My MAC Lipstick Collection (with swatches)

I've tried for a while to avoid MAC lipsticks because I know I'd fall in love with it and become more broke than I already am. But it was hard to do and here are my proof of how I fail at resisting MAC.

L-R
Snob, St. Germain, Lip Treatment, VG Cyndi
Pink Nouveau, Hue, Pink Friday, VG Gaga
Candy Yum Yum, Angel, Ever Hip, Cute-ster, Strayin'

(Look how sad my HK Cute-ster is... it's just melted ahhhhh)

 Here are some swatches for those looking for them:

Easter FOTD

Easter Sundays have never really been big in my family. We actually haven't celebrated it for a while but today they actually came over for lunch. And of course, we had filipino style pot-luck (plus lasagna, random I know right?). The strawberry shortcake from this bakery called Lazar was mouth watering though. Yummm. Anyway, this is my FOTD. I hope you guys had an awesome Easter. :)

FACE
Nivea Anti wrinkle day cream (made my face so oily after a couple of hours ahh)
Hard Candy Primer
NARS SG Syracuse
Vichy Dermablend Corrective Foundation 55Bronze (spot concealing only)
Garnier Skin Renew eye roller
Maybelline Dream Mousse concealer medium 0-2.5 Beige (undereyes)
Tarte smooth operator finishing powder (undereyes)
MAC Studio Fix Powder NC42
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush Adored

EYES
UDPP
Tarte emphaseyes clay shadow stick Bronze (all over)
MAC All that glitters (inner corner)
MAC Satin Taupe (lid)
MAC Brun (crease)
Tarte emphaseyes clay waterproof liner Black
Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes! mascara
Rimmel Brow Pencil Hazel

LIPS
MAC Angel l/s
NARS Turkish Delight l/g

PS. Today is the first time I'm using all of the tarte products used. So far I love them!

I love this combo! Kim K's fave lip combination as everyone probably already knows.

This lasted pretty much all day, with no creasing!

MAC Candy Yum Yum!! Enough said. :P

Updates

I'm sorry about abandoning my blog lately. I've just been so lazy. And my work has been draining me out a lot because a few of my coworkers are on their vacations so I've been given a lot more hours than usual. Let's start with the first day of July: Canada Day.

I guess it's become a tradition for us to go to this every Canada Day. The City Hall was under renovation so Square One was cool enough to lend their rooftops. Last year's fireworks were definitely better though. What a waste of apparently about 20 million CAD. So this is how they spend our tax money haha.

Today was so hot out and Nerissa and Alyssa came over. The plan was to make cheesecake at my house but having used all my baking ingredients, they would have had to spend $20 for the ingredients so they ended up buying a box of pre-made cheesecake. It was okay but I still prefer homemade ones because I know what I put in. This is us walking to the bus stop so we can go to Bubble Republic to buy bubble tea (except Nerissa who went home).

And I shall leave you all with a FOTD featuring two different lips because I couldn't decide which one lol.

Products used:
Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse foundation in Pure Beige
ELF Tone Correcting Concealer in Apricot Beige
NYC Blushable Creme Sticks in Plaza Pink
Maybelline Dream Matte Powder in Honey
ELF Blush in Candid Coral
Elf Blush and Contouring Powder (just the bronzer part to contour)
ELF Brozing Powder in Luminance (for highlighting)
Too Faced eyeshadow insurance
ELF Quad in Butternut
ELF Black Cream liner
Maybelline Lash Stilleto waterproof mascara (which I don't like actually)
Rimmel Eyebrow pencil in Hazel

with Mac Viva Glam Gaga lipstick

with Maybelline Colorsensational Lipstain in Wink of Pink

closeup:

What do I think of this lipstain? It's my first lipstain that I've tried so I can't really compare to other ones. But it's really not drying like some lipstains that I've read reviews of. This doesn't have a balm included like the other long lasting colour things Maybelline or Covergirl has. The only thing is that I picked up this colour because of how amazing it looks on the model in the promo image. This is a lot redder than pink, more like a raspberry pink-red. The closeup looks pinker because of the flash but the full face is more accurate of the colour in real life. I don't think the lasting power is that good for a stain because I was expecting 4-5 hours. Although, the times I've worn it, I was also eating. But I still think the colour fades away pretty fast but I actually do like it overall, but I don't wanna try the other colours because this is one of their lightest shades. Imagine how dark the other ones would be!

MAC Pro Palette

I'm planning to get myself a Pro Palette x15. This is my plan:



I am planning to get about 3 e/s (most of the time) per pay period, which is bi-weekly. Which 3 should I get first?

FOTD: Pinkish Purple with Yellow-Gold

The weather was absolutely horrid today and has been this entire week. It has made me a bed potato because I hate having to deal with the rain when I'm out to have fun, especially since I take the public transit. As in I would sleep from 4AM to 1:30Pm. Eat. Shower. Laptop/TV until 6pm. Eat. Sleep from 9pm to 2am. Lol that is a complete disastrous schedule isn't it? Anyway, I was bored so I did my makeup with some stuff I reunited with after I cleaned up my makeup drawers. You know when you end up using the same stuff everyday and some good products end up in the very back of your drawer? I'd hate to keep them dusted so here ya go!

To be honest, I had to photoshop this one because I've gotten a few breakouts due to the reason that I am a girl and every girl suffers once a week per month. (Hopefully you know what I'm talking about.. lol).

Products used

Face (notice the ridiculous number of products used for my face because I tried using a technique I read from this book. I forget the name, something All About Faces. It says to put cream blushes and cream highlighters first then concealer then foundation. I then set it with the powder and the Booster then put the powder blush and powder highlighter.) :

• Rimmel Fix & Perfect Primer
  
• ELF All over cover stick in Light Beige
• Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse Foundation
• Maybelline Dream Matte powder in Medium 3-4
• Rimmel Sun Shimmer Shimmering Maxi Bronzer in Sun Love (contouring)
• ELF All Over Color Stick in Persimmon (Cream pinkish highlighter)
• ELF Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder in Luminance (highlighter on top of above product)
• ELF Mineral Booster in Sheer
• MAC Joie de Vivre Cremeblend Blush
• NARS Orgasm Blush
• MAC Fix+

Eyes (I forgot to take a picture of the colours I used from the palette but it's basically the darker gold mixed with a yellow):

• ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer
• Urban Decay in Last Call (pinkish purple on crease. Not photographed because it is still drying. Read previous previous post to know why.)
• Manly 120 Eyeshadow palette (golden yellow on lid)
• Rimmel Colour Rush Quad Eye Shadow in 002 Smokey Brun (brow highlight)
• Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil in Hazel
• NYC Liquid Eyeliner (HATE this one. Just using it up now... The handle's too long to manoeuvre and the formula flakes. As in I could feel the crackiness once it's dried.)
• Rimmel London Eye Magnifier Eye Opening Mascara in Black
• Annabelle Kohl Eyeliner in White (waterline)

Lips:

• NYC Ultra Moist Lipwear in 308B Retro Red (I only dabbed it a bit to get a lip stained effect)
• Annabelle Le Gloss l/g in Icy Ginger

Then a final spritz of Fix+ and voila!

Sparkly Tropical

It's usually around this time I get super bored (2AM).
So I do whatever I think of to pass the time because I cannot sleep like always...
My hands are super sparkly due to this haha I love it :)

Anyway, I had a pink smokey eye at work and then I tried to try Panacea (from YT)'s tutorial for Ke$ha's makeup. I used the Annabelle Smoothliner in Black because I didn't wanna waste my Mac blacktrack. Then some L.A. colors loose eyeshadow in black pearl (a glittery black) on top and to blend. The black, grudge look does not look very good on me... Although the glitters in the black was super pretty! So I dabbed on some L.A. colors glitters (fairy dust then honeysuckle). It turned to a grayish sparkly eye. Still blahh so I put on some UD Midnight Cowboy Rides again and that gave it some warmth. Then I decided to pull up my 120 Palette and put on some green, turquoise blue, and some yellow (only it didn't really show up. But it's there in the crease I swear!) I used L'oreal Telescopic Carbon Black Mascara. I have MAC Pink Nouveau and MAC Totally It Lipglass on my lips. It kinda faded away because I was doing some recording and did not touch up. For my face, I have Maybelline Dream Liquid Foundation and ELF Mineral Booster with MAC Vintage Grape Blush and NYC Bronzer for contouring.

Here's the closeup:

PS. Sorry I was too lazy to list lol.

PPS. Here are my nails lately. Clearly my cuticles are dry haha! I blame work!!

PPPS. Here's the camera I thiefed from my Kuya xD.

Pastel Eyes

I got bored so I ended up playing with makeup again yay. :) I love love loveeee pastels. ♥ PS. I kinda forgot to mention which brushes I used but they were Ecotools Foundation Brush, Sigma SS168, ELF Powder Brush, ELF eyeshadow brush, ELF contouring brush, Sigma SS266, and Sigma SS275, and Sigma SS194 PPS. I've been super sick the past couple of days so don't mind the uber dry nose.

These are all the products that I used.

Face Products:

From Top (L-R): Rimmel Fix & Perfect Foundation Primer, Revlon Photoready in 006 Medium Beige mixed with 009 Rich Ginger, Covergirl Fresh Complexion in Natural Beige, NYC Powder Blush in 651C Riverside Rose, NYC Powder Blush in 656C Sutton Place Peach, Maybelline Dream Matte Powder in Honey (Medium 3-4), MAC MSF in Medium Deep.
My application: Primed with Rimmel, concealed with Covergirl (undereyes and wherever else needed). Squirted a full pump of Revlon Rich Ginger and added a half pump of Medium Beige. Using Ecotools Foundation brush, I mixed the two together. I applied the foundation from my nose and inner of my face and blended outwards. I set it with Mabybelline Powder and MAC MSF. I added dimension to my face with the MAC MSF (so the hollows of my cheeks when you do the fishy face, my temples, and chin. With the Sigma SS 168, I applied NYC Riverside Rose and lightened it with the Sutton Place Peach.

Eye Products:

L-R: ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer, Annabelle Smoothliner in Black, Rimmel Brow Pencil in 002 Hazel, L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara Carbon Black, Manly 120 Eyeshadow Palette (from eBay), Benefit Creaseless Eyeshadow in Recess, Rimmel Colour Rush Quad Eye Shadow in 002 Smokey Brun, MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
Not in picture: False Eyelashes from eBay #112

The colours I used:

I used tape to make that perfect cat-like line.
Lids: Both from top palette: I spayed my palm with Fix+ and I dampened my ELF eyeshadow brush then -> (1,3) mixed with (1,4) - kinda extended it to a line
Crease: From bottom palette : ELF contouring brush; (4,2) in inner crease, (4,8) mixed with (4,9) and (5,5); (5,1) in outer line
Under the bottom lashes: From top palette: Sigma SS194; (3,3) mixed with (3,2) which was too sheer so I ended up using (4,2) instead.
For browbone and inner duct highlight, I used the lightest colour from the Rimmel Quad with Sigma SS 275.
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack with Sigma SS 266.
Curled my lashes, applied two coats of Telescopic mascara. Then added the falsies.

Lip Producsts:

L-R: Annabelle Le Gloss in Breathless, Rimmel Lasting Finish l/s in 070 Airy Fairy, NYX Round l/s in Summer Love
My application: Rimmel then NYX then Annabelle.

Close up on my lips:
LOL. That hair made it into the picture good job strand of hair! (Y) xD

Hope you guys liked it! Mwah!

FTC: All products mentioned are all bought by myself. I am also not affiliated with any of these companies and I am definitely not paid for this.

MAC, Urban Decay, Revlon Swatches

Don't y'all love the holidays? December's my favourite and least favourite month of the year. I love it because it's my birthday month and I get twice the presents (usually) because of Christmas/New Year. But it is also the dreadful exam week(s). Too bad it went by fasssssssssssst but I'm not really complaining... Anyway here are some stuff I got that are worth blogging. Everything was a present except the 3 lippies. ♥ Enjoy the swatches and ignore the dryness of my lips (duhh it's winter here in Canada!!) and my blurring photograph skills. And LOL @ some having cotton residue due to the constant wiping of tissue to swatch. :) Oh and they're all clickable and are HUGE images when you do.

Here are my lips with only Aquafina chapstick (HG product for me btw) just for reference:


Urban Decay Show Pony Shadow Box Palette

(top: Snatch, Mildew, Flash; bottom: Painkiller, Smog, Toasted)

Snatch

Mildew

Flash

Painkiller

Smog

Toasted

MAC 5 Frisky Business Bright Mini Lipglass/Lustreglass Set

2 Lustreglasses (Wonderstruck and Pinkarat):




2 Lipglasses (Totally It, Silly Girl, Beaute):

(the flash is actually the one in the bottom and vice versa xD)

OMG. My first 2 MAC lippies :O




Revlon 002 Pink Pout
Sort of a MAC Snob dupe. I took a picture of half Snob and the other half Pink Pout but I think I ended up deleting it because I thought I took the same picture twice shoot... xD My bad. I also ended up forgetting to take a picture of the Pink Pout itself haha..

This colour caught my eye while waiting for Mike to finish work... This is just one swipe and it is VERY buildable for those who want really purple lips?

Revlon 066 Berry Haute

That is that. I would review each one of them but I would be super repetitive with the "I LOVE THIS" comment. :)