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0 My make up collection part II - MAC eyeshadows (palettes, quads and singles)

I am a jack of all trades when it comes to collecting make up, but a master in none. Meaning I collect everything and anything from MAC, but I don't have too many of items of each category from MAC. I guess that i have quite a substantial amount of MAC shadows, but definitely not as many as some girls i know of out there. But still these e/s are enough to last me a lifetime. =)

15 Pan palettes

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Single e/s (these are not back ups.. I never buy repeats of e/s as I know i won't finish them)

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If u are wondering why I never depot the e/s above, the reason is because some are in special package and also because I am too lazy to depot.

Eye quads

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Mineralized eyeshadows

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From left to right, top to bottom:

1. Pink split, family silver, sea & Sky, Cinderfella, She who dares

2. Fresh green mix, Two to glow, odd couple, Either, ??? pink MES (I forgot, have to double check the name lol!), My Dark magic

3. Tectonic, Devil may care, Burning Ambition/Illusionary, Bright side gallery gal, Little madame, Lovestone

4. Quarry, Mercurial, Whim, Style influencer, Love to Love, Noble

Peacocky eyeshadows

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From left to right, top to bottom:

1. Peek at you, Dalliance, Tweet me, Paparazz-she

2. Prance, Top of posh, Mating call, Sexpectations

3. Ego, Odalisque, Danziette, Noir Plum

Eye palettes

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Not in any order: Valiant palette (green palette), Lady justice palette (blue palette), Ornamentalism palette, Intense eye palette, Patternmaker warm palette, Dress camp palette, Infatuating rose palette, Intriguing scarlette, palette, Devoted poppy palette, Patternmaker cool maker, 6 Reelers n rockers palette, 6 Twists of tartan palette, Magic, mirth n mischief palette in cool eyes palette, Color forms palette - cool

Plus some miscellaneous e/s which i forgot to include

From left to right, Dazzlelight, Bright sunshine (pro), Sour Lemon (pro), Bottle green (pro), Purple haze. The 3 e/s are now living in my blush palette awaiting their new home cause our local mac counter is still oos of the empty 4 pan palette.

0 My make up collection part I - foundations and base

Here goes part I of my make up collection, if u wan me to review any of the products that I own, do feel free to drop me a comment on my blog =)

Click for enlarged pic. MUFE HD Liquid foundation, Shisiedo Maquilage UV lasting liquid foundation, Shu uemura face architect liquid foundation,MAC studio sculpt foundation, Korres liquid foundation, Jane irredale mineralized loose powder foundation, Bare minerals loose powder foundation, MAC studio sculpt concealer, MAC studio finish concealer, MAC prep plus prime skin base visage

MAC face and body liquid foundation, Giorgo Armani face fabric liquid foundation, MAC mineralized cream foundation

Click for enlarged pic. MAC lightful ultracharge powder foundation, MAC mystery powder, MAC mineralized skinfinish natural, MUFE HD translucent loose powder, Maquilage loose powder.

Not pictured: MAC studio careblend pressed powder, Dr Jart BB cream - black label & Shiseido tinted moisturiser

To be continued with the rest of my cosmetics collection.

0 MAC Wonderwoman eye palettes & Mascaras

Part II of my Wonderwoman haul - eye products.

There were 3 eye palettes released with the collection, but I only bought the blue (lady justice) and the green (Valiant) as i am a sucker for blue and greens e/s even though I have dozens of them already

Although general consensus and reviews of the palettes with the collection this time round is not very pigmented, but I still find them to be workable even without a eye primer (especially for the darker colors in each of the palettes.) I am generally happy with the 2 palettes, but of course in each of the palette, there is one e/s where it really needs lots of work for it to show. Without further ado, here are pics of the eye palettes

Packaging of the eye palettes. Click for enlarged pic

Valiant e/s palette. From left to right: Manila Paper (VP), Valiant (Frost), Diana Undercover (Satin), Spinning Transformation. Click for enlarged pic

From left to right: Manila Paper, Valiant, Diana Undercover & Spinning Transformation. Click for enlarged pic

Generally, I love all the colors in this palette. I only have a tiny problem with Valiant e/s. It is a beautiful green with lots of yellow golden undertones to it, but it needs work for it to appear, Would highly recommend a e/s base for this particular color. All the other 3 colors in this palette are smooth, blendable and pigmented. Spinning Transformation kinda reminds me of a cross between sumptious olive and tempting e/s - a khaki brown e/s. It's a very wearable color.

Lady Justice palette. From left to right: Lady Justice (Frost), Insurmountable (Veluxe), Deep Truth (Frost), Bold babe (Frost). Click for enlarged pic

From left to right: Lady Justice, Insurmountable, Deep Truth, Bold Babe, Click for enlarged pic

With the deep truth e/s in this palette, this brings the total no of deep truth e/s that i have to 3. LOL. I have one single, one in the shadowy lady quad and now this palette. But i like the combination of the colors in this palette thus i buy it. The only color that is hard to work with in this palette is Insurmountable, the greyish one. It's really light, and yeah, eye primer is definitely needed for this one. Am loving Bold babe e/s, It's in the same family of MAC's birds and berries and love lace e/s but not as dark as those 2 colors (refer to my MAC Blue / teal e/s for swatches of those 2 e/s colors)

Colored mascaras

I particularly like the green one (Army of Amazons) and the blue one (Themystirca). The purple one looks nice, but on my dark lashes, It doesn't really appear even with a white base primer like the prep plus prime lash and prep plus prime translucent loose powder. I guess the purple will appear better on ladies with lighter lash color.

Themystirca mascara (sorry for wrong spelling! I always forget how to spell this particular name of this mascara :x )

Army of Amazon mascara. I love love love this teal colored mascara. I love anything Teal... <3

Victorious mascara

Swatches of the three colored opulash mascaras

0 Pictureless FOTD 13/3/11 and 14/3/11

Part of the reason why I am doin a blog on my pictureless fotd is that sometimes i wanna keep track of what colors i use...and if i like how it looks on me, I wanna remember what i use so i can re create the look. Due to privacy issues, I won't post any eotd or fotd but i will try to be as detailed as to what i used to recreate the looks. Do note that I am asian though and I have smooth sallow eyes and my crease is very thin and hidden. I have to draw a very thick eyeliner so that it can be seen when my eyes open.

FOTD for 13/3/11 - Colorful sunset Eye make up

I will skip the base make up, cause i always use back the same mac prep plus prime primer and foundation

EYES:

MAC Bright sunshine e/s (all over eye lid will socket area)

MAC playful e/s (on outer 1/3 eye lid)

MAC goldmine e/s (on middle 1/3 eye lid)

MAC noir plum mega metal e/s (over playful e/s and blended upwards into the socket area )

MAC ricepaper e/s

MAC going bananas e/s (as brow bone highlighter)

MAC blacktrack fluidline (for upper lash line)

MAC Float on by eye kohl (for lower lashline)

MAC aqualine fluid line (for lower lash line)

MAC #4 false lashes

CHEEKS

MAC mighty aphrodite blush

MAC amazon princess blush layered over MA blush

MAC pink power MSF as cheek highlight powder

LIPS

MAC girl's delight Dazzleglass

FOTD for 14/3/11

EYES

MAC Fresh green mix e/s (applied all over eyelid)

MAC Swimming e/s applied on eye lid

MAC humid e/s applied on crease area

MAC bottle green e/s applied on outer 1/3 corner of eye

MAC carbon e/s layered over bottle green e/s

MAC greensmoke e/s applied @ socket area blending into the main lid colors

MAC overgrown e/s as brow bone highlighter

MAC blacktrack fluidline (both upper and lower lashline)

MAC #4 falsies

CHEEKS

MAC springsheen blush

MAC golden lariat msf (the gold part for highlighting cheeks)

LIPS

MAC Smile dazzleglass

MAC Miss dynamite dazzleglass

Will update this blog tml for review and swatches of the 2 e/s palette i bought from Wonderwoman.

0 MAC pro e/s - Bright sunshine, Bottle green & Sour Lemon

Recently, My mum made a trip to London to visit my bro over there and as we have no MAC pro store over in my country, I got her to CP my some MAC pro products amongst which are 3 pro pan refill e/s in Bright sunshine (a vibrant bright yellow with a beautiful sheen to it), bottle green (Somewhat reminds me of plumage e/s but I find the texture of bottle green to be more blendable than plumage) and Sour Lemon (a hot yellowish green e/s)

I am pleased to say that I am in LOVE with all 3 mac pro colors. ESPECIALLY BRIGHT SUNSHINE. It's so hard to find a YELLOW that's of a good texture with good color payoff. I foresee myself using Bright sunshine very often. In fact, ever since i gotten this e/s I have already used this several times. I love pairing this with either greens or oranges and pinks and purples for a more colorful e/s look. If u love colorful e/s, Bright sunshine e/s is a MUST have in your collection.

From left to right: Bottle green, Sour Lemon and Bright sunshine e/s

0 Pictureless FOTD -3/3/2011

Yet another faceless fotd from me. I promise all of ya that as soon as i have time, I will update my blog with more product pics and swatches pic of my MAC make up and other stuff that I have. My work is really taking up my time and I work till very late @ night and i'm so tired after I come home that all i wanna do is to jus go shower and hit the sack...

In the meantime, my faceless fotd for today:

Base

MAC prep plus prime skin base visage (Yep, this is my Holy grail primer as u can see that i am always using this)

Giorgo Armani face fabric foundation

MAC studio sculpt foundation

MAC studio careblend powder (I have to review this new powder product really soon...I really love the texture and formulation of this careblend powder)

Eyes

MAC bright sunshine e/s (all over eye lid)

MAC goldmine e/s (outer 2/3 of eyelid)

MAC coppering e/s (outer 1/3 of eyelid and blended upwards into socket)

MAC bottle green e/s (over coppering e/s)

MAC ricepaper e/s (as browbone highlight)

MAC blacktrack fluidline

MAC undercurrent pearl glide liner (for lining lower lashline)

MAC #48 lash

Cheeks

MAC Pinch me blush

MAC rhubarb blush

MAC lightscapade msf

Lips

MAC Get rich quick dazzleglass

0 Pictureless FOTD -2/3/2011

Faceless Fotd for today:

Base make up

MAC prep plus prime skin base visage

MAC studio sculpt concealer

MAC studio sculpt foundation

MAC studio careblend pressed powder

Eye make up

MAC creme de violet eyeshadow (on eye lid)

MAC stars and rockets eyeshadow ( over creme de violet e/s)

MAC mystical mist eyeshadow (over 1/3 of eyelid and blended up into socket area)

MAC sable e/s (socket area)

MAC relaxed e/s (brow bone highlighter)

MAC blacktrack fluidline

Urban Decay 24/7 purple pencil eyeliner

Cheeks

MAC Amazon princess blush powder

MAC Lightscapade msf

Lips

MAC sandy B lipstick

0 MAC Wonderwoman face products - Blush powders and MSFs

After waiting for ages, this collection was finally launched @ my local mac counters. Being a sucker for face / cheek products, I bought both msfs and both blush powders, 2 colored mascaras (the purple and the green one, I may be goin back to buy the blue one), 1 lipstick in marquise D and lipgloss in Emancipation. This is Part one of my Wonderwoman pics and swatches - face products. As i'm pretty ill recently, I may be a bit slow in updating my blog, pls forgive.

Packaging of the blush powder

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Click for enlarged swatch pic. Amazon Princess blush powder

Click for enlarged pic. Mighty Aphrodite blush powder

Love love love Mighty Aphrodite blush powder. The red side might look really pigmented, but when swatched, it's actually pretty sheer. This blush duo gives a very nice rosy pink flush on the cheeks. Love love love this.

Comparison pic of size of Wonderwoman msf vs the normal msf (The wonderwoman msf is 20g ....)

Pink Power MSF. Click for enlarged pic

Pink powder msf swatch. Click for enlarged pic

Golden Lariat MSF. Click for enlarged pic

Golden Lariat MSF Swatch. Click for enlarged pic

I personally find that the colored parts of the Wonderwoman msfs are a bit too frosty to be used as blush colors by themselves, but they make beautiful highlighting colors over other blushers. Golden Lariat msf is especially a very versatile msf, it's both a bronzing product and highlighting product at the same time. Would highly all to get Golden Lariat msf, It works for all skintones although for fairer skin ladies they would have to use with a lighter hand

0 MAC pigments -green

I love love love MAC pigments, but unfortunately most of the people around me (both my beauty junkie friends and non beauty junkies) find them a bit messy to use. But wth, the color intensity is much stronger than the normal e/s ... and I find MAC's pigments to be one of the best in the market (the other is MUFE, but I have a problem with some of MUFE's strong pigment colors, they actually stain my eyes, but no such problem with MAC pigments)

What are pigments

Most people would define pigments as loose powder e/s, but actually pigments are pretty versatile. Depending on the color, they could be :

mixed with a gloss to become lip color, or
used as highlighting powders / blush colors and
they could also be used in bodypainting.
Eyelining if mixed with a mixing medium

.So in MAC's website, they are put under Multi-purpose products rather than in any specific one category. They are definitely much more pigmented than your normal eyeshadow.

How to apply pigments

For application of pigments i would recommend using a MAC 242 brush to PAT on the e/s instead of sweeping to prevent fall out. And in order to prevent fall out on all over the face, dust a layer of excess loose powder under the eye area. So after u are done, if there's any fall out u can just dust them away together with the loose powder from the face.And u can either use them wet or dry

As for packaging, I still prefer the old packaging. They are much more stable than the new ones, which are slightly taller and the openings smaller than the old ones. They feel very wobbly to me. Here's the comparison of the old and new packaging of the pigment bottles. And obviously, the old one contains more pigments.