Gel Eyeliner (part 2)

Hola a todos!!

Que tal estáis? Espero que muy bien, y que los Reyes Magos se hayan portado muy bien con todos! Yo no me puedo quejar, he debido de ser muy buena por todas las cositas que me han regalado =).

Bueno, hoy vengo con un review. Hace como dos meses, publiqué una entrada en la cual os hablaba de mi nuevo eyeliner en gel, de Maybelline. Tenía unas expectativas muy altas con este producto, ya que me habían hablado maravillas de el, y todo el mundo lo recomienda como sustituto del famoso Blacktrack de MAC.

Después de dos meses de uso, os puedo dar una opinión firme del producto.

Siempre lo he usado con un primer en el parpado, que conste.

No es tan bueno como dicen. Si, las primeras veces queda bien, después de unas cuantas horas se empieza a emborronar, lo cual puede llegar a ser un poco normal. Pero a la cuarta vez de uso, empezó la cosa a empeorar. Cada vez que lo he aplicado, para conseguir una buena intensidad de negro he tenido que aplicar de 2 a 3 capas de producto y yo creo que debido a tanta cantidad de producto, es lo que posiblemente produzca que en menos de dos horas empiece a emborronarse en el ojo. Para un acabado limpio y muy fino, o aplicas sombra negra encima, o no conseguirás ese acabado nunca.
Lo malo es que tus sombras en el ojo se ven perfectas, y el eyeliner esta borroso. Es frustrante ver ese acabado después de haber dedicado un rato a crear un look. Ademas, luego para desmaquillarlo, hay veces que se convierte en una odisea (porque al llevar 3 capas de producto, la primera capa esta muy seca y bien adherida a la piel).

Investigué una vez me comenzó a dar problemas, y aparentemente lo de la poca duración está debido a que Maybelline ha reformulado el producto, lo cual ha hecho que pierda calidad y duración en el párpado.

Sinceramente pensé que era una buena inversión, pero no lo ha sido para nada. En cuanto pueda, voy a volver a Blacktrack de MAC o Caviar Ink de Bobbi Brown, que hasta el momento son los dos que me han dado el acabado que realmente busco.

Lo habeis probado? Que opinion teneis sobre el? Y habeis utilizado algun otro eyeliner en gel que os guste?

Espero que os guste el post, y nos vemos en el siguiente!
Lor.

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Hello there!!!

Today I am here for a review. A few months ago I told you about my new gel eyeliner on a post. I really had a big expectation on this product, because everybody said it was a perfect dupe for MAC´s Blacktrack, so I wanted to try it and see if it really works.

After two months of use, I can tell you something: it´s not a dupe for Blacktrack.

The first couple of times that I used it, the liner stayed on very well. Maybe at the end of the day it started to look blurred, but it could be normal after a lot of hours. But the funny thing is that everytime I used it, the blurred effect was everytime worst. Normally, after less than two hours with the liner on the eyes, it started to get blurry and dirty.
If you don´t apply black eyeshadow on top, forget to have clean edges and lines. And then, we have the pay-off of the color. You need at least 3 layers, which makes later a nightmare to remove the eyeliner from the eye when you take off your makeup.

I made a little bit of research after all this stuff, and a lot of people says that Maybelline reformulate the product and now it´s worst. It has less quality and is way less long lasting on the eye.

Now, I don´t think I made a good purchase. Probably, very soon I will be back to the Blacktrack or Caviar Ink by Bobbi Brown.

Have you tried this product? Do you like it? Which gel eyeliner do you use?

See you soon on the next post!
Lor.

Gel Eyeliner

Hi everyone!

Not so long ago, I ran out of gel eyeliner. And I´ve been looking in different brands, to try another one new (my heart belongs to the fluidline in Blacktrack by MAC, is just amazing!) and after a lot of investigation, I decided to try the Maybelline Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner (such a long name!).

When I took it the other day, there was a kind of offer that makes the Maybelline products cheaper, and I paid 9.80€ for it. Not so much (obviously Catrice has one much cheaper than this, but I didn´t find it anywhere) comparing to the MAC or Inglot ones.

The packaging, as you can see, so catch-eye, with that looong name and saying everywhere in the box that includes a brush for the eyeliner. The brush, I think is for people who doesn´t have any brush, because I did not find that was special or something .... (in fact I think that people who is not used to use brushes they´re not going to find it easy to use)

I find that is a normal black, and if you don´t apply it a second layer, it can look so poor of color. But is very long lasting, I wear it for 6 hours and stayed perfectly on my eye.
I didn´t use the brush that comes with it, I use (as almost everytime I do my eyeliner) the 263 brush by MAC. And it was very easy to work it on the eye (the Blacktrack dries so fast!)

(top: one layer, bottom: 2 layers)

(Línea de arriba: una capa, Línea de abajo: dos capas)

Is not a bad product, and I think is very affordable. I think I did a good purchase!

Hope you like the post, and I will see you on the next one!
Lor.

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Hola a todos!

No hace mucho, terminé my eyeliner en gel. Y desde ese momento empecé una búsqueda que parecía que nunca iba a acabar, para probar uno nuevo de diferente marca (el que me tiene conquistada desde hace mucho tiempo es el fluidline de MAC en Blacktrack, porque es de lo mejor que nunca he probado!) y después de mucho buscar, mirar y comparar, me decidí por coger el Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner de Maybelline (para mi gusto, un nombre deeeemasiado largo).

El día que lo compré, había en la tienda una promoción que los productos de Maybelline tenían descuento, y se quedó en unos 9.80€. No me pareció excesivamente caro (Catrice tiene uno que creo que no pasa de los 5€, pero no está en ningún sitio, de hecho muchas tiendas me dijeron que lo querían retirar o algo parecido) en comparación pro ejemplo con el eyeliner en gel de MAC o Inglot.

Como podeis ver, usan un packaging muy llamativo, con el nombre del producto taaaaan largo ocupando un buen cacho de la caja e indicando por toda la caja también que contiene una brocha para eyeliner. Y sinceramente no le veo nada especial a la brocha para que insistan tanto en ella... alguien que este acostumbrado a usar este tipo de eyeliner no creo que la encuentre útil y para aquellos que estén empezando, tampoco sera fácil de usar.

En cuanto al color, dice en la caja que es negro intenso. En mi parpado, la primera pasada quedo negro, y para conseguir un negro intenso, tuve que repasarlo de nuevo. Pero la duración es bastante decente, 6 horas sin desplazarse en el párpado.
Para aplicarlo en mi ojo usé la brocha 263 de MAC  (que es la que suelo usar casi todas las veces) y fue muy fácil trabajar el producto en el ojo (no seca tan rápido como el Blacktrack).

Fotos, más arriba.

Espero que os haya gustado este post, y nos vemos en el siguiente!
Lor.

Eyeko Skinny Mini Liquid Eyeliner

Hi everyone!

Well, I am here today with another review. The last issue of Marie Claire (of August) have as a gift this month a Skinny Mini Liquid Eyeliner by Eyeko, and after hearing a lot of comments about it, I decided to get the magazine and try out the eyeliner.

I have to say that all the things that I heard, read and watch about this eyeliner where amazing. Everybody says the same thing "this eyeliner is great", so why not give it a chance?
At first I was a little bit insecure, because I´m so used to do my eyeliner with my fluidline from MAC (the classic Blacktrack) and I always love how it looks with the fluidline. Others felt tip liners that I´ve tried along the years never look good on my and most of the times the liner got caky and totally dissappear from my eyes. So I want to be very careful with the Eyeko one, because I already have big expectations.

As you can see, the point of this liner is very thin, so I supposed that in the moment that you want to line the upper lash line, going thinner on the tear duct and gradually getting thicker to the end of the lashes would make it easy, and it really worked. And when I created the wing for my eyeliner it was easier than ever, In just two strokes with the liner pencil I got it done.
The first layer of liner seems to be black enough, but I like the liner very, extremely black on the eyes, so I applied another coat, and it was amazingly black.

It last for more than 6 hours, with perfect color and in shape. After 8 hours it was a little bit blurry on the ends, but stay very well on my tear duct. So, I was really happy with the first result.
I´ve using it for this month, and I have to say, that when I finish this one, I will get another! I really loved it even though is a felt tip liner.

So, if you´re looking for a good liner, easy to use, with good color and long lasting, here´s one that really will be good for you!

Eyeko Website

Hope you like the post, and see you on the next one!
Lor.

Facial Skin Care Routine!

Hi there!!

Well, since I came here to London my skin really looks better and feel better. All the redness, breakouts and pimples really calm down a lot, and I am so happy for that, because my skin is always a big mess.

The first months that I´ve been here all that I have used is the face masks from Superdrug (very cheap and nice! Really worth it) and my Mineralize Charged Water Moisture Gel from MAC that I´ve been using for more than a year and I absolutley adore. This cream is the only one, that in a very long time didn´t cause me any break out, or make my acne get worst, on the opposite side, it really help my skin to get better!
Eventually I stopped using the face masks, because some of them cause me serious redness, or breakouts, and the worst and last time, I got an allergic reaction and my skin really look very bad for two weeks (and I can´t use makeup, because the burning was horrible!)

But my skin can´t be without any product that helps me to control the oil excess, and all the things related to acne, believe me that it can end all in a horrible skin nightmare. So I went on the search for something to take care of my skin, but nothing convinced me enough to buy it. And then, I remember I have something that I may give it a chance.

The product is the Tea Tree Skin Clearing Facial Wash by The Body Shop. I used this, and I didn´t like the effect that had on my skin, so I left it on my drawer and forget about it. I think that I didn´t like the effect of this product the first time because I used twice a day, and that made my skin to get extremely dry. The girl on the store recommend me to use like that, but this time I use it just once a day, every other day. And now it´s really working for me! It keeps my skin clean, the excess oil is getting controlled and my skin looks fresh. So now I combine this facial wash with my MAC cream as a skin care, and it´s making wonders on my skin!

For those who don´t know how the tea tree works, I´m going to tell you. Is bactericide, so it helps to keep the skin free of all the bacteria, it helps to heal (so any acne mark that you have can improve, but it doesn´t make it dissappear) and it has a balsamic effect, so it keeps the redness in line. And it´s known as a natural anti acne plant. Usually you can find it in the format of essence oil, and if you use it in this format, be very careful, with two drops you have enough to apply on the skin. But of course, there are other formats where you can find it like creams, soaps, facial washes, facial masks...

(This is the Tea Tree Plant)

So if you´re having breakouts issues or acne issues on your face, I really recommend you to give a try to the tea tree. I am sure that you will like it.

Hope you like the post, and see you on the next one!
Lor.