Thank You L'Oreal!

So we all know my obsession with trying new makeup products.  I recently signed up to be a product tester for L’Oreal!  How cool is that?!  I wasn’t really sure if I would ever get selected to test anything, but I thought I might as well try!

Every couple weeks they post a new questionnaire on their website.  If your answers fit into the criteria for the testers they’re looking for then they ask you if you would like to test a certain product.  I got selected at the beginning of September and I got the product in the mail a couple of days later.   They asked me to use the tester for a week and fill out a survey after my first application and another longer survey after the week was up.  It was super easy and really fun!

This blog is not to talk about the product that I tested, but what they sent me as a “Thank-You” for participating!  I really didn’t expect to get anything other than the rest of the full size product that they sent me to test.  But last week I came home to a package with two make-up items in it!  What a wonderful surprise!

The first item was the Studio Secrets Professional One Sweep Eye Shadow in the color Natural for brown eyes.  This eye shadow has 3 different color blocks in one pot.  It comes with an applicator sponge that matches up to the shape of the eye shadow so you can sweep it once and be done.  I’ve used this several times now and I really like it!  These eye shadows usually sell for $9.95.  I don’t know that it’s worth that, but if you ever see them on sale somewhere I would definitely recommend trying it out!  http://www.lorealparisusa.com/en/Products/Makeup/Eyes/Eyeshadow/Studio-Secrets-Professional-The-One-Sweep.aspx?shade=Natural-Blue-Eyes

I am really excited about the second item that I got!  It was the Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in blackest black.  I’d never tried gel eyeliner before because I thought applying eyeliner with a brush would be too difficult, but I absolutely love this!  I’ve tried liquid liner before, but this is so much better!  You can make the lines as thin or thick as you want and it gives you a super clean line.  I’ve been using this everyday and will definitely buy more when I run out!  It’s $9.99, but Ulta often has their products buy one get one 50% off and with one of their $3.50 off coupons, I can get two for a little more than the normal price of one.  If you use gel eyeliner but haven’t tried this, or if you’ve never tried a gel eyeliner but are interested in trying one, I definitely recommend this one!  http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod1790211&categoryId=cat80042

So far I haven’t been selected for any more product trials, but I’m hoping that will change soon and I’ll have some more products to tell you about!

Thanks for reading!!

~Sarah