Drugstore Euphoria

I’m a hard customer to please; I won’t lie.  :)  But I’m always on the search for some kind of amazing drugstore product that’ll knock my socks off, and I think I may have found one of them yesterday (I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I think select Sonia Kashuk brushes are the best part of drugstore/Target brands).

So, as you all know, L’Oréal’s HiP line is pretty comparable to MAC in terms of quality and vibrancy of color… knowing this, I couldn’t resist grabbing their Color Chrome Eyeliner, and let me tell you: they are fabulous.  I’m going to go back to Walgreens and get the gold because the black and blue were absolutely worth the $6.99 I spent (they’re on sale!!).

I don’t know if this is how it is at all Walgreens, but I got two $5-off coupons for any L’Oréal product, which expires 10/06 (if I’m not mistaken).  You can get some stuff from Walgreens for barely anything! :)  I’m probably going to go back tonight and grab a few more things.

On to the skinny – this product claims to be smudge-proof and long-wearing; how true are these claims?  Very true.  I wore nude colors today and thought it’d be nice to add a pop of the electric/shimmery blue on my lower lid, and six hours later, it still looks like it was freshly applied.  This is some kind of act of God, too, because my eyes are pretty watery… it’s hard for me to utter these words (it’s like blasphemy!) since I love Chanel, but these apply more easily than Chanel and stay on longer… and it’s a fraction of the price.  My only gripe is that it only comes in five colors: black, silver, gold, blue, and violet.  (Maybe there are more, but I didn’t see them at Walgreens, and they’re not on L’Oréal’s website either.)

Also, these eye liners blow NARS out of the water!  The best comparison that I can come up with is that the texture/creaminess is similar to Make Up For Ever’s eye liners, but the staying power is unmatched (and even better than my precious Chanel).

Hurry up and run out to Walgreens and try these out… you will not regret it.  Now they just need to come out with more awesome stuff.  ;)