Maybelline

Re: Maybelline

The only Maybelline product I have is one of their Moisture Extreme lipsticks and I love it. I have it in Nude Blush, and on my medium pigmented lips, it's a perfect peachy/slightly brown nude. It is cucumber melon scented, but that doesn't bother me. It's a pretty subtle scent.

Re: Maybelline

Maybelline is one of my FAV drugstore lines! Here's a few staples I'd recommend:
-Volum' Express Turbo Boost Mascara: this gives the best fat lashes but doesnt make lashes look dry (I've gone through at least 12 different mascaras babe)
-Expert Wear Blush Duo: one for colour, one for highlighting
-Pure Foundation: great for summer or oilier skins...mix it with a touch of lotion for everyday wear
-Mousse Shadow: I just got this in "Ivory Illusions" haven't tested it out on my eyes yet but seems good as a base.

Re: Maybelline

maybelline's unstoppable eyeliner - I love using it under my eyeshadows, and it lasts forever when I use it alone. :]

Re: Maybelline

i've only tried their lipgloss
I think it's also great, its not that sticky and has good pigmentation, considering the price you pay

Re: Maybelline

Re: Maybelline

I really like Lash Sylist mascasa and XXL and a few others. I also like a few of the Shiny-licious glosses. Other than than I hate Maybelline. The Dream Mousse eyeshadow suck in my opionion. They aren't even a good base.

Re: Maybelline

1. Intense XXL Mascara: I haven't used the primer yet, but the mascara itself is great!! It makes my lashes full and long!!

2. Dream Mousse Blush: I own all but Coffee Cake and I love them all! They give me that glow from within and they make my powder blushes last a lot longer!!

3. Expert Wear Blush: I really like them, they're finelly milled and quite pigmented!

4. Lash Expansion Mascara (regular + waterproof): Long and full lashes!

5. Shiny-Licious Lip Gloss: I love their sponge tip applicator, they last well and I love the colors too!

Re: Maybelline

I love maybelline!
Its basically the only mascara I like. Ive tried basially all of them and havent founda nything bad about them! my fave is sky high curves.

I also like their shadows and lipsticks. I hated the dream matte mousse collection but other than that I like pretty much everything else ive tried!

Re: Maybelline

I like their Unstoppable Liner.

Re: Maybelline

I love the Dream Matte Mousse foundation & their concealer!

Re: Maybelline

They have some nice lipsticks/glosses... But I've had mixed results with their mascaras. I had like Wonder Curl back when I was like 12? and it was actually really nice, but I tried one in a blue tube that was like something or another professional and I didn't like that one, and I didn't like the "Great Lash" one it smudges onto my brow bone without fail everytime I wear it.

I tried their Volume Express or Mega Volume? Or something like that which was in a really thick black tube, and it was okay, I didn't really notice much volumizing...

Re: Maybelline

I think their lipglosses smell like nuclear waste! It stinks!!!!

Re: Maybelline

maybelline's my favourite brand, since its affordable :] greatlash is my favourite mascara, its good for everyday wear and such...i have a couple of the eyeshadow quads, they have really nice colours too. the pure foundation is really good stuff, i dont like the matte mousse one though..

Soph xo

Re: Maybelline

I think there foundations, mascara, and eyebrow pencils are good. Also, I use their eyelash curler.

Re: Maybelline

oh, I forgot to mention my mascaras.
note that I only use waterproof - if it isnt waterproof, Im done for, because my allergies like to flare up early in the morning, and my eyes are constantly watery. ;-;

Volum' Express Turbo Boost Mascara - first tried this when I was 14 or 15, maybe, and its been a staple of mine ever since. it clumps only when you overdo it, no more than two coats should do it - and it lasts all day, even through humid louisiana weather.

Lash Stylish Mascara - very lovely, this stuff. only tiff is that WAY too much mascara is on the comb - I take a washcloth, and use that to take off the excess, then I use it on my lashes. it gives me the look of falsies, which is fab, and gives me that wide awake look I long for, since I stay up quite late. this also lasts all day, but the bad part is that its difficult to take off!

XXL mascara - ahhh yes...this stuff is infamous. this one was kinda iffy with me. the primer was lush, and the mascara too, but together? ehh, not so much. it took a lot of work for me to get the mascara to cover the primer, and sometimes I succeeded [but with lots of clumping]; but sometimes, I'd step outside, check my compact, and lo and behold...bits of white primer is visible. so depressing! so it wasnt a favourite of mine.

besides that, Ive used the maybelline pure foundation, which was...interesting. they dont have my shade, so the one I had was too dark, but I lightened it up with my powder. it was buildable too, but it never fully covered my pores, and its horrible for humid and warm weather - it runs and when it dries...oy. not pretty. good only for ladies with perfect skin, really.

otherwise, Ive never really tried anything by maybelline, except for the aforementioned unstoppable liner, which is a godsend for me. I have been meaning to try the dream mousse blusher, though...nothin I love more than a decent blusher! ;]

Re: Maybelline

I was in Don Quiote and picked up a couple Dream Matte powder compacts. Not much powder in them, but they are awesome!!!!OMG. and their are not fakey,weird powdery powders. Awesome. I love XXL mascara. It doesn't clump,people think I had extensions done. Their waterproof liquid liner has a newformula which is awful. I grew up one it, and when it changed,I went to NARS or Max Factor waterproof,or Wet and Wild.I like their lip liners and glosses. The sparkley ones in the tube. Their moisture lipstick is thin and runny and useless,but the colors are ok. Maybelline generally has improved.

Re: Maybelline

So far I really like Maybelline on a biased point of view.

Because I'm allergic to Sulfa products (ex:laurel sulfate, barium sulfate), Maybelline seemed to not have sulfa in their products, though some do, and I avoid those.

Full n' Soft Mascara: A wonderful mascara. I've got thin short Asian lashes and this mascara keeps its word. Most mascaras I've tested out (practically 15, no joke) felt so stiff on my lashes and made them brittle as well as fall out. Not this mascara. Not only is this one of the VERY FEW mascaras that doesn't have sulfa to get me an allergic reaction, but my lashes feel soft with them and full, just like the name. I got a good amount of length with this mascara too. Not as much as I wanted though, but at least it gave some length rather than none. I also like how this mascara doesn't weigh down my lashes too and it doesn't de-curl my lashes (unless I gunk a whole bunch of the mascara all on at one time). I <3 this mascara

Dream Mousse Blush #30 Whipped Strawberries: It's okay. It's actually not as great as I thought because it has almost no staying power at all. I do like the cream-to-powder feel of it and it doesn't dry out or make my skin oilier either. It's in the middle. It takes a couple of layering to get a good color on my light skin. After putting on like the first couple of layers, it looks like I have a lot of blush on because of the contact of my fingers rubbing my face from applying it on, but after a little bit, the redness goes away from all the rubbing and you see your result, and a lot of times it still seems a bit light. This color probably isn't the right shade for me. I think I should have gotten a more subtle pink. I also wished the pot was less glass. It's just so chunky and heavy to put into a purse so I wish the glass was not so thick. I'd give this blush at most 3/5.

Turbo Boost Mascara: I liked that it didn't clump my lashes and also my lashes felt soft, but unfortunately it did didally squat for volume and length and curl altogether. Maybe it was just my lashes that were stubborn with it but I wasn't too thrilled with this mascara. It's probably better on other people because I heard good stuff about this mascara.

I have yet to try their concealer stick because it made it on Allure's top beauty products, but I'm a little bit scared to try it because it has Mineral Oil and that clogs pores. It also has Bismuth Oxycholoride and I think I'm allergic to that ingredient...so I'm pretty discouraged to try it, but they do have another liquid concealer that also had good ratings without those ingredients.

Re: Maybelline

I'd only buy the mascaras.

Re: Maybelline

i like (L-R) watershine diamonds 119 innocent diamonds,water shine 03 cotton candy, forever sunlight 612 lilac light, water shine fusion 715 rose energy.(first with flash, second without it)I also like the dream matt mousse foundation

Re: Maybelline

I love Lash Stylist & Shinylicious gloss in Lolly pink.

Re: Maybelline

I haven't tried that many maybelline products, but I know that they definately have the widest range of mascaras to pick from. My personal fav is full n' soft waterproof. And although many magazines say that Great Lash is a good mascara, I have heard (from makeupalley and various other sources) that it's really bad.

Re: Maybelline

I'm a fan of the foundations and the mascaras...haven't tried much else...yet

Re: Maybelline

I've heard great things and horrible things about great lash. I haven't really tried it, but allure has praised it over and over again. So, we'll see what happens ;P I have really thin, wimpy lashes. It takes a lot of mascara just to make them look "natural"!!

Re: Maybelline

I have Great Lash in my kit, but don't use the wands like ever on anyone. I take a brush and get some mascara on it, hold the protector underneath the lower lashes and brush on. I then tell the model to close their eyes and I brush on the top lashes. No clumps and now longer and thicker lashes.

That tool's called a tweezerman mascara protector. To clean it off afterwards you can use 90 alcohol or eye makeup remover (if its your personal one).

Re: Maybelline

intense xxl mascara

Re: Maybelline

IMO:

Great Lash is amazing for the lower lashes
Full N Soft waterproof was my HG for years! Curled and held my thick, straight lashes all day and night...and sometimes for the next morning ;P
Their foundations are hit or miss for me, having liked Age Rewind and Dream Matte Mousse, but hating Pure.Makeup and Pure Stay.

As for powders, I actually liked Pure.Powder for when I got oily.

The Expert Wear Blush is ok, but not what I prefer. I find them very shimmery and they always end up making my cheeks look greasy, even if I am not oily.

And lastly, I am in love with the Line Stylist lip liner! I have Rose, Caramel, and Nude. The only thing is I tend to prefer pencil liners to automatics, but I just adore these for everyday wear, with Nude being my favorite.

Re: Maybelline

Dream mousse blush-I had Peach Satin and it was actually very pretty. silky and smooth with a pretty soft shade.

Dream mousse shimmer-it was basically just like a shimmery light color, i guess it put on certain areas of the face. it was pretty i guess. nothing too spectacular

dream mousse bronzer-ehh didn't really like it. it was just okay

dream mousse shadow- i actually had about every color. the colors are soft light and pretty, but they were hard for me to apply. I was using my finger at the time and the whole pot of shadow just got really clumpy. Like when I applied it on my eyes, I had to blend the little shadow balls into my eye for like 3 minutes so it wouldn't look clumpy and gross. they're pretty colors to try out though. I used a lot of the pastel purples, blues and greens for springtime and got a lot of compliments.

shadow stylist-ehh I had all of these colors too. Literally. They are pretty colors but I hate the applicator sponge it comes with. right now i'm only using the white color for a highlight (works great for that). I kind of apply it somewhat mess-ily under my brow because I go in with a blending brush to smooth it all out.

great lash mascara-sucks. I cannot believe that so many people swear by this mascara. The brush is flimsy and thin, the mascara didn't curl or lengthen or volumize my lashes. it just coated them with black goo. Biggest waste of $3 ever.

xxl mascara-it was ok. no big deal for me.

volum express mascara-i was using this one for awhile. It was just a regular mascara, curls and lengthens a little bit. no real complaints

moisture extreme lip color in nude blush-this is okay its a pretty standard lipstick to me. the color is okay on me it just looks like a tinted lip balm. no big complaints

lip polish-kind of cheap. really cheap, actually. I wouldn't really recommend this gloss.

shiny licious gloss- this was okay i guess. I don't like the smell and they are really sticky.

ROLLER COLOR SHADOW-i forgot all about this shadow. These were some of my favorite shadowss. sparkly, pretty colors, easy to apply. They've been discontinued, i didn't even know it. I have the pink, the brown, the ivory, the green and the blue. I love these things. You can take the ball off and just use a brush to apply the shadow too.

Re: Maybelline

Maybelline Great lash is HORRIBLE.
i Hate it so much.
the lash wand sucks, and makes it clump like crazy.
it also makes your eyelashes pretty stiff.
and the product seems really kinda of...watery?
like its really liquidy, but it still manages to clump a freaking lot.
do NOT get it.
such a waste of 6 dollars! >=[

Re: Maybelline

I've had mixed results with Maybelline... this is what I currently have:

Volum' Express mascara (waterproof - Very Black): Words do not begin to describe how much I LOVE this mascara. I have tried more mascaras than I'd rather count, and I always come back to this. My lashes are difficult... very long, but very blonde. Plus I wear glasses so I need something that gives a decent curl and thickness without rubbing off on my lenses. I find one or two coats of this to the top and bottom of my lashes is perfect. And it has amazing staying power! The waterproof version pretty much requires make-up remover to take off.

Intense XXL (Very Black): Was recommended this by a friend but was not overly impressed. I was skeptical about the white primer, but found that a couple coats got rid of the white tinge and my lashes certainly looked longer (which I though impossible). However it clumped and flaked off throughout the day, and by the time I got off work it looked like I hadn't even applied any.

Liquid Eyeliner (waterproof - Black): Like the Volum' Express mascara, this is a staple to my collection. I love the applicator and find it provides an extremely precise line with whatever thickness you are trying to achive. Also has excellent staying power.

Expertwear Eye Shadow (#80 duo - Grey Matters & #30 duo - Rose Tints): Maybelline has great colours... however I find them rather dull once they are applied. If you are seeking a more natural look, these are for you. Beware that they fade though, even with a base.

Cool Effects Cream Eye Colour (Cool Blues): Provides an awesome metallic colour effect, as long as you are willing to sit with your eye closed until it dries. Still creases whether or not a base is used, although it does help. If anyone has any tips on staying power, I'd appreciate it because I do love the colour.

Shiny-licious Lip Gloss (#20 - Berry): Great lip gloss imo! Tastes and smells yummy and really adds colour to any lip colour (and is great on it's own!). The only two downsides is it's staying ability and the applicator. It's a sponge-like applicator which gets kinda gross looking after applying over lipstick.