NARS Purple Rain Nail Polish

I am loving the look of this new nail polish from NARS! What a great intense shade of purple.

From the NARS website:

This intensely gothic purple is a bright and audacious shade destined to become a modern classic.

Can't wait to get my hands on it!

Urban Decay 24/7 Waterproof Eyeliner vs. Sephora Flashy Eyeliner

First I primed both my eye lids with Urban Decay Primer Potion. Then I put Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On liner in Zero on one eye and Sephora Flashy liner in Deep Black on the other eye. I lined my both my upper lash line and my waterline on each eye.

Here is my experience:

8:30 am

Lined both upper lids and waterline…both liners glide on easily with no tugging on the eye. Both liners apply to the waterline like a dream. I do often warm these liners in my hands a little before applying, but they still both apply easily even if you don’t.

11:30 am

Both upper lids still look the same as when first applied. The Urban Decay has faded quite a bit on my waterline and is now only at the outside edges of my waterline. The Sephora liner is still holding strong on my waterline with very little fading.

12:15 pm

Only forty five minutes later, the Sephora liner has now faded out on my waterline as well. It is now showing only on the outer edges of my waterline like the Urban Decay.

4:45 pm

Both upper lids still strong and vibrant with no smudging. Some of the liner from my waterline has now migrated very slightly under my eyes on both sides. The Sephora liner is now almost completely gone from my waterline. There is only a faint trace of it on the rim of my waterline. The Urban Decay liner is still detectable, barely, on the outside rim of my waterline. What is left is still in a consistent dark line across the rim of my waterline though.

7:00 pm

The liner on both lids is still going strong. Looks pretty much the same as when I applied it this morning. The Urban Decay liner is still hanging in there very minimally on the edge of my waterline, but more of it has now migrated under my eye. The Sephora liner can be considered pretty much gone from my wateline at this point.

10:00 pm

So…thirteen and a half hours later…it’s time to wash my face for bed. At this point the waterline color on both eyes is completely gone with no trace. But both the Urban Decay liner and the Sephora Flashy liner on my upper lids are still going strong, and with very minimal fading and still no smudging.

Ok, so here are my final thoughts. I have to say, I am impressed. And I am pretty much equally impressed by both the Urban Decay 24/7 liner and by the Sephora Flashy liner. Both had nearly equal staying power on my eye lids and, even though the waterline coverage didn’t last as long as I had hoped for either liner, it lasted longer than any other liners I have tried, except for maybe MAC Fluidline, which always ends up stuck in patches to my contact lens no matter how meticulous I am with application.

Sephora Flashy liners are about half the price of the Urban Decay 24/7 liners, making them a real bargain...I just wish Sephora Flashy liners came in as many great colors as the Urban Decay 24/7 liners do!

Urban Decay 24/7 Liner vs. Sephora Flashy Liner

Today I have put Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Liner on one eye and Sephora Falshy Eye Liner on the other eye...Urban Decay in Zero, a deep black and Sephora Flashy in deep black, also a deep black.

I have to keep resisting the urge to look in the mirror every fifteen minutes...somehow I don't think my boss would appreciate my dedication to beauty products reviewing during work hours. lol

Three hours in the Urban Decay liner and the Sephora Liner (applied on my upper lash line and water line on both eyes) are both hanging in there and both look about the same. Hmmm....the Sephora Flashy liners are less than half the price of the Urban Decay liners....

Stay tuned for the results!

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Liner

Someone...hmmm, maybe me? lol...has become obsessed with Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eyeliners.

I have terrible luck with eye liner staying on my waterline and Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eyeliner is the first eye liner to actually come close perfection. It does not last 24/7 on the waterline but the waterline is a really tough place to get liner to last so this didn't surprise me at all. It did, however, last a good six hours before I could see some wear on it and that is impressive to me. On other parts of the eye lid it does last all day with no fading and very little smudging.

I started out by buying Urban Decay 24/7 in Zero, which is a nice deep black. I am so happy with this liner that I already have two more on order...Underground, a nice darker brown, and Rockstar, a really cool eggplant purple.

I am already mulling over which color to buy next...there are lots of neutral colors but also many really pretty bright colors...teals, greens, blues, purples, golds, even a silvery white...oh, the choices!

Great kohl eye liner tip!!!

I just came across the greatest tip on Make Up Alley!

For all those super soft Kohl eye liners that are nearly impossible to sharpen...stick the liner in the freezer for a bit before you sharpen and voila! You will get a pointer tip and a lot less breakage!

MAC 219 Brush

I am so excited today because I have just added another brush to my growing MAC brush collection. I ordered the MAC 219 pencil brush online and Fedex delivered it today. So far I am thrilled with it. It is so versatile. It can be used on the inner v, the outer v, the crease, and to add a little sparkle to the tear duct. It can also be used to line the eyes top and bottom and it helps make a great smokey eye as well. So many great uses! I think it will become a must have brush for me.

I tried it out today with my Sephora Flashy khol eye liner. I dabbed a bit of eye liner along my bottom lash line and then, with the MAC 219, I smudged it out along the length of my lash line and it did a really great job! Can’t wait to try it out on my outer v and crease!

Sally Hansen Insta Dri Fast Dry Nail Polish

Check it out! Sally Hansen's Insta Dri Fast Dry Nail Polish dries in sixty seconds!

It really does work. It has an extra wide brush to help coat the entire nail in only one or two quick swipes, which I initially thought would be hard to work with, but it's not to bad. One coat, even in the dark red shade I applied, seemed to give good coverage. And in literally sixty seconds, with fresh bright red polish on my nails, I was able to do up the buttons on my white coat with no problems.

The lasting power is not nearly as good as regular nail polish. The Sally Hansen Insta Dri polish generally starts chipping within twenty four hours of application, but the trade off is an instant manicure whenever you need it...when you are running short on time, when you get a last minute invite out.

There is an array of great colors. I keep a couple in my desk drawer at work for days when I am feeling blah and want an instant color pick me up. I can paint my nails at my desk and be back to paper work and answering the phones in under two minutes. Can't beat that!