Laura Mercier Metallic Creme Eye Colour

Earlier this week, my boss and I randomly decided to treat ourselves to a makeover at the Laura Mercier counter.

Being a gal on a budget I rarely splurge for department store makeup and I hardly ever let the makeup mavens behind the counter offer suggestions on "my look." This time round though, I was surprisingly pleased with the results. In fact, I was deeply saddened at the end of the day when I had to wash all that lovely makeup off before bed.

Seeing as the budgetista in me will never truly die I only purchased two Laura Mercier items at the counter, rather than the 200 items they seemed to use on my face. I shelled out the extra cash for items I didn't think I'd be able to duplicate (for much less) at CVS or Target and I plan to try and recreate the rest of the look for less in the coming days. Updates forthcoming, of course.

The Metallic Creme Eye Colour was one of the items I went ahead and splurged on. It's a creme based eye product, one that can be worn alone - providing a nice, sheer, light shimmer - or it can start as a base on the eye, allowing you to gradually build your color with a shadow on top of it. (Which is what my makeup girl did, something again, I hope to recreate more on a Pink Mixer budget.)

A few days in and I'm really digging this stuff. It goes on smooth and easy and wears throughout the day like a champ. I think in this case, you do get what you pay for, as I've used similar (less expensive) products like this in the past only to have all signs of a shimmer gone an hour after application.

The color I chose was Alloy as I felt it gave me a lot of variety but I like the other colors too. They all seem to happily provide that little eye "pop" we girls are all so fond of.

Rating: 4 out of 5
Average Price: $22/tube