Today I will share with you the current products of my cosmetic bag. (pictures and minimal review of each product will be given). I have recently been making the switch to cruelty-free products; but I don't see the point in throwing away the current products I have that aren't empty or expired. So for that reason, some of these items will not be cruelty-free.
Skin
First for my skin I have a primer by Maybelline. This was the first primer I bought, I admittedly don't have much experience with primer but this primer seems to work fine. I do plan on trying others after my current tube is used up because this product is made by a company owned by L'Oreal as well as I am not completely satisfied with this product.
Next I have two concealers. I have a concealer by Physician's Formula that has two concealers in one tube. There's a green concealer for reducing areas that are especially red which then goes under the nude colored concealer. Physician's Formula is more on the expensive end of "drug store cosmetics" but it's because their products are high-quality. The other concealer I have is just a basic nude concealer by CoverGirl which is reasonably priced as well as cruelty-free. It get's the job done but I wouldn't say it's the best concealer for long-wear that I've ever had.
I've already blogged about the foundations I have- "Stay Matte" by Rimmel London.
Eyes
For eye shadow I currently have two palettes. Both of them are very great and are basically the high school student's budget version of any of the Naked palettes from Urban Decay. One is a nudes palette from Profusion that I bought at T J Maxx of all places for only five dollars. It's a really great palette! The colors last all day and I can blend them well together. My favorite is the milk chocolate colored shimmer shade. The other palette is The Nudes palette by Maybelline New York Eye Studio. This palette is well worth it, it has plenty of nude and neutral shades to just complete your eye makeup and set off your eyeliner.
For liquid eyeliner I have a liquid eyeliner felt tip pen from the Rimmel London Scandaleyes collection. It's black. It does a good job and is easy to apply just as most felt tip eyeliner pens. The one thing that I don't like about it so much is that by the end of the day or about 8 hours after application, the liner is pretty faded. Other than that I really like it. I also have a brown liquid eyeliner classic pot and brush by e.l.f. that is actually a lot better than I was anticipating it to be. The one thing I don't really like about it is that it's more challenging to apply and you have to wait for it to dry. For pencil eyeliner for my water lines I have a black pencil from Profusion that came with my eyeshadow palette and it works great- hardly any smudges or runs.
The mascara tubes I have in makeup bag are not cruelty-free but they do work great if you're not really wanting to put the effort into going all cruelty-free. I have three tubes of mascara currently. One is Mega Plush by Maybelline which is a good base coat mascara. The others are both by L'Oreal Paris- one is Million Lashes and the other is Butterfly Intenza. Intenza is good for lengthening and Million lashes is great for volume. The Maybelline and Million Lashes are good for no clumps but be wary of clumps with Butterfly Intenza.
