MAYBELLINE winter picks & review 2012

I swear by Maybelline mascaras! My first mascara was the Great lash from maybelline and I fell in love! 4 years later I still rave about their mascaras, my current favourite is the Falsies as it just lenghtens my eyelids to great extends. I don't care for false lashes and find it too tedious to put them on, so a good mascara is kind of a BIG deal for me. Since we're on the mascara topic you must know I went mascara bonkers last month. I online shopped for atleast 6 different mascaras whose arrival I wait at my doorstep; more about that later.

After having full trust and confidence in the Maybelline mascaras I decided to try other products by Maybelline and believe it on not, I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM!

Above in order from L to R;

1.  Maybelline Baby Lips in 'Rose Addict'. It is the perfect pick me up lip balm that every girl must have in their bag when their lips go dry, especially in winter! 4/5
2. Maybelline Color Tattoo- A dupe for MAC's paintpots but in limited colours. The one I got (insert) is 'Pomegranate Punk' and it is such a flattering colour on Indian skin. They have plenty of colours however this is more wearable. Why I love this the most is because being a cream based eyeshadow it DOESN'T crease! It stays put for a very long time. And it's so easy to use, I use my fingers and it takes me 10 seconds to do my eyes and still love fabulous! 4/5
3. Maybelline's Lasting Drama Gel Eye-Liner in black. For the value it is a super gel-liner to use and the black is so pigmented and intense it makes pencil eye-liners look bad. 5/5

Added Tip:- The look that I have been using for the past month is a dark eyes nude lip look. With a good base, all you need is black gel-liner on your eye lids and some lip balm (as Maybelline baby lips has a tint of colour) and loads of mascara (below) and it's a chic look to pull off, without too much work!

 

 

Above in order from Top to Bottom;

1. Maybelline ClearGlow BB Cream- It's a good beginner BB cream however, the market is coming up with plenty affordable BB Creams so this could easily be replaced by a better one. I use it on days when I want to even out my skin tone and not put any more make-up. 3/5
2. Maybelline Great Lash in Blackest black- I LOVE THIS! Honestly it's not the greatest mascara, I have had better but the pigmentation of this mascara is OMG! Tip-You get the best results when you mix 2 mascaras, so I always top my eyes with this one because the black is so intense. A down-side would be you don't get these in India, so you would need to buy them on-line from an international website 5/5
3. Maybelline the Falsies Volum' Express mascara in very black- I honestly didn't like this at first but then I figured it out...you need to put on 2-3 coats for a false lash look. You have to work with this mascara for a few days to figure out the formula and brush. 4/5
4. Maybelline the Colossal Volum'Espress mascara in glam black. I've been through 3 tubes already since it launched in India and will never stop buying this. I love it, it works well on the first go and with one coat. It gives my lashes so much volume and depth, it's a great mascara! 5/5
5. Maybelline Master Smoky shadow pencil in Smoky Grey- This is a new range of eye-liner/shadow from Maybelline. It comes in different colours (I remember seeing violet, blue &black) but the grey sold me! It's PERFECT for a smokey eye. It comes with a smudger on the other end of the pencil and it takes you 1 minute with this super duo to get a quick smoky eye.  The downside would be that the smudger is a little hard so it hurts the eye lids. However you still have your fingers to smudge with. The formula is smooth and bendable.Again this is not available in India yet but when it does arrive, GO BUY THEM! 4.5/5

I put Maybelline to the test and it passed with flying colours!