Products used:
- Olay Total Effects 7 Daily Moisturizer
- Revlon ColorStay Mineral Foundation in Fair
- L'Oreal Infallible 16 Hour eyeliner in Carbon Black (this will be the last time I use this liner as I refuse to support L'Oreal; they are NOT a cruelty-free company)
- L'Oreal mascara, I do not remember which as I have already tossed it for the same reason as I will not be using the liner again. I have switched to Wet n' Wild Mega Plump and will be picking up other cruelty-free brands to test :)
- Wet n' Wild Color Icon palette in I'm Feeling Retro. I did not use it as recommended; instead, I used the blue as my lid, liner, and undereye color with the purple in the crease and white on the browbone and swept around my inner eye.
- Wet n' Wild Mega Last lipstick in Bare It All
- Wet n' Wild Speed Gloss in Reckless liberally over my lips; it's superbly glimmery!
I was surprised by how much I loved this palette! I didn't think blue would do much for my green eyes but as you can see, the colors really made them pop. The fuschia-leaning purple was a definite winner, despite not being as pigmented as I would have liked. It definitely required some building to get the color payoff I wanted. Using a primer would have helped too. The blue was very dense from the get-go. There was some fallout but not too much. Actually less than I would have expected for such a pigmented shade. The white also impressed me. It was a glitterbomb! Lovely for highlighting and at the inner eye. I can see myself using the white often. I need to check out the single colors in the Color Icon line and see if there's a comparable color or I'll be hitting pan quickly. I will definitely re-buy this palette! I refuse to comment on the liner or mascara as they are made by L'Oreal, who is not cruelty-free and unfortunately own many smaller cosmetic companies. I will make a post addressing this issue specifically in the future and my stance on buying from cruelty-free subsidiaries of non-cruelty-free parent companies, but for now, suffice to say L'Oreal is on my no-no list. Happily, Wet n' Wild is cruelty-free and always a bargain so I can buy with impunity!
My lips were done using my favorite nude lippie, also by WNW. It's just so dang versatile! Here I swiped a shimmery gloss over it since my eyes were so dramatic to give just a hint of that drama on my lips while still keeping them toned down. I loved this look!
This EOTD/FOTD was done before I learned some of the tricks I use now, such as ALWAYS using eyelid primer (so far I only have ELF primer but it's amazing!) and using a BB cream to even out my skin. And as mentioned in my last post, lip liner! Even with the BB cream, I find my undereye circles are prominent so I will be adding a good concealer to my regime so you guys will be privy to my quest for a good, inexpensive, cruelty-free undereye concealer. Excitement!
