesn't - it just gives my lips a nice sheen which doesn't look completely natural but it doesn't look over the top either.
Benefit claim that this lip shine makes teeth appear whiter because of blue tinge and it really does, my smile looks noticeably brighter when I'm wearing this. It can be worn over or under lipstick and I've worn it over a matte red lipstick a few times and it makes the overall finish look so much better - red lipstick can really highlight the fact that I have slightly discoloured teeth (not bright yellow or anything!) and the lip shine really does make them look whiter - not bright white or anything but not as noticeably discoloured and a lot brighter and healthier looking.
It doesn't feel sticky or heavy on my lips and it keeps them looking nice and glossy for a couple of hours but it needs re-applying now and again, especially after eating. Another thing that I like about this product is the smell - it's a strong, fresh minty scent and it also tastes quite minty - not that I eat it or anything but when I lick my lips and get a taste of it it does taste really minty.
I think this makes a nice change because most of my other lip glosses and lip shines smell very sweet. I also like the packaging design as not too much product comes out thanks to the little nozzle and because it has a slanted applicator I can apply it straight to my lips from the tube. The formula of the product is smooth and it spreads over my lips evenly without going gloopy.
A 12 gram tube of this lip shine retails at around £15 which I know sounds very expensive but a tube lasts for ages and the quality definitely makes it worth the money. I really like this product and I recommend it. Five out of five stars.
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Tesco Everyday Value Cotton Wool Pads
by basketofbuttons
I shop in Tesco all the time and I use a lot of their own range of products - everything from food to household goods, to plant care to make up and medicine. One of the items I use all the time from Tesco's own range of beauty products is their Everyday Value Cotton Wool Pads. These come packaged in a long plastic cylinder type tube ... with a drawstring across the top so you can keep the pack closed up and it stops them from falling all over the place. They are also very easy to open because there is a well perforated line right across the top when they are new and you just pull this apart to get into them.
The cotton wool pads are circular in shape and white in color. They seem to be made up of a few layers of cotton wool, all pressed down on top of one another to make one fairly thin (but quite absorbent) pad. I use these cotton wool pads primarily for removing my eye make up, for cleansing my face of make up and also for removing nail varnish.
As they are quite thin, this makes it much easier for me to use them to get down the sides of the nail bed to remove the last traces of nail varnish. Using a cotton wool ball in the same way just isn't as effective as using one of these pads as the balls are too thick.
The thing I like about these pads, (apart from the fact that they are only 49p for 80) is that they never shred or come apart and they are brilliant at absorbing liquids. They work so well whenever I use them to apply facial toner and they never shred or come apart as Tesco have made them so that all the little thin layers are pressed very tightly together.
They are excellent quality when you consider the price and the last for ages as they are so absorbent. I have paid a lot more for similar ones from the Body Shop and to be honest, I actually prefer these, and they are cheaper into he bargain.
Highly recommended.
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