FOTD / EOTD: A Smokey Day In the Skies
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010I am out there, colorful and bold when it comes to my makeup day to day. I work in a corporate setting, but I wear my makeup the way I want to. *shrugs* If I’m cool with it then my boss is cool with it. No worries. Here is my FOTD and EOTD…I hope somebody, besides me, likes it. I call this, “A Smokey Day In the Skies”, which is a bright and smokey blue look. Hey to all of my baby goth girls out there! We rock!
FACE PRODUCTS USED
Primer: MAC Prep & Prime
Foundation: MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC50 and NC45 (mixed with Fix+)
Concealer: MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW45
Powder: MAC Mineralized Skinfinish in Dark
Highlight: MAC Mineralized Skinfinish in Smooth Merge
Contour: MAC Blush in Blunt
Blush: MAC Blush in Raizin
Brows: Revlon Brow Fantasy pencil in Dark Brown
Lips: Naked Honey Skin Salve
FACE BRUSHES USED
MAC 134
MAC 165
Borghese Angeled Contour
Eco-Tools Duo Fiber Finishing
Sonia Kashuk Brow/Comb
Essence of Beauty Foundation
Eco-Tools Eye Shader (I use it for concealer)
EYE PRODUCTS USED
Primer: Urban Decay Primer Potion
Base: NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
E/S Inner: MAC eyeshadow in Haunting
E/S Middle: MAC eyeshadow in Clarity
E/S Outer: MAC eyeshadow in Star by Night
E/S Crease: MAC eyeshadow in Star by Night
Blending: MAC eyeshadow in Saddle
Brow Highlight: MAC eyeshadow in Love Lace
Tear Duct: MAC eyeshadow in Ricepaper
E/L Upper Lash: Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil in Zero
E/L Waterline: MAC Kohl Power Pencil in Feline
Lower Lash Line: MAC eyeshadow in Star by Night
Mascara: Maybelline Lash Stiletto in Very Black
EYE BRUSHES/TOOLS USED
MAC 239
MAC 227
MAC 224
MAC 219
MAC 217
Sonia Kashuk Small Shader
Borghese Lash Curler
That’s it!
Late Posting this CCO Haul
Saturday, March 20th, 2010I think I got this haul about six weeks ago! I was very sick and even in the hospital so I haven’t been able to post to any of my blogs. I am feeling quite better and I return to work on Monday. I didn’t feel as excited about going to the CCO, but of course I found stuff to buy anyway. Here is my haul in a bunch.
I picked up a bottle of Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel. I’ve been wanting the gel for a minute now and I’m glad I was able to get it. I think I paid about $21 for 4.2 fl. oz. ?? I can’t remember, but it was around that. I have the lotion kind and I really like the gel one better. All you need is about 1 or 2 pumps for your entire face. When I feel my face is very dry I use two pumps.
OK and for the goodies, the MAC stuff:
Although I have not really played around with my two new quads yet, I’m SO glad I didn’t bend to the pressure and buy these at full price when they came out. The green quad (Photo Realism), when I swatch them out, the color pay off is low – wasn’t happy with that, but I haven’t done a look with it yet so I may just love it, but I doubt it. The neutral quad (Notoreity) is OK and when I compare it with all of my MAC neutral eyeshadows and I just find that Notoriety’s neutrals are shimmery and I can work with that. The color pay off is also low-medium and I’m OK with the quad, I just don’t love it. Whatever quads the CCO has I just buy them by habit and plus I love having quads available to me when I running late for work.
The one palette I was so excited to see at the CCO was Smoke and Mirrors. Love love love love! I can see myself just taking this palette with me on vacation and using it for day and night looks. No need to take anything else unless I want some color and in that case I will just pop in four colors into my empty quad. Some people were saying they can just go to their Fascinating quad, but I think the two are very different…there are silvers in the Fascinating. Smoke and Mirrors has all neutrals. Some shimmery, some matte and stain.
I was also happy to get a Mineralized Skinfish Trio in Smooth Merge because I wanted it when it came out in the Colour Craft collection. I really like this MSF. I use it for highlight and overall as a blush. I don’t think the shimmer is too much in this MSF. I love it!
Fever blush is a matte and I love love love it. I have been eyeing this blush at the CCO since three trips ago and I finally bought it. I think it’s the only red based blush I’ll wear. It is beautiful! And not too much for me. Love!
And then I picked up three eyeshadows. Can’t leave a CCO without any eyeshadows so I picked up MAC’s Pagan (a hot green color) in the McQueen packaging (RIP Alex), Clarity (a hot blue color) and Flourishing (an army medium green color). I was thinking about buying Make Up For Ever’s palette and filling it up with bright eyeshadows, but I thought about all of the bright colors the CCO has in MAC so I opt now for those. I’m not sure I can see myself wearing Clarity, but I’ll see what I can do with it. I know I will rocking Pagan and Flourishing is such a beautiful beautiful green matte2 eyeshadow. I’m in love with Flourishing.
And that’s it ya’ll. I didn’t swatch because my camera wasn’t acting right as usual and I will post prices up once I can find my receipt! I know everybody wants to know what CCO around the country are charging.
MAC Spring Colour Forecast & Other Stuffs Part III
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010And lastly in this bunch…
…I picked up some MAC staples which I’ve never had before, but really needed in my personal collection.
I picked up the ever so beautiful Up The Amp lipstick. I also picked up two permanent eyeshadows in Saddle and in Bronze.
Here is a close up of my Up The Amp lipstick and a swatch. I saw it on a girl on Specktra.net in an FOTD recently, who said it was her favorite MAC lipstick, whose skin tone was around an NC45 so I immediately added this lipstick to my shopping list. I’ve seen Up The Amp on other girls, but not on women of color (where have I been?) so I was amazed at how beautiful it looked on her. Price $14.00
Swatch!
Here are close ups of my eyeshadows (left is Saddle and on right is Bronze) and swatches (top is Bronze and bottom is Saddle). And I was in desperate need of a blending eyeshadow so I finally picked up Saddle. I bought Bronze by accident meaning I swatched it and immediatley like it because it caught my eye. It’s a GREAT all over eyeshadow for when I need to go out in the evening and don’t have time to do my eye look properly. I also do that with NARS Galapogos too, but that’s another story. Price: $14.50 each
MAC Spring Colour Forecast & Other Stuffs Part II
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010And in this bunch…
…I picked up a few things from the MAC Spring Colour Forecast collection. I got two lipsticks in Radiccio (lustre finish) and Bronzilla (frost finish). Two lipglasses in Gold Dust and Kumquat. I also picked up Vintage Grape ombre blush. I didn’t get any of the single eyeshadows or quads because none of them looked unique to me. I went in wanting Straw Harvest eyeshadow, but when I swatched it it came out more corally pink than orangey pink so I passed!
Here is a close up of my lipsticks (left is Radiccio and right is Bronzilla) and swatches (top is Radiccio and bottom is Bronzilla). I love both of these lipsticks a lot and they were the only ones I liked from the entire collection. Bronzilla makes a great nude lip for me that gives some sheen to my lips so I’m in love with it. Radiccio is such a sweet, frosty, pink purple that is so pretty! Price: $14.00 each
I do not know what happened, but I was so mad when I got home. I was missing a lipglass. I asked the MA at my counter to get me Lavender Wind lipglass and she did…it just never made it into my bag. Grrrrrrrrrrrr! I know they are all sold out now so no need to cry over spoiled milk. I wanted to put Lavedar Wind over Radiccio and Faultlessly, but oh well.
I, however, am not missing my Kamquat and Gold Dust lipglass and I’m happy about that. I find that these two lipglasses are very pigmented and show their true colors on my lips. I really love these two lipglasses a lot and they are unlike any other MAC lipglasses I own.
Here are close ups of my lipglasses (left is Gold Dust and on right is Kumquat) and swatches (top is Gold Dust and bottom is Kumquat). Price: $14.00
Last, but not least, I picked up three blushes and the reason why you only see Vintage Grape in the picture below is because I ended up taking Azalea Blossom because it came out too light on my skin and I guess I’m too dark for it. I also gave away Ripe Peach, which I totally regret now because it’s sold out everywhere, because it only gave my cheeks sheen. I have a lot of MSFs that can do the same thing so I dumped it right away. I should have kept it because the shimmer was light and it probably could have looked nice over another blush (I’ll never know).
I kept my Vintage Grape because it shows up on my skin and it’s beautiful. It is my first purple blush and I love it. I’ve been wearing it a lot recently. It’s really hard to swatch so I didn’t because I find that I have to build up the color to get pay off, but the pay off is well worth it. Price: $25.00
MAC Spring Colour Forecast & Other Stuffs Part I
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Haulage alert! This is my last haul before MAC Liberty of London collection comes out. I can’t wait for that collection to come out because I see a lot that I want for myself.
Back on topic! Here is my MAC Spring Colour Forecast and some other stuffs haul.
Let me start off with the most exciting products I bought the day after they came out. I’m talking about Viva Glam GaGa and Viva Glam Cyndi! I went in knowing I was getting Cyndi, but after looking at and swatching GaGa I knew it would look good on me…NC45/50. Both lipsticks are lustre finishes.
I am very happy with my new lipsticks although I’ve only rocked GaGa so far. Ha! GaGa goes on sheer so you have to build it up if you want a hotter look. I don’t do that or I’ll look like a fool. I totally missed out on the limited edition MAC Viva Glam GaGa makeup bag for $25.00, but whatever. I’m mad ‘cuz nobody told me. 
The packaging for these products are kind of cool both having the signatures of the musicians. Pure love! I kept my boxes. 
Price: $14.00 each
From left to right…MAC Viva Glam Cyndi and GaGa:
Swatches! On the top it’s Gaga and on the bottom is Cyndi.
