Empties! Products I've Used Up #1

Time to go through my trash and see what makeup I've used up in the last couple of months! I feel like its quite the feat to finish a makeup product in its entirety... all of these things I enjoyed to a certain extent otherwise I would have tossed them before I managed to empty them out!

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Foundation and Concealer- I love this duo and have gone through a couple of these products. These are both very lightweight products that leave a great finish on the skin! I have already repurchased the concealer.

Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder- I did repurchase this product but I have since found other powders I like better than this one!

Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizer- This is my moisturizer I use every single day with out fail. It leaves my skin moisturized with a low amount of SPF to protect my face through out the day.

Tresemme Heat Tamer Spray- this is my favorite heat protectant and it leaves my hair feeling healthy even after taking a straightening iron to it!

Urban Decay Primer Potion 'Sin'- I love the champagne color of this primer potion! I would have purchased the full size of this had I not already purchased the MAC paint pot in Bare Study which gives the exact same effect.

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder- This stuff is an awesome powder! It leaves a perfect finish on the skin and is under $5.

Covergirl Clump Crusher and Maybelline Falsies Mascaras- I liked both of these mascaras a lot and would repurchase both.  The Clump Crusher is great for day to day wear and gives perfect looking lashes while the Falsies chunks up the lashes giving them intense volume for a night look.

Maybelline Dream Wonder Powder- This is my new favorite powder. It gives a silky smooth finish and has no scent to it!

Back 2 MAC items- eyebrow pencil in 'Lingering' is my go to brow product. I will use this pencil until I find something better! The paint pots are in Rubanesque and Painterly... I just love paint pots and there will be many more empty paint pots in my future!

xxSJ

Review: Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Finishing Powder

Today's review is a very inexpensive finishing powder from the drugstore: Rimmel's Stay Matte pressed powder. I was running low on my NARS powder foundation and needed to pick up a new

powder to keep my face shine-free all day long.  Though I love my NARS powder foundation, the $45 price tag is a bit hefty, so I decided to try a drug-store alternative to combat the impending hole in my wallet.  After hearing solid things about Rimmel's $3 powder, I thought I'd give it a go.

I purchased the color Creamy Natural with my fingers crossed that it would be a color match for me. That's the downside of purchasing drugstore products-- you can't swatch and color match in store (unless you're naughty and open the product anyway....shhhhhh I won't tell!). 

The packaging of this product isn't so great. The clear plastic top comes off of the product pretty easily so I wouldn't ever travel with this product as I would be afraid of spills! I don't mind though because for $3, I'm certainly not paying for luxurious packaging. 

Right off the bat I was very impressed with how finely milled this powder is. I was pleased that a fair amount of this product was picked up by my powder brush and how evenly I could distribute this product on my skin. 

I got a full days wear from this finishing powder. It truly kept my face matte through out the day even while on my feet all day at work. No cakey build-up though!

The only negative I have to say about this product is that it has a perfume scent to it. I was worried this might irritate my skin but it doesn't and I can only smell it upon application.  The scent wears off immediately after application. 

Overall I like this powder a lot and will repurchase it when I run out. It doesn't have as many luxurious ingredients in it as my NARS powder, nor does it feel quite so luxurious on my skin, but for $3 it gets the job done!