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MAC Veronica's Blush Pearlmatte face powder from the MAC Archie's Girls
collection is a beautiful pink-themed highlighter consisting of a very pale pink shimmery base and bright magenta coloured hearts. It belongs to the Veronica line up. Swirled together, this makes a beautiful icy pink highlighter.
With a small flat brush, the two colours can be used separately as eyeshadows.
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Boyfriend Stealer, Ronnie Red, Prom Princess, Veronica's blush (light, hearts, swirled)
Very light skintones may find that this also works as a blush!
It is very pigmented, blendable, and a delight to use!
I love this product and I think I will be getting much use from this one.
Available from your local MAC Cosmetics store or the MAC website (while supplies last!).
What do you think? ♥
Livia xx
MAC Boyfriend Stealer lipstick from the MAC Archie's Girls
collection is a dark purple grey with a glossy cremesheen finish. It belongs to the Veronica line up.
It's a pretty unique colour and I don't own anything like it.
I was first wary about this colour, but the bf said it was the most unique and vampiest among all the lipsticks from this collection. He virtually pushed me to purchase this.
And I have no regrets at all!
It is gorgeous and actually quite sexy.
The cremesheen formula is smooth and creamy to apply.
It is glossy but not shimmery.
However I find that it has the tendency not to last very long
and leave patches of colour on your lips.
I find that using a similar-coloured lip liner as a base
helps keep the colour in place.
This colour may be intimidating and one may think it is quite difficult to pull off because the colour is quite dark and intense, however it works well with minimal effort: just simple eye makeup, such as plain black eyeliner and mascara.
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I think this colour would look great on all skintones.
However, because of the grey undertones,
I think it would particularly look good on those with dark hair.
Available from your local MAC Cosmetics store or the MAC website (while supplies last!).
What do you think? ♥
Livia xx
Bottega Veneta, Diane von Furstenberg, Roberto Cavalli
Contouring is part of my daily makeup routine.
I just love having well-defined cheekbones as it helps make my puffy cheeks look a little bit less so.
I also contour my nose, temples, forehead and underneath the chin.
Contouring consists of 2 products - one for highlighting and one for shading.
Good highlighting shades are luminescent whites (for fair skinned), pale golds (for yellow toned people) or pale peaches (for more tanned individuals).
Good contouring shades are matte bronze colours. Red toned for those with pinker skin, and yellow or neutral toned for those with yellow tinged skin.
I have Oriental skin which has yellow undertones, and my go-to products are the following:
MAC Pearl Cream Colour Base, Benefit Hoola Bronzer
(I love them so much and you can see I've hit pan on both!)
You could say they are my holy-grail products.
I apply Benefit Hoola Bronzer with a large tapered brush (MAC 138). I suck my cheeks in and apply the bronzer underneath the cheekbones. I then brush some bronzer on the temples of my forehead, hairline, and underneath my chin. With my middle finger, I take a bit and contour the sides of my nose.
I then dab some MAC Pearl Cream colour base on my ring finger and I apply it on the bridge of my nose, above the cheekbones and underneath my eyebrows for highlight.
And voila! Extra definition to enhance your features.
Are you a fan of contouring?
What do you think? ♥
Livia xx
Face:
MAC Mineralize Concealer in NC25
MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus in NC25
NARS Luster Blush
Benefit Hoola Bronzer
MAC Pearl Cream Colour Base
Eyes:
MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot
MAC Cork Eyeshadow, MAC Woodwinked Eyeshadow,
MAC Espresso Eyeshadow
MAC Pearl Cream Colour Base
MAC Engraved Eye Pencil
Lancome Cils Booster
Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara
Lips:
Lip balm
Following my last post, here's my take on the dark shadows on the lower lash line for that Grunge Liner look that's so this season. Hope you like it!
What do you think? ♥
Livia xx
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