Beauty Product Reviews

I've been a winged eyeliner girl since the 80s, when all you coul dbuy at the drug store easily was Rimmel liquid liner in the little barrel or spit on a black eyeshadow and use a paint brush to make a coal like paste which was unstable and time consuming. I've even been known to use mascara on a paint brush when times have been desperate, anything to get that signature flick and give me a lash line. And this eyeliner gel reminds me of all those crazy, desperate times. Its hard set for a gel, which means an ugly indent after the first use (call me finicky, but I like nice things to sty nice) the brush it comes with is too stubby and wide to get the wing I like to make, but admittedly fab for pushing the gel into the lash line It just seems that the pigment isn't mixed well enough in the gel for me, and one eye might be spot on the first time, where the other could take three re-applications to match the first. Definitely needs a black powder to set it, and for every day, who wants to be labouring like that, not to mention dirtying more brushes. Not me, obviously. Good price though for a brush and a generous amount of product. Horrid packaging however, very cheap looking lid.

I was so jealous of my best friend who, with her oily skin and penchant for all over bronzer would go through a tub of Dream Matte Mousse a month. Me with my dry skin would envy her daubing that gimmicky quick stuff all over, and being ready to go in two seconds, while me and patchy scaly face would be there with the primers and foundation brushes and painting on a normal face took about ten minutes. So naturally was excited to discover the Dream Cream as its called in England. I loved the tester, and bought it on a three for two deal. This foundation has a personality disorder. It only works with the sponge which you have to wet slightly. And then buy packs of the damn things when the supplied one won't wash clean anymore. It looked sweaty when I opened it, weird little pools of oil(?) sat on top beligerently as if to say 'do you mind?' It refuses to spread with a foundation brush unless you gouge out great globs of the stuff, and reload the brush after every swipe. Great cover up ability though...left me with a totally blanked out face, albeit a little brush marky, which is where the damp sponge comes in. A lot of effort for the result, which oxidises quickly and takes on a yellowy tint. Also looks horrid on the jar, all empty and sad in the middle of the pan and hardening slightly around the edge. Not so much of a dream as an elaborate and painstaking technical marvel.