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| Skeptical cream shadow |
A school friend of mine is a Younique presenter. I have found, in the past, that most Younique presenters are rabidly fanatic about their product and sometimes aggressively push their products. I've been approached before, and always declined. I'd seen pictures of spider lashes. I wasn't interested. However, Younique has a whole beauty and skincare line and isn't just the lashes (but we will talk about those). My friends and I got together for a makeover day, where I would do all our makeup using Younique (and some of my stuff).
I did not try the skincare or the wipes, nor did I try the loose shadows or lipsticks. For liner on us all (except me, I used my Stila Stay All Day liquid liner pen) I just pressed shadow into the lash line, so I also have no experience with their liners.
1. BB Cream: I will be completely honest here. I hated the BB cream. The coverage was not great and it settled into my pores like crazy. I unfortunately didn't get to try the Touch liquid foundation, which seemed to have better coverage on my friends.
2. Glorious Face and Eye Primer: Like a good primer, a tiny bit goes a long way. It went on silky smooth, however I primed my face long before I actually applied my makeup, so I feel it would have worked better with a more immediate application.
3. Moonstruck Addiction Eyeshadow: I think I was most impressed with the eyeshadows. They are finely milled and super pigmented (I only had to touch the shadow with my brush gently, which I quickly learned). Downsides? All the damn shimmer. There need to be more matte shades, and highlight colors, because not every look should have a shimmery brow highlight, and not every person likes a completely shimmery look. Especially for those of us with aging skin and fine lines (cough) shimmer can settle and be unflattering. Plus, the glitter-bomb fallout means having to take time to brush it away with powder. Great shadows, great formula, but needing more texture and color diversity.
4. Splurge Cream Shadows: I don't typically use cream shadows, and if I do, it's as a base for powder shadow. My friend gifted me with Skeptical, which is an inky black with multi colored shimmer. It's absolutely beautiful to just look at. The texture of the cream shadows is interesting, more of a mousse like texture than something like a MAC paint pot. I had to learn how much pressure to apply with my brush when picking up product, but when I got it figured out, I found they went on smooth, not patchy, with good coverage and pigmentation. I put Tenacious (gold) all over my friend's lid and used Skeptical (black) in the outer v and blended into the crease. It was an amazing combination. Like the shadows, these are shimmery, no mattes, but less sparkly fallout.
5. Lip Stain: Meh. I'm a liquid-to-matte lipstick kind of girl, so the sheerness of the lipstains just left me unimpressed. They also applied kind of streaky. I'm wearing Sappy in the picture above.
6. 3D Fiber Lashes: Younique's most recognized product, the one pushed so hard by their presenters. Don't you dare love another mascara or be a fan of false lashes because the most rabid sellers will jump your shit about it (not my friend, but holy hell have I seen shit online). Honestly? I absolutely hated the 3D mascara. It has too many steps, and I ended up with clumpy spider lashes. I already have pretty long lashes and use volumizing mascara. This stuff left me looking like I had 5 giant eyelashes, clumped, and no matter how much I combed, I couldn't get good separation. I'm sorry, I'm just not sold.
So, my final verdict? The eyeshadows and cream shadows are great. Buy those, if you have the money (the whole line is pricey). If you have huge pores and oily skin, stay away from the BB cream. And the lashes? Pass.
