0 Chanel Jouse contraste blushers

After hearing so much so much raves about Chanel's blushers from my friend who's also a make up junkie like, I decided to splurge on 2 as a start first. I bought the jouse contraste series (Sorry, I don't know the English translation for it, I only type as what is written on the packaging) in #58 fresque and #82 reflex

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In general, the textures of the two jouse contraste blushers I bought are smooth and very fine and blends very nicely into the skin. My only gripe with them is that they don't long last as long on me as my MAC blushers and tend to fade off quite quickly which I don't have this problem with my MAC blushers.

#58 Fresque is a very light peachy pink blush which in my opinion will only appear on fairer skinned ladies. Even on my NC20 skin, I had to swipe a few times before the color appeared on my face, but it does give a very nice, sweet and fresh peachy pink glow to skin. Very natural and subtle. 

#82 Reflex reminds me somewhat of MAC's peachykeen or sunbasque blush which suits most skintones and gives more of a sunkissed healthy glow to the face. If u like the sunkissed look, you'd probably like #82 Reflex better. 

I would buy Chanel's blushers again as I like the colors and  textures of the above 2 that I have but I only wish that the blushers stayed on longer on me, and my cheek area is dry by the way so I don't see why the blushers doesn't stay on me as long as my MAC ones.

2 MAC neutral / brown eyeshadows

As promised, this is part two of my pictures and swatch of the existing MAC e/s that I own. I know one or two eyeshadows does not belong to the neutral / brown palette. But that's because I've ran out of space in the other 15pan palette for my purple / pink eyeshadows...Gotta buy a new 15pan eyeshadow palette soon. But I'm so so so lazy to depot my eyeshadows. :X

So here are the pics of my neutral / brown 15 pan palette and some single e/s which I haven't got about to depotting.  I also have a few other regular browns and neutrals in Limited edition quads, So I didn't buy them in singles. But i will post them probably another time when I'm doing reviews and swatches of MAC e/s quads. This is gonna  be another long post again :X



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Paradisco (Frost): Ha Ha. I know this color is NOT a neutral nor a brown, but as I've no space in my yellows/oranges palette so I had to store this color in this palette. I pretty much love paradisco, the texture is smooth and blendable, color payoff good, and this color pretty much goes well with everything from brights such as yellows and greens to neutral shades. It's a peachy golden color which can be worn by itself as a wash for everyday wear or used as a base color for other brights. Does not enhance puffiness of eyes.

Relaxing* (Frost): Love love love this color as an overall base color for neutral eye make up. LE from Sundressing collection.

Naked Lunch (Frost): Also one of my favourite neutral and base color from MAC. It has a slight pinkish undertone to it. Blends well and applies well.

All That Glitters (Veluxe Pearl): All time favourite e/s from MAC. A MUST have eyeshadow for every MAC addict. Has a slight pinkish brown tone to it. Makes a very good wash of color on the eye on Lazy make up days. Suitable for every skintone.
Jete* (Veluxe Pearl): A beautiful shade of neutral with pink undertones. Similar to All that glitters, but has much more pink undertones to it. Pairs very well with naked lunch and relaxing e/s and Satin taupe.

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Sable (Frost): A great brown for smokey brown looks. Can be used on the outer V of the eye, on the crease & Socket area, as a eyeliner. This is such a versatile e/s. Has some reddish undertones to it, so use it sparingly. Excellent texture and color pay off
B-rich* (Velvet): Being a velvet e/s, this applies lighter than it actually looks in the pan. I personally do find that  the velvet e/s in general leans towards the matte side (although there are some really subtle shimmers in them). It has very significant red undertones to it. It's still quite blendable for a velvet e/s, although texture cannot be compared to the Veluxe pearls, satin and frosts finishes. 

Satin Taupe (Frost): Nuff said about this e/s. This is one of MAC's star e/s from its regular neutral range. Everyone should own one of this. It suits All skin tones and can be worn as an everyday color or used for smokey eye looks. Color payoff is great and isn't as metallic or frosty looking as some of MAC's frost eyeshadows. So girls with puffy eyelids can also wear this eyes without further enhancing the puffiness of the eyes. Must HAVE from MAC

Soba (Satin): I bought this more for a socket area color to contour the eyes. It's a very very soft brown color that can also be used to fill in the brows (which i do sometimes as my brows are pretty full and dark and i need a light brown eyeshadow which does not further enhance the darkness of my brows.). If u are more into the soft neutral looks or looking for a contour color, this is pretty good. But do note that, this is a pretty light color.


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Woodwinked (Veluxe Pearl): Generally a nice bronzy browncolor for medium to darker skin tones. Fair skin girls have to be light handed with this color, otherwise it can look a tad dirty on the eyelids. Pairs very well with Sumptious Olive and Greensmoke e/s and other neutrals like Satin Taupe e/s.

Romp (Frost): A nice golden brown shades with no hint of red undertones in it. So if u are lookin for a brown shadow with no red undertones in it, you can conisder this.
Mulch (Velvet): It's pretty much pigmented for a velvet e/s considering that most velvet e/s are pretty sheer on application. Advisable for use on the outer corner of the eyelid or as a eyeliner too much on the whole lid may give a bruised eye look as it has quite a lot of red undertones to it. It's a beautiful color though when used as a liner or on the outer corner of the eye.

Club (Veluxe Pearl): Never understood why this e/s is raved so much. It's a duochrome eyeshadow which has grey, green and brown undertones to it. I find that using it by itself it gives a very muddy look on me (which i HATE), so usually i prefer to use a green based shadow with it to bring out more of the green undertones or use it lightly over a silver e/s to play down the brown tones in it. Not my favourite e/s from MAC although color payoff is good and texture is excellent. But too much work to make it look right for me.

Pen n Pink (Matte): Not as chalky as some of other MAC's matte e/s, Color is blendable but color pay off is light. If u have puffy eyelids but but but still want to pink e/s, this would be the IT color. It's totally matte and won't make ur eyes look swollen.

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Vanilla (Velvet): Makes a very good base color. If u are lookin for something more matte and not overly whitish for a base and highlighting color, Vanilla is the one. 

Brule (Satin): Looks very very similar to Vanilla in terms of color and finish but it has more significant beige undertones than Vanilla which leans towards white.     

Shore Leaf* (Veluxe Pearl): Has a very obvious pearly white sheen to it with slight hint of pink undertones, Use it sparingly. Over using this color may result in an over metallic look. Otherwise, it's a pretty nice color although not very unique

Magic Dust* (Frost): It reminds me of a more toned down version of retrospeck in champagne gold color but without the chunky glitters of retrospeck. Limited edition from Barbie Loves MAC. Bought it mostly for the cute barbie imprint on it. 

Dazzlelight (Veluxe pearl): Not as pearly/frosty looking as Shore leaf even though both are of the same textures. It's like a toned down version of Shore leaf -pinkish white but with only a subtle sheen to it. It's good for a all over the eye color on lazy days jus to brighten up the lights slightly

Solar white* (Frost): LE from Cool heat. Frost finish with a pearly white gold finish to it. Looks pinkish white in the pan, but when applied it's more of a white goldish color. A beautiful highlight color and base color. 


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Patina (Frost): This has a duochrome finish to it, It has a little bit of grey, golden and brown undertones to it. By itself, it appears quite sheer. But what i usually do to bring out the color is to use MAC's bare study paintpot as a base and the color appears more true to its pan. I love pearing this with Sable, Satin taupe and Mythology eyeshadows (All from MAC). It's a beautiful neutral color, but a base is definitely needed for this.

Jest (Frost): Very similar to Naked Lunch. But this has definitely more pink undertones to it. Makes a beautiful base color or just as a wash of color all over the lid for everyday wear. Pairs well with other neutrals and browns, pinks and purples.

Neutral Pink* (Satin): Pinkish brown color with some slight sheen to it. Best paired with light base colors like Jest or naked lunch. Color is buildable. 
Illegal Cargo* (Satin): Kinda reminds me of Shale e/s from the regular collection but without the shimmers. Has a purplish grey undertone to it. Pairs very well with Patina e/s or other light pink based colors. Or can be used with other darker purples for a smokey look.

Elite*(Veluxe pearl): Bronzy golden brown suits all skintone. But don't use too much, otherwise it may look very metallic looking. Good color payoff and very  blendable

Cosmic* (Veluxe pearl): LE from Moonbathe. Has significant orange undertones to it.. 

Beautyburst* (Satin):  I hardly use this color as the red tones in it is so so so obvious. But when I do use it, it's more on the socket area for a cut crease look. LE from Barbie Loves MAC

Moth brown* (Frost): More of a silverish greyish brown color. Not too strong. Can be worn everyday. But as i'm not really a brown/neutral e/s person, I find myself neglecting this. 

And...That's all folks for this update. I am so sleepy after doing this update. Till the next post. Adios! 

2 Dior addict Ultra glosses

I am not a fan of Dior cosmetics, but I really really like their lip glosses, they give a very glossy look to the lips and are not sticky at all. Even the shimmers in some of the more shimmery ones are quite fine and doesn't give the glitterbomb lips effect. I recently added another 4 to my make up collection, so in total I have about 7 dior glosses up to date which is very few, but I will definitely be expanding my Dior lip glosses. Here are the 4 glosses which I hauled recently, but had no chance to post till now. I love the color and texture of all of them.

According to the Dior website, there are 3 types of finishes for their Dior addict ultra glosses mainly - Glow (nude shade to highlight femininity ), Pearl (Fresh and iridescent shades to add a dash of color) & Flash (audacious & vibrant colors to perfect a style)



 Click to enlarge. Dior addict ultra gloss in (Flash) in Extravagant Grenadine


Am Loving Extravant Grenadine, It gives a very soft touch of cherry red color on my lips without being over the top and perks me up even when I'm not wearing any other make up on my face.

Click to enlarge. Dior ultra Addict gloss (Pearl)  in 472 Bohemian Rose

A very wearable rosy pink shade of lipgloss that can be worn both by itself and over lipsticks to enhance the colors. Am loving this color as well.

Click to enlarge. Dior addict ultra gloss (Pearl) in 576 Sari Pink


Click to enlarge. Dior addict ultra gloss (Glow) in 342 Coral Confidental

Love love love this color. It gives such a nice MLBB (My Lips but better) color to my lips. Would see myself wearing this color again and again on both make up and non make up days.

P/S The above glosses are all part of the permanent line...

0 Benefit blushers

I hardly buy Benefit products. but being a blush whore, I had to buy some of their blushers to try out
 Click for enlarged picture. I do kind of like the packaging especially for coralista and Throbb. They look kind of funky and yet feminine. But I hate the bulkyness of it. Takes up lots of space in my make up pouch. Plus, cardboard packing isn't really value for money considering how much I pay for them. I would expect for the price I pay, the quality of the package would be better. Oh well....

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Georgia: This is basically a WASTE OF MONEY. I am a MAC NC20, and despite how many times and how hard i swipe it on my cheeks, it DOES NOT APPEAR. I would say this would act more like a finishing powder rather than a blush. If u are any darker than me, Don't buy this, cause if it doesn't appear on me, it probably won't appear on u as well. Save your money for other things.

Dandelion: It's a pretty light blush, but it still can be build up to give a nice natural pinky flush on my face. Recommended only for fair to medium skin tones. I had to swipe about 3 or 4 times for this to appear on face.
Coralista: As its name suggest, this is a coral blush with a slight satiny frosty finish to it. It's definitely more pigmented than it's counterparts Georga and Dandelion and can be used by all skintones. 

Throbb: A very very cool shade of pink. It kinda looks unnatural on my skin which has lotsa yellow undertones. I would imagine that this would work better for people with pink based undertone skins.



2 MAC green eyeshadows

Other than reviewing LE collections, I would also like to give some love and reviews on some of the MAC e/s that I own - both LE and non LE. E/s denoted with * means they are LE. And this will be the first part of MAC e/s review that I would be doing. Would be updating this blog at least once a week for the rest of my MAC e/s collection

 Click for enlarged picture. LE e/s: Metarmorph*, Newly Minted*, Wondergrass* MAC Pro e/s: Aqua, Kelly, Lime & Bio Green

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Metamorph* (Frost finish): Although it is a frost finish, but I find this to be more powder and chalky and doesn't feels like a frost finish @ all. Color pay off is ok, quite blendable but just a bit Chalky

Lime (Matte finish): Highly pigmented, blendable and not chalky like some of MAC's matte e/s that i own. Easy to work with

Juxt (Satin Finish): Excellent texture, good for people who wants a bit of color for everyday wear but yet still not too loud. It's a very wearable soft pastel green.

Overgrown* (Satin Finish): Also of the same texture as juxt, Easy to blend, good color payoff. Looks very similar to Eyepopping though. So if you have one, you don't need the other even though both are of different textures.

Eyepopping* (Frost Finish): Almost identical to Overgrown, Overgrown is just a Tad more green, but honestly when u apply them on your eyes, you can't even tell the difference which shade u are wearing.


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Swimming (Lustre finish): Usually MAC's lustres has lots of glitter fallout and the pigmentation isn't that good, But Swimming is one of the few exceptions. It has pretty decent color payoff and the glitters in it isn't that loud as some of other MAC's lustres like Honey lust (which I absolutely HATE by the way LOL) and it's blendable

Humid (Frost finish): Great texture with excellent color payoff. A must have for anyone who is into green e/s. Makes a beautiful green smokey eye look.

Sumptious Olive (Veluxe Pearl): It's not really green green, but it's sorta a khaki green with some brown undertones to it. Pairs very well with greensmoke e/s and other greens, browns and neutral e/s

Greensmoke (Lustre): Argh, This one has lots more glitter than Swimming and is relatively less pigmented. It needs some work to get the color appear, otherwise this is a lovely color for smokey eye looks as well. All you need is some patience to pack on this color on the eyes.

Plumage (Matte): I love this color but i hate the texture. It's absolutely chalky, I need A LOT OF work to get this to work for me, Plenty of packing on needed........ sighs... A GOOD eyeshadow base is needed for this color. Don't say I never warn ya....

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Aqua (Matte finish): Why do I get this feeling that MAC doesn't have the consistency in its matte e/s. Some are sheer and chalky and hard to blend while others like Newly Minted has great texture and color payoff and not chalky @ all. Aqua is one of those chalky mattes, that needs lots of packing for the color to appear. Would advise that an eyeshadow base be used for this color as well.

Kelly (Matte finish): Generally easier to apply than aqua and Plumage e/s, not as chalky, but still require an e/s for this color to really pop

Newly Minted * (Matte finish): This is the best of MAC's matte e/s. It has GREAT color payoff and NOT chalky @ all and easy to blend. Color applied on eyes is true to that in the pan. Alas, it's Limited edition.

Bio-Green (Frost finish): A Great shade of vibrant green that every MAC addict should have. Has a slight touch of yellow undertone to it, but it's not very obvious. Texture and color payoff is excellent. This is a Pro product, which means u can only get it thru the MAC pro website or @ a MAC pro store.

Wondergrass* (Veluxe pearl Finish): Looks very similar to Bio green e/s when swatched, just that Bio green has a slightly more pronounced goldish yellow undertone than Wondergrass. Another great color from MAC. As with MAC's veluxe pearl e/s, this also has a great texture and excellent color payoff. LE from C Shock collection


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Aquavert* (Veluxe Pearl finish): Would say that being a light pastel kind of shade, I use this more as a base color for other greens and pastel shades such as purples and pinks. Or just as a wash all over the eye when i'm in a lazy mood for blending 2 or more eyeshadows together. LE from Lure collection.

Warm Chill* (Frost finish): This color is soo lightly pigmented that I have to keep swatching it more it to appear in my swatch. It's a VERY VERY light color. So if u want it to pop, pls use an eyeshadow base for it. This is LE from Cool Heat which i bought almost everything cause I am a sucker for greens, teals and turqoises. HAHA

Lucky Green (Veluxe Pearl finish): I first got it from MAC's belle azure collection, but MAC has since repromoted in the Originals collection if my memory dun fail me. I love love love this eyeshadow, It's a vibrant shade of yellow green with great color pigmentation and texture. Appears true to the color as in the pan. 

Sassy Grass* (Matte finish): One of the best greens ever produced by MAC. Has the same great texture like Newly Minted. Highly pigmented and blendable. Very very vibrant shade of true Green. If u are a fan of green e/s, this is a MUST have. It's LE from MAC's dare to wear collection though.

Springtime Skipper* (Veluxe pearl finish): LE from Barbie Loves MAC collection. Reminds me a bit of MAC's juxt e/s from the regular collection just that this has a slightly more pronouced goldish-yellow tone to it. And it's a tad brighter than juxt e/s

Sweet & Punchy* (Veluxe pearl finish): LE from To the Beach collection. Similar to Lucky green, but more yellowish than Lucky green. Great texture and color payoff

Fresh Green mix Mineralized e/s: Being a mineralized e/s, this can be used dry or wet for more intense color. But as this color itself is already pretty pigmented, I wouldn't even bother using it wet. 

Phew.....that's the end of my review for my MAC e/s for now... This has been a very very long post. Hope u gals find it useful. That's all for now...Stay in tuned for the next MAC e/s review which i will do on my next off day.

3 My Make Up Storage

I used to keep my collection in traincase, but as it expanded, one traincase was no longer enough to store all my cosmetics. My mum, had this make up table specially custom made for me - the no of drawers and depth of all the drawers were specially designed to fit my make up in just nice - not too deep and not too shallow. Hmmm, although it's pretty big, but I am out of space again in my make up cabinet. I guess this means I should stop buying make up. But i can't. MAC keeps releasing LE collections each month and being a MAC junkie, I will spend on MAC every month...sighs. I need a bigger space for my make up :x

Click to Enlarge. There are basically 4 larger but shallower drawers on the top 2 layers - 2 dedicated to eyeshadows, one for lipstuff and one for blushers. As for the 4 drawers below, one is dedicated to eyeshadow  bases, one for blushers (Yes..I am a BLUSH whore... I have 2 drawers for my blushers :x), one for base make up and one for brushes. The two deeper drawers right at the bottom are used to store miscellanous make up items which I have no space to put into the other drawers and fake lashes. And yep, sorry for the messy table top, I keep some of my foundations and skincare on the table.

Click to enlarge. Drawer no 1: Contains my MAC 15 pan e/s palettes, quads, singles and pigments. 

Click to enlarge. Drawer no 2: Contains some miscellaneous MAC mineralized e/s, MAC holiday palettes and other non MAC eye make up and non MAC e/s palettes. The ones in the  brown packaging are e/s palettes from a Japanese brand called Lunasol. Currently have about 26 of their palettes..




Click to enlarge. Drawer no 3: Contains both MAC and non MAC lipsticks and lipglosses... plus 2 chanel blushers which I have ran out of space of to put in my blusher drawers

Click to enlarge. Drawer no 4: Contains both MAC and non MAC blushers and face color powders - highlighting powders plus msfs (Msfs are stored in the bottom layer hence hidden in the picture)

Click to enlarge. Drawer no 5: MAC blushers only drawers............... I LOVE MAC Blushers...

 Click to enlarge. Drawer no 6: Eyeliners, Eyeshadow bases, Cream eye shadows, Mascaras and other miscellaneous eye stuff from MAC and other various brands


Click to enlarge. Drawer no 7: Base make up - Foundations, loose powders, concealers, cream foundations, mineral make up.....




 Click to enlarge. Drawer no 8: Full size brushers and travel size brushers (in the smaller pouch). Brushes which i use more frequently are stored in brush holders on my make up table

 Click to enlarge: Drawer no 9: Other miscellaneous make up items and skincare which i have no space to put in the other drawers - UD's Book of shadows 3, Black palette, Summer of love palette, Benefit's posietint and benetint, 2 Shu uemura eye palettes and 2 chanel blushers and some sheet makes plus contact lenses...

 Click to enlarge. Drawer no 10: False lashes drawer and other stuff drawer

Last but not least....I have a clear display cabinet in my room which displays some of my other make up which i have no room for in my make up cabinet....It makes me happy just to look at my make up. I know most people think i'm crazy, but if u are a make up junkie like me, you will understand my obsession with collecting make up. =)


Click to enlarge. This clear display cabinet contains some of my other MAC holiday palettes, some random mac pigments, MAC msfs, MAC hello kitty items and some shu uemura cosmetics.

So yep, this kinda wraps up the post for my make up storage for now.......thanks for taking time off to read ya

1 Urban Decay Black palette

Finally got my hands on the long awaited UD's black palette. I don't consider myself to be a fan of Urban Decay, but I do feel that their eye palettes are value for money and of pretty good quality. However, I don't exactly like their singles. Have swatched their singles @ the UD counter in my local Sephora and am not impressed with the single e/s. But so far, I am loving all the palettes which I have bought from UD - BOS III, Alice in Wonderland and Summer of Love e/s Palette. I jus feel that the e/s in the palettes are not as glittery and chalky as the single e/s.

Anyway, back to UD's black palette. If you are a fan of smokey eyes, this is the IT palette for you. As the name of the palette shows, this palette is consists of all dark and smokey eye colors. And the e/s are very smooth, blendable and pigmented. There is some shimmer in some of the colors, but the shimmers are pretty subtle and not chunky. 

Black dog is the winner in this palette. It's a TRUE BLACK and it comes out  VERY pigmented with just one swipe Unlike MAC's carbon which is FREAKING chalky and hard to blend out.... If u are looking for a true black e/s which is blendable, Black Dog's the one for you. However, unfortunately, Black Dog is a Limited edition shade which is only available in this palette. . . . But I do feel this palette is very worth buying.

Without further ado, here's the pic of the palette and swatches of the e/s in the UD's black palette



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0 My Holy Grail beauty products

This may seem like a random post, but i really do want to share with others what are my holy grail products and what i love about them... Unfortunately though, some of my HG products are limited edition :( 

BASE PRODUCTS
Make up base: MAC Prep plus prime skin base visage
I swear by this. I have been using this for many many years and I always come back to this. I love the texture of this on my skin and it really helps in allowing the foundation to glide on more easily.

Liquid Foundation: Giorgo Armani face fabric liquid foundation
LOVE LOVE LOVE this texture.... SUPER Smooth

Loose powder: MUFE HD translucent powder
Love this as well, but will be switching over to MAC's prep plus prime translucent finishing powder after this as it's comparatively cheaper and they are Almost the same, given that both are silica powders.

Powder foundation: Have yet to find one. I hate using powder foundations in general, they are too powdery for my liking

Cream foundation: MAC mineralized cream foundation
Very moisturising and glides on to the face very easily. VERY Blendable. Does not cake up at all.

Concealer: MAC studio sculpt concealer
I have very bad undereye circles, this is about the only concealer that does a pretty decent job of covering them without caking if i DON'T apply too much

EYE PRODUCTS
Eyeliner: MAC Blacktrack fluidline
Nuff said about this liner. It's easy to use, smudge proof and glides on very easily. It doesn't crease or smudge on my hidden double eyelids

Eyeshadows:

Neutral: MAC All that glitters (All time favourite. Must BUY!!!), MAC Patina e/s, MAC Satin Taupe & MAC Brule e/s
I love many of MAC e/s but if i really really had to chooose 3 neutral e/s from MAC, it has to be the above 3

Blue: MAC freshwater e/s  - Love love love this vibrant rich shade of blue....

Purple: MAC Beautiful iris e/s - It's the only MAC e/s which i have ever hit pan on

Yellows: MAC gorgeous gold & MAC going bananas

Greens: MAC juxt e/s and swimming e/s

Turqoise: MAC aquadisiac e/s

Oooops....I just realized that all my HG e/s are from MAC. I LOVE LOVE LOVE MAC e/s, they have such a variety of colors and of different textures.

Eye make up base: hmmm None. I use a couple of eye make up base such as MAC paint pots in bare study and rubnesque and Too faced shadow insurance depending on my mood. I have pretty dry lids so I don't really need a base unless i wanna intensify the color

CHEEK / FACE PRODUCTS

Highlighting powder: MAC lightscapade msf ( A DEFINITE MUST HAVE..but this is LE :( )

Blushers: All my MAC blushers.

Bronzer: No..I love to look fair. I don't use bronzing powder...AT ALL.

LIP PRODUCTS

Nude lipsticks: MAC creme d nude, Mac Hue, MAC high tea, MAC Shy shine, MAC Hug Me, MAC honeylove, MAC shy girl

Red lipsticks: NONE. I Dun like wearing red lipsticks in general

Orange/coral lipsticks: MAC see sheer, MAC vegas volt, MAC Morange

Fuschia pink lipsticks: MAC Lickable, MAC madly magenta ccb, MAC show orchid

Lipglosses: MAC Cremesheen glass in Fashion whim ( I find myself reaching for this VERY VERY OFTEN that i have promoted it to Holy grail status, I LOVE MAC's cremesheen glasses in general though.)

TOOLS:
Eye brushes: MAC 239, 242, 275, 209 and 217

239: Packs on eye colors nicely on the lid and can double up as a blending brush as well as its bristles are so soft
242: I find this effective for packing on pigments rather than the 239 as the brush is for stiff and this is good for cream based products such as paintpots as well

275: This is an angled fluffy brush for blending or contour eyeshadow colors on the eyes. If i cannot find my 217, this is usually what i use for blending out e/s as well

209: A must have for applying my blacktrack fluidline

217: It's either between this or the 275 brush for me. I can survive with either one but not without both

Face brushes: MAC 129, MUFE Kabuki brush
Lip brush: Nil

0 MAC Stylishly Yours Cream color bases

Being a hard core blush/face color, I bought all four of the cream color bases from Stylishly yours even though 3 out of the four are really bright ones. But once blended out, the colors are pretty wearable and they last the whole day on the face even without any powder blushers over them.

From top to bottom (left to right): Madly magenta, Virgin Isle, Tickle me Pink & Movie star red

From left to red: Tickle me Pink, Madly magenta, Virgin Isle & Movie star red

Although it's not advisable to use these colors on the lips, I went ahead and tested it on my lips anyway as all the colors are so bright n vibrant that I think they would make good lip colors as well. Textures are very smooth and blendable

Tickle me Pink: Gives a very sweet dolly flush on the cheeks. I like to use this as a base for my pink based blushers to help them last longer. I would also wear this alone by itself and it lasts the whole day on me
 
Madly Magenta: I love love love Madly magenta on my lips - It's kind of a hot fuschia purplish pink on my lips and although it does stain my lips a little, I don't mind it cause I love how it turns out on my lips, plus it's not drying. It makes a nice blush as well...but pls use it with a very very light hand as this is so heavily pigmented that it is so easy to over do it

Virgin Isle: May look VERY orangy in the pan, but once sheered out on the cheeks it actually gives a nice peachy coral flush.

Movie Star Red: This is kinda tricky color to use on the cheeks especially on fairer skin people. However, this would make a nice red lip color.

2 MAC Cham Pale haul and review

Hi guys, sorry for the long long delay in updating my blog as I was really caught up with work and was too tired to update. Sorry to keep you guys waiting and would like to wish all of you a Happy New year as well.

This is my first haul for the new year of 2011. 5 items from MAC's cham pale collection.
Mainly i bought the following -  Chez chez Lame & Rose Ole Special reserve highlighting powders (I am a sucker for face products, so whatever face products mac releases i would buy them unless they are really too dark to work on me), Chilled on ice & Dangerous Cuvee Paintpots and Bubble Lounge Lipgelee


I really like the look of how the 2 special reserve highlighting powders look in the pan - just like crumpled tissues. And yes, as the names go, these are highlighting powders and are too Light to be used as blushers. The texture of these 2 highlighting powders are buttery smooth and contain no glitters except some subtle pearly sheen. And they are definitely not as frosty as some of the MAC msfs I own




As for the paintpots, I initially had no intention to buy any paintpot at all. But when i swatched Chilled on Ice, I instantly fell in love with it. It's somewhat of a cross between Bare study paintpot and Rubenesque paintpot and has a pronounced goldish sheen to it. Nowhere as white as bare study but no where as peachy gold as Rubenesque. As for Dangerous Cuvee, I bought it cause I thought the color was pretty unique for a cream e/s and I don't currently own any similar colors.


As for the lipgelee, I bought only Bubble Lounge. It's a pretty nice color, but as with all the lipgelees in this collection, it contains LOTS of shimmers / glitters. So if you are not a fan of shimmers/glitters, I doubt it if u would like them. And you only NEED a bit of product on the lips, if you over apply it, it would look like your lips are just FULL of shimmers and glitters. I would advise to use a lip brush for this or fingers to even out the product.




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