Maybelline Expert Wear Natural Smokes Quad

I purchased this quad a little while ago and thought I would share my thoughts. I have had a pretty good experience with the Maybelline Chai Latte quad and few of the others. Since this particular quad was on sale I thought I would give it a go.

However, much to my dismay, this quad wasn't particularly as pigmented as I had initially expected it to be. In comparison to the chai latte quad it much less pigmented in my opinion. With that said, is this quad a complete write off? No. The liner and crease color in the quad are more pigmented and can be used to create a subtle brown smoky eye. The base color isn't bad either but it really confuses me as to why there is so much more of it? Which leads me to the last shade in the quad the lid color. This shade is very sheer and can hardly be seen over the base shade. The shadows themselves are more on the chalky side and not very smooth, which you can actually see in the swatch down below.

Overall,  I think I would pass on the quad considering how much more not only Maybelline as a line has to offer but other drugstore/high-street brands have to offer. There are so many smoky brown palletes you could go for instead of this one. It is such a shame considering how beautiful the shades look.

Here is a look I created using the pallete:





Here are some swatches: *Not the best at photographing swatches :(  

                              

FOTD / Ramble

Hey everyone! Its been over two weeks since I have put up a post. Which is ridiculous! Over the weekend I was at a wedding and thought I would try and see if I could get a quick picture of my make up that day:


On my face, I have my trusty Nars Sheer Glow in Santa Fe along with mac apricot blush mixed in with bobbi brown on the apples. I used Hool by benefit to bronze and contour.

For my eyes I used the mark. eyeshadow in london all over the lid and the darkest shade in the maybelline quad chai latte in the crease. I also used the mark. eyeshadow in whisper in the inner corner and on my brow bone.

For the lips I lightly dabbed on my maybelline lip stain in blushing and topped it off with the a dior addict lipstick called backstage rose 554, I believe the name has been changed to It pink.

That was pretty much my make for the day. If any of you have any questions feel free to comment below.

Also the Revlon lip butters were recently on sale at shoppers drug mart for only 3.99. Now this is the part where I lower my head in shame, I picked up 11 of them. All I can say is I simply adore them. They have the perfect amount of pigment and shine for those lazy days and, there going to be perfect for the summer.

I probably won't be talking about them any more since there has been so many reviews on them already. But if anyone would like to know or needs more info just leave a comment.

Thanks for reading everyone. Hope you week is going well.

Farha