New CID Cosmetics i-gel

I received this at the New CID event in my goodie bag and so have had this for a while but I used it properly for the first time today. I'm not so much of an eye liner girl, so the thought of a gel eyeliner scared me a little? I'm not really a fan of change, and not really having the best technique I was a little apprehensive, but in fact I really enjoyed using it. 

New CID Cosmetics i-gel comes in quite a huge box for such a small product, and inside is the i-gel trio compact and a brush.

There is three shades in the little mirrored pot; Granite, Graphite and Carbon. I'm wearing Carbon here, which is a pretty Black Black.

The consistency of the product really surprised me, in the packaging it looks like it would be a lot harder than it actually is. It's really soft and glides out very nicely. One tiny bit on the brush lines my eye, without having to apply any more. However, this would obviously differ from person to person. 

I put this on at about 10am this morning, and now, at 5pm it is still in the same position and the colour hasn't faded at all. Now, not being a super eyeliner fan, I'm not overly sure what one looks for in good qualities, but I'm guessing the product not fading away or moving is a brilliant thing.

This brush works really well with the product and is the perfect size for a nice application.

This product is available in two other trios; Bronze, Copper & Stone and Emerald and Indigo & Midnight Blue. Different shades compliment different skin tones and eye colours but I imagine the Carbon, Granite and Graphite is most popular.

This is available on the New CID Cosmetics website here and costs £21.50. 

If I do opt for a lined eye, I usually use my L'oreal Super Liner in Carbon Gloss, which costs a little over £5 and works perfectly, so I do think that maybe this would be a little pricey for someone like me that doesn't use a liner as a day to day product. 

Have you used this product or any other gel eyeliner? 

xx

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New CID Cosmetics i-glow Ice Pop

I got this in my gift bag a while back when I attended the New CID Cosmetics event in London and when I noticed it sparkling through at the bottom of my bag I was very pleased indeed.

I have been a fan of the i-glow in Coral Crush for about a year now, and you may have noticed its forever popping up in my 'What I'm wearing' posts. It's definitely a product I reach for when my face needs brightening up.

I'm slightly disappointed in the fact that this shade isn't something I'm reaching for all the time. I think its okay, but it definitely isn't a product that I am loving. 

It's a marbelised baked shimmer powder with different tones of Pink and Lilac and White running through it, which definitely sounds like something I would go for (minus the shimmer), but it just doesn't work for me.

I know I don't like shimmer anyway, but with the i-glow in Coral Crush working so well for me, I thought this would too.

The Pinks and Lilacs do look lovely together in the pan, but on my face they just don't sit well, they look quite bland on me. The shimmer kind of throws it a little bit and makes its all slightly too much for me. Rather than brightening up my face a couple of times I have felt its ruined my make up.

As much as I didn't really like this in real life I do think it pictured quite well. 

This product is a definite proof that different products work differently on different people. I really think that with the Lilacs and Pinks, this would work beautifully on a paler skin tone than mine.As you are probably aware I am very often tanned, and although this product is meant to be "great for accentuating a tan", I don't personally think it compliments mine. 

This product can be used as both a highlighter and a blush but I always tend to use these products as more of a blush.

Maybe it's something that will work well with my tan sweeped on my shoulders and neck when I go out somewhere fancy, but for now it isn't working on my cheeks.

I am still however a huge fan of Coral Crush and think I'll be quite a fan of that for a long time.  

This product is available on the New CID Cosmetics website here for £22.50 

Have you tried this product? If so, what do you think?

xx

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