Essence Stays No Matter What: Waterproof Eyepencil

I remember wanting to try this out when I first read about it on the Essence website.  It is a waxy pencil, sharpening type.

I know some people think "black is black", but I'm definitely not one of those people, whether it's makeup, clothes, bags, whatever.... but especially eye products.  So that's the first thing I noticed about this... it's a little off.  But it's really almost indiscernible... unless you're someone like me.

The bottom is Essence, the top is Rimmel Scandaleyes.

I found this pencil to be dry, stiff, and tuggy.  It was all right on my waterline, but I had to go over it several times, and it did "stay all day" but it was easy to rub it off after 7-8 hours. It was not very comfortable to use on my upper lash line.  I didn't leave it for 24 hours (!?!?!) and I definitely prefer the texture of Rimmel.  

Farewell, Friend.... Clarisonic Troubles

Sadly my Clarisonic has stopped working completely!  About a week has passed since I've emailed both the US and UK customer service centers with absolutely no response.  I think it's the charger that's the problem, but no way to tell for sure.  I have something like the Mia coming because that's all I could find with international shipping, but it better get here fast.  I wish I knew what the problem with this one was but hopefully when I get back home I'll be able to do something about it, I seriously hope I don't end up having to toss it.

Has anyone tried the new "Mia 3"?  It seems so similar to this Plus model.  The supplier I'm using has the Mia 2, but honestly I read a lot of reviews before I purchased this one and the Mia sounds just fine, I never noticed the difference of the speeds and I've only rarely used the body brush.

Update: Tuesday morning, I got an email from Clarisonic UK, so fingers crossed they'll be able to help!

Rimmel Apocalips: Nude Eclipse, Midnight Thunder

These are actually my two least favourites of the Apocalips.  The nude doesn't suit me at all, it looks like I put concealer all over my lips and it accentuates lip lines really bad.  Midnight Thunder is a weird choice for this type of product, I know.  I knew before I purchased that it was sheer, so it's definitely more of a gloss than the others and it doesn't last at all.