Thursday, September 17, 2009

MAC brushes. My first tutorial. It will get better, I promise!

I made this awhile ago and just posted it to youtube. Wanted to see what it all looked like posted. I will be making better tutorials. I need to figure out the whole lighting issue, it has been keeping me from making more. I want them to look better than this one!

M∙A∙C STYLE BLACK

I'm really excited about this collection. It's pretty different from anything else that MAC has put out. I'm not sure what I want to get yet. I think I'll have to see it in person before I decide.

Friday, September 11, 2009

I LOVE these!


Martini Glasses by Lolita. I collect these and they are so girly and cute. The recipe for the martini is on the bottom of the glass. I need to get this one next- The PMS-tini!


Monday, September 7, 2009

Quad swatches


top pic- In the gallery (purple quad)
bottom pic- Photo realism (green quad)

pigment swatches

bold and brash pigment and on the edge pigment- no base so not so vibrant

photo realism quad



swatches from the photo realism quad pallete.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Fall collection items I bought


This is what I ended up getting from the fall collection. I love all the shadows, really bright and pretty. I will swatch these later. Now just waiting for the black on black collection later this month.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

I'm so creative! brush holder.


I needed a place to put my brushes and the crummy cup thing I was using wasn't cutting it. It kept falling over. I was happy to find a large enough glass jar to hold them all and can hold even more as I get them. I decorated the jar with cute glittery pink stickers and a fun puffy one. So cute and functional as well!

glitter!


This looked really fun! I love glitter!!! These I guess can be used anywhere on the face or body. I will have to play with them a bit and get back to you on the quality and color payoff.

NYC jumbo pencils



The silver is pots and pan and the yellow green is lemon. I use these over a eye primer, not as the primer cause these will crease if on their own. These really make similar shadow colors POP!

M∙A∙C Make-Up Art Cosmetics. A Video.

This video shows the artists vision with these beautiful colors and some really fun abtract makeup choices.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Put the order in...

Ordered a boatload of stuff from the fall collections. I got pretty much everything I wanted which was mostly all shadows! I didn't get any lip stuff at all. Thank goodness for my pro discount is all I can say cause all my stuff (plus 2 small things for a friend) was like 300.00 without it! I did get free shipping, hmm that doesn't sound any better! I will put up color swatches as soon as the big box from MAC hits my door.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

MAC new collections link

http://www.maccosmetics.com/

Tells the background of the three artists that inspire and design the fall collections. Cool color charts for the fall looks too.

I will be going to pick up some parts or all of the collections and will be doing some reviews soon. I want to start making videos but am really nervous to do so! Maybe just reviews to start and then some tutorials?

MAC is trying to bankrupt me!


I don't see a lot for the artist Marilyn Minter's (photographer) collection that interests me. I have most of these pigments already. Really just one pigment I really want. "push the edge" a really hot purple color. $19.50



MAC is trying to bankrupt me!






































This is artist Maira Kalman, illustrater. Her style is childlike and whimsical. Bright fun colors!

top row-liners "color matters, obviously orange, artistic license, full of fushsia, graphblack" $14.50


top row-shadows "violet trance, purple shower, haunting" $14.50
(in decending order)
bottom row-shadows "maira's mood, off the page, crest the wave" $14.50

MAC is trying to bankrupt me!



















So the absolutely fabulous MAC make-up art cosmetics collections are out on the website and in stores on Thursday. So much to chose from, and of course, I want it all!!! So, so hard to pick and chose with this collection. It is inspired from the different artists and is kind of their "take" on makeup and MAC as art (which it is!).

The first artist is a painter named Richard Phillips. His style is bold and dramatic. Some of the items I am eyeing.


Green quad- "photo realism" $36.00

Purple quad- "private viewing" $36.00


lipsticks- "front lit, high strung, hold the pose, full body" $14.00 each










Friday, August 14, 2009

starflash shadows




12 new shadows from MAC. I'm a bit slow on these as they came out last week. Just got these 3 to start. The far left color is "rated R" and was sold out everywhere. Was able to snag one at a Macy's. Really pretty color that blends well with many other colors. I can see why it's so popular. The middle is a green called "one-off" I LOVE greens if you don't all know by now, and this one is awesome. The starflash colors have a shine to them which I think shows up pretty well on the swatch on my finger. The blue on the right is "strike a pose". A nice deep blue with that flash to it. I will be ordering more, was short on cash at the mall this time!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Sephora promotion

YAY! I love free samples!!!!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

226 brush


How I love this brush!!! It's part of the colourcraft collection that came out on Thursday. This is an Limited edition brush that had come out with the blondes,brunettes, redheads collection in Feb. It sold out then and was impossible to get a hold of one. I passed on it then and heard so many good things about it, that I had made sure to get one this time around. I can understand the hype now. It is a nice stiff brush that is somewhat pointy and is great for the creases. Blends shadows in crease perfect! The pointy part of the brush is also great for detail work in corners and under lash line. Just awesome!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

I LOVE honey scents!


YUMMY! I LOVE the smell of honey scented products. MAC has a line if honey scented stuff right now, but this is still my favorite. L'occitane has a whole line of this yummy smelling stuff.I love this "foaming jelly" shower gel. You can also use for a shampoo or a bubble bath. Really thick and lux going on the skin and rinses clean. Smells so devine I want to guzzle it from the bottle!
Looks like they are only selling in 1.7oz size right now for $3.00.
They have a honey and lemon scented line which is new and I haven't tried yet. Yet.