REVIEW AND SWATCHES: MAC MINERALIZE EYE SHADOWS

Hey girls,
I have barely any of the MAC mineralize eye shadows but the ones I do own, I adore and love using so I figured I would do a little review on the shadows and share my opinions as well as introduce you to the very few colours I own. The whole concept behind the mineralize collection is having light weight cosmetics that feel really natural and like skin due to their fine pearl formulation.

I personally love these shadows because they have a variety of colours in them, always at least two making them very versatile. So they are great for saving time because you only have to use the one shadow for an eye look, money because you get to try a couple of different colours when you buy just one eye shadow and traveling when packing light and only bringing minimal makeup. The pigmentation and quality really varies from shadow to shadow so I will be sure to include that in the description for each one. In comparison to normal MAC shadows which are 1.5g, they are much larger at 2.2g. This factor does affect the price, costing $33AUD for a normal MAC shadow and $38AUD for a mineralize shadow but I do understand the price different because you do get a lot of product and different colours. 

 Fresh Green Mix: The biggest portion of the shadow is a gorgeous green with gold reflects while the rest is a marble design of a lighter green, gold and a smokey black. The overall pigmentation is quite impressive and shows up really well with no fallout!

The first swatch is the solid green side and the second swatch is the other colours mixed together.

Two To Glow: These colours are gorgeous, half is a bronze orange and the other half is a marble design of brown and baby pink. Unfortunately there is a bit of fall out with this product but the pigmentation is amazing!

 The first swatch is the solid orange side and the second swatch is the other colours mixed together.

 Bright Side Gallery Gal: One side is a gorgeous olive green with warm gold reflects and the other side is a gorgeous champagne colour which reminds me of Stila "Kitten". Pigmentation is amazing with no fallout!

 The first swatch is the solid olive green side and the second swatch is the champagne shadow.

 It's A Miracle: The main portion of the eyeshadow is a deep plum colour then there is a little section of gold. The plum is very pigmented with no fall out but the gold is an awful flaky glitter with no pigmentation and heaps of fall out.

 The first swatch is the plum shadow and the second swatch is the gold.

 Engaging: You can probably tell by the state of mine that I love this shadow, especially the gorgeous pinky nude side! I also really adore the deep gold colour for the crease but I need to use much less of it so it doesn't look like it's been used much but it has because I love this eye shadow to bits! These are very wearable colours and convenient to use to put together a full everyday eye look.

The first swatch is the solid marble gold side and the second swatch is the pinky nude.

What are your thoughts on these Mineralize Eye Shadows?

REVIEW AND SWATCHES: MAC LIPSTICK IN LUSTERING

Hey girls,
Lustering from MAC is a lipstick I have been reaching for so often recently that I just have to talk about it with all of you! It is a stunning warm cranberry pink shade with a hint of red that is super wearable! I stumbled across this lovely lipstick when I was look for Girl About Town but decided on Lustering because I could tell I would get much more use out of it!

The fact that it's quite sheer and glossy makes use really simple and means you can apply it without much thought on the go and it will still look really lovely. This makes it a perfect lipstick to throw into your purse and have with you for easy application.

 

The formulation is a lustre so it's a very slippery consistency which some may not like but I really enjoy because I find them very moisturizing and they feel nice and smooth. When you wear this you can barely tell you have anything on as it's a very natural feeling.

 

Whats great about this lipstick is that you can wear it as a sheer wash of colour and gloss all over the lips or you can apply lots of coats to really build up the pigmentation and make it become more opaque. The first swatch is one swipe and the second is a couple of coats.

You can purchase MAC lipsticks in Australia from David Jones or Myer for $34.
Tell me if you own this lipstick or if your going to try it out!

TAYLOR SWIFT INSPIRED SUMMER CORAL EYE AND LIP TUTORIAL!

Hey girls,

I got a lot of positive feedback from my last FOTD/EOTD so I decided to do another one! This time it is really pretty and fun playing around with big bold lashes and a pop of colour on the bottom lash line and lips. It's kind of like a grey and silver smokey eye with hints of orange and bold coral lips. I'm using two of my 88 palettes, one is neutrals and the other is colour. Mainly using shades from my neutral palette but one from my colour. I know a lot of people have these palettes so if your one of those people, you will be able to recreate this look using the exact same colours but if you don't then just substitute colours from your collection that look similar to the ones I'm using. I was inspired by a look I have seen Taylor Swift wear on a few occasions and it always looks so gorgeous on her so I wanted to try it out! Since it's summer here in Australia, bright coral and neon colours are really popular at the moment to wear so I thought it would be fun to incorporate them into my makeup look. If you want to see the looks I saw Taylor Swift wear and was inspired by just scroll down to the end of this post where I included them. I am so happy with the way this turned out and I think it will be perfect for summer parties and events this summer break, I can't wait to wear it out!
So keep reading if you want to find out how to achieve this look...

The lashes are optional but the ones I used are Ardell Invisibands "Demi Wispies" in black. The eyeliner I used was Chanel Ecriture De Chanel Automatic Liquid Eyeliner and I just drew on some slightly winged eyeliner.

Step 1. Of course prime your lids then the first colour you want to take it the white circled with blue and wash that over the lid so that all the colours we put on top of it are more vibrant and show up better.

Step 2. Take the shimmery champagne colours circled with pink and red and pack them both onto the lid.

Step 3. Take the silver circled with purple and work that colour into the crease. Then take the black circled with orange and put that in the outer corners and bring it a little bit into your crease.

Step 4. Draw on your liquid liner then take the white circled with green and draw a line just above your liquid liner. I find that this step just brightens up your eyes and makes them look bigger and more awake.

Step 5. Apply mascara and false lashes or just mascara.

 In following the whole orange pop of colour theme, take an orange colour and using a tiny eyeliner brush, pack it with colour and apply is all over your lower lash line, underneath your eyelashes. This adds a beautiful pop of orange to the eye look!

Now for lips, just take any coral, peachy or apricot colour and it will perfectly compliment your eye look!

SMOKEY SILVER EOTN

Hey girls, 

I have an "eye of the night" look that I am going to share with you that is perfect for a night out, a party or a dinner. This look is quite dramatic because of the lashes used but if you take the lashes away, you could probably get away with wearing it as a day look.

 Products Used:

Smashbox Photo Finish Eye Primer

MAC Vanilla e/s

MAC Silverthorn e/s

MAC Print e/s

MAC Naked Lunch e/s

MAC Typographic e/s

MAC Reflects Transparent Teal Glitter

Chanel Ecriture De Chanel Automatic Liquid Eyeliner

MAC "Smoulder" Eye Kohl

Chanel Inimitable Mascara

MAC Zoom Lash

CoverGirl Lash Blast

DUO Lash Adhesive

Red Cherry #WSP Lashes

*Note: To achieve this look you don't need to use the exact products, just Google what the colours look like that I 

refer to and use anything from your collection that's similar.*

Step 1: Prime your lids, I used Smashbox Photo Finish Eye Primer. Then cover your whole lid with "Vanilla" as a base so that any colours we put on top will show up better and be more true to colour.
Step 2: Place "Silverthorn" all over your lid. Use "Print" in your crease and outer corners.
Step 3: Use "Vanilla" to highlight your inner tear ducts and bring it out towards the center of your lids to brighten the silver up a bit but don't bring it near "Print" because we want to keet that fairly dark.
Step 4: Add "Naked Lunch" as a highlight to your brow bone and as an optional step to add a little bit of sparkle, use a glitter to lightly sweep over your lids. I used MAC Reflects Transparent Teal because it's a plain white sparkle that compliments the silver very nicely.
Step 5: Line your upper lash line with a liquid eyeliner. Curl your lashes and add some mascara, I used my everyday mascara routine.
Step 6: Now it's lashes time, so pick whatever lashes want and apply them. Once your lashes are on, touch up your eyeliner then set it by going over the eyeliner with a black eyeshadow, I used "Typographic"because it is a matte black.
Step 7: Smudge out a little bit of black eyeliner on your lower lash line, I used MAC "Smoulder" because it's really creamy and bendable.

So that's how I achieved this look, it's something I wear pretty often for a night out and I think it's really pretty.

EMPTIES WITH REVIEWS

Hey girls,
I have emptied a fair few products recently and for me it's really hard to finish beauty products so I figured I must like these things and wanted to do some mini reviews on them.

Eye Products

Chanel Inimitable Mascara: After trying mini version as a sample of this I received as a gift with purchase, I fell in love! The brush on this is amazing and makes it impossible to clump your eyelashes together or look all spidery. A great lengthening mascara and perfect for layering, it's one of the three mascaras I use on an everyday basis so of course I had a backup for when this one ran out. You can check out my everyday mascara routine to hear more about Chanel Inimitable Mascara.

Smashbox Photo Finish Lid Primer: This is the little baby version of my eyeshadow primer and I finished it up because I take it when I stay over peoples houses to save space in my makeup bag. This primer was actually included in my Best Beauty Buys 2011 video and I find that even though it's more expensive than Urban Decay Primer Potion, it works better also so it's my eye primer of choice.

Chanel Ecriture De Chanel Automatic Liquid Eyeliner: I bought this in the month of October and it was in my November favorites because I felt like it was working so well and the application was really easy and precise. I did grew to be a little dissapointed of this product when I discovered my LA Colors Smudge Proof Liquid Eyeliner  which is less than $5 and the formulation was just as good only the brush wasn't as precise. I forget how much this eyeliner was but it was well over $50 which is crazy for an eyeliner! I also felt like the colour wasn't as dark or pigmented as I like so I probably won't repurchase this. 

Max Factor Liquid Eyeliner: This is my second bottle of this and I thought I liked it but now that I have my LA Colors Smudge Proof Liquid Liner I don't think I will be repurchasing this, especially because it disappears so quickly!

Clinique High Impact Mascara: This is a mini size because it was gift when you spend over a certain amount at the Clinique counter. I used about half then it dried up so I can't say I really like this mascara and I love the routine I use at the moment so probably not repurchasing this mascara.

Foundation

Chanel Mat Lumiere Foundation: I finished yet another bottle of this, the one next to it is my backup. I have probably gone through at least 6 bottles in the past 2.5 years I have been using it! I run out every 3 or 4 months because I wear makeup nearly everyday so I wear this foundation everyday! It's the only foundation I have ever used in my entire life and I really don't think I'm going to try a different one. I mean, it is pretty unfortunate I have fallen in love with one of the most expensive foundations out there (between $70-$80 depending where you buy it from) but it has amazing coverage, matches my skin tone perfectly, blends in with my concealer, makes my face feel really smooth and doesn't break me out so it's an amazing foundation.

Face and Lips

MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer: Similar to my foundation, I go through these so often and have finished yet another one! If you have read my back to mac posts you will know how many of these I have finished! It's something I will repurchase for years. 
Loreal HIP Jelly Balm "Plush": I have been using this sparingly for the past few months because I can't find anywhere to get this anymore and loved it but unfortunately it's all gone now. If I can find somewhere to buy it then I will definitely stock up!
Clinique Moisture Surge Mini: This is such a great moisturizer and I would definitely go out and get a full size if I had to but I just got another sample in my December Glossy Box so there's no need. The sample lasted me quite a while so I can luckily for my wallet hold off before having to buy the full size which is really expensive! Curse these samples getting me hooked on products!
ROC Complete Lift Mini Sample: Now this is something I had to use up because it contains active ingredients which make the product go bad!

Eyelashes

Lately I have been experimenting more with lashes, especially over the holiday seasons. I can't really give a review on these because it depends what type of lashes you like and how they suit your eyes but I still wanted to briefly include these. They are Ardell Invisibands in Demi Wispies, eyelure Naturalites in 020 and Red Cherry in #WSP.

Hair

Kerastase Resistance Ciment Thermique + Kerastase Nutritive Oleo Relax Hair Masque

These were nothing special so there isn't very much to say about them other than there's better stuff out there. 


Body

Clinique Deep Comfort Body Lotion Mini: I love this all over body moisturizer! It's so light and absorbs into the skin really quickly. It also has a very refreshing and clean effect on my body and makes my legs so smooth and moisturized! I definitely have to go get a full size of this!! I would have to say it's probably the best moisturizer I have tried.
DKNY Be Delicious Mini: I have always kept this little mini in my purse because it's probably my most worn perfume but now it's all gone and it probably got finished up at the right time because now I hardly ever use DKNY Be Delicious in between my Marc Jacobs Daisy and DKNY Golden Delicious!

Misc

Cedel Hairspray Extra Firm: Now I have tried a lot of hairsprays, some really crazily expensive but I have always come back to this $4 basic Cedel one! Now I'm a big believer in quality over quantity so I don't usually prefer things from the drugstore unless they are really good and this hairspray is amazing! You can purchase it from Priceline and other pharmacies as well as grocery stores in the hygiene isle! It's a super accessible product and very affordable!
Clinique Anti-Blemish Solutions Foam: This is my holy grail of skin products! It helped clear up my acne back when I was 14 and has kept the majority of it away ever since! I have been using this for about 4 years now and it has never failed me! Something I will repurchase for years to come!

Derma Intensive Facial Wipes: These are the makeup remover wipes I use when I'm too lazy to wash my face. Sometimes if I come home really late and I'm just too tired to go through my whole skincare routine, I just use these. They claim to cleanse, tone and moisturize but I'm sure they contain a lot of alcohol and aren't very good for my skin but hey it's better than sleeping in makeup. Something that's super affordable, I think like $2 on sale so I have many backups!

So those are all of the products that I have managed to empty and sue all up. If you want a more in depth review of any of these products, just ask :)

 

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Emma Watson Hairstyles 2012

Emma Watson Hairstyles 2012