I had a wee look at the Mary Kay Cosmetics website to see what I could look forward to and everything looks SO good.
When my parcel came through the door, I opened it to discover three items - a lipstick, an eye quad and a concealer. The eye quad was right up my street, it looked super pigmented and bronzey.
The packaging is quite simplistic and classy - I love that you can see the eye quad through the plastic lid and the slightly pink writing on the box of all the other products.
So first up, I tried out the Perfecting concealer. This is deceptively darker than I thought. It looks pretty light in the packaging, but actually is a tad darker than I thought. It's a little too dark for my almost anaemic looking complexion, but to get a true representation of it, I put it on my sisters skin, (she is more olive toned than I am) and this lasted for hours on end without disappearing and she didn't notice much creasing. She had to blend it with her finger a couple of times but that's pretty standard for her borderline oily skin.
Up next is the Limited Edition Pure Dimensions Eye Palette In 'Maui Gardens'. This has four baked shades - all of which look really vibrant and pigmented. I swatched them and they came out really pigmented but applying them with a brush to my eyes proved to be a different story. I think because it's a baked pigment it's harder to gather the product with a brush, I switched to using my finger and it applied much easier.
Finally is the Gel Semi Matte Lipstick. The shade I was sent was 'Midnight Red' which is a deep red with a brown tone through it. Pigment wise, it's great and it applied really easily without dragging too much. I did notice it 'bled' a bit throughout the day and I had to reapply a couple of times.
All in all, I'm really happy to have tried out Mary Kay cosmetics and would definitely be open to trying more products. I'd definitely recommend opting for a shade lighter than you normally are when ordering because the concealer comes up a little darker than I would expect. The standout product was the quad which is just lovely.
Have you tried out Mary Kay Cosmetics before?
H x