It’s a great black, just black. Wet and a creamy nail polish looking shiny. Looks likewet leather. Look great in a dark nail polish is applied to two-fold .
Brush the fat starts tapering and tapering structure, this is a nice feature because the eye can paint dispenser conveniently close to the thin soft eyelashes. Access toeven the most inaccessible lashes.
Banana Republic has always done really nice fragrances, I think. That’s unusual for a store branded scent. Remember Rosewood and Alabaster of about 5 years ago ? I still have some tiny samples of those.
Their newest scent is Wildbloom Vert, a companion to last year’s Wildbloom. Think spring and early summer in a bottle and you’ve got Wildbloom Vert. It helps , too, that the packaging is adorably pretty.
I get plenty of green tea and green notes aka the “Vert” but with lots of fruit, not super sweet fruit, but summer fresh fruits. There is apple, pear and peach in there but my nose doesn’t get too much of the peach, mainly some crisp pear. It does remind me a little of the green tea scents that have gone before but it’s also different than those. Fresh and just a little aquatic, with dewy white florals all underlined by the green notes ( the main green note listed is violet leaves) . The drydown becomes more green and less floral , a little dry and crisp with ,to me, a little grass in the finish . Not your typical sugary fruity/floral, thankfully .
Wildbloom Vert has medium sillage and lasts nicely. It has a sunny personality that is appealing. It’s a great heading into spring scent that will be just as nice come summer.
Other notes listed are gardenia and magnolia, teak , sandalwood and soft musks.
Part of the Queen line but not simply for darker skin tones, the new Cover Girl Vivid Impact Eyeliners are really nice .
Pigments for the most part are deeper but not all of them are. The Amethyst shade for instance is a light plum . And the golden olive Gilt isn’t too deep either. The green shade, Jade, however is super pretty but more bold, so if you’re looking for a deep green this is for you. I really like all the colors here and of course there is black as well( Midnight shade).
These go on smoothly with no pulling , last nicely and the other end has a blending sponge.
L’Oreal’s new skincare serum, Age Perfect Hydra Nutrition Advanced Skin Repair Serum , has me very impressed. And I have to say besides the Golden Balms, it’s the first L’Oreal in the skincare area that I feel that way about. For some reason previously I just didn’t have much love for their skincare. They got me with the Golden Balms and now this new serum.
I love that for $ 19.99 you can get a good product that works. I noticed a brighter complexion the next morning after using it. After more use skin looks brighter yet. Now it’s only a little difference but that’s still quite good. The serum is thicker than many I’ve used , has a lovely citrus-y scent and moisturizes well. For my combo skin it’s enough on it’s own. If you have dry skin you may feel you need more moisture.
L’Oreal says that the serum helps to redensify, hydrate and even out skintones. I haven’t used it long enough to talk about skin density ( and I think mine is good to begin with since I don’t fall into the “mature” area ) but as I said I think it does a good job on skintone and hydrates nicely. Ingredients include Bio Peptides from their Nutri Repair Complex and Ceramide Fortifiers.
New from MAC is Sheen Supreme Lipglass in the Too Supreme collection which also brings new shades of the really wonderful Sheen Supreme lipstick. The inspiration is East Asia Chic.
Asian Butterfly- Lilac with pearl (frost)
Imperial Red -Bright rose with pearl (frost)
NARS new Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer is pretty amazing. I am generally not a TM fan, there’s not enough coverage and too much moisture. Well NARS really gets it right. It’s more like a BB . This has coverage, not as much as foundation but more than your average TM. It smooths and perfects with light coverage and just enough moisture to feel good but not too much. ( It’s oil free). There’s no shimmer but it gives you a great glow.
Good for skin ingredients include Galaxuara, a deep sea red algae known to be calcium rich and have vitamins A and E . Then there is SPF of 30 for high protection.
