Ireland is a drizzly, temperate place at the best of times so nobody, NOBODY, was ready for temperatures that were nearly creeping into the 30's.
On Sunday I went to see Mumford and Son in the phoenix park, big and outdoors, in sweltering heat. We had to walk what felt like endless miles (maybe 1? 1.5?) to get to the arena with little shade and next to no change in the landscape. It was like wandering a desert in hell, and I don't feel that's exaggerating. BUT the gig was amazeballs and it was bearably cool by the time they came on and my love for Marcus Mumford is getting out of hand, so it was all good in the end!
I threw Maybelline's Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner 24H in 10 Ultra Violet, or Eggplant in the states, on my lids as I ran out the door on Monday morning in the vain hope that it would stick around. And you know what? It actually did!
I'm not usually impressed by claims that make up lasts a whole day, for me at least, it's rarely true. So I was pretty impressed when I finally went to wash the dust and old beer ( Aside: why do people feel the need to throw beer in crowds anyway?) off my skin around 12:30 a.m and found my eyeliner still perfect, unsmudged and opaque, exactly where I left it. Mega kudos to Maybelline, you go!
As a nice perk it didn't take any nasty scrubbing or pulling to get it off my face either! Have you tried any supposedly long lasting products that took you by surprise?
