Second Thoughts...

So, prior to my Mary Kay life......well prior to having my daughter, I was a makeup junkie. I had a box from Sephora and Ulta coming in every week. New Naked Pallette? I pre-ordered it. New Nars pallette? Got it. New MAC collection? Already watched the product review videos and have it ordered. It was my drug. I lived for a new product and to be in the mix of the new and unknown.
I still get a thrill when I see a new pallette come out.

Well the other day I decided to pull out one of my old favorite pallets, I won't say what company it was produced by but I will say it is a brand that you can get from Sephora. I used to love it so much! So I thought, "well I don't have any MK things/programs today. Why don't I use it today?". That morning I loved the color so much! It took me back to a time of colorful and fun pre-wife&mom time. No, that pallette is not that old! I got a new one, just like my old one, right before I started MK.

I went through the whole day thinking that I was a bad girl wearing the opposing team's colors. When I got home my guilt quickly faded. My eyes looked awful! I wish I would have taken a before picture to show just how bad it faded.....

My eyes were done in a nude gold smoke that day. The gold was on the center of my eye, chocolate on the outer corner, and black liner in a mid wing. I used the same color brand and primer brand. I used a different brand mascara, but as I stated before all products I used could be bought at Sephora.

As you can see my gold is gone. My chocolate is smeared out and creased into my lid. My liner is faded to a medium gray and running off. My under eye area has caught all of my fall out creating this nice sleepless witch look. 

Guys, this was not a 20 hour day where I ran a marathon. I was up at 6:30am per usual, got home at 5:30 per usual. This picture was taken around 6:30pm. 

Now to counter this picture I decided the next day I was going to wear only Mary Kay. I personally wanted to see the difference.

I put my makeup on at the same time, I worked the same hours, I took this picture at the same time in the afternoon. See the difference?  

For my eyecolor I used a gold shadow in my crease and on my lid, a dark tan color for the outer corners, and a vanilla color by my tear ducts. I used brown eyeliner and black lash love mascara. I also used MK eye primer.

I want to do another controlled test to see if the primer is behind the magic or if the eyeshadow alone is that awesome. I just learned early on that primer of any kind is your best friend. Anything that smooths the surface and makes the product last longer is a win-win in my book. 

I was really impressed with the difference. I know that sounds funny, but you never really notice this problems with your makeup until you use something different. I now wonder what my co-workers and family thought of me before I switched to MK. Did they think I was constantly tired???

Now the sad part is I have $200 worth of eye palettes that I am afraid to use up because I don't want to look like the walking dead. Looks like MK will be making some pocket change for me to swap out my palettes for their MK dupes. Maybe that will be my next post.....

Until next time

xo- Andi Joe