Mumma Guru

Yesterday I picked up the Maybelline Color Tattoo's.

I got the colours 20 Painted Purple, 25 Bad to the Bronze and 40 Tenacious Teal.

When purchasing in store, I was really disappointed with my local Priceline.

All the swatches had dried up, and because of that, I purchase because of colours that "looked nice" and I will explain why in a minute, why I was disappointed.

I love the packaging kind of. I have found a lot of the packaging labels were very off center, more so the ones on the bottom, which I did not take a photo of, oops. This is really due to mass production. I hate it though, as a blogger, products I love and blog about, I want to showcase them at their best. No biggy, but I do love they fact they are glass pots.

I love these a fair bit as eye shadow bases or just alone. Once it's on, it's set and doesn't budge.

Yesterday, I walked down the street with it, and with the minor sweat, no budging. Even removal with eye makeup remover was a bit hard to make it budge.

I was really really happy with my brown and blue colour, BUT I wish I had the chance to swatch the purple in real life properly. I love the shimmery-ness in these, which is half the reason I got them. I will be using them as a lid colour.

So it is that time again. Battle of the mascara's! I have seriously not done one of these since September 2012 and when I realized I had quite a little collection going on and I hadn't done this post in a while, then I though I may finally do it!

I literally hoard my mascara's just for Battle of the mascara's! eep!

This honestly is a really good mascara. It coated my lashes quite well and it isn't typically a wand I would choose anyways. This was gifted to me in 2012 for Christmas.

I only had one issue, which is an issue with a lot of these mascara's.

I didn't have the waterproof one. I must say this Mascara was the worst for getting in my eyes! It stung so badly! This was the worst for stinging.

This mascara is really similar to the designer brands mascara I had last time I did Battle of the Mascara's. Very similar in person, It didn't show well in the photo.

I love this mascara. I got a lot of volume and lift from this mascara.

Not much to say apart from I LOVE IT!

Okay this was horrible.

I cannot stand this mascara!

I have no clue what went wrong with this. It clumps, it is hard to build up, coverage is minimal etc.

HORRIBLE!

The wand is very much the same as the NP Set Glamorista Mascara.

I hated them both............ awkward!

Essence Get Big Lashes

This is one of the best mascara's I have ever owned.

It's cheap, it's great. I love it.

It is very similar to my Maybelline The Colossal mascara, which I also really adore.

I did a review on the Essence Get Big Lashes Mascara which is viewable here:

http://sparrowstylings.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/essence-get-big-lashes-mascara-review-xx.html

So that is it for my Battle of the Mascara's again!

Hope this helps you in picking your next Mascara!

:)

When Priceline had it's 40% off sale I needed desperately to replace my Maybelline The Colossal Mascara. Although I was on a very tight budget.

Instead, I decided to try out a mascara from the essence range.

I chose the Essence Get Big Lashes mascara which retails for $4.25 at Priceline as apposed to Maybelline's The Colossal which retails for $19.95 at Priceline.

I love this mascara. The main reason I chose this is because the wands were somewhat similar, which you can tell in the photo below, although the essence one is larger, and also because of cost.

The Essence mascara has really grown on me.

From the packaging to the application.

This covers my lashes well with no overly noticeable chunks which I commonly find with alot of cheaper mascara's. Even though I do typically comb my lashes out before it dries, chunks or no chunks.

This is a very good mascara for it's price tag, and I am very very impressed :)

Once again, thank you for reading. Feel free to leave a comment :)

 

This is one of my new Blushes that I brought myself just before Christmas.

I was very reluctant to buy it as I don't use cream or mousse blushes very often/at all.

But I was very happy with this product.

 

The colour is a nice peachy colour, and it is very easy to blend.

WARNING - You only need a small amount to get a full colour!

 

The best part about Mousse Blush is that you don't get a very dry look after application as apposed to a powder blush. The colour sits better on the skin and has more of a natural appeal.

 

I find that the peach colour suits most skin types, considering I have used this on myself (tan skin) and patched a bit on my step-daughters skin (ivory toned)!

 

I would recommend this blush to anyone that was looking for a very vesatile blush :)

It was a little while ago that I brought this Foundation to try.

I must admit, this is one of the worst foundations I have ever used.

I found that this foundation didn't compliment the skin, and even with a matched colour, it was still really heavy and is very noticeable on the skin.

I must commend Maybelline for the extensive colour range though. As the 225 even manages to suite my Mum who has a mild African American accent to her skin!

The first one off the bat, is the Designer Brands Beyond Amplifying Mascara!

This is seriously one of the best mascara's I have used in my life.

The comb brush reached all of the lashes, and is so easy to get to the base of the lash!

It gives length and volume. and all lashes look even.

This one is a sample, which I had to use for this as it seems I have lost the good one that I have bought off the net. As far as I'm aware, this mascara is only available online. So Google search "Designer Brands Cosmetics" and their webpage should pop up! The other thing I adore about this, is the price. It is so cheap! Oh and before I forget to mention, you know how when you take mascara off and you get the panda eye look? Well.. THIS DOESN'T DO THAT! how awesome? when you take it off, it just comes off in little black tube. As I said, my favorite mascara!

This is one of the utmost worst mascara's I have every used in my life!

I know you will probably read this and think that I'm joking, but I'm really not!

This was one of my impulse buys. I wanted a mascara that didn't have the normal matte exterior. So yes, I bought it because it was shiny! Major regret!

I found that the design of the brush, did yes give me curve, but it clumped all of my lashes and I evened up with 4 very thick eyelashes! I was not happy, but oh well, my ex paid for it, so it's no major loss to me! haha.

This is surprising a really good mascara!

I got so much volume in my lashes, and they didn't clump together! I got it for roughly $10 bucks when it was on sale, so I was extremely happy. It is now an everyday item in my make-up bag :)

I love the fact that the tube is yellow with purple writing.

And I was really surprised at the way the wand worked on my lashes and I tend to opt more for comb wands. :)

SO I received this mascara as part of my TAFE kit. I'm not a big of the wand as I can't seem to get nice thick lashes without clumping. Unlike my friend Rhychelle who loves it, but that's only because She has LOTS of lashes, so it doesn't matter if it clumps a bit, because in the end she still has trillions of lashes! So I suppose this mascara in particular varies from person to person. I although do like that the bristles on the comb wand are shorter on one side and longer on the other. The big side for the top lashes and short side for the bottom lashes. It's an average mascara, not bad, but not perfect either.

I picked this mascara up from the throw out for roughly $3 a couple weeks ago. I'm not a huge fan as it isn't a comb wand. I like comb wands better as you have a little more control, especially when you're heavy handed like I am. I do although adore the curve of the wand, It makes it easier to get the lashes on the inner corner of the eye! Once again, it's another average mascara.

This mascara is a tester thing for the Model Co. Mascara.

I honestly wasn't satisfied with the product. Like I wasn't disappointed, but I wasn't happy either.

I put this mascara in the draw for when I have a day when I can't find any of my other mascaras!

So that is the end of my Battle of the Mascara's! Hopefully this helps you out!