And the product review begins!

Because we have been thinking: "Sometimes drugstore mascara just doesn't cut it. And besides, it's so expensive, it must be good, right?"
Beauty product: CHANEL Inimitable Mascara
What Macy's (where I bought it) says its does: "Now, in a single stroke, CHANEL sets a new standard in mascara with a formula that does it all. A sophisticated formula and unique brush design combine to lengthen, plump and curl, delivering lush, long-wearing colour so precisely that each lash, even the finest, is perfectly defined and separated."
What we think: I am a sucker for ads. So between the ad for this and Shana Moakler's(of all people) recommendation, I decided to give this a shot. And I had a gift card. Ok, first of all the pushy sales lady walked over to pushover me and was all "that's a great lip gloss you're looking at! We just got it in yesterday". And then proceeded to let me try it on. It was lilac purple. And while it doesn't look purple on your lips, I still ended up buying that plus the mascara I intended to buy and wound up with an appointment with CHANEL artists tomorrow that I will probably skip. But ANYWAYS. Back to the mascara. I, for some reason, thought it would give me these great lashes. To it's credit, it made them intensely darker and more noticeable. But even when I curl my lashes it still does not make the mascara curl (maybe because it's so heavy?) so my lashes stick straight out instead of up. Not a good look. Not to mention the description says so itself that this mascara leaves every lash "defined and separated". This was not even close to happening to my lashes. The make-up lady claimed because my lashes were like hers (Side note: Why does every beautician say this to me when there's a problem? The woman who did my hair for my senior portrait said my hair was like hers and then proceeded to put in like 14 products in before she straightened it and it totally sucked. She was obviously wrong. And the MAC artist told me my skin was dry like hers then proceeded to sell me a three step foundation set of moisturizer, liquid foundation, and solid pressed powder foundation.) and that my lashes tend to intertwine, so it's hard to separate them. So I guess I can blame genetics, my brother got the prettiest and longest eyelashes in our family, fyi. And as for this mascara I was kind of disappointed.
Stars(!): **/5 Chanel Inimitable Mascara, $27.50





And for the next couple of days I will be mainly doing product reviews of items I got on my last make-up buying frenzy, mixed in with some other stuff.





Lastly, here is what Houndstooth looks like =)