Because we have been thinking: "We really need something where we can give out stars!"
Beauty product: Laura Mercier Metallic Creme Eye Color
What Sephora says its does: "Lush metallic color floats across the eye leaving a gorgeous, shimmering sheen. High metallic pearl. Waterproof, lightweight, and non-greasy."
What we think: We were all excited about cream eyeshadow after last week’s huge success. But this did everything our Shiseido choice from last week didn’t—but, er, in a bad way. It creased, it was hard to apply, it rubbed off in like twenty minutes. There were also only five colors to choose from. We were not at all amused.
Stars(!): * 1/2. We’ll stick with the great Shiseido from last week. Laura Mercier Metallic Creme Eye Color, $22
Because we have been thinking: "We really need something where we can give out stars!"
Beauty product: Stila All Over Shimmer Liquid Luminizer
What Sephora says its does: "Light up your look from lids to
lips, cheeks to collarbones, with this lightweight way to add flirty
sheen and luminosity to the skin. This Liquid Luminizer allows for
added application control and will last longer than traditional powder
or cream shimmers. The glass bottle has a built in brush for mess-proof
application."
What we think: Let us begin by saying the part about
"mess-proof" is just, we swear, completely false. We may act like an
eight-year-old in public, but we are not so wedded to that role that we
want to walk out of Sephora covered in luminizer, whatever that is, but
that is exactly what we did. This shit got everywhere. And as far as
the luminizing is concerned: A., we fail to recognize "luminizer" as
word. B., it just looked like glitter-face. Maybe we need to use a lot
less, and be much more tactical about where we applied it, but. Still.
Glitter-face. We’re not sold, figuratively or literally. And we love
Stila, so this was a bit of a disappointment.
Stars(!): * *. Eh. We want to be luminized, but this wasn’t the product to do it for us. Stila All Over Shimmer Liquid Luminizer, $22