Nars Summer 2012 Collection

Mac Fashion Sets Haul & Swatches

Here are the items I purchased from Mac's most recent collection, Fashion Sets

 Morange, Saint Germain, Russian Red, Please Me, Girl About Town

 Impassioned, RazzleDazzler, Rebel, Pink Nouveau, Peachstock

 Spice, RazzleDazzler, Peachstock, Please Me

I already owned 8 of the lipsticks released in this collection which are part of the permanent line. 7 are below, and the 8th one, Angel was swatched in a previous post and can be seen HERE

Now on to the swatches...

 RazzleDazzler, Girl About Town, Impassioned, Saint Germain, Spice, 

Please Me, Russian Red, Morange, Peachstock, Rebel

Girl About Town, Impassioned, Saint Germain, Please Me, 

Russian Red, Morange, RazzleDazzler, Peachstock, Rebel

Now to show how much the lipstick shades actually match the lipglass shades...

Pink Nouveau l/s and Pink Nouveau l/g

Overall im pretty pleased with the shades I chose. I do however, regret not ordering Angel, and Spice lipglasses. I definitely plan on getting those 2 as well. 

Will you be purchasing anything from this collection? If so, what do you have in mind?

Mac Fashion Sets Collection

Mac Fashion Sets Collection

Launch May 3, 2012 (North America) May 2012 (Internationally)

Lipsticks : $14.50 US/ $17.50 CDN

• Saint Germain- Light cool pink (Permanent)
• Myth- Light neutral nude (Permanent)
• Angel- Light warm pink (Permanent)
• Razzledazzler- Light cream peach (Limited Edition)
• Snob- Light neutral pink (Permanent)
• Please Me- Mid-tone warm pink (Permanent)
• Pink Nouveau- Mid-tone cool pink (Permanent)
• Ravishing Mid-tone neutral peach (Permanent)
• Peachstock- Light peachy nude (Permanent)
• Impassioned- Amped up fuchsia (Permanent)
• Morange- Loudmouth orange (Permanent)
• Spice- Mid-tone neutral nude (Limited Edition)
• Girl About Town- Bright blue fuchsia (Permanent)
• Russian Red- Mid-tone neutral red (Permanent)
• Rebel- Mid-tone cream plum (Permanent)
• Chestnut- Rich Chocolate brown (Limited Edition)

Lipglass: $14.50 US/ $17.50 CDN

• Saint Germain- Light cool pink (Limited Edition)
• Myth- Light neutral nude (Limited Edition)
• Angel- Light warm pink (Limited Edition)
• Razzledazzler- Light cream peach (Limited Edition)
• Snob- Light neutral pink (Limited Edition)
• Please Me- Mid-tone warm pink (Limited Edition)
• Pink Nouveau- Mid-tone cool pink (Limited Edition)
• Ravishing- Mid-tone neutral peach (Limited Edition)
• Peachstock- Light peachy nude (Limited Edition)
• Impassioned- Bright warm pink (Limited Edition)
• Morange- Bright cream orange (Limited Edition)
• Spice- Mid-tone neutral nude (Limited Edition)
• Girl About Town- Bright blue fuchsia (Limited Edition)
• Russian Red- Mid-tone neutral red
• Rebel- Mid-tone cream plum (Limited Edition)
• Chestnut- Rich chocolate brown (Limited Edition)

Nail Lacquer: $16 US/$19 CDN

• Saint Germain-    Light cool pink (Limited Edition)
• Myth-  Light neutral nude (Limited Edition)
• Angel-  Light warm pink (Limited Edition)
• Razzledazzler- Light cream peach (Limited Edition)
• Snob- Light neutral pink (Limited Edition)
• Please Me- Mid-tone warm pink (Limited Edition)
• Pink Nouveau- Mid-tone cool pink (Limited Edition)
• Ravishing- Mid-tone neutral peach (Limited Edition)
• Peachstock- Light peachy nude (Limited Edition)
• Impassioned- Bright warm pink (Limited Edition)
• Morange- Bright cream orange (Limited Edition)
• Spice- Mid-tone neutral nude (Limited Edition)
• Girl About Town- Bright blue fuchsia (Limited Edition)
• Russian Red- Mid-tone neutral red (Permanent)
• Rebel- Mid-tone cream plum (Limited Edition)
• Chestnut- Rich chocolate brown (Limited Edition)

Source

Do you plan on picking up anything from this collection?

Dupe Alert: Mac 225 brush vs Inglot 4S brush

The Mac 225 brush is a staple of mine. It's a couple times larger than Mac's 224 brush. Its a tapered blending eyeshadow brush, but I happen to use and love it for applying and setting my under eye concealer. Sadly it has been discontinued. I own 2 of them, but thought it would be great to search for a good dupe. Once I googled it, I came across the lovely Petrilude on Youtube and he had a video up recommending Inglot's 4S brush. After watching his video where he showed comparisons I knew that this was "the" brush, and I had to have it. As mentioned in a previous post I made a trip to Inglot and picked up this brush along with some other things. I came home and compared the 2 and they are indeed great dupes! Aside of the different color bristles, they're almost identical. Mac's 225 brush when available was $36, whereas Inglot's 4S is only $22. Great price! 

Do you own Mac's 225 brush? How about Inglot's 4S brush? 

Nars Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer

OCC Liptar's

Pageant, Hoochie, Butch, Pretty Boy, Anime, Melange, Trollop, Queen, NSFW

Do you own any OCC Liptar's? Any favs?

Birthday Makeup

A friend of mine just celebrated her 30th birthday... 

 I had the pleasure of doing her makeup for her special day!

Products used...

Eyes:

MUFE Brow Corrector #3

Mac All That Glitters

Mac Saddle

Mac Embark

Mac Carbon

Face:

Mac Prolongwear foundation in NC50

Mac Studio Finish Concealer for under eye NW40

Mac Devil blush

Lips:

MAC Magenta Lip liner

MAC Up The Amp Lipstick

Here's the Diva all dolled up before heading out!

BLUSH HAPPY: 1st Bloggerversary Giveaway- Mac Force of Love Lips...

Hello my lovelies... If you have the time, stop on by Blush Happy's blog and enter her 1st Blogversary Giveaway for a chance to win Force of Love lipstick from the Mac Chenman collection! 

Good luck you all :)

BLUSH HAPPY: 1st Blogerversary Giveaway- Mac Force of Love Lips...

Rihanna Pink Bold Lip

I loves me some Rihanna! Her style is simply amazing, and her makeup is always on point! Simple sort of nude eye, that was amped up with dark liner and mascara to give a sort of smokey eye effect, with a bold pink lip to pull it all together. I definitely look forward to recreating this look on my next night out :) 

Urban Decay back on Hautelook!

I recently shared my Urban Decay haul from Hautelook. To see the items I purchased click HERE. And for swatches of the items check out this post and this post. Im a fan of Urban Decay and these same items are back on sale starting today and ending 4/11. Another huge plus is that the prices are even lower than what I had gotten them for! Lucky for you guys :)  Sign up here today, completely free to take advantage of Urban Decay's lovely sale, as well as many others! Enjoy :)

Dupe Alert: Mac Party Parrot, Pink Pigeon, Quick Sizzle, Reel Sexy

I was introduced to another brand of makeup recently. Mattese Elite. I made a post showing all the items from my haul, along with swatches. To view the post click HERE. After doing swatches I immediately realized a few shades were similar. 

Mac Party Parrot, ME Ecstasy

Mac Pink Pigeon, ME Porn Star, Mac Quick Sizzle

Mac Reel Sexy, Mac Gotta Dash

Mac Party Parrot and Mattese Elite's Ecstasy are exact dupes!! I had to reswatch just to make sure I had the correct names for each shade. The only obvious difference is the finish. Party Parrot is a matte and Ecstasy has a bit of sheen to it. Now Porn Star is a mix of Quick Sizzle and Pink Pigeon. The photo shows is to be much darker than Pink Pigeon, but it really isn't. In real life they look very close in color. Quick Sizzle is just a tad bit darker. A really pretty lipstick that I know i'll be reaching for a lot this spring/summer! And lastly, Mac Reel Sexy verses Gotta Dash. Reel Sexy is a tad bit lighter than Gotta Dash. It has more of a white base to it. The difference isn't as major as the photo makes it seem. The flash picked up the white based side of Reel Sexy. Gotta Dash is from Mac's Sheen Supreme collection so it has more shine, and isn't as pigmented as the amplified Reel Sexy. I actually find Gotta Dash more suitable for my NC50 complexion. I can just apply and go. With Reel Sexy I have to use a liner to tone it down a bit. To purchase any of the Mattese Elite lipsticks above check out Rickys NYC online. 

Hope this post was helpful for those that missed out on any of the Mac LE lipsticks above.

Swatches: Mac Sweet Heat, Heroine and Star Quality

Sweet Heat, Star Quality, Heroine

 Sweet Heat, Heroine, Star Quality

  Comparison Purples

Heroine, Spitfire, Violetta

Comparison Swatches

Heroine, Spitfire, Violetta

This is my second order from the new Mac collections that launched April 5th. I had initially skipped these items, but decided to pick them up after all. Heroine and Violetta are pretty similar, but definitely different. Heroine is a matte, and Violetta is a Amplified. Violetta is also a tad bit darker with a shimmer sort of metallic look to it. I wasn't too fond of Violetta for some reason, but I love Heroine. Its eveything I wanted Violetta to be :) To see the previous items I picked up from Mac's newly released collections, along with swatches click HERE.

What do you think of Heroine lipstick?

Inglot Swatches: Eyeshadows, Lipsticks, Gel Liner

As I stated in a previous POST, I finally visited Inglot in NYC and made my first long awaited purchases. Below are the items I picked up, along with swatches... Enjoy :)

 397 Pearl, 11 AMC Shine, 402 Pearl, 329 Matte, DS474, AMC 15, Matte 383, DS 464

 440 Pearl, AMC Shine 48, Matte 334, Matte 325, DS477, Matte 384 AMC Shine 17, DS 504

DS 480, AMC 68, DS 483, AMC 63

Lipstick 419, 150

Gel liner Matte 77

20 Eyeshadow Freedom Palette $120

Lipstick $12 (each)

Gel Eyeliner Matte $12

This brand has quality makeup at really great prices. Great deals for the amount of product that you get, along with the amazing pigmentation. Of course they do offer other size palettes, as well as the product being available in pot form. It's more costly that way, but still reasonably priced for someone just looking to grab a few shades. The 2 lipsticks, that I decided to get are really pigmented as well.  And the Gel liner, is officially my new fav!! I was a fan of Mac's blacktrack for years, but all I reach for is this one now. I love it! Check out their website for more details, and check out all of the shades, along with all of the other makeup products that they offer. I'm really pleased with this brand thus far, and plan to make a few more purchases from them down the line. 

One tip I must give is that if you do end up purchasing any of the Freedom palettes, do arrange them in order prior to placing them inside. They're magnetic and aren't that easy to take out. I happened to damage a few when trying to move them around. But aside of that... A-MA-ZING!!

Do you own any products from Inglot? What are your thoughts on this brand?