Swatch & Review: NYC & Rimmel

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Today I have some goodies from NYC New York Color and Rimmel to share with you! There are quite a few so let's get to it! I am going to do eye products first and then lip products so we'll skip around a bit with the brands.

First up, from NYC. The Show Time Kohl Kajal Eyeliner is available in 4 colors and retails for $2.99: True Black, Deep Brown, Deep Grey, and Purple Glam. These come in a cone shaped applicator which provides a precise application. These are very pigmented; the swatch shown is one swipe of each color!

Next from Rimmel, the Magnifeyes Double Ended Shadow and Liner! This product comes in 5 colors and retails for about $6-$7, depending on where you purchase it: 001 Back to Black, 002 Kissed By A Rose Gold, 003 Queens of the Bronzed Age, 004 Dark Side of Blue, 005 Pink & Purple Rain. I have three of the shades to show you and I am pretty excited about them.

From left to right, Kissed By A Rose Gold, Queens of the Bronzed Age, and Dark Side of Blue. I. Love. These! The eyeshadow side is LIKE BUTTAH, so smooth and so comfortable to apply. The eyeliners are also very smooth and easy to apply, even though the blue eyeliner was slightly less creamy to apply because it is a matte.

Lastly, I have 4 shades from the NYC New York Color Get It All Lip Color. These retail for $2.99 and are available in 10 shades: ImpREDssive, WondeREDful, IncREDible, FUCHSIAtastic, FabFuchsia, Pinkdigious, ExeptioNUDE, MOCHAmazing, ExtraordiBERRY, TerrifiCORAL.

The shades I have MOCHAmazing, FabFUCHSIA, WondeREDful, ExtraordiBERRY. You get hand swatched and lip swatches, AREN'T YOU SO EXCITED?!

MOCHAmazing

 FabFUCHSIA

WondeREDful

ExtraodiBERRY

The lipsticks were very comfortable and quite pigmented. This was two swipes for each lip swatch. I think FabFUCHSIA and WondeREDful were my favorite!

I LOVE AFFORDABLE makeup! It's my favorite thing! Have you tried any of these products? What did you think?

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Rimmel Wonder'Lash Lift Me Up Mascara - Review

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Today we are going to be reviewing the new Rimmel Wonder'Lash Lift Me Up mascara. This is a cool mascara because it's cucumber scented and is infused with cucumber extract and vitamins, which is supposed to deliver a nourishing and conditioning effect to your lashes.

The wand is a natural bristle brush in an hourglass shape. The brush itself is rather large, which was a bit cucumbersome for not getting mascara on your eyelid, no matter how careful you are. However, that's always an easy fix so it didn't bother me.

I would classify this mascara formula as being on the dry side but it was also easy to apply. I am not one to ever put coats upon coats of mascara on, I usually stop at two and didn't find this to be clumpy or goopy at two coats.

The color I am trying is 003 Extreme Black. There is also a regular Black color option.

I have a decent length to my lashes but they are very straight. This did help to volumize my eyelashes! It wasn't groundbreaking volume, but it was there and it was nice.

The cucumber scent is faint but pleasant and you can't smell it once the mascara has been applied. I can't say that I noticed my eyelashes felt conditioned but I also never touch my eyelashes to feel how conditioned they may or may not be, lol.

This mascara is in stores now and retails for $8.99

What do you think? Are you intrigued??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

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Rimmel Keep Calm & Lip Balm - Review

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Today I have some new lip balms from Rimmel to share with you! There are 5 available shades and I have three to share with you. These are "nourishing balms with a fresh hint of tint".

These retail for $2.50 and are available at chain drug stores and mass retailers nationwide! Let's take a look!

The three shades I have are
Top: Keep Calm and Rock (berry blush)
Middle: Keep Calm and Play (rose blush)
Bottom: Keep Calm and Party (violet blush).

The texture of these is very smooth and the sheer tint is perfect for everyday use. They apply like a regular balm but add a little pizazz. There is a mild berry scent to the balms, which I do not find overpowering. I think this would be a great lip balm to check out and you can't beat it for the price! $2.50!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Rimmel Round and Round In Circles

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Another new spring polish from Rimmel is Round and Round in Circles, a pale yellow creme polish. As with all yellows ever, it seems, this had a sort of streaky formula and required 3 careful coats.

This first picture is in direct light.

This picture is in indirect light and you can really see the streaks here. Such a shame, because this color is so fun and happy!

I found my Rimmel polishes at Walgreens and I believe they were about $1.79.

Have you tried the new Rimmel pastels for spring yet?
Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Rimmel Mind The Gap, Victoria

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Today's polish is brought to you by Rimmel, via Walgreens, and then my wallet, ha. I saw a new Rimmel display a few weeks back and this periwinkle blue color just called out to me!

Mind The Gap, Victoria is a periwinkle blue creme polish and isn't it just so springy?? I love it! I used 2 coats.

I don't usually talk about wear time with polish because every polish is different on every person but this wore really well on me and usually polishes chip on me within a day. I wore this for 4 days with minimal chips! Color me impressed!!

Are you ready for spring colors??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Lime Crime, Rimmel and Ulta Polishes!

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The official title of this post is Lime Crime Once In A Blue Mousse with Rimmel  Savvy and Ulta Love Fern. But that was too long, lol.

I started with two coats of Lime Crime Once In A Blue Mousse. Ignore the bumps on the nails, those are on my nails and are not from the polish. Apparently, I did not get all the previous glitter off. Whoops. Anyway, I used 3 thin coats. It was a bit streaky after the second coat.

 Then, I layered one coat of Rimmel Savvy, a super sheer layering polish.

THEN, I added one coat of Ulta Love Fern, a lovely teal glitter. Love this! 

So much blue makes me so much happy! Wait... that doesn't make sense.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda