MAC Weekend

Hello Ladies this is a post of what I purchased last week at the MAC Pro Store. Yey! I was so happy to have gotten the things that I needed, some that I just wanted to try and some that I just got while I was there. He hee. So let's get started.Let's begin with the things that I needed...Eye Brow Pencil in Lingering. If you have dark brown hair this little pencil here is the BEST! I love it!

MAC Spring 2011 Wonder Woman Collection!

Hello Ladies, this is MAC's Spring Wonder Woman Collection for 2011. I am so excited and cant wait to purchase a few things from this collection. All the packaging looks great! The Wonder Woman Collection consists of two categories, the Wonder Woman Colour and the Wonder Woman Accessories. Go Check em out, you'll lov'em! =D

MAC Film Noir

Hello ladies. So... Whats it gonna be? A Fortune Teller, Bat Girl, a Vampire or maybe even a Witch.

Well what ever you might dress up as let me tell you guys something, if you are looking forward to wearing a dark lipstick MAC Film Noir is the one for you. It is not black and it's not red either. It is the perfect in between combination.
Perfect for Halloween and perfect for a Winter day.

MAC Pro Lash

I absolutely LOVE my MAC Pro Lash Mascara, it is my favorite right now. I've tried many different kind of mascaras including the most loved Cover Girl Lashblast Volume Blasting Mascara. I love the way it leaves my lashes looking long not so thick and looking BIG! I think every girl wants that, BIG lashes.

Description: Lengthens. Adds natural-looking dimension... fullness that feels real.

Favorite Brushes

Hello ladies. This is a post on my favorite makeup brushes. In no particular order here's the first one...
* Sigma F50 Duo Fiber

Specially designed to generate an ‘airbrushed’ finish when used to apply liquid foundation. It can also be used to apply blush, highlight shades and loose pigments.
Since I apply my foundation with my fingers, I use this brush right after to blend the foundation well.

UUUU I Like It

A couple od days ago I tried my MAC TWIG lipstick for the very first time and liked it!

First I outlined my lips with MAC Lip Pencil in SPICE and then filled my lips with TWIG. It's a very pretty soft muted brownish-pink.

I am just now beginning to get out of the comfort of wearing only my favorite MAC LIPGLASS CHAI. I am wearing bolder brighter even darker colors and I am liking it!

My Baby Did WHAT!?

Saturday mid afternoon I get my makeup kit, sit on my couch, gather my tools and within minutes I am set to do my makeup. As I open my kit I see my youngest son rushing through the living room to get to where I was. You see my son loves and I mean loves to play with my makeup. I don't mind it, at times I give him a brush or two along with some closed blushes. He just beats on them as they were

I Love My Russian

I love my Russian-Russian Red that is. “Russian Red” by MAC is a deep matte shade, is the company’s top red lipstick. The hue launched in the 80s, and even though trends have come and gone Russian Red has never had a recession.

A vibrant red mouth is classic yet current, and never fails to look downright amazing.

Tips on how to apply Red Lipstick
* Moisturize lips
* Blot with a tissue
* Nude

Bold in Black

Hello ma' ladies here are some pictures of yesterdays makeup. I went out of my comfort box and did something with black! Black is always kinda scary for me to deal with because you can do really bad or really good. In my case... I think I did well. =D All I used was NYX eye shadow in BLACK for all the lid, MAC eyeshadow in WOOD-WINKED to blend out the black and MAC eyeshadow in RICEPAPER to

MAC Studio Sculpt

Last week I went to the MAC store and bought their Studio Sculpt foundation. I was running out of my Studio Fix Fluid and I had been wanting to try the Studio Sculpt one. I've been using it for a week now and oh my let me tell you guys, I LOVE it! I like it better than the Studio Fix Fluid. It is very creamy and it goes on smoothly. It gives more coverage than Studio Fix but its not thick. It is

MAC eyeshadow dupes :)

I thought I'd do a post on some mac eyeshadow dupes that I've come across over time. It's so annoying when you buy a brand new mac eyeshadow only to discover when you get home that you already have an eyeshadow that colour.

Most of the dupes I've found have been from Urban Decay and the Sleek storm palette, so if you have the Sleek or one of the Urban Decay palettes, you might not need to buy certain mac eyeshadows because you already have that colour... meaning that you can divert your money to other mac eyeshadows instead. Yayy!

Here are the best ones that I've found.

Mac All That Glitters and UD Chopper: Both have the same amount of shimmer and texture and are equally pigmented. UD Chopper is slightly more orange toned where as Mac All That Glitters is much more neutral with a slight hint of pink. UD Chopper also has silver micro glitter running through it, Mac All That Glitters does not.

Mac Wedge and Taupe from Sleek Storm: Both of these are very light matte taupe colours. Even though they are very similar, I would say mac Wedge is a more 'true taupe' as the sleek one has much stronger yellow tones.

Mac Shimmermoss and UD Shattered: Not only are the names similar but the eyeshadows are too. They are practically identical, it is only when you look closely that you notice that UD Shattered has slightly more green in it and Shimmermoss is slightly 'duller'.

Mac Carbon and black from Sleek Storm: Both black, both matte, but mac Carbon is slightly more pigmented.

Mac Dazzlelight and Pale cream from Sleek Storm: These two shadows are pale shimmery cream/white colours. Mac Dazzlelight has much stronger yellow yellow/gold undertones but they both appear off white/cream when applied to the eye. Mac Dazzlelight is a lot more pigmented.

Mac espresso, matte brown from sleek, and brown from L'oreal HIP duo bustling: All of these mid browns are the same tone, very neutral with a slight taupiness to them. Mac espresso and the sleek brown are very very similar, the only differences being the fact that mac is again more pigmented and sleek has slight red undertones to it making it a teeny tiny bit more orange. The brown from the HIP duo is not nearly as pigmented as the mac and sleek ones and has a slight gold shimmer in it giving the eyeshadow an overall gold sheen.

Mac Woodwinked, UD Nylon and UD YDK: Mac Woodwinked is definitely the most gold toned out of all of these shadows even though the other two have a gold sheen as well. UD Nylon is much more neutral than the mac one as it doesn't have such strong brown undertones and is more of a beige gold than a brown gold. UD YDK is the same hue as mac Woodwinked but it is darker in shade as it has significantly more brown in it. UD Nylon, UD YDK, mixed together would create a very similar colour to woodwinked, but slightly less gold toned.

MAC Beautiful Iris, UD Asphyxia and UD Ecstacy: Mac Beautiful Iris is a true lilac/lavender, it is cool toned with a white shimmer to it. UD asphyxia is a lot warmer due to the pink undertones but it still has a blue shift in certain lighting. UD Ecstacy is the same cool tone as Beautiful iris but it is a shade or two darker making it appear more purple as opposed to lilac.

Hope this helped!

Grace xxx

Last week's buys

Every time I go somewhere even if it's to Target or Walmart I like to buy my self a little sum' sum'. (Don't we all?) Ha! I went to Target on Sat. and of course I had to check out the accessory department. Sure enough I saw these cute earrings that caught my attention. Then the next day or so I was roaming around the aisles of Walmart and I bought this nail polish. I thought the color was very

Color Me BOLD!

Here are some BOLD colored lipsticks I own. I've only worn the hot pink one and the light pink one I have mixed with other colors to achieve the color of my likeness. As for the orange one and the dark burgundy one, NEVER! Those colors are too BOLD! It would take a whole lot of me to slap em' on and be out my door. I'll find some CREATIVE ways to use them! ENJOY!MAC Girl About TownMAC FleshpotMAC

The secret (or not so secret) way to flawless skin.

I'm sure you all remember when Mac first announced they were going to be launching the colour ready collection, you know the one with the promo picture of the beyond flawless, blue eyed, pink lipped gorgeous model (but in case you forgot there's a picture below). Anyway I for one was excited, especially for the prep + prime transparent finishing powder which promises 'A silky finishing powder that provides an invisible way to set makeup. Reduces shine while optically minimizing the look of pores, lines, imperfections. Available in one universal colour that suits all shades. Wear over makeup or on bare, moisturized skin.'

So when I finally got my hands on this little pot of magic white powder which was going to (I'd hoped) transform my skin into the perfect pore-less complexion of that of the promo model, I was disappointed. To me this was just your bog standard finishing powder, nothing more or nothing less. Call me naive but I'd expected at least a soft focus like effect. But I soon got over it and the little pot of magic white powder was shoved to the back of my cupboards and forgotton about.

But, the other day, a whooooleeee year after I first tried this, I decided to give it another go. (Yes, I am aware of the hygiene implications of using this year old product but it was only once and I do intend to buy a new one.) And lets just say I loveeeddd it!

BUT...

THERE IS A SECRET...

you don't use it after your foundation...

you use it before. :O

Ok, so maybe people had the common sense to try using it this way the first time round, but I didn't and my gosh do I wish I had of tried this a lonnnggg time ago.

WHAT I DO...

-Moisturise and leave to soak in

-Apply a thin layer of prep + prime transparent finishing powder

-Apply foundation

And voila! (Nearly) pore-less, flawless skin :)

BUT, THERE IS ANOTHER BUT...

This only works with certain foundations (I've tried it with four so far) and the ones I've found it to work the best with are the oily ones, you know the ones which are great but make you go shiny after a couple of hours. This stuff sort of mattifies them down, and soaks up all the oil. I also think it probably plugs your pores up to give you that silky smooth canvas. I know that doesn't sound great but I've had no break outs so far. Big thumbs up to that (Y).

All I'm gunna say is, if you dismissed this the first time round as a finishing powder like I did, maybe consider giving it another go as ... shock horror, a primer!

xxx

I Love me some Liquid Eyeliner!

I love me some liquid eyeliner. Me and liquid eyeliner go way back since middle school. When ever I don't have much time to apply eye shadow and blend and all I just apply myself some eyeliner and bang, out the door! Ha! I am doing this review because It's pretty interesting to me how sometimes cheap is better, but not in all things people. I remember back in middle school even high school I

Mac Pro Student Color/Tool Kit

Early April I purchased the MAC Pro Color Kit and the Mac Pro Tool Kit for school. Both the color kit and the tool kit with the 40 % Pro student discount came out to $800.00 dollars. A bit expensive but a GREAT investment. I always wondered what came in these kits. Now that I know I thought I'd share and let you guys inn. Just incase some of you are thinking of buying the color kit and or the

Mac Pro Color/Tool Kits

Today I ordered my MAC Pro Student Color Kit and Tool Kit. I am so excited and can't wait to have them shipped and delivered! I definitely wont be needing makeup for a L O N G time. Can't wait to begin exploring.