N.Y.C. City Curls Mascara

A collage photo? You know what that means. Mobile blog post! Woooooooooooo

Anyway, I have to say I am sort of in love with this mascara. I bought it almost a month ago, picking it out because when I buy makeup, I pretty much have to get one of everything, which means, I tend to get mascaras. I always wanted to try an N.Y.C. mascara but just never got around to it, until now, obviously. 

The price was a major factor in my purchase. At about 3 dollars its a bargain, and even if you hate this mascara, it was only 3 bucks, which is a lot better than paying 10 dollars for a crappy mascara, which has happened to me before. Plus! I always seem to find that N.Y.C. is on sale, so that makes it even more enticing. 

The wand is pretty small, tapers at the end, has a slight curve, and is the natural bristles.. I really love this wand, I think its my perfect wand. I kind of want to use this wand in other mascaras. It is great and grabbing and finding those little lashes. 

The formula holds my curls better than most mascaras, which really surprised me because it isn't waterproof. Now since I started using a lash boosting serum my lashes are not as small as they use to be, but they're not long either. They are pin straight and thin. This mascara doesn't necessarily add length, but it definitely thickens and holds a curl. I don't actually think it would curl without the help of an eyelash curler, but I always curl my lashes so that point is moot to me. 

The color isn't as black as you can get, and there is only one shade for this mascara, but it is dark enough for me and I only need one coat, ONE! for my lashes to look they way they do. 

I recommend this mascara. I am definitely going to repurchase this, and for the price, maybe I can buy an eye shadow as well. Hahaha, oh makeup addiction. 

Two thumbs up

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NYC Individual Eyes Shadow Palette.

I bought this palette on a whim. I was strolling along during my weekly RiteAid trip looking for a loose champagne shadow, which NYC had. I noticed that everything from NYC was on sale and was eying this palette. My boyfriend told me since its all on sale to just get it, giving me that push. I was so excited for this palette that I'm sure I was setting myself up for disappointment, because I was disappointed.

I truly wanted to like this product. 4 shadows that complement my eye color, a primer, an illuminator and a shadow brush all in one?! That sounded too good to be true, and it was. The shadows are chalky, and I mean annoyingly chalky. You have to rub your brush back and forth the get the color on, which creates immense fallout. And the darkest shade has the worst and messiest fallout out of them all. This would be worth it if the pigment was more then just "ok". But thats all they are. 

The primer was surprising because it was creamy and it did work. But after about a week the primer became hard and chalky just like the shadows. I had to stop even trying to use it because it was making me mad. The illuminator was the exact same way. I used it in the corner of my eyes, the center of my bottom lip or just over my shadow for some extra sparkle. And just like the primer it became hard and the sparkle made it feel gritty.

(Central Park)

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Pros: pigment. packaging. portable.

Cons: chalky. fallout. bad primer. bad illuminator. 

The bottom line is I won't be buying this again. I did not enjoy it at all and the cons definitely out way the pros in my opinion, and I threw it away after taking the pictures for this blog.

I won't even waste my time putting my thumbs down for this palette

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