Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids Lipsticks

I can't contain myself when it comes to an awesome lip product.  I am a lip junkie and no matter how many lip products I have, I will always keep trying out whatever catches my eye.  I have seen a ton of YouTube videos on people loving these Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids lipsticks and just by seeing the different shades people have been showing, I knew that I was going to be obsessed as well.  I love love love bright lip colors!  They are so fun to rock and it pretty much screams my personality in a small tube.  I think its a fun way to go outside the box without being too crazy.  It was really hard for me to choose which ones to get ( I was trying to not go overboard lol).  I decided to only purchase 2 lipsticks.  They were buy one get one 50% off at CVS; each one running $7.49.  I think it's a smidge pricey, but now that I know that I love these lipsticks, I'll be sure to be on the look out for these at Wal-Mart.  The shades I chose were "Hot Plum" and "Vivid Rose".  I have olive skin and these two colors look awesome with my skin tone.  In the tube the two shades look very different from each other and even looking at my swatches you can obviously tell the difference between the two shades.  However, on my lips, they do look rather similar.  I can personally tell the difference between the two, the Hot Plum has more of a purple undertone.  But if you are looking for a few shades that look vastly different from each other I would suggest maybe choosing one shade or the other; not both.  I used a lip liner with the Hot Plum yesterday when I wore the lipstick and it seriously lasted all day long.  I ate a breakfast burrito, drank some cider, and was talking all day at work (it was a busy busy busy Super Bowl day might I add) and the lipstick was still on my lips after an 8 hour workday.  I was absolutely impressed.  I used to think that lip liners were a gimmick product to be quite honest, but I am sold on it now.  I truly believe that the main reason why my lipstick lasted all day was because of the lip liner.  These lipsticks go on very smooth, they have a very creamy consistency.  They weren't the most hydrating lipsticks in the world but it didn't dry out my lips completely either.  Maybelline always does a great job with cute packaging that is simple and sleek.  I can't really say I have any complaints about this product.  Of course I would love for it to be hydrating like the Whispers or Revlon lip butters, but I can sacrifice that for the awesome pigmentation that these lipsticks have.  I highly recommend these lipsticks for anyone looking for a fun way to stand out.  I definitely will be purchasing some more colors because I love them so much.  Have any of you tried the Maybelline Vivids?  If so, let me know in the comments below what your favorite shade(s) is!

Always,

Aimee xx

Fav Fall Lip Combo

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SuperStay 10HR Stain Gloss™ - Lip Gloss By Maybelline
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This is my new found favorite fall lip combination so far this season.  I am a lip "junkie" and if you go through my makeup collection, one would find a massive amount of lip products everywhere.  With that being said, I am a huge fan of dramatic lips.  This ranges from pretty pinks, classic reds, mysterious dark plum lips, to sassy oranges and all colors in between.  I discovered this awesome duo today and I just had to share with all of you how well these two products work together.

Lets first start off with the Super Stay Stain Gloss.  I was immediately drawn to this color in the store because of the purple.  It was a pretty shade from what it was supposed to look like on the colored cap.  Again, I love bold and so I just went with this color because I feel like I have so many neutral pinkish reds if you know what I mean.  This product is supposed to act like a stain and a lipgloss in one and I feel like it does a decent job at what it claims to do.  I do find the consistency of the product to be a little weird and it seems to smell a bit like kool aid or some sort of flavored children's drink.  I do like how it has a very wide and flat applicator brush.  It covers a lot of lip and the brush is easy to work with.  You need to let the product dry a bit before you start rubbing your lips together or licking them.  The stain usually stays on my lips for a few hours which in my opinion is pretty decent.  I would much rather have something stay on my lips for a few hours and not have to worry too much about it fading and such.  Does it last 10 hours?  Heck no.  But, I do think it is one of the better stains on the market for sure.  Now, here comes the fun part.....On to the baby lips.......

I love any lip balm that is going to give my lips great moisture but also a splash of color.  I have been noticing lately that after doing my makeup, I can't just leave my lips bare.  It just makes me look really off center and kinda pale?  Hope that makes sense.. :)  Anyhow, the baby lips products are awesome.  I just happened to have this baby lips flavor in "Grape Vine" in my pocket throughout the day and it was perfect when my lips were feeling a little parched.  I didn't realize at first how these two lip products would work so well together.  I was really just trying to keep my lips moisturized so I wouldn't be rubbing my lips together.  But these two really compliment each other.  The stain was having pretty good staying power today but with the hint of color of the baby lips, I didn't have to retouch the stain today.  It was quite a pleasant surprise.  Now I am certainly not claiming that my lips looked like when I first applied the stain, but it was a quick and easy option for me to keep my lip color throughout the day without looking in the mirror.

Hope you find this useful and that you are having a fun filled weekend :)

Always,

Aimee XO

Maybelline Fit Me Foundation && Concealer

Maybelline Fit Me Foundation and Concealer!

Here is my review on the Maybelline Fit Me Foundation and Concealer.  First off, these two products were extremely inexpensive at Wal-Mart.  I think the concealer was about $5 and the foundation was about $6.  This was such a great deal to me!  I don't remember how many fluid ounces the product was, but you are definitely getting your money's worth when purchasing these babies.  The color selection in the range is actually very decent.  In fact, this is what I loved most about these two products.  The color matched my skin tone so well.  I mean when you blended the products, it was like they melted into my skin and blended seamlessly.  It has been awhile since I have found a foundation and concealer that just looked so great as far as matching my skin so well.  The coverage in my opinion is about light to medium coverage.  You can definitely build the coverage up to medium, but if you have a lot of problems that you need to cover, I wouldn't necessarily recommend this for you.  I would recommend these products to people with dry to normal skin.  This foundation will give you a dewy finish and if you have oily to combo skin like myself, you will look like a disco ball throughout the day.  This is what I really disliked about these two products.  I don't think I can tell you the last time that I have been this oily from a foundation before.  Not only did setting powder not really help at all, this foundation and concealer broke me out like crazy!  I mean literally the first day that I wore it, I could like feel the breakouts emerging throughout the day.  This is absolutely disgusting and repulsive just thinking about this, but I have to keep it real!  But honestly, I was so disappointed that this  foundation and concealer wasn't the new holy grail for me!  Like I said before, the color matching was beyond amazing and it made my face look so good.  It looked natural and not like I was wearing a full face of makeup.  This aspect of a foundation is key for me because I honestly don't like to look like I am wearing a full face of makeup.  The concealer was great as far as the formula goes because it was super creamy and gave good coverage.  I like to blend concealer with my fingers, I feel like it gives me more control and gives a fuller coverage.  The concealer did a great job blending without losing a ton of product on my fingers.  Again, its just unfortunate that it broke me out because everything else about it was great :(

So in a nutshell, I would try this product out if you have normal to dry skin and you like a dewy finish foundation.  The colors of the range are pretty spot on and excellent!  Beware of this product if you have oily to combo skin or if you can be sensitive to acne breakouts!

Hope this was helpful!  If you have any questions, comment below!  And as usual, you can always tweet me as well @beaimplified

Always,

Aims XO

Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo Cream Eyeshadow Review

These new Maybelline cream eye shadows are getting SO MUCH HYPE on YouTube and blogs everywhere.  Most people say they are a dupe for MAC Paint Pots.  While I don't own any MAC Paint Pots to compare, I can compare them to other cream shadows that I have tried in the past. 

Watching various beauty gurus on YouTube and reading blog posts about the 24 Hour Color Tattoos, all of them talk about how long lasting this product is.  I don't think that anyone in their right mind would want to wear eyeshadow for 24 hours or expect it to last for that long.  A lot of other bloggers say that their experience with the wear was that they didn't need to use a primer and that they experienced no creasing.  (Just in case you are unsure of what primer does, it makes the shadow more vibrant and it prevents creasing from happening)  This was not the case for me however.  I don't think that I have particularly oily eyelids, but these cream shadows creased for me (not badly, but still did) and also lost their pigmentation after a few hours of wear.  At the end of the day the color was faded, and it was hard to even see what color I was wearing on my eyelids.  I thought that it might have just been because of the fact I wasn't wearing any primer.  I tried wearing primer and I still experienced creasing and the pigmentation fading.  I'm not quite sure why I seem to be the only one with this opinion?  While I still like these cream shadows A LOT, I just don't think that they are the new holy grail product like all of the reviews.  How I can see these are worth the hype that they are getting is the fact that the colors in the range are gorgeous and unique.  I don't think many people can say that they have seen a pretty decent cream eye shadow in orange, teal, emerald and purple!  In comparison to the MAC Paint Pots, I can also see why people will be reaching for the Maybelline Color Tattoo's.  The Color Tattoo's range from $6-$8 depending on what drugstore you purchase from for .14oz of product.  They are now at Wal-Mart, so that is the cheapest place I have seen them so far.  The Paint Pots will cost you $17.50 for .17oz of product.  So pretty even in how much product you actually get, but the price difference will definitely draw people to the Color Tattoo's more.  For the price of one Paint Pot, you can get 3 Color Tattoo's!  Kinda a no brainer!  You are also getting a lot of product with the Color Tattoo's.  I mean, for me to actually hit pan on one of these babies is going to take me a LONG time!

Another reason why these are great for the price is because they have such awesome pigmentation.  Even though yes, these creased on me, I can't take away from the fact that with one swipe you have an incredibly saturated swatch of color.  From other reviews I have heard that the only color that doesn't live up to the pigmentation is the "Painted Purple".  Of the three that I have, two of them are shimmery and one is a matte finish.  Tough as Taupe is matte and I love this color for an everyday, classic smokey eye look.  What I like doing with this color is applying it all over my lid and then taking tease from the Naked 2 palette in the crease.  It looks awesome and it literally takes me about 2 minutes to do!  In the morning getting ready for work, I don't want to fuss over my makeup.  I want to get up and go!  My second color, Bad to the Bronze, I actually like this color by itself a lot of the time.  I am not really the type of girl who likes to apply 3 or 4 shades of shadows on my lids to get that gradient affect.  I am not very patient haha.  But I do like applying this shade with just a hint of Blackout from the Naked 2 palette to deepen the outer v.  Keep in mind, use a light hand with the Blackout.  Lastly, I love Pomegranate Punk.  I love the berry burgundy shade!  Again, I like using this one by itself.  I think it is really pretty using this and blending it to be more of a sheer wash of color over the lid, pairing it with a pretty blush for that amazing springtime flush look.  I like to pair it with the Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Plum Wine.  On another note, I also like to use my fingers to apply the shadows to my lid.  I find I have more control blending out the product, it is more simple this way and also the warmth of my fingers warms the product up making it that much more easy to apply/blend etc.  Hope you like the suggestions of how I like to use the colors I have! :)

I also really like the packaging for this product!  The shadows are in a glass container with a lid that screws on and off.  A lot of times affordable drugstore products have such horrible packaging and even though it is considerably cheaper than a high end product, it dries out or gets ruined quickly and you have to repurchase   it!  So kudos to Maybelline for making a product that has effective packaging!  I also really like the fact that it has the description of the product on the top of the lid, and you can see the color on the bottom of the glass container!

Here are the three shades that I purchased.  I bought Bad to the Bronze (left), Pomegranate Punk(middle), and Tough as Taupe(right).  The swatches are below and there are no filters; just the lighting in my kitchen :)

Click the link below to be connected to Maybelline's website for more information and also to see the other colors in the range!  (I didn't purchase the rest and I didn't have any other pictures to show you!)

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Overall, I really like this product even though I did experience creasing.  I wish that it didn't do that for my eyelids, but with all of the other great things about this product, I will keep the colors I have.  While I am not sure if I would actually repurchase the product simply for the fact that I seem to be the only person in the blogging world that experience creasing, I would definitely say that this product is worth for every girl to try! This product is very accessible, and easy to use!  The application and blending of this product is so easy and effortless that this would be a great product if you are just starting off with makeup as well!  These beautiful colors are very affordable and you can find these at any drugstore near you.  If you try these out, I would love to hear what you have to think about them!  Leave me a comment below if you have tried them and tell me what you think!

Hope this was helpful for all you beYOUties out there!

Until next time......

Love Always,

Aims XO