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neutrogena blue smokeBrand: Neutrogena

Product: Nourishing Eye Quad (Blue Smoke)

As I was saying….. I picked this item up on BOGO at Walgreens along with an eye pencil (which I reviewed last week). I was fairly impressed. Application was smooth and not chalky. The color (worn over a primer) lasted all day. The packaging seems sturdy and compact, which is great for those of us who do most of our makeup application at the gym, or, heaven forbid, the car.

Bogo is the only way to go if you plan to pick up this product though. It’s pricey for a drugstore score. It retails at about $9.99 when not on sale. Ouch!

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Gemma
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Brand: Neutrogena

Product: Nourishing Eyeliner in Twighlight Blue

A funny thing occurred to me at Walgreen’s today. I’ve never purchased any makeup from the Neutrogena line. I guess I’ve never been very attracted to their offerings, because, in theory, I love the idea of a skin care line branching out into a cosmetics line. At any rate, Walgreen’s is promoting Neutrogena on BOGO this week, so I had the perfect excuse to indulge in some impulse buying. I picked up a Nourishing Eye Quad in Blue Smoke (to be reviewed later) and a Nourishing Eyeliner in Twighlight Blue.

First of all, let me stress how flattering a navy blue liner can be for brown eyed girls. It opens and brightens eyes and is as neutral as a brown or a black pencil. My liner of choice is actually an eyeshadow applied with an angled brush. The reason is because I am able to achieve a precise line for a fresh daytime look which can be deepened and smudged to take the look from day to night in seconds flat. The same can not be said of any pencil that I have ever tried, including this Neutrogena pencil. Although the shade is flattering, the pencil does not glide on smoothly, thus rendering the smudging tip necessary. The smudging tip is hard, and does not smudge softly at all. The pencil is worth keeping, though, (stashed in my makeup emergency kit) in my glove compartment.

Neutrogena Nourishing Eye pencils retail at Walgreens for about $8.50.

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Gemma

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Urban Decay

Brand: Urban Decay (Splurge Item)

Product: Eyeshadow Primer Potion

   It is autumn. As the lush leaves of summer fall to reveal naked trees, the naked faces of summer shall be painted in the rich jewel-toned hues of fall.  I’m talking smokey eyes and ruby lips (but never both together, mind you)!  Should you elect to draw attention to those eyes, you’d better begin with a great primer,and you can’t do any better than Urban Decay’s Eyeshadow Primer Potion.

    This product, (UDPP), is probably THE most revolutionary cosmetic to hit the shelves since Maybelline’s Great Lash Mascara.  I actually hate that mascara,but I can’t deny its popularity among the masses.  I do, however LOVE UDPP, and my cosmetic bag will never be without it. It’s no cheap thrill, that’s for sure. At $17 per .34 of an ounce, it is RIDICULOUSLY expensive, but the product WORKS!

Simply apply the product to your lids before applying your eye makeup. UDPP will not alter the shade, texture or consistency of your shadow or liner. Oily lids will cease to be a problem. Creasing and makeup migration will no longer be issues. Apply in the morning, and your makeup will still look as fresh twelve hours later. In fact, don’t ask me how I know this, but you can even SLEEP in your makeup and your eyes will look just as fabulous in the morning. I don’t know what is in this stuff, but it is like a little tube of magic! It doesn’t even irritate my super sensitive, contact wearing eyes.

So, why not a five star rating? The packaging sucks! The curves of the tube pretty much ensure that there is product that you just can’t get to. What makes the packaging even more frustrating is that the tube is purple, so you can’t tell if there is product your not getting at. Ugh! But I’ll keep coughing up the $17 dollars until a drugstore brand rolls out a product that is equally as good. Are you reading this Maybelline, Revlon, Cover Girl, et. al.?

Cut Costs Cuties!
Gemma

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