I got the color Pink Shock because it seemed most suitable for my skin tone. The picture below shows two different swatches. The one on top is just one pass over on my hand and the bottom one shows how built up you can get the color.
The color looks so nice on the lips, you can wear it more sheer or build it up for more intensity. The BEST thing about this certain color is that it smells EXACTLY like a blue raspberry Jolly Rancher! If it tasted like it smelled, I'd probably just eat the whole tube! Haha!
Overall, I don't really have anything negative to say about this product because I just adore the Maybelline Baby Lips line! They all feel really nice on the lips, they're easy to apply and they all smell delicious! The only thing I would suggest before wearing them is to give your lips a nice scrub with some homemade sugar scrub or a little bit of Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream with a q-tip. If you have any dead skin on your lips the color may accentuate it.
After I put that in my basket, I looked up and saw Wet n' Wild's new limited edition trios for the summer! I got so excited because it is EXTREMELY rare for me to find WW limited edition products! I only have one limited edition palette and I didn't even find that one, Marissa did. So I grabbed two of the trios.
This first one is called "I'm Seeing Triples!"
As you can see they're pretty bright colors which is so great because it's not often you find colors like this at the drugstore! This trio has a lime green, a cobalt blue, and a berry shade. I didn't notice in the store that the bottom berry color was put in upside down but there's nothing I can do about that now haha. The picture below has some swatches.
These swatches were done with no primer or base underneath because I wanted to show their true color. I haven't worn them yet but my first impression was that the shadows, like most Wet n' Wild shadows, were super soft and buttery not chalky in the least bit! Now keep in mind that "chalky" and "powdery" are two different words. Because the shadows are so soft, when you dip your brush or finger in the pan the product loosens which results in some powdery-ness. So to avoid shadow fall down, just give your brush a good tap before applying it on your eyes. This palette has a pink, another blue, and a creamy color with a slight yellow undertone to it.
I can see myself reaching for this palette more often than the first because I love wearing pink on my eyes and that cream shade is a perfect all over lid color or browbone highlight for my fair skin tone. The blue in this trio is more of a royal blue in comparison to the cobalt blue in the first palette.
My overall opinion about these palettes is that you would definitely want to use a primer on your lids and most likely a base too just to bring out the intensity of each shade. But they truly are a wonderful bang for your buck considering each palette is only $2.99! Helloooo good deal!!
The last thing I got at Walgreens was one of the new Rimmel Stay Glossy 3D glosses. I was excited about these too because I just love Rimmel! The colors had been picked over so I just got one.
This is in the color "Back Row Smooch", how cute is that name? Here's a close up of the shimmer.
It's a light pink gloss with a really pretty subtle blue shimmer to it. In the swatch below you can see that it's not extremely pigmented but that shimmer does still show through.
When I applied it on my lips it basically looked like my lip color with shimmer on it. Overall, I probably won't wear this certain color on its own but definitely on top of a lipstick to give it some dimension.
At CVS I got some great deals! Covergirl was having a deal if you bought $12 or more you got 4 extrabucks back so I got a full size and a mini Outlast Stay Brilliant nail polish. The full size color is in Eternal Oceans and the mini one I got as a gift. I'm going to do a separate blogpost on the nailpolish soon! The full size was $5.99 and the mini was $3.79 which was a total of $9.78 so to qualify for the extrabucks I got one more item which was the Covergirl Eye Enhancers trio in Shimmering Sands.
I've heard SO many great things about this palette, I thought it was about time I got it! I did some finger swatches to show off the gorgeous shimmer these shadows have.
The picture still doesn't do them justice! They are so pretty! You can't go wrong with neutrals! I used the darkest color and that bright highlight shade today along with another product I'll go over in a second. I find this palette perfect for everyday use. You can put that middle taupe color all over your lid and the darker bronze color in your crease for a really pretty but effortless look and you're out the door! I also love the lightest shade for an inner corner highlight it just brightens your whole look! That palette was $5.79 so that put me at $15.57 which qualified me for the extrabucks! So I picked up the Maybelline Fit Me foundation, which I've been so desperate to get my hands on. I'm going to do a separate review on that. And I got one of the new Color Tattoo Pure Pigments in the color Downton Brown.
Guys. THIS COLOR. It is BEAUTIFUL! I wore it today on top of my Bad to the Bronze cream shadow with the Covergirl trio and I love the look it gave my eyes! So bronzed and summery! Plus it made my blue eyes pop!
If only the picture did this justice! I suggest applying this product with a flat stiff brush or with your fingertips. I did the latter and I loved the outcome! The foundation was $7.99 and the Color Tattoo was $6.99. I used the four extrabucks I got with my Covergirl transaction plus I had a $5 off coupon so I only paid $6.47 for the two Maybelline products! Gotta love saving money!
I hope y'all enjoyed my drugstore haul/review! Let us know what other products from the drugstore you want to see us review!
Chelsea