My In Between Seasons Color

As the summer is coming to an end, I'm making the transition from the pinks and the corals to the darker colors. I find golds (makeup wise) to be in the perfect in between color during intransitt months when the weather is cooling off but summer isn't quite over. Golds gives the glow of the summer but they can easily be pared with browns and purples to give that fall like look. Here are some golds I have been obsessing over this month:

1. MAC Soft and Gentle MSF. This is a gorgeous gold shimmer highlighter and it's perfect to highlight the cheekbones or on top of blush. Soft and Gentle is the closest dupe for the oh so coveted MAC shimpagne MSF. I love to wear this during this in between weather as it gives the skin such a glow and it makes it stand out when wearing a lot of naturals.

2. MAC Other Wordly blush. While I wear pinks and corals all summer, this is a bit too much for me during summer time. It's so shiney it can be difficult to wear on a hot day. It's perfect now with a very natural eyemakeup and a simple lip as it gives such a beautiful glowy bronze to the cheeks. This is a limited edition item. I love this blush dearly and have not yet found a dupe for it. If you have, please let me know.

3. MAC old gold pigment. Love this pigment. I love this on green eyes, but this would look well on any color eyes. It's a gorgeous gold with a green undertone. So unique and gorgeous. I have been wearing this all over the lid with tons of mascara and out of the door.

4. Origins "You're so golden" lipgloss. I love Origins. It's my "go to" line for skincare products. I love that it uses natural ingredients and that the line offers some organic products. Overall it works well for my skin. I haven't tried too much of their makeup, but I intend to. "You're so golden" has a gorgeous golden undertone, and it gives the lips the look of healthy glowy lips. It smells like peppermint and it's not utterly sticky. If you're into a natural, "no fuss" lip but still want a sexy, glow lip, you should give this a go. As a benefit, you get beautiful lips without any of the bad ingredients.

What is your in between summer and fall color?

Hope you all had a lovely Monday.

MAC Saint Germain versus MAC Of Royalty

Hi lovelies,
I recently got my hands on the new Fabulous Felines (Palace Pedigreed) MAC of Royalty lipstick. At first sight, I thought this is exactly like MAC Saint Germain. Here they are side by side:

They look different on the tube, but they swatch very similar. They are both a blue pink. As finish goes, Saint Germain is Amplified Creme and Of Royalty is a cremesheen. They are both very creamy and very pigmented. Saint Germain has more blue undertones than Of Royalty making Of Royalty a more wearable Saint Germain. I personally wear Saint Germain by simply tapping it on my lips or using a lip brush to sheer it out and then apply either a clear gloss or a yellow pink gloss over it. I wear Saint Germain all the time, and it's one of my favourite pinks. I like Of Royalty but Saint Germain has a little something extra that makes me like it even more.

Do you have Saint Germain or another bold pink lipstick that you love?

Hope you all had an amazing week.

MAC Fabulous Felines Burmese Beauty

Hi lovelies,
A couple of weeks ago, I went to check out the new MAC fabulous felines collection. I didn't find any item of this collection to be a "must have". I did not walk out completely empty handed though. I got the Burmese Beauty eyeshadow palette.

The main reason I got it was for Prized eyeshadow and Burmese Beauty. I have green eyes, so gold and light greens look really well on green eyes. Prized is a soft yellow/gold with a lot of sheen to it. Burmese Beauty is a beautiful brown mixed with green. It has a lot of shimmer and it's beautiful on. The other two eyeshadows that came in this palette were Skintone 2 and Showstopper which are both repromotes. I found showstopper very difficult to swatch. My favourite eyeshadow has to be Burmese. What a gorgeous and unique color. I love these sort of dirty/rich mix of colors. A close dupe would be MAC's club but Burmese is so much prettier.

Did you get anything from this collection?

Hope you all have had an amazing week :)

Non makeup related-Very important

Hi everyone,
I read this on Ariel's blog today ( http://arrriiell.blogspot.com/2010/09/very-important-non-makeup-related-post.html) and it really touched my heart. Please read this. It's very important that we are all aware and do our best to help.

Here is what I found on http://whaleman.org/save_dolphins.htm:
Every year, over 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed by Japanese fisherman. After driving pods of wild dolphins from the open sea into shallow coves with motorized boats and loud bang sticks, the fishermen kill the dolphins, slashing their throats with knives or stabbing them with harpoon-like spears. Thrashing about, many of the dolphins take several minutes to die an agonizing cruel death, turning the surrounding sea blood red.
This brutal massacre, the largest dolphin kill in the world, goes on for six months of every year, from October through April.
Here is one of may youtube videos:

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k62kc07m1Dc.

Please check these out, help spread the word and be the voice for those who can't speak for themselves.
Thank  you for reading.

MAC Pigments

Hi everyone,
I have been really getting into my pigments lately and as I was organizing my makeup, I pulled a few of my favourites to make a quick post. I love pigments. They are so versatile. I love a shimmery lid and have tried other loose eyeshadows like Bare Minerals glimmers but none that I have tried give that pretty shimmer and high pigment like MAC's pigments. These are some of my favourites MAC pigments (at the moment):
1.  Museum Bronze. This is a gorgeous bronze/gold color. It's MAC tempting eyeshadow in a pigment form. It's chocolate and gold mixed together. Perfect for a bronzy look. I found this at a mac pro store but haven't been able to find it at a MAC store. A dupe for this would be MAC Tempting eyeshadow.

2. MAC vanilla pigment. This is a light white/gold color. My camera is not picking up the gold in this but it has a gold sheen to it. This is a must have and if I had to recommend one pigment this would be it. This can be used for a highlighter on your cheekbones, inner corner highlight to open up the eyes, as an eyeshadow (lightly pat on the lid) to give that wide awake look. It's absolutely beautiful.

3. MAC Heritage Rouge. This is a very rich, very pigmented plum color. It looks gorgeous on green eyes. This was limited edition but I found mine at a CCO. If you can't find this plum dressing may be similar.

4. MAC Melon. As the name suggests this is a melon type of color. It's a gold/orange/coral color. It was limited edditon but it's coming out with MACs Venomous Villains collection. I love this color. It's like sunshine in a bottle.

5. MAC Mauvement pigment. This is a limited edition too but it was repromoted with the Fabulous Felines collection and it's part of the Palace Pedigreed. This is a little sheer but can be build up. It's a purple with a whole lot of gold running thru it.

5. MAC Rose pigment. I love this pigment. It's a rose color with tons of gold shimmer running thru it. It's so pretty as an eyeshadow but also on top of the blush to give a pretty glow.

These are some of my favourite pigments. Do you have any favourite pigments/loose eyeshadows?

Hope you all had a lovely day.

MAC and Sephora haul

Hello lovelies,
These are some items I have purchased in the last few weeks. Some of these I got while on vacation and some I got recently, but I thought to share them with you, because haul posts and haul videos are my favourites.
1. MAC pigment in Lithe from the Fabulous Felines collection. I love gold eyeshadows and this is a very subtle light yellow with gold shimmer laced thru it. This is perfect to wear with MAC's bronze eyeshadow in the crease to get that glowy bronzy look.

2. MAC Patina eyeshadow. It's a frost finish and it's a combination of bronzy/gold/green/warm taupe eyeshadow. The swatch below does not show all of it's undertone colors but in person it's gorgeous. If you like naturals, then you would love this eyeshadow. It goes really well on any skintone or any eye color. It looks amazing on and gives a warm color with a very subtle sparkle that comes from it's frost finish.

3. MAC Viva Glam Gaga lipglass. I love love love this lipgloss. It's the perfect blue pink. It is the boldest, pinkest lipgloss I own but extremely wearable at the same time. There have been so many posts about this gloss so I won't go on talking about it but I will defiantly be picking up a back up and the money goes to a good cause.

4. Make Up For Ever HD blush in # 14 "Star Struck" which is a very soft pale peach. I love cream blushes because they look more natural on than powder blushes. The biggest issue I have with cream blushes is that they don't stay on very long unless they are set with powder, which I do not like to do. These stay on for a long time. The formulation of these is a bit thick so you have to work with it quickly and the pump gets out too much product at once. You have to be careful with the pump to get it slowly so you don't waste too much product. The colors of these are fabulous.

5. Sephora by OPI in "Call your mother". This is my second bottle of this. It's the perfect fall color. It's a soft purple/taupe color.

Have you tried any of these products?

Hope you all had an amazing weekend. 

Illamasqua haul

Hi everyone,
I have a small Illamasqua haul that I got on my last vacation. I'm extremely impressed with this brand or at least with the products I got. They are so pigmented, last for a long time, unique colors, and high quality. I only wish they were more available in the US. There are only a few Sephora's that carry this brand here.
Here is what I got:
1. This is my favourite item from this entire haul, and it's the cream blush or cream blusher as they say in the UK in the color Rude. There is nothing rude about this blush. It's gorgeous. In the pan it looks like a hot orange color but on comes off as an pinkish coral. It's so pretty and girly, and it gives that gorgeous sexy flush to the cheeks and that look of overall good health. It lifts up the face and gives the cheeks that perfect pop of color. If Barbie had a coral blush, "Rude" would be it.

2. Cream Blush in the color "Lies". This is a very soft pink with a silver undertone to it, and it has a whole lot of sheen to it. If you have medium dark skin, this won't work as a blush. This would look well on top of blush to give glow to the cheeks or as a highlighter. I use it as a highlighter mostly. It gives a high shine to the cheeks and that look of glow within. This is another star in my opinion.

3. Powder blush in Expose. This is a bright orange. It's perfect when used in combination with a bronzer to get that sexy bronze look. It's such a strong, pigmented color. It looks scary on the pan but with a bronzer, or on tan skin, it gives that sexy "back from the beach" look.

4. Powder eyeshadow in Slink. Most of the Illamasqua eyeshadows, and I believe all of their blushes are matte. I love shimmer eyeshadows, and love a matte face, so I picked up one of the few shimmer eyeshadows that they had. This is a champagne gold. It is ok. I will use it, but probably not repurchase it because it's not pigmented enough for me which is really odd because most all of their items are extremely pigmented. The below picture is three swipes whereas all the above pictures are just one swipe.

Overall, I'm extermily impressed with this brand and would highly recommand it.

Have you guys tried this brand? What do you think of Illamasqua?

Hope you all have had a lovely day

August Fave

Hi everyone,
I wanted to do a quick post about some of my favourite August product but this turn out to be a bit of a ramble/review about some of these products. Here are some of the make up products I have loved using the month of August:
1. NARS corfu cream eyeshadow. This is a light taupe with silver shimmer laced thru it. It's perfect all over the lid by itself. Since I spend part of the month at the beach, this is the only eyeshadow I used when going out downtown for drinks and dinner/lunch. I have own this color for a while but couldn't wear it because it creased on me even on top of the anti crease bases such as Urban Decay Primer potion, Two Faced eyeshadow insurance, and MAC paint pot. All the bases mentioned have worked for all other eyeshadows except this, so I had sort of cast this eyeshadow aside and didn't use it much. I have oily/combination skin for reference. However, I recently purchased the new NARS Pro-Prime Smudge proof eyeshadow base and was able to wear corfu without any creasing all day even in the hot summer weather of 100 degrees which leads me to my second August favourite: NARS Pro-Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow.

2. NARS Pro-Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow.

Here is what Sephora states about this product:

What it does:

This smudge-proof eyeshadow base uses a unique polymer and mineral powder blend to get a firm grip on color for long-lasting, gorgeous wear. Fortified with a special deep-sea extract and an antioxidant rice extract, it dries on contact and keeps the delicate eye lid smooth and ready for eyeshadow application.

This is pretty pricey at $24 for 0.26 oz is the most expensive eyeshadow primer that I own. It has a wand for application and it's completely sheer. At first thought, I wasn't extremely impressed with this thinking this was just too expensive for what it was designed to do. However, when I used it with the cream color eyeshadow which always creased on me, it passed the test and I was converted. I will always own one of these for as long as NARS keep making them. If you don't have oily skin and eyeshadow does not crease on you, then this is probably not necessary. But for me this is a must have not only because it keeps eyeshadow from creasing better than anything in the market, but also because I do not like to reapply my make up during the day and this will keep it put all day long.

3. MAC shy girl lipstick. This is such a pretty coral color and perfect for summer. It's a rich color with a bit of a pink undertone. It's a creemsheen so the formulation is very soft and of course as the names suggest it provides a pretty sheen to the lips.

4. Illamasqua blush in Katie. This is the perfect baby doll cotton candy pink. It's so girly and pretty. It is a more pigmented version of MAC's well dressed blush which is one of my fave blushes. This is a matte blush and it's highly pigmented so a little goes a long way.  It's the perfect pink summer blush.

These are some of the products I have worn the most in August. What are some of the products you used most in August?