I was supposed to post this entry a few hours ago but the internet stopped working. ;--; But it's back now so I'm going to try posting it again~

I discovered this morning that I could not return the two products that I bought yesterday (which I talked about in my previous entry), so I was a bit saddened but it's alright, maybe my sisters will be able to use them. So earlier I decided to go hunt for more lipsticks and mascara. I went to two stores and came home with 4 lipsticks and 2 mascaras in all, ahaha. I couldn't decide which mascara to get so that's why I got 2. As for the lipsticks, I liked all those colors. But before I tried anything, I figured I would read reviews online first and that's what I did when I got back to the apartment. The products I bought were 2 of the Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids lipsticks (Shocking Coral and On Fire Red), the Maybelline Volum'Express Mascara in Blackest Black, the CoverGirl Lash Blast Volume mascara, the Rimmel Moisture Renew lipstick in Rouge, and the Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Lipstick in number 11. (Which I was soo happy to find because I've been looking for a dark red lipstick for a while now!)

I only wanted to get the Vivids lipsticks because they're all nice and bright colors, and they're all the rage right now, but after careful thinking I realized I would not be able to pull off those colors so I've put them back in the bag and will be returning them tomorrow, along with the Maybelline mascara just because the reviews online we're all mostly bad ones. Good thing I didn't try any of these items.

The lipsticks I chose to keep were the Rimmel ones, and I tried the Rouge one first since it's lighter than the number 11. Before I applied it to my lips, I was quite skeptical that I would be able to pull it off. I'm still a scaredy-cat when it comes to red, even though I love red lipstick. Odd...

Anyway, here's what it looks like on my lips.








(Agh, sorry for the bad bathroom lighting again. I can assure you that this lipstick appears red on my lips. However, when I was wiping it off it shows a magenta shade on the tissue paper...) It goes on a little dry, which is strange, but it might have been my lips that were the issue. I ended up liking the color so I decided to keep it.

I tried the number 11 lipstick next. I was even more hesitant about this one because it's a dark red; I didn't know how dark reds would look on me. But I tried it and I liked it!









(I switched to standing by my window for this photo. Yeah, I'm gonna do that from now on if it's still light outside. Why didn't I think of this before, hm.)
This lipstick is red, I don't know why it shows up as a dark magenta in the photo. o.o It goes on very smoothly, but unfortunately, I was a little disappointed because it's not as dark as I was hoping it would be, since it looks dark in the tube. Another downside of this lipstick is that it's very hard to remove. That can be a good or a bad thing. I was trying to take it off with tissue and water and it spread out to my chin and the lower parts of my cheeks, it was all over. I tried to wipe off as much as I could and my lips were still stained, and just a few minutes ago I wiped my lips again and product still came off. /major sigh I'm still going to keep it though because I like how it looks on me. Sadly, this means that I still need to find a dark red lipstick.

The CoverGirl mascara has higher ratings than the Maybelline mascara, so I thought I would keep that one. I tried it on after I tried the 2 lipsticks that I'm keeping. It really lengthens my short lashes. It doesn't provide that much volume, but that's probably because I don't have that many lashes to work with. So it might work with falsies. However, I don't know why, but this mascara is hard to remove. For me, at least. I've used a few eye makeup remover pads on the lashes of each eye and even as I type this post right now, I can still touch my lashes and there will be product on my finger. The mascara I got is non-waterproof so I don't understand why it's hard to remove like this.

Well, until next time!

- halsu isseo

Labels: covergirl, lipstick, mascara, maybelline, rimmel