MAC Makeup
Now this review is about the cooler toned MAC 15 pan palette recently released in the UK. You can read my post on the MAC Eye Shadow x15 Warm Neutral Palette. In contrast to the golds and bronzes in the previous palette, the MAC Eye Shadow x15 Cool Neutral Palette houses predominantly silvery and grey shades which are still in the neutral spectrum.
MAC Cosmetics has recently released a duo of 15 pan eyeshadow palettes - one with warm neutrals and another with cooler toned neutrals. What I have here is the MAC Eye Shadow x15 Warm Neutral Palette which is definitely a feast for the eyes, and even better swatched!
Well-done for clicking! Welcome to our MAC Makeup Giveaway!
This giveaway will be for my beauty addicts anywhere in the world!
The winner will receive:
- 1 MAC Candy Yum Yum Lipstick (£15)
- 1 MAC Jete Eyeshadow (Limited Edition) (£12.50)
- 1 MAC Eye Kohl of your choice from the MAC Permanent Collection (£14)
I have been a makeup addict collector for about 5 years now *whew time does fly fast!* and here's a collection of my lip liners/pencils. These are from various brands including Barry M, MAC, Sleek MakeUP, Maybelline, Rimmel, NYX and 17 cosmetics. I initially swatched this for my own purposes, and then I realised someone else might find them useful too. I hope the swatches will be useful somehow!
MAC Mouth Off, Barry M 24, Barry M 12, MAC Magenta, 17 Valentine
Sleek MakeUP Mossberry, NYX Currant, NYX Mahogany, MAC Mahogany, MAC Life's a Breeze, MAC In Synch, MAC Pink Treat
MAC Test Pattern, MAC Stripdown, MAC Oak, MAC Subculture, Rimmel Tiramisu, MAC Naked Liner,MAC Redd, MAC Cherry, MAC Brick, Maybelline Red Glamour
Here are some notes on a few of them:
* MAC Magenta is a hot pink with a purple frost. A duochrome lip pencil.
* Sleek MakeUP Mossberry is actually an eye liner, but also works as a lip liner, albeit a rather rough one. It serves as a good lip liner for the matching lipstick from the collection.
* Sleek MakeUP Mossberry looks similar to NYX Currant.
* MAC Life's a Breeze is a light pink with a slight frost.
* MAC Naked Liner - I sometimes use this on my lower waterline as a nude pencil to brighten my eyes and make them look more wide and awake.
* MAC Pink Treat is my only mechanical pencil - ie. twist up nonsharpen pencil.
* Most of my nude lip pencils look really similar. I think I should give some of them away.
* Rimmel Tiramisu and Maybelline Red Glamour are soo soft and easy to apply on the lips.
I quite like lip pencils as they are useful to provide a defined lip line *essential for reds and darker lipsticks*. If the colour pay off is good, they are also good to fill the lips instead of using a lipstick. I have done this a lot in the past, so easy to use on the go. Line and fill for a *usually* matte finish, or top with a lip gloss for a shiny finish.
20/01/2012
My Lip Pencil Collection and Swatches
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MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus in NC25
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| MAC Give Me Sun, Benefit Hoola, MAC Golden Bronzer |
I checked out the MAC Surf Baby Collection last week; its this year's summer collection for MAC. I wasn't really crazy about the collection, and I walked away with items that were already on my wishlist from before. I picked up Hibiscus lipstick and My Paradise blush.
Hibiscus lipstick is a burnt orange-red colour. With the flash, it looks like it has a few blue sparkles, which aren't very noticable at all without flash. It is creamy, and I love cream finishes. This colour is the only one that appealed to me among the lipsticks, and I think this would be a great summer lippie!
My Paradise blush is a matte/satin burnt orange colour with gold overspray. I don't have many blushes with this colour, most of my orange coral blushes are on the lighter side. Mixed with the gold overspray, it looks like a duochrome, a darker version of MAC Springsheen blush. Pretty.
As many of you UK gals probably know, this month's In Style magazine have free Nails Inc polishes. I have been looking for this particular colour, perusing the different magazine stands I pass by, and I finally, Candy Orange is mine! ♥
Here are swatches of the MAC products; I'll share a swatch of the nail polish once I get to paint my nails ♥
My Paradise with overspray, My Paradise orange only, Hibiscus Lipstick
Some more thoughts...
I'm not really a big fan of the packaging of the collection in general; that 'Surf Board' logo takes some getting used to. I'm happy the blush had a pretty flower on it though, otherwise I probably would not have picked it up. Haha.
I didn't fancy any of the lipglosses as I find that the regular MAC glosses are a bit too sticky. I didn't pick up any of the eyeshadows as they were quite bright and I don't think I would wear them.
There are a few more things which I kind of liked however.
I really liked the Gold Go Lightly bronzer - the finish was just diviine. I held out because I am planning to pick up the Give Me Sun mineralised skin finish natural which is also a bronzer, however, but the shop was just out of stock of it - I hope they restock it soon.
Gilded White eye pencil was really pretty too - a shimmery white gold. It would be pretty to use on the lower lash line on the go to brighten up the eyes! But I already have I Get No Kick eye pencil, which is also used for the same purpose, and I haven't gotten near to finishing that yet, so I didn't pick this up...
Are you picking up anything from the Surf Baby MAC collection??
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