Urban Decay Naked2 Palette Contest Winner Is..............

Congratulations to lucky number #366, GFC follower: SADI, the winner of the Naked2 Palette giveaway! If I haven't already, I will email you Sadi to get your contact information to get your prize sent out. Thanks to everyone who entered. And for those that did not win, don't worry! I will be holding ANOTHER Naked2 contest very soon!!

Urban Decay Naked2 Palette Contest NOW CLOSED! Winner Announcement SOON!

Thank you SO much to everyone who has entered my contest in the last month. The contest is now closed, as it is officially February 1st. All entries that come in after February 1st 12:00 AM, EST will not be considered. I will be choosing a winner based on the number that I get from random.org and then will count down to find the comment that corresponds to that number. I will then check to see if the person is a follower and if they were indeed eligible for additional entries if there were any. I will post the winner on my blog in a post and contact them via email address provided or their GFC name. Sit tight and the winner will be posted and notified  between 6:00PM EST February 1st and 6:00PM EST February 2nd. 

Maybelline 24-HOUR Color Tattoo Cream Eyeshadow: Take TWO

Photo from Allurabeauty.com (above)

Oh why, oh why, do I doubt myself? Because I truly thought I was the only person in the free world who didn't LOVE the new Maybelline Color Tattoo 24 Hour cream shadow, in fact, I didn't even LIKE them. Not even a little bit. I originally purchased the Pomegranate shade and it creased all up on me before I could screw the top back on and put it away. Review here: Unnatural Beauty: A Humorous and Opinionated Beauty Blog: Review for Maybelline Color Tattoo 24 Hour Cream Eyeshadow

But after watching video after video about how much this product is loved how its similar to or better than MAC Paint Pots (my apologies to MAC on behalf of these claims), I began to think..... maybe its just me? Maybe I did something wrong when I applied it (twice, with and without primer) the first time. Granted, both the primed and un-primed attempts resulted in the same disgusting mess of a result but I continued to second guess myself...... until I caved. This time purchasing the teal shade. I admit, these are beautiful pigmented colors that had me convinced of their potential staying power upon first swipe. But I'm here to finally report that my days with Maybelline Color Tattoo and doubting my own judgment are officially over. I received the SAME crease-tastic results after precisely 10 minutes (or sooner) of the cream shadow's presence on my lids. And this time I noticed my eyelids were itchy in the process. So I got to suffer physically as well. Nice.

Below is a picture of what happened the first time using the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Pomegranate Fizz, or is it Punch? Oh hell, Fizz, Punch, its all the same mess. I didn't take a picture of my experience with the teal shade. Look at the picture below of pomegrante, and imagine it's teal and you'll get the idea. It just occurred to me that I literally paid $16 to make two mistakes. If I had that money back, I would be a few dollars shy of buying a first class cream shadow like Bobbi Brown Waterproof cream shadow. Bobbi doesn't make ridiculous claims of 24 hour wear. Bobbi doesn't need to because for one, she's Bobbi Brown, and for two, her products don't suck.

Photo taken by me, approximately 5 minutes after applying Maybelline Color Tattoo cream shadow.