I have had a longstanding love affair with MAC. It was the first high end brand of makeup that I bought so it holds a special place is my heart. Yesterday I had a little time to sit down and play around with my makeup. I have been wanting to explore using MAC pigments so yesterday was the day. I used the MAC paint pot in the color Bare Study to prime my eye, then I used the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese on my lid and inner corner to help the pigment stick and give my inner corner a little light. I then applied the MAC pigment in Naked on my lid. After that I took the MAC pigment in Melon and applied that on top of the Naked color with the exception of the inner corner. I then went in and cut my crease with the color Shale. For a little dimension I applied the color Club into my crease. I used the color Smut on my outer corners and applied in a “V” shape. As a final touch I took the color Vapour and used it to highlight my brown bone.
A close up picture without using a flash
A close up using a flash-I love how the light bounces off and shows the shimmer
What I used
Three shadows L-R from top to bottom: MAC Pigment Melon, Mac Pigment Naked, Espresso for Eyebrows
I follow Birchbox on twitter and a couple of days ago they tweeted a picture of a braid they did on a girl. I was instandly inspired and immediately tried to re-create it. It’s actually pretty simple to do-I parted both sides of my hair in “pigtails” then I begain a french braid about halfway down my head on one side finishing the braid about halfway to the end of my hair and fastened with a rubber band. I did the same on the other side and fastened. Then I grabbed both braids and pulled the elastics off the ends and parted my hair to do a normal braid all the way down. It was fast and I thought it provided a unique look. Check it out, hope you like it!
I couldn’t wait to try out my new Smashbox products that I purchased from the Smashbox event. I was in search of an everyday palette that was a little different from my others. The trio I chose was the “Head Shot” trio. This trio was unique relative to my makeup collection as it was a warm neutral trio, the dark brown has a lot of warm to it. I was concerned a little about the peachy color making my eyes look tired accentuating redness in my eyes (as I always seem to be-I have two kids!). As well, I tried out the gel liner. I must preface this by saying that I am currently exploring gel liners-I have a few others that are in my queue to try, I have been a huge liquid liner fan. I love the bold line that a liquid liner makes.
So here’s what I used:
Trio in the color Head Shot
Gel liner in Dark Brown
Limitless eyeliner in Black
Smashbox Bionic Eyeliner in Black
Blush Rush in the color Passion
One of the first things I noticed was that the shadows were a tiny bit powdery-not a huge problem, just requires a little clean up afterwards. The pigmentation was excellent and the shadow itself was very blendadable. I primed my eye with a MAC paint pot and by the end of the day I did not have any creasing whatsoever. I have extremely oily skin so if I am not wearing good eyeshadow/liner it will crease on me and my liners will smudge. The blush I chose was a pinky color-I normally go for bronzers so I wanted to choose something that was a little more unique to what I currently own.
The gel liner did go on quite smoothly and I was able to create a bold line to my satisfaction. The eyeliner was nothing short of amazing. It stayed on all day and night without budging at all. The eyeliner did remind me a little of MUFE Aqua Eyes. At the event the Smashbox person I talked to swore that the gel liner would not budge and they were correct. Day 2, I wore the same stuff and even took a nap with my face pressed against the pillow and I woke up with my face looking perfect. I have to say that I am quite happy. Smashbox was a smashing success!
Products I purchased (L-R) Jet Set Waterproof Gel Liner, Blush Rush in Passion, and Eye Shadow Trio in Head Shot
Swatches (L-R) Trio of Eyeshadow colors, Brown Gel Liner, Black Limitless Eyliner, Passion Color Blush
