"Mac's Paint Pot" v Bh Cosmetics Smooth Canvas eye shadow primer

Is the $15 difference worth the money?

My review:

Before I discovered Mac's Paint Pot, I was using Bh Cosmetics "Smooth Canvas", so I have used them both extensively. They both do the same job, and are both used for the same purpose, to prime your lids before your eyeshadow...but only one is equivalent to cashmere shirt and the other to a cotton shirt...they both cover you, but one just covers you nicer.

I this case, I would say Mac's Paint Pot is worth the extra $15.

Go out and purchase it, and feel the difference.

Retail price $27 Mac's Paint Pot
Retail price $7 Bh Cosmetics

IT Cosmetics CC+ cream

Your skin, but better!

What they claim:

It gives full, flawless, perfect coverage, protects your skin with SPF 50+ from the harmful rays of the sun and is clinically shown to improve skin texture and hydration.

My review:

Is this "your skin, but better"...NO!

My biggest issue with this product is how oily it feels on your skin. I wore it 3X with/without primer, and it still felt greasy...and by greasy I don't mean silky, I mean greasy, but any time you wear any product that has "SPF", your skin will tend to feel greasy.

I would also like to mention that the coverage is more like "medium", not full.

PROS
*protects your skin from sun
*comes in 5 colors

CONS
*feels greasy
*not "full coverage"
*too pricey

Retail price $38.00

Eyeshadow Peach/Cream/Gold

So for this look, I decided to use more of a neutral palette.

1. I started this look by applying eye primer in
"Anastacia Beverly Hills Eyebrow pomade".

2. Then I applied eyeshadow on the top part of my lid on the color cream

3. Followed by the color light mauve, toupe, light grey, peach, and gold (remember that the key putting on eyeshadow is blending properly).

4. I finished off this look by applying a black winged eyeliner, black mascara, gold glitter liner on the bottom lash line, with black eyeliner ontop.

 

Free Makeup Session with me.

The perks of being my bestie! Free makeup sessions with me. 💄

This is Iesha, my bestie. What I need to tell you about her is that she is part middle eastern, and as so, she tends to have very dark under eye circles. She also has extremely sensitive skin, so I have to be very careful about what I put on her face or she starts breaking out.

  

1. I started off by applying eye primer to her lids. Applying primer will help your eyeshadow stay in place.

2. Working from the inside out, I applied a combination of taupe and peach on her inner lids, followed by a combination of cream and bone, followed by grey, dark grey, and black.

3. I winged out the dark portions of her eyeshadow and blended in some taupe to lead up to the highest part of her lid. I then finished her eyes by applying the lightest color (cream) on her arch.

4. Finally, I winged out her liner at the ends, extended her liner into a cat eye look at her inner corners, and applied black falsies to finish out her eyes.

Hope you guys like, and don't forget to let me know what you think by commenting below.