Tag: Maybelline

Makeup, Review

Review-Maybelline Brow Fast Sculpt

Stephanie Sue

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Today’s post is about a brow gel. Yes, you’ve read right: a brow gel. After years of using L’oreal Brow Stylist-Boost & Set brow mascara, I thought it was time to try something new.

So, I got the new brow gel from Maybelline called Brow Fast Sculpt. I’ve been trying it for a week so far and I must say I fell in love immediately. This brow mascara has an amazing pigment but can feel heavy if you apply too much product in one spot. Which can happen depending which way you use the wand and the fact that it carries a lot of product.

Product applied on left brow.

As you can see in the picture above, I don’t have thick or bushy brows. But with Maybelline’s Brow Fast Sculpt brow gel, my brows look full and pigmented. I’m thinking it’s a shade a bit too dark but for the most part it looks good. The only thingI don’t quite like is that it fades from the front of my brows when I frown (which I tend to do a lot).

Overall, it’s a great product for my sparse and sad brows. Especially for everyday makeup.

What are your favorite brow products? Let me know in the comment section.

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Current Makeup Favorites-January 2020

Stephanie Sue

Hi guys! Hope the holidays treated you well. I’m not going to tell excuses of why I was gone. I just needed some time to think and to find the motivation to continue writing. Now that I’m back, let’s talk about some makeup and don’t forget to follow me on all social media.

Let’s start this 2020 with my current makeup favorites (as the title says). These are products that I discovered or rediscovered in 2019. For most of the makeup categories, I have two or more products. The foundations I’ve been using lately are L’oreal Infallible Fresh Wear and Covergirl TruBlend Matte Made. The L’oreal foundation has a more “natural” finish, but the Covergirl is more matte. Both work quite nice with my oily skin and Puerto Rico’s tropical weather.

Rediscovered my love for Maybelline Fit Me concealer, for days where I don’t want too much makeup as it’s a lightweight formula. But when I need to cover my dark circles, I use the TruBlend Undercover concealer from Covergirl. It’s a somewhat thicker formula and you only need a tiny amount. To set my face, I’ve gone back to my trusty Stay Matte powder from Rimmel. I put all my bronzers in a drawer for the late half of 2019, because I discovered the Milani Silky Matte bronzer. The last face category is highlight and for this I have a few, three to be exact. An IBY BEAUTY Radiant Glow highlighter sample in 24k magic (received in a Ipsy bag), the megaglo highlighting bar from Wet ‘n Wild in 684 Earth, and Covergirl TruBlend Super Stunner Hyper-Glow in Pearl Crush.

For my brows, I’ve been using the Ultrafine Brow Pencil from Covergirl. Basically, every eyeshadow palette I’ve used in the past months are from Colourpop. My mascara combo is formed by Maybelline Snapscara and Covergirl Exhibitionist, they make my lashes look amazing. Don’t get me wrong, each mascara works wonders individually but since the Snapscara has dried a but, I find its better when used with another mascara. Still loving the lip liners from Jordana, they’re so soft and pigmented. Fallen in love with two lip products from NYX, the Butter Gloss which I’m starting to think that has been discontinued because I can’t seem to find it anywhere. The other one is the Lingerie Push-Up long-lasting lipstick, which is a pigmented matte formula. Lastly for lips, the L’oreal Rouge Signature liquid lipstick has a lightweight-matte formula with incredible pigmentation.

Those are the current products I’m using, let’s hope for a year full of more amazing products. Any recommendations? Let me know in the comment section 😉

Makeup, Non-beauty

¿Compraría de nuevo?

Stephanie Sue

¡Hola! Hablemos de esos productos que utilizamos completamente, nos gusten o no. Los míos incluyen maquillaje, productos para la piel y materiales de bisutería. Les diré lo que me gusta y lo que no, además si los he comprado nuevamente o no. Aquí vamos.

Comenzando con los productos para la piel, el primero es humectante. Utilicé el humectante Hydra Genius para piel grasa de L’oreal. Me gustó este producto porque ayuda con la hidratación de la piel pero no se siente pesado ni grasoso. La fórmula es en gel, la cual prefiero para mi piel grasa, ya que se absorbe rápidamente dejando mi cara sintiéndose fresca.

Otro producto es la crema que utilizo para quitarme el maquillaje antes de lavarme la cara. Pond’s Cold Cream Cleanser, lo aplico con mis manos y lo remuevo con un algodón. Luego utilizo un jabón para remover el maquillaje que queda y la sensación grasosa que deja. Llevo varios años usándolo porque remueve prácticamente todo.

Ahora, tengo la categoría con la mayor cantidad de productos: MAQUILLAJE. Un producto que compro una y otra vez, es la base Infallible Pro-Matte de L’oreal. Con eso deben saber lo mucho que me gusta, pero si quieren saber por qué, sólo presionen aquí para leer la entrada que escribí hace algunos meses. Tengo dos correctores (concealer) de los que quiero hablarles, ambos son económicos y con gran cobertura. El primero es Colourpop No Filter Concealer, pueden leer mi opinión presionando aquí. El otro es Clean Matte Concealer de Covergirl, tiene menos cobertura que el de Colourpop pero es bueno. He comprado varias veces el corrector de Colourpop, aunque no el de Covergirl.

Tengo dos productos de Maybelline, un rubor de la línea Fit Me! en el color Buff y el polvo suelto Master Fix Loose Setting Powder en translúcido. Estos productos han sido mis favoritos por varios meses. El rubor es un color crema-rosado que me parece perfecto para principiantes porque no aplica mucho color de una vez y combina con todo.

Otro polvo suelto que me gusta es el Infallible Pro-Sweep & Lock en translúcido. Al igual que el polvo de Maybelline, se ve bien sobre el maquillaje. El último producto de maquillaje es el Brow Stylist Plumper Mascara de L’oreal. No recuerdo cuándo comencé a utilizar este producto, pero llevo varios años usándolo y me encanta.

Ahora, mi hilo y “seed beads” (cuentas 11/0 y 15/0) favoritos son de Artbeads. Como siempre, trato de comprar estos materiales cuando hay alguna venta o necesito colores nuevos.

Esos son todos los productos que me han gustado lo suficiente comp ara volverlos a comprar. ¿Cuáles son los tuyos?

¡Mantengámonos en contacto!

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Makeup, Non-beauty

Repurchase or Not??

Stephanie Sue

Hi guys! Let’s talk about those products we use up, whether we like them or not. Mine include makeup, skin related and beading materials. I’ll tell you what I like of them, what I don’t and if I had purchased them again or not. Let’s begin.

Starting with skin related products, the first one is my moisturizer. I used up the L’oreal Hydra Genius Moisturizer for oily skin, I enjoyed this product because it help with hydration but wasn’t oily/greasy feeling. It’s a gel formula, which I prefer for my oily skin, that absorbs quickly and leaves my face feeling fresh. I didn’t repurchase this product because I noticed some dry skin on my face, so I decided to try another moisturizer.

Another product was the cleanser I use to take off my makeup before washing my face. The Pond’s Cold Cream Cleanser (with the green cap), I massage it all over my face and take it off with a cotton round. After that I go in with a cleanser to finish taking off the makeup and the greasy feeling the Pond’s cleanser leaves. Always repurchase this one, I love how easy it takes the makeup off even when I have to wash my face afterwards.

Next, we have the category with more products: MAKEUP. A product I buy over and over again is the Infallible Pro-Matte Foundation from L’oreal. That must say how much I love it, but if you want to know more about it just click here to read the post I wrote. I have two concealers to talk about, both affordable and with great coverage. The first one is the Colourpop No Filter Concealer for which you can read what I think of it by clicking here. The other one is the Clean Matte Concealer from Covergirl, it has a little less coverage than the Colourpop one but is good. I’ve repurchased the Colourpop concealer a few times already, but not the Covegirl one.

I have two products from Maybelline, Fit Me! Blush in Buff and Master Fix Loose Setting Powder in Translucent. These products have been favorites for quite some time now, and they never dissapoint. The blush is a pinky-nude that needs to be build up and goes with every look you want to rock. The loose powder sets my makeup nicely without making me look cakey.

Another loose setting powder I enjoyed using was the L’oreal Infallibe Pro-Sweep & Lock in translucent. Same as the Maybelline one, it sets the makeup nicely. The last makeup product is also from L’oreal, but this time is the Brow Stylist Plumper Mascara. I don’t even remember when I started using this product, all I know is that I love setting my brows in place with this after filling them up.

Now, my favorite beading thread and seed beads (size 11/0 & 15/0) are from Artbeads. As always, I try to buy when there’s a sale to stock up on materials I’m need or new colors.

Those are all the products that I’ve loved enough to keep buying them. Let me know about yours.

Let’s keep in touch!

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Makeup, Skincare

Compras recientes

Stephanie Sue

¡Hola! Regresé con una entrada sobre las compras que he realizado en las pasadas semanas. Primero, quisiera compartir con ustedes la nueva aventura (si se le puede llamar así) en la que me embarco. Tengo un canal en YouTube (va a ser en español con subtítulos en inglés) donde estaré hablando sobre maquillaje, joyería en cuentas y un poco de mi vida. Así que si no pueden esperar a que escriba lo que pienso sobre los productos aquí presentados, pueden ir a YouTube el viernes y verme probar algunos de estos productos. Ahora volvemos a la entrada de hoy.

Compré maquillaje y herramientas para maquillaje. Como ya dije, sólo estaré contándoles lo que compre y luego los pondré al día sobre mis opiniones. ¡Comencémos!

Fui a Charlotte Russe, compré una sombra en lápiz llamada Lid Love Eyeshadow Stick en el color Violet Smoke y un labial líquido mate Velvet Lip Dip en el color Fearless (ambos son tonos violetas).

Luego hice un orden en Colourpop porque quería probar algunos productos. Compré un Creme Gel Liner enel color Show Me, el lápiz Brow Boss en Dark Brown, y un Super Shock Highlighter en Flexitarian.  El propósito de esta compra era obtener las nuevas BFF Mascaras, así que compré dos: Black on Black y Blue Ya Mind.  Con la compra de estos rímels, me enviaron una muestra del Come Clean Cleansing Duo de la marca Fourth Ray.

Fui a un “beauty supply” y compré tres productos que no puedo enlazar aquí porque no los encontré en el internet (me disculpo). Una esponja para aplicar maquillaje de la marca Lukasi, la cual se rompió al lavarla. De la marca FakeFace Cosmetics compré una brocha para ojos, y una paleta de sombras de s.f.r. color con 6 colores.

Me disculpo por la brocha sucia y la esponja manchada.

Luego fui a Walgreens porque necesitaba una crema hidratante, pero cada vez que entro a ese sitio salgo con productos adicionales a lo que iba a comprar y esta vez no fue la excepción. Compré la crema hidratante Moisture Bomb Antioxidant Moisturizer, así como dos mascarillas de Neutrogena: Hydro Boost Hydrating Hydrogel mask (mascarilla de papel) y Deep Clean Purifying wash-off clay mask.  También compré la base de NYX Can’t Stop Won’t Stop en el color Medium Buff y una esponja para aplicar maquillaje de la marca Walgreens Beauty Charcoal Infused.  Por fin pude encontrar el nuevo rímel de Maybelline Snapscara en Pitch Black, pero también compré dos rímel de Wet ‘n Wild: Mega Volume waterproof en Very Black y MegaSlim Skinny waterproof en Black.

Así que eso es todo lo que compré en las pasadas semanas, definitivamente los mantendré al tanto de lo que opino de los productos en las próximas entradas. No olviden comentar y compartir con sus amistades, aprecio mucho el apoyo.

Makeup, Skincare

Recent Purchases

Stephanie Sue

Hi guys! I’m back with a post about the purchases I’ve made in the past weeks.  First, I want to share with you my new adventure (if it can be called that way).  I’m now having a YouTube channel (which is in Spanish but I put English subtitles) where I will be sharing makeup, beading and life-related stuff.  So if you can’t wait for me to try the products in this post, go to YouTube on Friday and watch me try a few of these products on my face.  Now back to the post!

I bought makeup and a few makeup tools. Here I’ll just tell you what I bought, my thoughts on the products will come later (when I give them a fair shot).  So let’s get started.

For the Charlotte Russe makeup, I bought a Lid Love Eyeshadow Stick in Violet Smoke and a Velvet Lip Dip Matte Liquid Lipstick in Fearless (both are a purple shade).

Then I made a Colourpop order to try a few things.  Got a Creme Gel Liner in the shade Show Me, a Brow Boss pencil in Dark Brown, and a Super Shock Highlighter in Flexitarian.  The whole idea of the order was to get the new BFF Mascaras, so I got two: Black on Black and Blue Ya Mind.  Because I purchased two mascaras, I got a deluxe sample of Fourth Ray’s Come Clean Cleansing Duo.

I went to a beauty supply and bought three products for which I couldn’t find links for these products (sorry).  The sponge is from the brand Lukasi, and it already ripped in the middle when I was washing it.  An eye brush (kind of pencil brush) from the brand FakeFace Cosmetics, and a s.f.r. color eyeshadow palette with 6 shimmer shades.

Sorry for the dirty brush and stained sponge

Then I went to Walgreens to get a moisturizer because I’m running low on my current one.  But as everytime I go there, I got out with a lot more stuff.  From Garnier SkinActive, I got the Moisture Bomb Antioxidant Moisturizer.  Bought some face masks from Neutrogena, Hydro Boost Hydrating Hydrogel mask (sheet mask) and the Deep Clean Purifying wash-off clay mask.  Got the NYX Can’t Stop Won’t Stop foundation in the shade Medium Buff and a Walgreens Beauty Charcoal Infused sponge.  Finally got my hands on the new Maybelline Snapscara in Pitch Black, but also got two Wet ‘n Wild mascaras: Mega Volume waterproof in Very Black and MegaSlim Skinny waterproof in Black.

So that was everything I have bought in the past weeks, will definitely keep you updated on my thoughts in next posts.  Don’t forget to comment and share with your frineds, support is appreciated.

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2018 Favorites-Makeup & Non-Makeup

Stephanie Sue

Hi guys!  Welcome to the last blog post of the year (“Whaaat?”-minion voice).  It’s been a great year: I started this blog, obtained my Masters degree, and got a job at a retail store.  I don’t do New Year’s resolutions but feel free to share yours in the comment section. Now let’s talk about makeup and non-makeup favorites.

First, I discovered a face moisturizer that hydrates my skin without making me look like a grease ball and that will be Hydra Genius Daily Moisturizer for oily skin from L’oreal.  For taking my makeup off, I use a Micellar Foaming Cleanser for combination to oily skin, from Garnier Skin Active.  It takes all my makeup off, including waterproof mascara, without leaving my face feeling super dry.  As for my hair, I’ve been loving Herbal Essences Curl Defining mousse (strong hold) and discovered the amazingness of Aussie Kids Detangler in Bloomin’ Apple.  Smells good and incredibly helps with my knotty-curly hair.  Lastly for non-makeup products, I absolutely love ULTA Beauty’s Shadow Switching Pan for using the same eyeshadow brush repeatedly with different colors.

Now, I have a lot of favorites products in the makeup section (majority are drugstore/affordable).  Many of them, I’ve talked before so I’ll link the blog post.  For base products, the most I’ve been using are L’oreal Infallible Pro-Matte foundation in 104 Golden Beige (blog post), Covergirl Clean Matte bb cream in 520 Light (blog post), Colourpop’s No Filter Concealer in Light 16, Colourpop’s No Filter sheer pressed powder in Light (blog post), and Maybelline Master Fix loose powder in Translucent.  For bronzer I have two: Bettina Sun Splash Bronzing Powder in Light to Medium, and Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer in Deep Bronzer (blog post).  For blush I have: Maybelline Fit Me in 10 Buff, Lottie London Blush Crush in zac, and Morphe Blush in Spirit.  These two last blushes I got in my Ipsy bag.  Last face product is highlighter, Smashbox X Casey Holmes Spotlight Palette in Gold and Pearl, Wet ‘n Wild Megaglo Highlighting Powder in 319B Blossom Glow (blog post), and Sleek Makeup Highlighting Palette in 032 Solstice (blog post).

For the eyebrows I used mostly the NYC Browser Bush-On Brow Kit in 876 Brunette but because of some Ipsy bags, I found two brow pencils that I like.  The Arch Arrival Brow Definer in 02 Taupe Tom from Sugar, and Skone Brow Wand in Chocolate.  I also have two eyeshadow palettes that I’ve been using like crazy: Pérsona Identity palette and Maybelline Soda Pop palette (blog post).  Love the ULTA Beauty Gel Eye Liners in general, but I have four colors: Black Out, Black Brown, Olive, and Bronze.  The two mascaras I’ve been using throughout the year are L’oreal Voluminous Lash Paradise Waterproof in Blackest Black, and Covergirl Flourish by Lash Blast in Very Black (blog post).  The last products are for the lips: Maybelline Color Sensational lipsticks, Colourpop Lux Lipsticks, and L’oreal Infallible Pro-Matte Lipgloss.

These are all my favorite products for this year 2018. What products were your favorites through the year? Let’s talk in the comment section.

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Maybelline Soda Pop-Review

Stephanie Sue

Hello guys! Welcome back to the blog.  Today we’re going to talk about Maybelline’s Soda Pop eyeshadow palette.  It
retails for $13.99 and it contains 12 fall-ish colors (warm shades).

As I’ve  said before, I’m more of a cool-smokey shades but I’ve been really enjoying the warm shades.  This Maybelline palette has an amazing shade range and the quality is great.  The shadows are soft & buttery with an incredible pigmentation and staying power.

Since I bought it, I’ve been using it like crazy.  It has become my go-to when I don’t want to think much about my eye look.  I just pick up this palette and go with the flow.  If you haven’t tried Maybelline’s Soda Pop palette, I highly recommend you go and buy it because is amazing and you’ll fall in love with it.

What has been your go-to product?

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Maybelline Soda Pop-Reseña

Stephanie Sue

¡Hola!  Bienvenidos nuevamente al blog.  Hoy estaremos hablando sobre la paleta de sombras Soda Pop de Maybelline.  Tiene un costo de $13.99 y contiene 12 colores cálidos (perfectos para otoño/invierno.

Como he dicho anteriormente, me gustan más los tonos ahumados/cool (smokey) pero disfruto usar colores cálidos.  Esta paleta de Maybelline tiene un increíble rango de colores y la calidad es excelente.  Las sombras son suaves con una impresionante pigmentación y duración.

Desde que la compré, la he utilizado muchísimo.  Incluso se ha convertido en la paleta que uso cuando no quiero pensar mucho en el look que quiero hacer.  Así que si no has probado la paleta Soda Pop de Maybelline, te recomiendo que la compres porque está increíble y te enamorarás de ella.

¿Cuál ha sido el producto que utilizas cuando no quieres pensar mucho en tu maquillaje?

Ipsy, Jewelry, Makeup, Non-beauty

Current Favorites

Stephanie Sue

For spanish version, click here.

Hello there and welcome back!  Today’s post is going to be about my favorites.  For some of these products, there might already be a post about it with more details, so I’ll make sure to link them.  As well as linking the products.  Let’s begin!

Can you guess what is my first favorite?  If you said L’oreal Infallible Pro-Matte Foundation, you’re right!  This is my go-to foundation because it keeps me matte, has great coverage and looks great on the skin (details/wear-test here).  Next products are from Colourpop, they are the primer and setting spray from the All Star collection (review here).  The combined use of these two products help my makeup stay in place looking good for more time.  Also, Colourpop’s No filter concealer is AMAZING!  Is the only concealer I’ve been using for months now (review here).

 

Now let’s talk about eyeshadow palettes because if I have makeup on I NEED eyeshadow.  For this topic, I only have two participants, the Dream St. palette from Kathleen Lights (Youtube channel here) collaboration with Colourpop and the Persona Identity palette.  Whether I use them alone or in conjunction, these palettes have great pigmentation and are easy to use for me (who sucks at making cohesive makeup looks).  Oh well, these are (basically) my life-savers when I don’t know what to do with my makeup.

Okay, those are my all-time favorite makeup products but there’s more.  Now I want to tell you about more recent discoveries that have turn into favorites.  The first is a combination of two mascaras that make my eyelashes look really good.  These are the Covergirl Peacock Flare mascara and the Maybelline Lash Sensational Curvitude.  Both in the waterproof formula, as I can’t do non-waterproof formula because Puerto Rico’s weather (sigh).  One coat of each and my sad little lashes stop looking sad & little.  As these combined lengthen, give volume and separate my lashes (not making them look all clumpy).

The next product is a bronzer, fact: I’ve never liked using bronzer (shocking, I know).  But is just I didn’t get why use bronzer to give color to the face when you have blush.  Anyway, I’ve recently discovered this Bettina Sun Splash Bronzing Powder in Light to Medium and my thoughts on the usage of bronzer have changed.  I mean, it still isn’t a necessity in my makeup world, but I guess it helps things to look better.  Although, I still think that if you’re a beginner in makeup, just start slow either with blush or bronzer because is easier and simple.

Lastly in the makeup category is a Smashbox Liquid Lipstick, thanks to Ipsy.  In my July’s Ipsy bag (review here), I got a liquid lipstick in the shade Stepping Out.  You should know that I’m up for that matte look, but I have never tried this formula before.  The ones I’ve used, and love are Wet ‘n Wild Catsuits and the L’oreal Infallible Pro-Matte Liquid Lipstick.  That’s another story (LOL), back to Smashbox.  Since getting the liquid lipstick last month I’ve been using it nonstop, it has quickly become one of my favorite lip products.  Not only because of the shade, but the formula feels good on the lips, not drying and lasts for a long time.  Although I love it I consider that paying twenty-something dollars for a lip product is not a good price for me, is expensive.  I just can’t justify it and for the time being I’ll stay with more affordable options.

Now that we’re done with the makeup (that was almost a full-face, LOL).  I want to talk about my absolute favorite nail polish shades from KL polish.  This actually is my favorite brand for nail polish and is the only one I’ve been using since it launched.  KL polish is a cruelty-free, 12-free of toxic ingredients and has a creamy, long-wearing formula with amazing shades.  The ones I love are Charmed, Mozart, Chloe, and That’s What She Said.

I’ve been obsessed with making beaded earrings and doing Sudoku (who else likes Sudoku?).  Making beaded jewelry has always been a hobby but for the last few years I’ve been trying to create a business out of it.  I’ll add a photo of my newest creations and link my Instagram, in case you want to check them out.  As for doing Sudoku, I got into it like four years ago when I downloaded an app on my phone to stay entertained when waiting for my next class.  Now I have the app and two books with 100 pages of Sudoku games with four difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard, and very hard).

Well, those are my current favorites and that’s all for today.  Tell me about your favorites!  Have you tried any of what I’ve been loving?  Do I need to try any of your favorites?  Let’s talk in the comment section *wink*.

Have a great day!