If your the kind of person who loves loose eyeshadows, super sparkly eyes, or extreme metallic finish...you will love the Annabelle 'Pigment Dust's" which are a generous sized loose shimmery eyeshadow, that when applied wet (or using a mixing medium of your choice) have a liquid metallic-y finish! I recommend applying these either wet, or with a very sticky base (think eyeliners, cream shadows, primers, etc) because the colour pay off is WAY better that way!

Where to Buy: Wal-Mart, Shopper's Drugmart, Rexall, Fortino's

Price: Suggested Retail is $7.25

Colour Selection: Chiffon (pale gold), Azure (bright aqua blue), Limelight (golden olive), Solar (golden orange), Golden Pink, Cool Mint

Pros: Great color pay-off, very versatile (use them dry to get a sheer sparkle, or wet for crazy bold eyes!), affordable, easily available in Canadian drugstores, grocery stores, etc.

Cons: I would love to see more colours, but actually...perhaps they have answered this...keep ready to find out what's coming for Annabelle!

These are the ones I own, personally! Silver Spoon was Limited Edition at Christmas!

*Swatched on top of liquid highlighter from Red Earth*

**Limited Edition Pigment Dusts from the summer collection a few years back...keep in mind Annabelle always has cute LE products, so pick 'em up when you see 'em!**

More colours, you say?? Well, well, well... Look's like Annabelle is releasing a NEW line of pigment's called "Studio Pigments" set to launch at Shopper's Drugmart on August 16th for $8.50 CDN.

Wanna see!??! Joy from Make-up Junkie has all the swatches!

Happy make-up-ing everyone!

XOXO

You have *maybe--possibly--potentially* heard me rave about Annabelle's Smudgeliners and Smoothliners (eye pencils) and I also forgot to mention how many other gems the brand has! So the next few posts will be reviewing the products I have, love, and use from Annabelle!!!

First up... the eye liners of course! I absolutely love the eyeliners! Namely, the "Smudgeliners" and "Smoothliners" which I believe are newer to the line than the kohl pencils (those are hit and miss with me, the black one is good, but I found the white to be very very chalky and pulled on the lid).

*What's the difference?* I wondered that too, the difference is that...Smudgeliners come with a smudger at the end, and are a lot less creamy, but still long lasting with good colour pay-off. The smoothliners are just that, creamy, cheaper than the smudgeliners, and are a waterproof formula!

Price: I bought the Smoothliner's for $4.97 CDN at Wal-Mart, and the Smudgeliner's are at Wal-Mart for $7.27 CDN (i think) although both are more expensive elsewhere...I was so happy they had these at Wal-Mart

Where to Buy: Wal-Mart has them the cheapest, but the line is also available at Fortino's, Shopper's Drugmart, Rexall/Pharmaplus stores, and I'm sure more!

Colour Selection in Smudgeliners: Ohmygoth! (pictured--Black), Rich Chocolate, Wired, Electric Sapphire, Purple Storm, Cyber Jungle, Armour (pictured) is not on the website yet! Don't know why!--go to the website for swatches and product info!!!

Colour Selection in Smoothliners: Black (pictured), Bronze, Brownie(pictured), Gunmetal, Jade (dark green) and Meteorite (deep navy)

Pros: Very pigmented, smooth, and the smoothliners are WAY creamier than the smudgeliners! Smoothliners are also waterproof (I don't know about water, but I wear them to the gym and they work great!!!!) Also, these are the ONLY eye liners I will wear on my waterline...or anywhere. LOVE them!

Cons: I can't think of any...widely available, great price! Maybe more colour selection! Yeah, that's it...do you hear me Annabelle Gods?!?

Top to Bottom: Annabelle Smudgeliner in "Armour", Smudgeliner in "OhmyGoth!", Smoothliner in Brownie, Smoothliner in Black

**swatched on bare hand, with a base, these colours can have better payoff and longer lasting power!! AKA Urban Decay Primer Potion= they will not budge ;)**

I could not resist the cheesy pun, but when your named after a season, corny jokes are sort of unavoidable (for serious)! In a nutshell, this is a run down, down low, whatever you kids say these days, of my current fave beauty products!

This tinted moisturizer has an SPF of 15 (not high enough, but hey..it's a little somethin' somethin' to go on top) and I have the medium 02 shade.

I loves this stuff. It imparts a very dewy finish, and of course, just a tint of colour!

What I like to do, is warm up my foundation with a dollop of this (warm up the colour, i mean--not literally, although a heated tinted moisturizer would freak me out a wee bit!)...lately... I have just been wearing this straight, applying with my fingers around the perimeter my face, blending inwards on my cheeks, chin, forhead...you know the deal!

Price: Around 19$ CDN at Shoppers Drugmart (i got mine on sale for 13$ though, so keep a look out!) Available in Fair 01 and Medium 02.

*Note* this probably isn't a great pick for oily skinned folk, as it has a very luminous finish

Oh how I love these!

I have black and brown, and these things are CREAM-EE! Super blendably, but once they 'set' they last for quite a while!

*TIP* Gently 'press' a matching eyeshadow over it for extra lasting power! (I use MAC's carbon over the black liner) Also-- these are the only eye pencils I will use on my waterline! Love them! My advice? BUY THESE AT WAL-MART, they are only $4.99 CDN Shoppers marks these up like craze-balls.

There you have it. The two products I have been using while I trudge through this fog that I am in...Top it off with mascara, and I'm good to go-- lazy, but still *almost* presentable. In dim lighting of course...perhaps if everyone is squinting...oh, and wearing sunglasses (even inside) yeah...then...I look fab! haha :)

Too the left, Too the Left, Everything you need in that box to the left!

Yeah...you tell 'em Beyonce! But, really, y'all knew I wasn't going to be all Cleopatra

without some FEROSH eye liner! That ain't right :p

And our first contestant...Annabelle Smudge Liner *applause*

I have been LoOoOoving this stuff! I use it on my water-line, I use it on my

eye lid..I mean, if there was anywhere ELSE to use it, I would do it up!

I got "Ohmygoth" which is a true black colour, and it also comes in *i think*

6 other colours. I will post a link to the website :)

Moral of this story is...don't drink and drive!

No I'm only kidding, but don't do that either!

This "smudge liner" really does last a long time on the lid, and while it doesn't

on the water line...nothing really does, so I'm not surprised! But it does wear

very well throughout the day! Another plus, is it's pretty easy to find (for me anyway!)

I have seen it at Rexall, Shoppers Drug Mart and Fortino's (it's cheapest at Fortino's for

$7.19 CDN and about $8-9 CDN everywhere else!).

I think i shall try and pick up some more of these slender little cylindrical beauties...

Not today though. As there is snow, and I am hibernating :)

Egypt, OUT!

Check Out the Annabelle Website, yo!

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