Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner: Save The Drama For Your Mama!

Vee

Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner has gotten some good buzz around the beauty blogosphere for being similar to Bobbi Brown gel eyeliners but without the expensive price tag.  I'm always up for a drugstore dupe so I picked up a pot in Espresso a few days ago and gave it a whirl. 

I should have remembered that I hate whirling, twirling or spinning in general. 

Maybelline Dream Smooth Mousse Foundation: Not Quite a Dream, But Not a Nightmare Either

MelBivDevoe

Via Maybelline.com

Spring is here, and I'm shedding my winter layers. Time for t-shirts and flip-flops! Anything that weighs me down has got to go, and that includes heavy, greasy makeup. What better time than now to try something that claims to be light and clean, like Maybelline's Dream Matte Mousse foundation?

This stuff is exactly what it sounds like.  It's a light, airy mousse that looks like it should be on a dessert plate rather than going on my face.  Or maybe that's just my stomach talking.  It does a lot of my thinking for me.

Maybelline Color Tattoo Eyeshadow: Better Than That Tramp Stamp Of Yours

Pinky McLadybits

I was browsing the grocery store the other day, with nothing particular in mind to buy, when I wandered to the sale tags in their makeup section. I thought I would see what new items were available and review them for you. I'm always thinking of you, you see.

Maybelline had a new eyeshadow and it was on sale. DOUBLE SCORE. I chose Bold Gold in their Color Tattoo Eyeshadow, which is supposed to last 24 hours. As someone with eyelids that make a habit of sliding my eye makeup all over the place, I decided to put this claim to the test.

Date Night: Products For Getting Some

Pinky and the Ladies of Hot Ink

Via Clockwork Hare

I'm not totally sure what a date night is, but I think it is when you get dressed up and go somewhere with a significant other. Maybe dinner, drinks, a movie or a play? I don't know. I think I had a date night last year...I think.

Anyway, most people get these date nights and we want to make sure that you look your absolute best. This way you can get some if you want it or look so good that you can ditch a crappy date for someone better. WIN-WIN! 

Now, these will all be makeup and makeup tips. We'll give you another list with grooming tips, like brows, legs, AHEM areas, and such, another time. For now, enjoy these Hot Ink approved cosmetics!

Maybelline Dream Smooth Mousse: Do You Want To Touch Me?

Pinky McLadybits

After reading Kolby's review of Maybelline's Dream Liquid Mousse Foundation and checking out the price online, I decided I needed to get some for myself. I had purchased some Cover Girl foundation that was supposed to be for sensitive skin, but it looked like shit on. 

Target had three different types of the Maybelline Dream Mousse Foundation: Liquid, Smooth, and Matte. The Liquid is for Normal Skin types, Smooth is for Normal to Dry, and Matte is for Normal to Oily. I chose the Smooth because, even with moisturizer that works really well, applying foundation tends to highlight every flake that was invisible before application.

Maybelline Shine Sensational Lip Gloss: Shiny!

MelBivDevoe

Man, I used to love me some lip gloss.  Back when I was a carefree teen in high school, lip gloss was the essential finish to my daily makeup routine.  I must've had dozens of tubes of sticky, smelly glosses in flavors like cherry and bubble gum. 

I don't know at what point I stopped using the stuff.  Probably had to do with being a band geek - having to constantly wipe the stuff off before playing my oboe or sax became annoying, so I began to forgo it.  All I know is, it's been years since I've owned any gloss.  I was browsing the makeup aisle one day recently and saw that Maybelline has a line of scented, fruity glosses called Shine Sensational, and on a whim I picked up a tube of Cherry Kiss. 

Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse Foundation - Smooth as Babyface's Greatest Hits

Kolby

The very first time I tried liquid foundation I was thirteen years old. The only product I'd ever heard of at that age was Cover Girl Clean Makeup, and I don't know if it was the texture or tint of the makeup, or the heavy hand I used in applying it, but it looked enough like a Halloween mask that I washed it off and never again tried liquid foundation for, ah, a few years. I used only powder foundations throughout my twenties, and my skin has always been oily enough for powders to work well for me all year long.

Recently, though, I noticed that as the weather has grown cooler, my skin has gotten a bit drier, and my go-to powder foundation no longer compliments my skin the way I'd like it to. So, I've decided to conquer my fear of liquid foundation, and I've begun this journey by trying a drug store brand (I'm not too keen on shelling out $20+ on a department store brand of makeup if it's something I'll use once and then toss out in disgust), and it turns out the foundations they're offering in stores today are quite a bit different from the selection that was available to the 8th Grade version of Kolby.

Maybe It's NOT Maybelline... Ok, It's Definitely Not Maybelline.

Author: Metric Jenn

As you, dear internet person, have no doubt read every last article I've ever written, I can assume that you have now become familiar with my spending habits and penchant for expensive things. Well, this review is a bit of a departure from that, because I'm in a 'saving money mode' right now. So my hunt for a good mascara has only resulted in the mediocre Dior Iconic, which I gave a measly 4/8 tentacles.  After testing what the cheaper brand Maybelline had to offer with the Falsies Volume Express, I can honestly say that I think I should go back and give the Dior mascara a MUCH higher rating and that I should always trust my instinct to SPEND MOAR. Because *this* Maybelline mascara? Is total and complete crap. 

Puffy Eyes? Here, Have a Puffy Applicater.

Author: Metric Jenn

Tonight was a good night. I had supper with a friend I hadn't seen in years, and then we ran errands together. A trip to Rona, then off to the grocery store, with a quick pit-stop at Wal-Mart. While there, I breezed past the make-up section, intent on getting to where we needed to go without being side-tracked. I am not a fan of Wal-Mart. I find their business and employment practices reprehensible.

So my basic M.O. is to get in, and get the shit out as fast as possible. I will not say "No, I'm not going there" should a friend need to get shopping done on the cheap. I understand the need to save. OH GOD, DO I EVER GET IT, NOW.

Define-A-Lash Volume Mascara by Maybelline

Author: Park

I have tired eyes.  The kind of tired eyes where people I’ve never met come up to me and ask if I’m okay. (I usually was until they made that concerned face and patted my arm).  I usually try to combat that tiredness by sleeping an extra 15-20 minutes and then running through my morning routine.  If I’ve put on moisturizer, I consider that a victory.  However, I’ve been told that actually taking a few minutes and putting on some mascara can make you look much more awake. Therefore, I’ve decided to wake up earlier every day this week and…okay, I can’t keep up the charade, I put it on in the bathroom at work.