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I've tried everything but my OPI (I know I'll love that) in my Sindulge box! So I figured I'd write out my thoughts on it all...
Yesterday was a super rainy/windy. I wanted to keep my makeup simple but still have a polished look since I had to be out all day. I used the Youngblood primer, Skin79 BB Cream, the Pixi eye primer, the Ferro eye shadow, the Pixi eye pen (it's a pencil but goes on super smooth), then finished off my simple look with some mascara, blush, and Revlon lip butter in Berry Smoothie (my fave).
My thoughts? I'm a bit spoiled by the LaRocca primer (my favorite to date) but I'd rate the Youngblood primer just as good (if not a tiny bit better) than my Laura Gellar primer, but not as good as the Smashbox primer. For the right price I'd buy it if I were out of primer, for sure. I realize primer is sort of a personal thing, some people like lighter feeling ones. I seem to like heavier ones.
The Pixi eye primer isn't a terribly big sample, I'll only get maybe a couple more uses out of it. It has a little bit of color to it and makes a nice solid base for eyeshadow. It's comparable to the Urban Decay one, in my opinion. My eye shadow was more vibrant with than without it, and my eye shadow looked beautiful until I had to take it off at bed time.
The Ferro eye shadow is my fave thing out of my box so far! Though this is my THIRD champagne eye shadow color in 4 months from a beauty sub, I like this one so much! It's really the perfect champagne and base color to build on. Works great with my skin tone. It's about the same size as my full size Bare Minerals eye shadows so I really think this is a full sized sample. VERY happy with this.
Last, but not least is that Pixi black noir eye pen. As I said before it's really a pencil, but I suppose they call it pen because of how smooth it goes on. It's actually rather fantastic. I'm an eye pen (like Dolly Wink) and gel liner (Bobbi Brown) girl but I always keep a black eye pencil in my kit as well (they travel well). I'm thinking this is my new go to black eye pencil! It stayed on my eyes all day until I took it off. Also, the swatch on my hand that I made when I first got it took forever to scrub off.
Oh yes, bonus review! Those LA FRESH wipes trip me out. They *feel* dried out, so I was like, "WTF did they try to give me?!" lol, but I decided to try it anyway. Sure enough it took EVERY BIT OF MAKEUP off, no problem. I was seriously impressed. I guess it has dry oils in it vs something more liquidy feeling? There are two cons I noticed though they didn't bother me personally. First con, if you are sensitive to the smell of lavender (some people get headaches from it) then you will not like this product. The other con, it does leave your face a bit greasy feeling. For me, this isn't an issue as I tend to have dry skin (face wise) during the winter, but if you are already on the oily side this may not be the product for you.
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