eyes – Page 2 – the Spiff

Am I the only one that peruses the “best of” beauty lists, just to see how right you are about what’s in your makeup bag?

I do it unashamedly. And when I find things I love on those lists, I give myself ten billion points. After looking at InStyle’s most recent list of best beauty buys, I’ve racked up 20 billion points.

Both my Loral Volumizing Mascara and Maybelline’s Color Tattoo (in the exact shade I love, “Bad to the Bronze”) are apparently best sellers.

With good reason too. The mascara is by far the best I’ve ever purchased from a drug store. It’s volumizing, yet easy to remove. It adds the perfect amount of oomph (that’s the technical term) without sticking around long after the party’s over.

I really don’t like a mascara that doesn’t easily remove but this isn’t like that at all. AND (big bonus in 3…2…1…) it’s only $7! Can’t. Beat. That.

Of course the Maybelline Color Tattoo shadow is great because it goes on easily like a cream shadow but stays fresh like a powder. What makes this color so great is how neutral it is. So it works on low makeup days, but also by layering it over your other shadows it gives them a cool metallic shimmer.

Two eye products I’ve been loving for months, now reaffirmed in their greatness.

Thank you, InStyle, for backing me up. I tell you again, folks, you heard it all here first!

And a happy brush makes for good looking eyes.
And good looking eyes make for a happy person.
And a happy person makes for more happy people.

So really, what I’m about to tell you will benefit all of society.

You’re welcome :)

If there’s one thing we should all realize in this germ-conscious world we live in, it’s that when we put something near our eye on a regular basis it aught to be clean.

And this brings me to reason number 4,335,725 why Sephora is so wonderful. Inside their candyland-for-women-walls rests brush cleaner (which can be found on the brush wall) that is cheap, disinfecting, and overall simply wonderful.

It’s only 10 dollars and will last you at least 3 months depending on how often you clean. But it’s wonderful! Especially if you’re a multicolor eye-shadow person like me-self.

The only hitch I have found in this program is that you MUST look very carefully at the bottle’s label as there is a spray, or “daily cleanser” (that’s pictured, and that you can use for a quick clean) and a shampoo (that should be done with time to let your brushes dry, say, overnight). I was a habitual user of the spray till I accidentally bought the shampoo and also fell in love with it. It completely resets my brushes so that they are color free (no bleeding the purples and the greens for a poopy color) and ready to go directly in my EYE without any hesitation…

…Which I do when I’m applying eye liner to my water line. For that I HAVE to have this stuff because I don’t want sparkles or grossness entering the inside of my eyeball.

Ideally it would be nice to have both because the spray is so great for a quick clean, but that’s not a problem with them being on 10 bucks!

Now go out and prepare to celebrate all the happy, talented people you know that were born on this week :)

Eye Know!

A Clean Brush is a Happy Brush