Review: Mally Beauty City Chick Smokey Eye Kit - Plum Chelsea

Mally Beauty - City Chick Smokey Eye Kit - Plum Chelsea

Mally does it again! This is an amazing kit from the packaging down to the product. It comes in an adorable and functional pouch that holds the compact, eyeliner, and the instruction booklet for application that Mally so graciously provides. The shadows are in a green metallic palette & the pan around the shadows is a grey/green snakeskin print. there is a huge mirror in the lid of the palette as well, which really comes in handy for application accuracy.

With this kit, you get a cream eyeshadow base, three eyeshadows, and a matching eyeliner pencil. then The all-over eyeshadow is a beautiful peachy gold with a hint of sliver micro glitter, the eyeshadow that goes from lashline to crease is a gorgeous plum shade with hints of gold micro glitter, and the lashline/crease highlight color is a stunning dark eggplant color. The eyeliner is a dark eggplant, slightly darker than the darkest shadow. Not oly are the colors gorgeous, but the texture is excellent as well. The shadows are very finely milled.

When, you get these shades on, oh my GOD. They are beautiful on! I never really experimented with a smokey eye outside of the black/grety realm, but these plum colors really create a beautiful look. These shadows are highly blendable and the staying power is unbeatable. At the end of a ten hour day, I never have to touch up my eyes. I used to look as if I didn't wear makeup by the time I would get home from work. These days, when I walk in the house, I look just as polished, pretty, and fresh as I did when I left in the morning. Also, this kit will last forever because you only need to use a very small amount of the product since they are so richly pigmented.

In conclusion, I am absolutely in awe of these eyeshadows! These colors matched with my black Smashbox jet set eyeliner on my inner lids REALLY make my eyes pop. I find these better than a lot of the overly hyped shadows out there too...(MAC, I am talking to you!!!). Each shadow is perfectly milled and the colors are spot on. The price very reasonable considering the quality and pigmentation of the shadows, the small amounts you will have to use, the quality of the primer, and the super cute and FUNCTIONAL packaging. I will definitlely be purchasing the other palettes.

I give this product 5/5 stars!

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Sisi

Review of the Day: Shu Eumura Eyelash Curler

Shu Eumura Lash Curler

Okay, to this point a lash curler is something that I never really thought I needed. I have tried several of the drugstore brands, and none of them really make a difference. Some of them put a kink in my lashes like a litle crimping iron, and most all of them pinch me, pull my lashes, and even pluck them out (I have heard some women's horror stories that they have CUT their lashes, YIKES!!!). I always wondered what I was doing wrong. I had been hearing the hype on this Shu Eumura curler, and finally said, okay, I guess I will try it. Now I know the only thing I was doing wrong was buying the wrong lash curlers. You might say, "they are all pretty much the same thing, right?" I say "wrong".

This curler works like a charm! It's quick, easy and flawless! All it takes is a few seconds of compression and my lashes are so curled and perfect looking that people think they're fake! This is a must have product! Pair it with Mally Beauty's Volumizing Mascara, and girl, you cannot be STOPPED!!!!!!!

One thing you do need to make sure you learn is how to angle your lash curler to get all of your lashes and get close to the base of the lash. This will give you the most natural curl effect.

My ONLY complaint is that Shu Eumura doesn't sell replacement pads. You have to replace the lash curler when the pads get old. However, with the two pads it comes with, it will work for a long time. I have heard women say that they have used it daily for a year and still have plenty of life left in theirs.

That said, although $19 is a little steep for a lash curler, it is well worth the price when you take into consideration the quality and longevity of this product in comparison to the cheaper alternatives.

All in all, I give this products 5/5 stars!!!!!

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Sisi

Dark Circles? No way! Mally Beauty Cancellation Concealer 3-piece System Review

Mally Beauty Cancellation Concealer 3-piece System

Where do I start with this one? There is so much to gush about. First, let's just talk about the packaging. The packaging on this product is amazing. It comes in a very cute and functional pink pouch that snaps closed. On the inside it has a pocket for the concealer, which is in a gorgeous pink aluminum compact, a pounch for the setting powder, which is in a silver aluminum compact, and a snap holder for the wonderful double sided appplicator brush.

Next, let's talk about the coverage. Let me tell you, ladies. 6:00 a.m. rolls around VERY early in the morning, and sometimes my eyes really show that. I apply this after I allow my moisturizer and primer to set and dry. This concealer blends VERY well with your skin and does an excellent job of covering up bags and dark circles under your eyes. the texture is very creamy and goes on very smooth. A little of this concealer goes a long way.

Also, the setting powder is amazing. It brightens your eyes, keeps your concealer set all day long, and even keeps your eyeliner from running. One thing with the powder. It takes a minute to set, so try and pull your face taut so that the skin under your eyes is stretched out before you put on the powder, and hold that for a minute. That way, it doesn't settle in the creases of your eyes. the first time I applies it, I didn't do this, and it did settle in the creases around my eyes a bit. Easy fix though. In addition, when the powder sets, there is no white residue. I apply my Halo over this, and voila! I look like I slept at least 8 hours the night before (what does THAT feel like?!?).

Next, let's discuss the brush. This applicator brush is wonderful. The concealer application side has just the right amount of firmness to smoosh the concealer into place without being too abrasive around your eyes and causing irritation. The powder brush is wonderful for blending and very soft to the skin around your eyes.

Ladies, even if you don't have dark circles under your eyes, this does WONDERS to even out the skin tone and give you a fresh, bright eyed look. Also, if you have any redness, acne, broken capillaries, sun spots, or light scarring, this concealer will cover those wonderfuly and give you an even, flawless complexion under your foundation.

Finally, let's talk about the price. Some might say that $30 for a concealer is a bit pricey. Look at what you are getting here. I love the fact that you get three pieces, and additionally, a very functional carrying case. You have to use so little, and you don't need touchups throughout the day, so I think this is actually an extreme VALUE.

My only problem with this product is the fact that the compacts are a little hard to open. You may want to use a tweezer or pair of small nail scissors or something, as I am sure you don't want to break a nail trying to get these open.

All in all, I give it 4.5/5 stars!

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Sisi

Just an addition to the Mally Mascara review.

The day the review was done, I went running around and got super busy after work, and didn't get to bed until after 3:00 am. Obviously, when I got home, I was exhausted, and forgot to wash my makeup off. Bad, I know. BUT, there is a silver lining to that dark clous makeup faux pas.



I got up at 8:30 the next morning and realized I needed to run to the store ASAP. I didn't have time to wash my face or put on any makeup. I threw my hair in a ponytail, threw on some lipgloss and ran out the door.



My Mally Beauty mascara from the MORNING BEFORE that was applied at about 6:45 AM WAS STILL IN PLACE, and STILL LOOKED GORGEOUS. I actually got compliments on my lashes.



Moral of the story? Mally Roncal is amazing!!!!!

The eyes have it! Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara Review

Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara in Black

Okay, so I saw the presentation of this mascara on QVC one day (the day that I ordered almost everything from that hour and Ms. Mally almost made me go broke, ha ha), and I thought, wow, that worked amazing on that model. Then, I saw the price. $28.00 for two of them? Then, I started to get skeptikal. No way does this mascara amp up this model's lashes that much with ONE COAT for that price. I thought surely they must have primed the lashes with something prior to putting the mascara on her eyes. I have theright to be skeptikal when it comes to TV, right?

I listened to Mally talk about the grueling process she went through with the Italian mascara and Japanese pigment to make the stars lashes look so fabulous, and how she has worked long and hard to formulate a mascara that can emulate that look in one tube. I decided, why not? While I am on this Mally kick today, I might as well try this mascara. Can't be the worst thing I have ever used, right?

Turned out to be the BEST mascara I have ever used. My lashes aren't very long, and they are light and thin, so when I am not wearing mascara, you can barely tell they exist. When I applied it the first day, I only used one coat. My lashes looked thick and black and shiny and gorgeous!

This morning, I used two coats, and let me tell you. My lashes look longer, thicker, and more defined than any false lash I have ever used. To get this look with mascaras in the past, I have had to use a lash curler, sometimes two different mascaras, powders, primers, and several other products. It was always such a production, and in the mornings I don't have that kind of time. This mascara, I didn't need anything. Two quick coats and I am done!

The finished product not only LOOKS amazing, but feels amazing as well. It doesn't clump or spike or flake, and when I feel my lashes, they feel clean, like I am not wearing anything.

The best part, ladies, you can even use this on your bottom lashes! It gives beautiful, lengthy, separated lashes on the bottom without ever causing you to get raccoon eye.

This stuff stays put like glue through heat, humidity, crying, and everything day to day life can throw at you. It won't budge until you take it off. When you wash it off, however, it comes off so easily.

Pros: Incredibly low price, lengthens, curls, volumizes, long-lasting, non clumpy, non sticky, basically EVERYTHING!

Cons: Not one that I can think of.

I love you, Mally! Thank you for your wonderful products!

I give this product an enthusiastic 5/5 stars !!!!!!

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Sisi