My Look: Rose Gold & Purple

    This was a look I wore a day last week. I've worn a look very similar to this before, as I quite like the pairing of colors. Of course in these photos, I'm wearing no lip color as usual. (Seriously what kind of makeup blogger am I? lol) In the closeups my brows look totally whack, like I don't know how to match brow color. I assure you it looks fine in real life, it just looks weird in these pictures.

MAC Painterly paint pot

Wet n Wild Brulee (crease to brow)

Wet n Wild "Lust" palette - medium matte purple *MAC Fig 1 dupe* (crease)

MAC Trax (blend out crease)

L'Oreal Infallible Amber Rush (lid)

Rimmel ScandalEyes black eyeliner pencil (lid and tight line)

Maybelline The Rocket Mascara

Benefit Their Real mascara

Cheeks are Peachy Keen by ELF

It's My Birthday, & I'll Cry If I Want To!

   

     Ok, so I don't really want to cry. Well maybe a little bit, just because I waited too long to do pictures, and I was losing daylight quickly. If you know me, you will know I celebrated the 3rd anniversary of my 25th birthday on Wednesday. Technically today is not my birthday, but I am headed out with my friends tonight to celebrate. EDIT: This should have went up yesterday, so I celebrated last night.

   I spent over an hour doing my hair today. I straightened it, I curled it, and I still ended up with a messy bun. Story of my life, I swear.

Blush Collection Pt. 3 - Drugstore & High End

Here is the oh so shocking conclusion of my blush collection. I'm jamming them all into this last post, because I'd rather not have 4 separate posts on my blush. Makes me feel bad about myself LOL. In this post I have some NYX, Milani and my MAC so.... keep reading! :-)

MAC Makeover

Welcome to my 200th blog post!! Ahh, how exciting!! For today's post, I have makeup done on me, by someone else for a change. That's pretty fun for the 200th post. While I was at MAC the other day picking up the Fleet Fast blush (you can see here), the MUA was telling me how they were having a launch party this weekend for the Hey Sailor! collection. She said they were doing a bunch of makeovers, and were taking appointments. She asked if I was interested, and you bet your last dollar I was! I called mom to come on over and hold down the fort, and off I went this evening. It was so much fun having someone else come up with a look for me. I told her I was a pretty experimental person, so she could do whatever she pleased. She used a lot of products from the new Hey Sailor! collection, so I will post pictures below of the products (they are promo pics, and all photo credit goes to MAC). Unfortunately, by the time I got home at about 8 pm, most of the good lighting was gone for pictures. Please excuse the fact I had to boost the color a bit. 

Blush & Lipstick Haul

I think it's no secret by now that I am a blush hoarder. I just love blush, I can't help it. I have been lusting after the Tarte blush in Exposed for about forever now, so I picked that up a few days ago. I have a couple NYX blushes I also picked up recently, and my very first MAC blush. I am obsessed with the thought of MAC blushes right now. I don't want anything else, just MAC blushes. Yes, I have issues, I understand this ;)

I also picked up a couple more of the Wet n Wild MegaLast lipsticks because I found them on clearance at Meijer for only 49 cents! I couldn't believe it, I couldn't pass it up. 

On to pics and swatches!

My Look: Derby Day & Spider Lashes

    What a busy weekend I have this weekend! It's only about 1pm now, and already I've taken 1 boy to a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese, and hubbs has the others at another birthday party. After that, it's off to the annual Derby Party at Grandpa's, and then another birthday party tomorrow. Whew! I'm gonna be one tired momma! All is well when you are spending time with those you love however =)

Face:

Hard Candy Sheer Envy primer

Neutrogena Healthy Skin foundation

Rimmel Match Perfection concealer

Physicians Formula Bronze Booster Seasons

Coastal Scents blush in Peachy Pink

Physicians Formula Glow Pearls highlighter in Light Bronze

Eyes:

Jordana eyebrow pencil in Taupe

MAC paint pot in Painterly

MAC shadow in Satin Taupe (lid)

MAC shadow in Paradisco (crease)

MAC shadow in Naked Lunch (brow and inner corner highlight)

Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Ransom (lower water and lash line)

MAC shadow in Trax (over liner)

Maybelline XXL Pro Extensions (primer only)

Maybelline Falsies Flared mascara

Lips:

NYX lip liner in Nude Pink (fill in lips)

Essence lip liner in In the Nude (outside edges)

Essence XXXL Shine Gloss in Sparkling Papaya

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My Look: Sweet Summer

    Today I didn't even think to take pictures until about 6:30 in the evening. I'd already had my makeup on since 10 am, been out and about, in the rain. So I don't look as fresh and "sweet" as I did this morning LOL.  Eh, it happens. I stopped at the MAC counter this afternoon and picked up the eye shadow 'Paradisco', which is an awesome coral color. You know me and my coral....

Face:

Neutrogena Healthy Skin foundation

Rimmel Match Perfection concealer

Maybelline Dream Matte Powder (t zone)

Physicians Formula Bronze Booster Seasons bronzer

ELF Studio Blush in Peachy Keen

Physicians Formula Mineral Glow Pearls in Light Bronze (highlight)

Eyes:

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze (lid, blended at the crease)

Ulta shadow in Silk (brow and inner corner highlight)

Ulta shadow in Sunburst (lid and crease)

MAC shadow in Paradisco (lid)

Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Underground (lower waterline)

Maybelline Falsies Flared mascara

Now, just for shits and giggles, I give you the Hall of Ridiculousness  . Sometimes I just get bored of taking 'smile' pictures =)

MAC Rose Pigment

    A while back I was at the MAC counter, and I ended up getting a pigment sample in the color 'Rose'. It's so gorgeous. A rosey pink color with gold flecks. I had not yet worn it, as pigments kind of freak me out. I don't know what to do with them LOL. I decided today was the day to venture out of my box and put this pigment to good use. I used a flat shadow brush (I actually used the one from the Naked 2 palette) and wet the brush. I then patted the pigment onto the brush, in the lid of the jar. I used a patting motion to apply it to my eyelids, then flipped the brush over and blended out the edge. I followed that up with a grey/beige color in the crease, and a cream highlight with little shimmer.

Face:

• Hard Candy Sheer Envy primer
• Maybelline Dream Smooth Mousse foundation
• Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer
• NYX Stay Matte, Not Flat powder
• ELF Golden Bronzer
• Too Faced blush, 'Don't Call Me Poppy'
• Physicians Formula Happy Booster highlight

Eyes:

• MAC Painterly paint pot
• MAC pigment in 'Rose'
• Urban Decay 'Tease' (from Naked 2, in crease)
• Urban Decay 'Bootycall' (from Naked 2, as brow highlight)
• Maybelline Master Drama liner 'Made of Steel' (lower lash line)
• Urban Decay 'Pistol' (from Naked 2, smudged over silver liner)
• Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid eyeliner
• Rimmel Scandal-Eyes mascara

Happy Beautifying Lovelies!!

My Latest MAC-cusitions

    I stuck to my budget of only purchasing one MAC product per week, or so. I did not buy anything this week, but I did last week. I also picked up 2 things during the holidays using Christmas gift cards. So what did I get?

Painterly Paint Pot - $17.50

I louvre this product!! It matching the skin tone perfectly! I use this probably 4 or 5 times in a week. I love this as a base to my eye shadows because I have VERY hooded lids, and usually everything creases on me. I have found with paint pots that my eye makeup DOES NOT budge throughout the entire day. It's wonderful! This particular color is a pink, nude color. If you are thinking of taking the plunge into Paint Pots, I highly suggest this be your first purchase. If you have a darker skin tone, I would consider Quite Natural, or Groundwork.

Rubenesque Paint Pot - $17.50

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This was the second Paint Pot I was most intrigued by. This particular color is a soft, almost sheer, gold. It's very beautiful. I like to use this under bronze and gold colored shadows, like Urban Decay's Half Baked, or the bronze color in the Wet n Wild trio, I'm Getting Sunburned. Staying power is that of any other Paint Pot: incredible. I will defiantly be looking into more of these products. 

MAC Trax eye shadow - $15.00

I talked myself out of buying All That Glitters as my next eye shadow. Every time I went to the MAC counter I was drawn to this particular shade. It's amazing to look at. It's a very complex color, in my opinion.  It's defiantly a purple, but it also has a gold shift to it, with a slightly plum or cranberry undertone. This has a Velvet finish, and I love it. Frosts and shimmers tend to have more fall-out, or be too shimmery. This shade has more a sheen to it. It's quite lovely. I like to pair this with a gold eye shadow, to bring the gold shift out in it. If you are a purple lover, Trax will not let you down. 

Those are all the MAC purchases I have made to date. I do not regret any of them, and look forward to trying out more colors. For reference, there are pictures below of the two MAC shadows I purchased previously. 

What are some of your favorite MAC products?

A Little Confession... and a quick FOTD

    Are you ready for it? .... I purchased my first MAC products. *GASP*  I heard it, I heard your shock. I know, I know, I'm all about the drugstore and the penny pinching. However, I wasn't really penny pinching. I was spending money on anything and everything, just to have it. It all adds up! Then it sits in my collection, sometimes I use it: sometimes I don't. It's a waste of money for me to just do that every week. I decided if what I really want is MAC, then I'm going to buy it. It is expensive, so I am limiting myself to one thing each week. However it will be things that I ACTUALLY really want to own, and will use. So I justify myself ;)
    So what did I get? Well last week I purchased Satin Taupe eye shadow. This week I got Naked Lunch eye shadow. So far.... I love them as much as I knew I would. After looking at swatch after swatch of Satin Taupe, I was worried it would be too dark, or too brown. But it's really not. It's a beautiful grey/purple/taupe mixture. I like it on the lid, I like it in the crease, I like it all all over. I'd bathe in it ;) Naked Lunch is a soft cream/peach/baby pink combo. It's kind of hard to explain. It makes a nice brow highlight, but also a nice neutral lid color. I think both are definite staples in any MAC collection.
    What will I get next? Probably All That Glitters eye shadow. I don't know. I think what I'm actually going to do is save my money and place a bigger order online so I can get my shadows in refill pans (they are $4 cheaper) and put them in a palette. We shall see!

Keep reading after the jump!