July’s beauty haul is slightly more exciting than last month’s no buy that’s for sure!

My mission to find a matte black liquid liner in a pen-style format with a brush tip continues! So far this is the best one, but it’s still not perfect. Kat Von D‘s Tattoo Liner brush tip applicator is absolutely perfect at distributing product – it continually amazes me that the product is ALWAYS at the tip of the brush (which is a slight problem I’d had with the Physicians Formula eye booster in the same style). It makes for super easy application, especially when you’re used to a gel liner and brush. However, it’s still not *completely* matte black. It’s nowhere near as shiny as Make Up For Ever’s Aqualiner in Black, but it still has the very hint of a sheen, which means it can pick up lid eyeshadow to a certain degree. However, this being the best one I’ve found yet, its ease of use far outstrips any shine it may have. I picked this up primarily because I’m going on vacation in September and since I wear a lot of winged out liner, the last thing I want to do is fuss around with a pot of gel liner and a brush while trying to get out the door to go sightseeing.

Unlike every other Neutrogena makeup remover, the Hydrating version almost never goes on sale which is incredibly frustrating. I noticed they were slightly less expensive at Walmart this time round so I snapped them up while I was there.

Be A Bombshell‘s Last Call Girl lipgloss was a freebie from Ipsy. I had complained about the extremely horrible scent of the Be A Bombshell’s mascara I have been previously sent and they sent me two free products (next one follows this one) as recompense. I’m not sure when I’ll wear this, if ever. It’s not a colour I usually gravitate towards and it’s a gloss which leaves me feeling even less enthused. Ah well. Better than the mascara, that’s for sure.

The other freebie I got from Ipsy was the Elizabeth Mott It’s So Big mascara. It works well on my lower lashes (where I want less product and less volume) but it doesn’t do much to boost up my upper lashes. I’ll keep using it for my lower lashes for sure though – I like how it deposits just the right amount of colour I want on them.

That’s it for July’s haul!