MAC Surf Baby! Summer Collection

MAC has decided to launch a new collection as they do every summer, inspired by surfers and beach babes. The main product of the collection is the Magically Cool Liquid Powder which was launched as part of the Disney Villains collection in 2010.
I can't wait to try the Magically Cool Liquid powder as it has been used on my face a few times before during shoots and I loved how it felt!!
This collection is a mix of bronze, coral, teal and some frosted looks, PERFECT for summer!
What interests me in this collection is the gorgeous peach cheek powder (My Paradise), bronzer sticks, the nail polishes (Hangin' Loose & Ocean Dip), the coral lipglass (Strange Potion), the pigment stacks (Summer Stash) and the teal eye pencil (Blue Noon).
I loved their last summer collection, ''To the Beach", and I know people will love this! I just wish it had more little sets so I could save a little money here and there since it's not cheap here!

 

Surf, Baby! Cheek Powder

• My Paradise Peach pressed powder with gold hibiscus flower overspray (Limited Edition)

Lipstick

• Bust Out! Dirty mid-tone violet (Lustre) (Limited Edition)
• Hibiscus Bright orange coral (Cremesheen) (Limited Edition)
• Mocha Peachy yellow-brown (Satin) (Permanent)
• Naturally Eccentric Creamy white nude (Lustre) (Limited Edition)

Lipglass

• Girl on Board Pale white gold (Limited Edition)
• Good Lovin’ Soft peachy pink (Limited Edition)
• Krazy Kahuna Warm mid-tone brown (Limited Edition)
• Strange Potion Soft coral pink (Limited Edition)

Crushed Metallic Pigment Stacks

• Summer Stash Light pink champagne, light white pearl, light violet with silver pearl, brown bronze with gold pearl (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Surf the Ocean Frosty platinum, light yellow green, gold bronze, dirty graphite with silver pearl (Frost) (Limited Edition)

Eyeshadow

• Saffron Deep coral caramel (Satin) (Limited Edition)
• Short Shorts Frosty white champagne (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Sun Blonde Dirty yellow gold (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Surf U.S.A. Frosted teal (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Swell Baby Mid-tone grey (Satin) (Limited Edition)

Nail Lacquer

• Hangin’ Loose Dirty pink nude (Limited Edition)
• Ocean Dip Mid-tone creamy aqua (Limited Edition)

Powerpoint Eye Pencil

• Blue Noon Teal with gold pearl (Limited Edition)
• Gilded White Yellow white frost (Limited Edition)

Pigment

• Naked Fleshy beige with golden copper pearl (Permanent)
• Melon Soft bright golden peach (Permanent)

Splashproof Lash Mascara

• Blacksplash Black (Permanent)

Bags

• Surf, Baby! 1 (Limited Edition)
• Surf, Baby! 2 (Limited Edition)

Suntints SPF 20 Liquid Lip Balm

• Full of Grace Soft sheer rose (Limited Edition)
• Pink Tinge Clean bright yellow pink with gold pearl (Limited Edition)
• Lilt of Lily Soft creamy pale pink (Limited Edition)

MAC Skinsheen Bronzer Stick 

• Tan-tint Soft suntan bronze (Limited Edition) 
• Billinoaire Bronze Warm golden tan (Limited Edition) 
• Gilty Bronze Coppery bronze with gold shimmer (Limited Edition)
  

Bronzing Powder

• Solar Riche Mid-tone deep orange brown (Limited Edition)
• Refined Golden Finely spun gold with soft pearl finish (Permanent)

Studio Careblend Pressed Powder

• Gold-Go-Lightly Mid-tone golden tan brown (Limited Edition)
• Lush-Light Bronze Mid-tone rosy pink brown

Brush

• 129SH Powder/Blush Brush

The collection launches:
US on May 26th 2011
Internationally in May 2011
Asia in June 2011.

xoxo

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Wonderful Bronzers!! (MAC of course!)

I've tried many bronzers...but i have two absolute favourites.

I have 4 in my possession right now:
Clinique Almost Bronzer (which i will talk about some other day).
Victoria's Secret PINK Face & Body Bronzer (which i like, and will talk about in conjunction with the above just to save space)

*MAC Creme Bronzer-Beach Bronze

*MAC Bronzing Powder-Refined Golden

So you can guess from the list which ones i love and use the most!!

Firstly, MAC Creme Bronzer in Beach Bronze. This was from their To the Beach collection (summer 2010) and is limited edition and therefore no longer available for purchase. I spotted it and tried it in Macy's FL but i couldn't decide whether to buy it or not and ended up leaving FL without it. It was ON MY MIND forever after that, and luckily my mum and dad were leaving for TX the week i came back home so i begged mummy to pick it up for me since we were sold out in Trinidad. It cost me $25usd.
It's a velvety soft,creamy, lightweight, sheer, easy to blend, tan/brown with golden shimmer!
It's not too sparklyyy even though it looks like it might be. It's buildable but it's mostly quite sheer so your face wouldn't end up looking dirty. If you think you applied to much you just need to rub it in and it kind of melts out til it's sheer again. It's great to give your cheeks a lovely glow, as a highlighter or just a light bronzer. I apply it with my fingers because i just think using a brush would waste a lot of the product by digging out a lot of it from the pan and because you can't really control how much you want to apply.

Beach Bronze directly applied & then blended out.

Now to talk about a product that isn't limited edition therefore available to all who have access to a MAC store!! MAC Bronzing Powder in Refined Golden.
It's a relatively large compact. I LOVE it and use it ALL the time!!! I apply it with a kabuki brush and it works really well. The colour (refined golden) is really versatile as i believe it will look equally as beautiful on almost every skin tone, but maybe not so much on darker skin tones.
It's a gorgeous tan/brown colour with slight shimmer (which you don't really notice, though it's not totally matte).
It blend out really well and gives you a sun kissed look and is completely buildable to give you a TAN look (though i tend to apply it very lightly and build to avoid looking like i have dirt on my face). You can apply it ontop your cheek where the sun hits, you can also use it to contour your cheeks, and you can apply it anywhere else the sun hits!! It's gorgeous and livens up your skin tone instantly!! I don't think i'll ever buy another bronzer!!

I have provided a swatch but it's sort of blurry, so sorry guys it may not be a very good swatch but seriously, it is a great colour and great product!! My absolute favourite bronzing powder!

A MUST TRY!!!

Yes i know, a crappy swatch :(

xx