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good basic yellow.

NYX's Mellow Yellow eyeshadow single is a bright, matte, primary yellow. It's hypoallergenic and cruelty free. This eyeshadow was made in China. I purchased my 2.5g shadow at Ulta for $4.99. Packaging for NYX's single shadows is both cute and practical. The shadows come in small, square, black compacts that flip open. The little compacts feel quite sturdy and I've dropped one several times with no damage to the product. The packaging is recyclable. I like to store NYX Singles in a bead/button organizer. They fit perfectly. Mellow Yellow is a great yellow shadow! I've been looking for one like it for a while now. The shadow is soft, but not powdery, its velvety smooth. It's well pigmented, but it could be more pigmented. It shows up well on bare skin, but like most shadows, preforms better over a primer, and even better over a white or colored base. Mellow Yellow is particularly vibrant over white or yellow base. Mellow Yellow is a true, straight up primary yellow. A useful color to have on hand, and one I use very frequently. It's bright and bold, but certainly not neon. It's great for fun, bright looks and pops of color, but can also be sheered out for a softer look as well. This shadow applies <a href='http://well.It' rel='nofollow' target='_blank'>well.It</a>'s soft and blends without much effort. I find it applies best when patted on with a stiff brush, sweeping it on creates a sheerer look. Mellow Yellow doesn't have any fall out issues. It can, however, be easily over blended and overpowered by darker colors. I prefer to wear it with other bright shadows. Wear time is an excellent 8+hours with no creasing and minimal fading over a primer. I can't speak for how Mellow Yellow performs without any primer or base. I really like Mellow Yellow. I've finally found a bright, matte, yellow with good pigmentation. That's a pretty rare thing. I've been questing for one for a couple years. If you're on a similar quest, check out NYX. They have a couple yellow choices. This is the first one I've tried from them, but I look forward to sampling others. I'll definitely be repurchasing when I finish this pan. I recommend Mellow Yellow to all NYX lovers, Bright Shadow lovers, or those looking for something a little different to add to their makeup collection. NYX's shadows are great quality at a great price. It's harder to find shadows with a better value.

Fair 125

Rimmel's Match Perfection Concealer is a liquid, brush on concealer, that supposedly adapts to your skin's color. I use the shade 125 Fair. Rimmel calls this concealer a "2-in-1 Concealer and Highlighter" that "conceals signs of fatigue" (under eye circles) and "highlights and illuminates the eye area". This concealer also has a "soft, precision brush for delicate under eye area". I got my .23 fl oz (7ml) tube at Walmart for $5.65. This product is made in England. I'm on the fence about this concealer's packaging. On one hand, it's travel and purse friendly, especially for those who like to apply their concealer with a brush, and reapply through out the day. But on the other hand, I feel like the packaging makes it easy to waste product. Some gets caked inside of the cap, and its easy to squeeze too much out. Maybe this would've been wiser to put in a dial-up packaging instead of a squeeze tube. I guess the pros and cons balance each other out. This concealer's formula has a nice consistency. It's moisturizing without being oily, and not too thick or thin. The great consistency makes it really easy to blend in, giving it a very natural finish. The color of 125 Fair is mostly neutral, I can see both yellow and pink aspects to the color. I think, being an under eye concealer, it leans a little bit more yellow than pink. Yellow tones are supposed to neutralize blue tones in under eye circles. I never really considered the "skin tone adapting" technology in this concealer until just now. In fact I forgot it did that til I was examining the packaging, trying to get all the facts off of it. Upon testing, I think it really does adapt to my skin. How does that work? Either way, its pretty epic, especially since I assumed it'd be a gimmick. However, I don't see any highlighting and illumination from this concealer, but that's not exactly what I'm looking for a concealer, so I don't mind. I get really good coverage from Match Perfection. It's not quite full coverage, but close, more of a medium, buildable coverage. It covers under eye circles like a boss. It also does a really good job covering up redness, which I sometimes need a lot of help with. Match Perfection covers pimples well, but not perfectly. I can definitely still see them, but they're somewhat obscured by this concealer, which is better than nothing. Combined with foundation I get a really nice, natural flawless look. I really want to try Rimmel's Match Perfection foundation now. I hope it's as good as it's corresponding concealer. Speaking of the foundation, the concealer has a little chart on the back, denoting what foundation shades it matches up with. Handy. I don't feel the need to reapply or touch up this concealer at all. I get all day wear with only a little bit of fading towards the end of the day. Overall, I love Rimmel's Match Perfection concealer. It's definitely the best concealer I've used. It covers very well, matches my skin tone perfectly, and has some cool, non-gimmick chemistry going on. It's packaging is a little weird, but I'll overlook it, as it's worth it for the great product it contains.I recommend this if you're looking to cover under eye circles, or want an all around good concealer for a reasonable price. There's no doubt I'll be repurchasing this concealer, and the foundation that goes with it.

St. Ives Apricot Scrub has probably been part of every girls skin care routine at one point or another. It's been part of mine for about 6 or 7 years, so it's a product I'm very familiar with. St. Ives Fresh Skin Apricot Scrub is not tested on animals, dermatologist tested, oil free, paraben free, contains 100% natural extracts and exfoliants and is made in the USA. I purchased my 10oz jar at Ulta for $5.49. This apricot scrub is available in two packaging formats. A 6.3oz squeeze tube, and a 10 oz jar as show above. I like both versions, they each have their pros and cons. The squeeze tube is more convenient and travel friendly, but contains nearly 4oz less than the jar. The jar is a better value, with 4 more oz for only a dollar or two more. However, its a large, bulky jar, making it inconvenient to travel with, it takes up a good amount of space, and isn't the most hygienic form of packaging. The jar is made of a sturdy white plastic with screw top lid. Labeling is fairly appealing and promotes a natural image with its use of pictures of fresh apricots. The scrub has a thick consistency with a texture that's both gritty and smooth. It has a pleasant, natural scent, that's fresh. It smells a bit like dried apricots, but not as sweet. It's refreshing. It feels smooth on the face until you start rubbing it in. This scrub can be very harsh if used incorrectly. The key to using this product correctly is to dampen your face with warm water, massage it onto the skin in a circular motion, and rinse off with warm water. I use St. Ives Apricot Scrub all over. On my legs after shaving, my hands before doing my nails, my feet or elbows when they're feeling rough. I use this scrub on my face every two to three days, anymore would be too often. Even though this scrub is a bit harsh on the skin, I never experience any redness or stinging after use. The label claims its non-irritating and I agree. The results I get from this scrub are great. My skin is extremely soft and smooth after use. It looks and feels a lot healthier with a more even texture. It does a great job removing any rough patches and dead skin. A few things I'd like to mention; this scrub is not 100% natural, only the extracts (apricot) and exfoliants (walnut shell powder) are. If you have a nut allergy, you may want to steer clear of this scrub, as walnut shell powder is the second ingredient. I highly recommend St.Ives scrubs, and all their products as well. They're always very high quality. St. Ives Fresh Skin Apricot Scrub is a drugstore skin care classic for a reason. It exfoliates well, leaving behind impressive results. A tube or jar of this scrub will get a lot of use out of it before you run out, and its available for a very affordable price. Some may find it too harsh, but for me, this is the perfect exfoliater. This'll remain in my skin care routine for a long time.

Princess

Revlon's Princess Nail Enamel is a limited edition polish from their Edgy Elegance collection. I got my .5 fl oz bottle at Rite Aid for $3.79 with a dollar off coupon. All of the colors from Edgy Elegance are really unique, but I picked up Princess for two reasons. 1. I don't have any polishes this color. 2. What color is it? In my last review for Revlon Nail Enamel (Blue Mosaic), I went on a rant about how much I love Revlon's packaging. To avoid going on the same rant, I'll leave it at this: Revlon Nail Enamels come in a round, glass bottle with black plastic cap. I have no issues with the cap detaching from the top of the brush. The brush is medium length and wider than average. It takes one stroke to cover my nail. One stroke is all you really need. It's entirely opaque in one coat. The pigmentation in this polish is impressive and not what I expected. I kinda expected Princess to be a sheer, shimmery, layering polish. The formula of this polish is thick with pigment. It appears a little grainy on the brush, but it doesn't apply that way. It goes on very smooth and even. The finish and color of Princess is extremely complex and visually interesting.The finish is a cross between a shimmer and metallic, and leaves a textured feel on the nail. The color is whats truly interesting about this polish. Its gunmetal grey, steel blue, and a greyed purple. All at once. Without being a duochrome. It's complex, strange, and hard to describe. Let's call it a grey-periwinkle, for convenience sake. Princess dries in about 45 seconds, which is impressive for a polish that doesn't call itself a fast dry. When it comes to wear time, this Princess is a diva. I get two to three days of wear from this polish, usually. But it occasionally peels off after a few hours of wear. Talk about inconsistent. Aside from not knowing whether or not it wants to stay on, Princess doesn't know when to come off either. Removal is difficult for a non-glitter polish. The color comes off with a few swipes of nail polish remover, but somehow, all the glitter gets left behind. It seems impossible to get off. Aside from questionable wear, Princess is an very unique polish that I recommend to anyone looking for something different. If you can still find it at your drugstore, buy it. You'll probably never find a polish this color again

Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara claims to help lashes grow longer and stronger while adding length and volume. The "lash enhancing formula" supposedly compliments your lashes natural growth cycle. It's opthalmologist tested and is available in 4 shades. I purchased the shade Blackest Black from Rite Aid for $7.99. This mascara's packaging is very pretty and appealing. It's what originally made me interested in the mascara, and I'm rarely a sucker for packaging. The longer than average tube is a bright, metallic green with silver lettering. The Grow Luscious logo is really cute, a set of lashes are 'growing' out of the O, and through the W. Grow Luscious' brush is massive. It's quite long and thick. It doesn't taper much at the end, so it can be a bit of a mess to get in the inner corners and lower lashes. The size and shape of a brush like this doesn't really cater to my eye shape, but does wonders for my lashes. Aside from it's tradition bristles not being so dense, Grow Luscious' brush is quite similar to Almay's Intense i-Color Mascara's. Which is kinda ironic since I unintentionally purchased both on the same day. Revlon simply claims that Grow Luscious will add Length and Volume. Nothing outrageous, no percentages. I like when a company keeps it's promises simple. The formula of this mascara is a good consistency. Not a dry mascara or a wet mascara. It doesn't clump or flake, or smudge. It applies evenly on my lashes. Grow Luscious adds a really nice amount of length to my lashes, with a good bit of volume. It even holds a curl pretty well. Just as promised. Its not a particularly natural looking mascara, but it doesn't make your lashes look like falsies. Its also not super dramatic either, so it's definitely a mascara you can swipe on and go without any other makeup. Everything about this mascara is very even. It offers a little bit of everything with nothing left to be desired.

This mascara also wears very well. I only get the slightest flaking on the bottom lashes. I don't even get itchy lashes from this, no matter how long I wear it. Grow Luscious removes easily with water and liquid makeup remover. It's also available in a waterproof formula. As for the growth part in the Grow Luscious name, I haven't experienced any additional lash length. But really when it comes to serum infused mascaras, it takes consistent wear over a long period of time to see any results, and really, don't expect a miracle from it. Because I rotate between several mascaras, I can't really take the time to test out Grow Luscious' lash growth abilities. I recommend Revlon's Grown Luscious mascara if you're looking for a mascara that does a little bit of everything, wears well, and might promote lash growth. There's really nothing bad to say about this mascara, other than $8 is a little bit pricey to me, but so far it seems worth it. I probably won't repurchase, but I'm open to trying other Revlon mascaras.

Good for Fast Food Workers or Nurse's hands

St. Ives Intense Healing Hand Cream is a lotion that claims to "heal dry, rough hands" and is "clinically proven to keep hands moisturized all day" Its non - irritating, fragrance free, hypo-allergenic, cruelty free and contains 100% all natural moisturizers like olive leaf extract, cranberry seed oil, and grape seed oil. My mum got this for me at WalMart for $3 for 3 fl oz of product. Mummy got this for me when I was suffering from a serious case of fast food hands. They're like Nurse's Hands, but with more burns and dried ketchup under your nails, on top of the dryness, redness, peeling, and weak nails. It's pretty uncomfortable and really unsightly. Packaging of this hand cream is the basic up-right squeeze tube with plastic flip top cap. Nothing reviewable or exciting. The tube seems to collapse on its self as it empties, so there's not much problem getting product stuck at the top. The tube is fairly large, but still fit in my winter coat pocket to take to work with me. Formula is thick, white, and feels buttery. A little bit goes a pretty long way. I've had this tube for a bit over a year and I still have a little bit left in there. The cream takes a bit longer to sink in because of its thickness. But I feel like that causes it to moisturize deeper and more evenly. The moisture I get from this is good and natural feeling, no greasy or stickiness. The moisture doesn't last as all day like the package claims. I feel the need to reapply after 3-4 hours. Which isn't too bad. Healing-wise, this cream didn't work any miracles, but it did help. Over a two week period of most of the peeling and soreness went away and dryness was minimized but still there. I still had wrinkly, red, dish water hands. But they were better than before. I don't like how this cream smells. I don't like super perfumed lotions, as I find them drying, but I also don't like unscented lotions. It reminds me of medical soap/DermaScrub. All up this is a good hand cream if you have dry, peeling hands. I recommend it to my fellow restaurant cooks. We kept a bottle of it in the office at my work after I initially brought it in. It's budget friendly, functional, a tad greasy, and doesn't smell very good. Just like a cook. ;)

Big Money

NYC's Big Money nail polish is a metallic, foil finish, green. NYC Defines it as a frost, but I disagree. I purchased my .45fl oz bottle at Rite Aid for .99. Packaging is basic. Nothing eye catching or flashy, but it gets the job done. The bottle is small, round, and made of glass. The cap is black plastic. The cap hasn't detached from the top of the brush yet. The brush is very long, thin, and quite flexible. It takes three strokes to cover my nail. The color of this polish is pretty. The first two coats are pretty similar to the dull green color of money, the third coat is more of the color of play money. This is a three coat polish.The first coat is incredibly sheer and barely deposits any color at all. The second coat adds some more color, but its still very sheer. The third coat finally makes it wearable, however its still quite sheer. I suppose thats what makes it a frost finish. I still call it a foil though. The finish is very shiny and pretty.I like it. Big Money takes about 1 to 1:15 minutes to dry, decent dry time. This polish doesn't claim to be a fast dry. The wear time for Big Money is pretty poor. I've gotten a maximum of two days worth of wear. Fail. It's usually much less. A few hours to a day. The polish starts wearing at the tip and chipping in the corners almost immediately. After a few hours, the edges come up and the polish peels off in one big piece, usually unprovoked. I'm obviously disappointed, first off, since this is supposedly a "long wearing" nail polish, and secondly, because I've had several polishes from NYC's Long Wearing line, and they all are practically indestructible. Sometimes I get more than 10 days of wear. How amazing is that for a buck? I forgot to mention the formula of this polish. Like most foils the formula is thin, but Big Money's is exceptionally thin, runny, and watery. It tends to collect in the corners and pool in certain spots. Overall, NYC's Big Money is a definite skip. The color and finish are pretty, but it's wear is so poor its not even worth a dollar really. Instead spend you .99 on another NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel. The glitters are especially good. Big Money was a fluke in a good, affordable line of polishes.

Let's Meet

Sinful Colors' Let's Meet is a bright yellow nail polish with gold shimmer. Sinful Color's Nail Polish is toluene, formaldehyde, and DBP free. I purchased my .5 fl oz bottle at Rite Aid for $1.99. Sinful Colors is a brand I struggle with. I've previously tried three polishes and I only liked one, and it definitely had some flaws. Let's see how Let's Meet compares. Packaging is the same round, glass bottle with textured, black plastic cap, somewhat reminiscent of China Glaze's packaging. S.C is embossed on the top of the cap, making it easy to find in my sea of polishes. The caps on any of my Sinful polishes have yet to detach from the top of the brush. This brand has very high quality packaging for being so affordable. The brush is longer and thinner than average, and is very flexible. It takes three strokes to cover my nail. Let's Meet has decent application. The first coat is pretty sheer with minimal streaks, which is corrected with the second coat. This polish can be worn with two or three coats. All the third coat adds is a bit more opacity. Another use for this polish is layering. It looks very pretty layered over bright red polishes like Sinful's Big Daddy. Let's Meet is one of the best yellow polishes I've tried. The color has a lot of dimension to it. A bright yellow with golden flecks of shimmer, it has a shimmery and reflective finish that's also smooth, and on the verge of being a jelly polish. Despite not being labeled as a fast drying polish, each coat dries in 45-50 seconds, which I would classify as fast dry.Wear time is pretty good, but slightly inconsistent. I have worn Let's Meet three times, and got different wear each time. It averages to 3 days, not awful, not amazing. Water resistance is good, it withstood two baths. Like Big Daddy and HD Nails, Let's Meet gives me ugly yellow staining, even with the use of a base coat. If you're on the prowl for a good, summery yellow polish give Let's Meet a shot. It's pretty good, and a good yellow is hard to come by. It's also very affordable at about $2. I'd repurchase, but I don't really see myself finishing whole bottle. I like Let's Meet. Between it and Big Daddy, I'm reconsidering Sinful Colors. I'm glad we met :3 /pun.

NYX Round Lipstick in Jupiter is a shimmery light pink. This was my first Round Lipstick. I purchased it at Ulta for $3.99. NYX Round Lipsticks are hypoallergenic and cruelty free and is available in 144 shades. Round Lipsticks have cute packaging. The tube is smaller than your average lipstick and you get .14 oz of product. Obviously, the tube is round. Made of black, sturdy feeling plastic, this lipstick is very purse and pocket friendly. Each lipstick is labeled on the top of the cap, and the bottom is clear plastic, making the shade easily visible. NYX was definitely trying to be storage friendly. I really like the NYX logo. It's cute and girly without being childish and over the top. It's quite simple actually Jupiter is a light, frosty, blue leaning pink. The kind of color that doesn't suit everyone. In fact, it caters to very light skin tones like mine. Like the packaging, the color is simple, yet girly and fun. Not overly pink, not overly frosty, but still a playful color. It definitely has a sheen to it, but nothing extreme. The coverage of this lipstick is moderate. I can still see a hint of my natural color, which is quite pigmented, peeking through from underneath. This lipstick has a slightly floral smell and taste, but it's pretty faint and doesn't really bother me. I never even noticed it til I smelled and tasted it for review. Application is average. It takes me two swipes to get good coverage. Jupiter isn't particularly moisturizing, but isn't dry either. The type of lipstick that needs a gloss over it, but not chapstick underneath. This lipstick doesn't bleed or migrate, but can transfer easily. Wear time for Jupiter is only ok. About 2 hours before I need to reapply. Less if I eat or drink, because of how easily it transfers. I don't feel like I can properly judge a lipstick on wear time, since I tend to get below average wear. Overall Jupiter is an ok lipstick. It wears comfortably, but not for that long. The $4 or less price point is spot on, even better when Ulta has their frequent NYX sales. I recommend NYX's Round Lipstick line as a whole, but not Jupiter in particular. It's certainly not a color for everyone. Sometimes I'm not even sure if it's a color for me.

Black Steel

Almay's Intense i-Color is a mascara that promises to "double the look of your lashes" as well as enhancing your eye color. I can't speak for the latter half, as I purchased the shade Black Steel, which is meant for blue eyes. I bought mine at Rite Aid for $3.74. I had a $1 off coupon, and mascaras were buy one, get one 50% off. Another great steal, amirite? It regularly retails for around $7.49. Almay mascaras are hypo-allergenic and ophthalmologist tested. Almay's i-Color Intense mascara's packaging isn't anything eye catching. A plastic black tube with a silver metal cap. The label is kinda cute, it has a shooting star design. The label also boasts about this mascara's "light interplay technology", which I'm pretty sure means glitter. This mascara tube is pretty long. I don't like big mascaras. They take up space in my crowded mascara drawer. One thing that's definitely intense about this mascara is the size of the brush. Look at it. It's huge! Almay's Intense i-Color is a mascara that promises to "double the look of your lashes" as well as enhancing your eye color. I can't speak for the latter half, as I purchased the shade Black Steel, which is meant for blue eyes. I bought mine at Rite Aid for $3.74. I had a $1 off coupon, and mascaras were buy one, get one 50% off. Another great steal, amirite? It regularly retails for around $7.49. Almay mascaras are hypo-allergenic and ophthalmologist tested. Almay's i-Color Intense mascara's packaging isn't anything eye catching. A plastic black tube with a silver metal cap. The label is kinda cute, it has a shooting star design. The label also boasts about this mascara's "light interplay technology", which I'm pretty sure means glitter. This mascara tube is pretty long. I don't like big mascaras. They take up space in my crowded mascara drawer. One thing that's definitely intense about this mascara is the size of the brush. Look at it. It's huge! It's almost twice the size's of Lash Blast's huge brush! While I like the shape and density of Almay i-Color Intense's brush, its just too big for my almond shaped, slightly slanted eyes. The brush is specially tapered to prevent clumps according to Almay's website. I forgot to mention the most important aspect of a brush, the bristles. This is a traditional bristled brush. Due to the sheer enormity of this brush, if the formula of this mascara were any different, I'd have quite a mess on my hands. And lids. This mascara is extremely dry. Surprisingly dry. So much so that I thought I'd gotten a bad tube. The "light interplay technology" mentioned on the label appears to be very subtle micro-glitter. Not as scientific as it sounds. Once applied I can't detect any micro glitter and its indistinguishable from any other black mascara. I think I might start calling all glitter "light interplay technology" As far as doubling the look of my lashes, it really does! I'm very impressed about the length I get from this mascara. The thickening isn't bad either. And I only need to apply one coat! Two if I want to get a little dramatic. To top things off, this mascara is great for curling, and looks fairly natural. The results are truly impressive. However the wear of this mascara isn't as good as application. It flakes off of my bottom lashes not that long after application. It flakes off the top lashes as well after several hours, but only if you touch it. But you're not supposed to be touching your eyes, so you shouldn't have this problem. This mascara, like so many others, gives me itchy lashes. It also makes my lashes very hard and stiff. Do not like, but I'll over look it, because I like the results. This mascara removes very easily. It's non-waterproof and comes off with water alone. It comes off especially easy when using a Almay Makeup Remover Pad. I was pleased at how easily this mascara removes. I'm used of Maybelline's formula, which puts up a fight, waterproof or not. I really like this mascara. It exceeded all my expectations. I'm glad I randomly picked this one up, and got it at a great price. I recommend it if you want a mascara you can just swipe on and go, or if you have sensitive eyes. Though I likely won't repurchase it, this mascaras has definitely opened me up to trying other Almay mascaras.