I was suppose to post about my trip, but that can wait, lol. Anyway, I was lemming on these Maybelline Eyestudio babies after I saw the beautiful Nee (or bebexo on YT) reviewing them here and here. I was bummed that only Canada had these available and was so close to purchasing them on Ebay (they're too marked up!). But while I was looking for some XBox games yesterday, I saw these babies at a nearby stand and I knew I had to purchase!

The Maybelline plush quads had some really lovely colors, but when I looked at them, some of the quads had a little too much shimmer/glitter for my liking so I skipped those for now. I went ahead and only purchased one item just to see how I like it. This is from the Marbleized line. The color I got was 04 Mocha Mirage.



Mocha Mirage included a beautiful golden bronze color, and a lovely pink with bronze, peach, and champagne veinings running through. Its so pretty, I couldn't stop staring at them, ha! Yes, these are similar to MAC's mineralize eyeshadows, but honestly I prefer these over MACs. Mainly because MAC mineralize eyeshadows are too soft for my liking and a lot of them have chunky glitter - which I don't like. These Maybelline ones are harder and don't break or crumble as easily. I love how these don't have crazy shimmer in them, they're so subtle and soft!

They are medium pigmented, and yes, if you were to swatch them with your fingers, you get more pigment, so I advise using a flat brush are even foiling these eyeshadows to get better color. But I like how these shadows are cause I can build the color or sheer them out however I please. The golden bronze color is true in the pan. What you see is what you get and is my absolute favorite! Swatches below in natural lighting and flash.

A quick look I made yesterday using this. I was so exited with the bronze color because it looked close to MAC's Woodwinked! I'd say this could be another dupe for woodwinked alongside Milani's Golden Bronze. Here's a comparison swatch - Woodwinked has more of a metallic sheen to it, but honestly, they're so similar in person!


These run for 5.49USD at Target, I'm not sure if they'll be at Wal-Mart, CVS or Walgreens because I haven't checked it. My Target said that these are valid until February, so I think these babies are going to be limited edition. So grab them while you can ladies!


Last but not least, I'm going to talk quickly about Revlon's new foundation nicely named, "PhotoReady". Supposedly this is a dupe for MAKE UP FOREVER's HD foundation? I forgot what AtelierGal told me, and I was shocked to see it as she told me they were to be released early next year. It looks really nice, the packaging is a little wider and short, but what I liked about it is that it came with a foundation brush. I didn't purchase this as I still have to finish up my current HG Maybelline SuperStay foundation, so I might pick this up later this week to test out. The only bad thing I have to say about it as of right now is that the color selection isn't that great. BOO. Revlon's PhotoReady foundation runs for 9.99USD at Target. PhotoReady also has an HD powder as well. If you would like to read some reviews on this product, do visit Makeup Alley here.

DEAR FTC: All products mentioned I purchased myself and I am in no way affiliated with the companies mentioned nor am I being paid to endorse a product. All opinions expressed are my own and this is an honest, un-biased review.