Friday Flops: I hate my mascara

I have a confession.

I hate Maybeline’s Great Lash mascara.

I know, I know.  It’s supposed to be the holy grail of mascaras.  Every makeup artist I’ve ever been to has had the familiar pink and green tube in their makeup bag.  My mother has used it for as long as I can remember and she loves it.

Hell, I use it.

And I hate it.

Specifically, I use the waterproof version because I have this incredibly sexy habit of sweating.  Constantly.  From my face.  I’m also the world’s biggest cry baby.  Waterproof mascara is a must for me.

And Maybeline’s Great Lash waterproof mascara does stand up fine against water…

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Use Eyelid Primer for Smudge Proof Eyeliner

Getting your makeup to look good in the morning is easy.

Getting your makeup to still look good in the afternoon is like trying to live on a diet of chocolate cake and ice cream:

some people do it, but no one knows how.

I had tried every eyeliner known to man and still couldn’t keep my eyeliner from either disappearing completely or dissolving into smudge circles under my eyes.  I used liquid eyeliner, eyeliner pencils and even tried my hand at powder liner with an eyeliner brush.  All of it yielded the same results – fabulous at 9am and craptastic by noon.

And then a Bare Escentuals makeup artist changed my life forever.

Now my eye makeup stays perfectly in place until I wash my face at the end of the day.  My eyeliner survives rubbing, sweating and late afternoon naps without even a hint of smudging.

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