MAC Haul! Pro Sculpting Cream and Blush!

FINALLY! A new post!
Busy busy busy!

 

I went into MAC today and picked up the Pro Sculpting Cream I've been eyeing for a while. I thought for sure it would have all been sold out since the collection came out in September. I believe they are available in pro-stores but seeing that we only have the retail counters here you can see my predicament! I had gone into MAC last week and while I was there, one of my friends who works in MAC had tried a blush on my cheeks that I later got many compliments on, so naturally I bought it today. I also discovered that the prices went up again, and from what I see the prices went up since the middle of this year? Correct me if I'm wrong but I paid more for the blush than usual.

The pictures in this post were taken with my phone so they may not be the best quality as my other posts :(

 

 

 

MAC PRO SCULPTING CREAM- COFFEE WALNUT:

 

I was originally eyeing Copper Beech, but from doing a bit of research and looking at swatches the shade was very yellow toned. In terms of contouring you want to look for something that has a grey tone to it since in essence you are creating a shadow and a shadow isn't yellow-toned.

Coffee Walnut is a grey-toned dark brown. It may seem scary in the pan and when you swipe it across your hand/cheek etc but it is EXTREMELY creamy and blendable and I promise it looks amazing once blended it! It's very natural on my skin tone (NC 35-37).
It's a cream to powder sort of finish, it lasts quite a few hours and is multi-use!
You can use it to define your eyes, your cheek bones, your jawline, your nose and temples. It's an amazing product and I love it already! I wish it was something that was permanently available at MAC retail counters.

 

 

 

 

MAC BLUSH- DAME:

 

I really did not intend to purchase another blusher, but this is really beautiful. It's the slightly darker sister to Well Dressed Blush by MAC and is a satin finish as well. I know many people love Well Dressed and a multitude of skin ones use it but for me it was too powdery and light looking and ended up looking like pink dust on me. Dame however was slightly darker (still  a very light pink) and the pigmentation looked so much better on my skin. It's buildable so you can go from light pink to super flushed.
It's not crazy like Fleur Power but it gives a really lovely flush to the cheeks.
Using this in combination with the Pro Sculpting Cream and an amazing highlighter (I'm eyeing MAC's Superb Extra Dimension Skin Finish)....(in the words of Chris- my friend in MAC) GLAMAZING!!!

I tried desperately (with my phone) to take a picture of the swatch I made on my hand next to the Sculpting Cream but you can't se it very well. However, I can assure you it shows though it's not a deep blush.

L-R: Coffee Walnut, Dame (light swatch)

 

I know it's a very short post, but I thought since I havent posted in a very long time that I'd share what I just got with you :)
I feel like there's hardly any time in the day to even eat and sleep with all this work from post-grad studies :(
Any bit of free time I get I'll post <3

 

xoxo

MAC Fashion Flower Collection! Spring/Summer 2011

I'm beginning to feel as if I can't keep up with all these collections. Everywhere I turn a new one is being launched! I'm going to be soooo broke!!!

Fashionflower is a collection of creamy pastels and dazzling sparkles! So IN this spring!

I'm looking forward to the Lip Gelees in "Now in Season" and "Budding Beauty", and the lipstick in "Ever Hip".
If you're scared by the GREEN lipstick I believe it doesn't come out as the colour the stick itself looks like seeing that it's a glaze so will probably give a sort of sheer shimmer.


MAC:
"Bloom brightly with a stylish fusion of the floral and the fashionable in a summer colour collection that evokes the cool side of the hottest season. Fashionflower girls are free to be, each one with a cultivated connection to the greenhouse and the fashion house. Unfolding and flourishing, these perennial prima donnas embrace the growing trend of cheeks and eyes lightly dusted with daisy-debossed beauty powder and shadows. Their confidence stems from petal-light lashes that sprout dramatically with studio fix boldblack lash, dewy lips that sparkle sweetly in budding beauty lipgelée and summer shower, a softly sheer aqua blue lipstick. Ever hip, join these rare blossoms and succumb horti-culturally to a bouquet that’s equal parts fleur and couture."

MAC Fashion Flower Lipstick

• MAC Lipstick in Mlle - Light white pink (glaze)
• MAC Lipstick in Summer Shower - Light aqua (glaze)
• MAC Lipstick in Growing Trend - Mid-tone taupe nude (Amplified)
• MAC Lipstick in Ever Hip - Bright creamy coral (cremesheen)
  

MAC FASHIONFLOWER Lipgelée

• MAC Lipgelée in Fashionflower - Pale pink dazzle gelée
• MAC Lipgelée in Now in Season - Pale yellow dazzle gelée
• MAC Lipgelée in Budding Beauty - Pale coral dazzle gelée
  

MAC FASHIONFLOWER Studio Fix Boldblack Lash

• MAC Studio Fix Boldblack Lash - Deep intense black

MAC FASHIONFLOWER Penultimate Eye Liner

• MAC Penultimate Eye Liner in Rapidblack - True black

MAC FASHIONFLOWER Beauty Powder

• MAC Beauty Powder in Light Sunshine - Pastel neutral pink with soft gold & pink sparkles
• MAC Beauty Powder in Alpha Girl - Soft peachy pink with gold nuances

MAC FASHIONFLOWER Eye Shadow

• MAC Eye Shadow in  Fresh Daisy - Frosty white yellow (frost)
• MAC Eye Shadow in Aqua - Aqua blue (matte)
• MAC Eye Shadow in Lucky Green - Frosted mid-tone lime (veluxe pearl)
• MAC Eye Shadow in Free To Be - Bright true coral (matte)
• MAC Eye Shadow in Groundcover - Mid-tone warm grey (matte)
• MAC Eye Shadow in Bows & Curtseys - Metallic hunger green (satin)

 Launching April 28, 2011 in North America and July 2011 internationally at all MAC stores!!!!

Face Charts from London Fashion Week :)

London Fashion week has shown as well that the looks concentrated on the elongated/cat eye, bold/red lips, and neutral eyes combined with either bare/contoured cheeks and nude/natural lips.
It can therefore be seen the cat eyes with bold lips, and neutral eyes and lips combined with contouring are what hot :)
The cat eyes especially have been seen on the red carpet, cat walks etc for months now and are still one of the hottest fashion statements!

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Face Charts from Milan Fashion Week

It seems that many of looks focused on nude lips and neutral/heavy smokey eyes. The only look that actually had some sort of colour was the last. This type of look has been featured in Allure in tandem with a pink version of the same concept.

My absolute favourites  are the last 2.
The RED cat eyes, lips and cheeks are quite in fashion at the moment, however many must be very careful when doing a look as such as it can easily go the opposite direction intended and have you looking as if you painted on your cheeks and scratched your eyes until it got raw (that or red-eye or as if you're healing from a fight).
Be very very very careful and start of light then build in order to avoid looking totally horrible and keep in mind the red look may not suit everyone.

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A look from Altuzarra (Fall Fashion 2k11)

Cat/elongated eyes are still very in these days.
Here's a simple look from Tom Pecheux:

Eyes:

• Lady Grey Eyeshadow (available autumn/winter 2011) applied over the eyelids and upward through the crease.
• Keep your cool pro longwear eyeshadow (available autumn/winter 2011) blended through the outer eyelid and upward to elongate eyes with a soft winged shape.
• MAC pro platinum metal pigment defines the inner corners with a strong metallic highlight.
• MAC pro rich purple chromagraphic pencil blended through the lower lash line.
  

Lips:

• Diva lipstick over the entire lip with full coverage.
• Beet lip pencil defines and perfects the lip.

Face:

• Studio sculpt foundation blended over skin to perfect.
• MAC pro bone beige sculpting powder pressed powder provides subtle warm contour under cheekbones.

I'll post the the look on me (or similar at least) and the products I used since not everyone will have all the MAC products. :)

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What a CUTiE Pie!!

The MAC Quite Cute collection is to be released on April 7th 2011 in the US and Canada and April generally for all other countries.

I was lucky enough to receive 2 pieces from the collection for my birthday from my sister-in-law. :) She knows me so well ;)

This collection is a conglomeration of pastel pinks, lilac, pastel blue, and all things girly :) Their Nail polishes for this collection look QUITE CUTE indeed :)

I received the Eyeshadow Quad in ''CUTiE'' and the Plushglass in ''girl<3boy''.

MAC Plushglass is basically a lip volumizer which is supposed to plump your lips, but not too crazy! It's a little smaller than the MAC Lustreglass (a 0.03fl/oz difference).
It comes with a convenient doe-foot applicator so you can guarantee even application.
The shade ''girl<3boy'' is a pretty pastel/blue toned pink. It's very creamy and goes on semi-opaque giving your lips a very pretty creamy pink tone. I personally love it!!
It's not very sticky, goes on really smooth, smells divine (like vanilla cupcakes!!!) and makes your lips tingle which is my favourite part. It does not burn like other lipglosses that claim to plump the lip, but it's a refreshingly tingly feeling. :)

The next item is the eyeshadow quad in CUTiE, which by the way is the only quad and eyeshadow in this collection.

What excited me a lot about this quad is that it's container is MAGNETIC :D so it kind of slaps closed and won't open unless you open it and there's no clasp or clippy part to destroy!! :D

The top row contains the shades: Moshi Moshi! (Frost) (a very light/pale green with of course a frost finish).
Goody Goody Gum Grop (Satin) (muted cotton candy pink with a hint of gold sheen).

The bottom row contains the shades:
Boy Crazy (Luster) (pale lavender with silver sparkles).
Azuki Bean (Frost) (dark purple).

Moshi Moshi is the lightest (in terms of whiteness) shade out of all 4. It has quite a bit of fall out compared to the others which really had none.
Good Goody Gum Drop is such a pretty pink. I love that it has a hint of gold in it which makes it girly with a subtle hint of glamour and luxury. It is quite pigmented compared to Moshi Moshi and Boy Crazy.
Boy Crazy is very very sheer. You see more of the sparkle than colour but I like it :) It makes me think of butterflies for some strange reason. I would describe this shade a very ''pretty''.
Azuki Bean is the darkest of them all and goes on a little sheer but probably because it mostly stuck to my finger and not the back of my hand (so never use your fingers to apply the eyeshadows in this quad). I personally find the colour is gorgeous and it's very easy to work with.

MAC eyeshadow quads are always great to get as you get full sized amounts for way less than buying them individually.

The Box

Back of Quad

Moshi Moshi! and Goody Goody Gum Drop

Boycrazy and Azuki Bean

It all stayed on my finger :( and not on my arm lol

Moshi Moshi!, Goody Goody Gum Drop, Boycrazy, Azuki Bean.

xoxo