Calvin Klein gel eyeliner and Maybelline Dream Fresh BB cream

Hey peeps!

If you've been following my blog, you may recall that in my list of procrastination techniques, I mentioned practicing makeup application, and that I was crap at applying eyeliner.

Hopefully that will be no more! I purchased some Calvin Klein gel eyeliner in cocoa sheen, and love it after my first application. I don't claim to be a makeup expert, but here's my opinion:

• It's super smooth and creamy, and it was easy as to load up my brush
• Goes on easy, and made a pretty good line
• Colour was good on the skin, in the pot it looks like it has a bit of a sparkle to it, something you don't notice once it's on
• Easy as pie to blend.
• But, maybe not so great if you want a sharp, precise line.

For me the colour was great, I have golden blonde hair with dark green eyes, and black is a little bit harsh for my liking. The brown colour isn't that obvious, especially once you apply mascara. I will admit though, I didn't check reviews of the product until after I had bought it. From what the internet was saying, it was a crap eyeliner. Mine came new and unboxed so I didn't get the brush. All good in the hood though because I have my own set of brushes. If it had come with the brush, then I think this review would've been not that great: It's small and pathetic- click here!

So five stars for this eyeliner! Super pleased.

UPDATE: I wore the eyeliner today, all day (24/09/13) and found that it wasn't very long lasting. To be honest though, I'd been wearing from 6:00am til 4:00pm which a good 10hrs. I only noticed it had disappeared when I took it off. Not a big factor for me, purpose of my eyeliner is to cover up the blonde roots of my eyelashes. This is just mentioned if it bothers others :)

I couldn't stop with just applying the eyeliner though. I had to apply a full face of I'm-getting-drunk-tonight-and-maybe-a-little-slutty makeup, to get the full effect. I'd received a sample of the new Maybelline BB cream in the mail today so I substituted that for my usual foundation (Natio mineral liquid).

Ugh, wish I hadn't!

• Far too dark for my skin tone, I almost turned oompa loompa like. It promised to 'blend in with your natural skin tone' Whatever, Trevor. It did nothing of the sort.
• Was ridiculously thick! I used bugger all but it still looked like I'd caked it on
• Not easy to blend in (I just used my fingers)

My normal foundation is a million times better than that BB crap. And girls go out every day with this stuff on!? This is only for the Maybelline stuff, though, I can't speak for other brands.

Negative stars times infinitely for this tar like substance.

Clearly I am not affiliated with Maybelline lol, if I were they'd sack my ass or sue me or something.

TTFN

M.F.S

(Which stands for MarineFantasyStudent. I like marine things, fantasy books/movies and I am also a student. WOAH. Haha.)