Chez, my lovely makeup artist had recommended that I pick up a tube of Trish McEvoy’s Curling Mascara after I told her that eye makeup tended to smudge on me. This is a tubular mascara which coats each lash and won’t come off until you gently wash it off. It lasted all day and night for me, which was my main concern, but I didn’t find that it necessarily “curled” my lashes any more than usual. Pricey at $28.00, but worth it if you need your makeup to hold up for a long time.

I didn’t want to be sucking it in all day and have always been curious about Spanx’ Higher Power given people’s raves about Spanx in general, so I decided to go with these for my wedding, or at least, check them out. For some reason, all of the stores seemed to be out of stock of the Higher Power in beige in my size! Luckily, Nordstrom pulled through, one with of their helpful sales associates giving me a call as soon as they got them back in stock. Turns out there had been a problem with the stock shipment during those couple of weeks.

Back to the product. The Higher Power was great! When I first pulled them on at Nordstrom (they have sample sizes for customers to try on), my doubtful self immediately thought, “Oh no, these aren’t going to work, I don’t really feel anything, it can’t possibly hold everything in!” But then I looked in the mirror and did my obligatory turn to the side, and voila! Everything looked smooth and flat, just the way it should be. I took several deep breaths, purposely trying to make my belly protrude, but the Higher Power still held me in.

It was comfortable wearing these on the day of my wedding. I thought I might get a little warm, but I didn’t at all (although perhaps this was because of the cool Bay Area climate I was in). I would highly recommend the Higher Power!

I’ll be adding reviews of various wedding-related products – anything from beauty products to apparel and accessories. Hope this will help you readers!