business and pleasure.

12 has a special meaning to me.

My sister approached me with an offer I could not refuse. A friend of hers developed a cosmetics line several years ago called, LASplash. The cosmetics line has been the best kept secret, used by multiple makeup artists for photoshoots from a variety of glossy magazine goodness. So when she asked me to join her in testing a bag full of goodies I jumped right at it. Over coffee of course...

Pistachio mousse. Now, down to business...

One word came to mind when we sorted through all the amazing products: eclectic. I abosolutely loved the jewel-esque colors from emerald greens, rich purples, soft pinks, glitzy blacks, and my favorite: glimmery gold. Sifting through the bag which included all sorts of eyeshadows, pigmented glitter pots, cream shadows, easy-glide pencil eyeliners, liquid eyeliners, and false lashes, I fell in love with the products' "consistency".

One thing I hate most is when eyeliner or eyeshadow starts to disappear mid-day or worse, mid-date. Next thing you know you scare yourself the moment you look in the mirror and do a double take at what you now see as, the Edward Scissorhands version of yourself. The only thought you're left with is: "How long have I been walking around with this freak show on my face for?"

Consistency is key. Typically what I find with eyeliners is they start fading or becoming moist due to the skin's oils. Creasing can still occur even with the best eyeshadow primer. Shockingly, this wasn't the case for LASplash's eye products. My face was frozen in awe when I tested the beautiful eyeshadows that were highly pigmented with no fallout. My favorite? The pigmented cream eyeshadow pot in "VIP" (gold). Already, I'm religiously using this and the moment it caught my eyes my hand wasn't willing to let go of it at the table.

I had so many liquid eyeliner options to choose from that I decided to test a day-and-night color: a shimmery onyx black and a fun color: a jewel plum eyeliner. The consistency of the formula was perfect, not too wet and not too dry that it becomes clumpy. Five hours later, the eyeliner still wouldn't budge even when I rubbed it with my finger. Awe-stricken I am.