Frigid February

So, in honor of us here in TN having record breaking sub-zero temperatures tonight,

I have a frosty, frigid look :)

I decided to do a darker color on my inner corners

rather than on the outer side, like usual.

I like how it turned out :)

I wish you could see the glitter and sparkle from a couple of the pigments I used more, 

but I'm overall pleased! :)

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

UD's 'Truth'- brow bone

Sugarpill's 'Afterparty' & SYN Cosmetics' 'Famous'- crease

SYN Cosmetics' 'Dap'- highlight

UD's 'Heroine' & SYN Cosmetics' 'Delusion'- inner corners

UD's 'Kiddie Pool'- lid

Younique 3D lash mascara- lashes

Frozen! makeup look

Seeing as how my part of Tennessee has been under an ice storm for the past 12 hours,

I figured it was only appropriate to do a look based off of

Elsa from Frozen.

I know basically everyone has already created this look,

but I haven't.

So.

I gave it a go.

Here's my wearable, Elsa makeup look:

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

BFTE's 'Last Call' &, Urban Decay's 'Alchemy' & 'Vanity', 

and Sleek's 'Flump' & 'Sugarlite'- inner/outer corners

Sleek's 'Parma Violet'- crease

SYN Cosmetics' 'Trance'- middle of lid

SYN Cosmetics' 'Case'- lower lash line

L'Oreal Butterfly Intenza mascara & Younique 3D lash mascara- lashes

* REVIEW* Younique Moodstruck 3D Fiber Lashes !

Okay, has anyone even heard of Younique before?

I'm not all knowing, but I just came across this brand in the past couple months.

I started seeing all the posts on FB about some mascara that made it look like you had fake lashes.

A product that makes it look like you have fake lashes-

without the hassle of actually wearing fake lashes?!?

I was down to try it!

Read on to see what I found... :)

The Product

*picture taken from Younique's website*

The 'mascara' comes in a hardy, stylish carrying case (pictured above).

Inside are two tubes- one containing the 'transplanting' gel and one containing the fibers.

Both are applied just like mascara, with an almost identical brush used in many mascaras.

Some of it's Claims:

- "dramatically enhances and magnifies appearance" of your lashes

- easy to use with their 3 step process

- water resistant

- wash off easily

The Review

Okay, so I had seen lots of before and after pictures of this product from random people who posted them on fb and online.

I have to say that- a lot of them- were pics of regular lashes that became clumped and wiry looking... and I wasn't too keen on that.

I had a friend who said she tried it and it was amazing, however,

so I gave in.

Here are my lashes before ANY makeup whatsoever:

Here are my lashes with two coats of the gel/fibers:

PROS

- easy to apply

- definitely makes my lashes look at least 2 or 3 x longer

- comes with super cute, durable case

- washes off very easily

CONS

- a little expensive at $29

- does give a slight wiry affect, depending upon how many coats you do

- fibers sometimes fall from the brush/your lashes under your eye below

- has to be applied carefully for those of us that wear contacts

The Verdict

This product no doubt extends lashes significantly. The quality of the LOOK of your lashes, however, depends upon how many coats you use. Obviously, if you have short lashes you're going to want to use several coats (you can technically use as many coats as you want). Your lashes will be longer... but each coat causes just a bit of clumping and that wiry look. The shorter your lashes are and the more coats you use- the greater the chance they'll look clumpy and wiry. Not a good look. 

Although it might be tempting to use coat after coat to get those nice, long lashes- don't do it.

For those of you with short lashes, I recommend two coats (that's what I used in these pics).

For those with longer lashes, I would do no more than 3 coats.

:)

RATING (OUT OF 10): 9