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This weeks face

- Vicki 3 Comments

I’ve been wearing quite minimal makeup this week as I’ve mostly been in the house or the Post Office. Neither place being very glam or worthy if a full on face of makeup. So i kust threw on quite a simple look. I thought i’d share the limited makeup I’ve been using this week.

The Peep Show Mascara from 17 is so nice. I use 2 coats and my lashes look so long. This has been my bargain go to mascara over the last couple of months.  The elf eye primer is also something I use daily its a great price and works really well to keep my eyeshadow on all day. This Rimmel eyeshadow I picked up in the pound shop and is a lovely soft pink colour the shade is called Precious Rose 140 – its subtle and makes your eyes look bright and fresh. I’ve been using the Garnier Eye Roll On a little more, I’ve finally got used to the colour and it seems to work really well on me its great under the eye. I did a blog on it here if you fancy reading it.

Now this Bobbi Brown concealer kit is OK  i have the shade warm beige – but i won’t be repurchasing this. I do have the corrector aswell & will repurchase that. But this concealor really sits in my under eye creases and I hate that, It looks awful. I think this is too thick and not the best formula. I LOVE my Mac MSF Natural in the colour medium and use it all the time. Its such a light powder and give your face a lovely finish.

I’ve a love hate relationship with my Mac Satin Finish Foundation. I go through periods when it just doesn’t look good on my skin and them i try it again and love it. Its weird. But I’m wearing it this week and really liking it again. I wear the shade NC25.

 

 

 

Mac Nylon Eyeshadow

- Vicki 10 Comments

I have a modest collection of Mac eyeshadows, but I’m trying to purchase the ones I will get the most wear out of to begin with. I have Woodwinked, Bisque, Naked Lunch and Satin Taupe. So my next purchase was Nylon is a lovely frosted champagne shade, i don’t really have anything else like this in my collection so it fits in well.

Like most people i use this as a highlighter shade in my tear duct area and also under my brows. It’s quite a creamy textured eyeshadow and applies easily and blends like a dream. The colour is pigmented and can be built up to a really lovely bold colour – if you want a more dramatic highlight for evening. It makes your eyes look bright and awake (we could all use a little bit of that, right?!). I’ve not worn it as an all ove the lid eyeshadow yet. But when i do i will add an edit to this post.

Using this as a highlighter should mean it lasts for quite a while as you really don’t use much product doing that. I’m impressed with the colour and the frost finish makes it perfect for highlighting and it doesn’t have large flecks of glitter shimmer, it’s subtle shimmer and the shadow is very fine. So its not too OTT. You don’t want to go out during the day looking like a disco ball.

I think this Nylon eyeshadow is another great addition to my collection. What Mac eyeshadow should i pick up next time. I have my eye on All That Glitters. But i need to add some great vibrant colours into my Mac collection too. Nylon cost £12 for 1.5g

A Little Mac Shopping

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I’ve been trying to add some staple colours to my eyeshadow collection and being a lover of all things neutral I headed to Mac to pick up some firm favourites in the blogger world. I got Satin Taupe and Naked Lunch – after watching Tanya Burr’s Top Mac Eyeshadows video on Youtube   I am always in two minds whether to de-pot them or not. Do you? Would you recommend it?

So yes I purchased those two shades and love them so far so rich and warm in colour both are a frost finish and the Satin Taupe especially looks so pretty. They will be well used in my everyday makeup routine i am sure. I know so many of you will have them or have read about them but I wanted to do a small post on them just because I LOVE them. Any trip to Mac is always worth a post, right!? I go to the Mac Store in Liverpool as  its always friendly and they are very helpful soI try to go there when im in town. Which Mac store do you go in?

I thought as there have been so many reviews on these eyeshadows I would just post photos of how awesome they are.

Satin Taupe (Frost) 1.5g £12

Naked Lunch (Frost) 1.5g £12

Satin Taupe on the left and Naked Lunch on the right

Stunning colours and I’m pleased as punch with them. Now what do you recommend I get next? I have Woodwinked and Bisque (my fave all over lid base shade). As well as a couple other limited edition shades.

The Cosmetics Company Outlet Store

- Vicki

Whilst I was down in Manchester watching Guns & Roses I went to The Cosmetics Company Outlet Store at Cheshire Oaks. This place is a little treasure chest of beauty goodies. It stocks brands like Bobbi Brown, Mac, Estee Lauder, Clinique and Origins. All at slightly lower prices, so what beauty junkie could pass up the opportunity to get a bargain? Not me. I picked up a few bits one being this Golden Lariat Mineralize Skin Finish from the Wonder Woman collection. I loved the collection when it was out in the shops last year but didn’t purchase anything so when I saw this I had to get it.

The packaging alone is so nice. I know most of you have seen this collection with it being from Spring 2011 but i had to blog about it.

I have been looking for another highlighter product one thats not too shimmery & glitzy. So this is perfect & for the price £18.25 i couldn’t leave it. You get a whopping 20g of product so thats going to last so long. The swatches came out quite well, i love the golden colour & cant wait to try it on a night out. I do wish it had a mirror tho, but ho hum.