Swatch of The Day - MAC Cosmetics A Novel Romance Lingering Kiss and Hearts Aflame Lipstick

» Price -  $16

» Availability - MAC Cosmetics

» Overall Rating - MAC Cosmetics recently launched their latest collection A Novel Romance. Not much caught my eye from the collection except these two gorgeous lipsticks. Lingering Kiss is described as a deep plum red on MAC's website. I am OBSESSED with this color. A few Beauty Blogs that I have read compared this color to Talk That Talk from the Rihanna collection that I sadly did not get a chance to grab. The application was smooth and reached opaque coverage with the first swipe. Hearts Aflame is described as a mid tone brick red. This color was reminiscent of Rocker lipstick sans the micro glitter. This color stayed opaque for over 7 hours! Check your local MAC Store or counter for availability.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Lavish Palette Look

Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you all a quick look using the Anastasia Beverly Hills Lavish Palette. Can I just say how awesome this palette is? First of all it also comes with a few extra items such as a mini eyeliner, mini brow pencil, brush, and a full sized tweezer! The colors on the palette are great in pigmentation and provide a variety of looks!

Here is a closer look on all of the colors:

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MAC Retractable Brow Pencil in Spiked

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot

Orange Soda Eyeshadow (Crease)

Sienna Eyeshadow (Crease)

Cream Eyeshadow (Lid)

Truffle Eyeshadow (Crease)

Black Diamond (Outer Crease & Lower lash line)

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Liner

LORAC Pro Mascara

Anastasia Covet Waterproof Liner (Waterline)

Velour Lashes in Oops! Naughty Me

» Price -  $38.00

» Availability - Sephora, Anastasia, Beautylish (Currently Sold Out) 

Review - Melt Cosmetics By Starlight

(L-R: MAC Cosmetics Seductive Intent, OCC Lip Tar Belladonna, MAC Cosmetics Strong Woman, Melt Cosmetics By Starlight, MAC Cosmetics Heroine)

» Price -  $19

» Availability - Melt Cosmetics

» Overall Rating - I have come to the conclusion that I have a slight obsession with purple lip products. It's quite difficult for me to pass up any new purple lipstick. This lipstick By Starlight is from a new brand called Melt Cosmetics. It was co-founded by celebrity makeup artist Lora Arellano a.k.a Loreleicakes on Instagram & Dana Bomar. The price is bit on the higher-end side and the shipping is high ($7+ ouch). They are a new business so hopefully overtime their shipping costs can go down. Now on to the actual lipstick. By Starlight is described as an ultra-matte, radioactive purple. It distributed evenly across my lips and the color was a beautiful purple! It is very vibrant and not like any purple lip product that I own. For being described as ultra-matte this lipstick was non drying. It lasted a few hours with minimal fading. It did not last during my meal but I have only come across a few lip products (lip tar,velvetines) that can stay untouched during meals. This is definitely a unique purple and gets a high rating from me for it's pigmentation and staying power! I am tempted to try more colors but I will wait till they (hopefully) lower their shipping costs.

Swatch of The Day - MAC Cosmetics RiRi Woo

» Price -  $15

» Availability - MAC Cosmetics (Limited Edition) will return in June

» Overall Rating - A tad bit deeper than MAC's Ruby Woo. It has a retro matte finish and did not leave my lips feeling dry. Lasted a good 7 hours before signs of fading began to show. This lipstick will be launching again in June with the RiRi Hearts MAC Collection. The collection will be released in multiple installments throughout the year.

MAC Fashion Sets Swatches - Ablaze & Heroine

Today MAC Cosmetics launched their new limited edition collection Fashion Sets. It had an early release online and it hit all MAC stores/counters today. I was impressed with the entire collection but I only wanted two of the four lipsticks that launched. I picked up the highly anticipated Heroine & Ablaze. I bought a backup of Heroine because I love purple lipsticks so much. After swatching Ablaze I regret not getting a backup of that color. It is stunning! 

Did any of you pick up goodies from this collection?

Heroine

Ablaze

Swatch of The Day - MAC Betty Bright Lipstick

» Price -  $16.50

» Availability - Limited Edition - Sold Out MAC Cosmetics Try your local MAC counter or store.

» Overall Rating - Please excuse the delay in this post. I apologize that this lipstick is currently sold out. I decided to post up the swatch for anyone that needed a reference in how Betty Bright showed up. This is a lipstick with a satin finish. The color is a vibrant peachy coral. I was pleasantly surprised that it did not wash me out. I did need to layer this color quite a bit but that is the case for most lipsticks with a satin finish that I own.

MAC Strength & Aprés Chic Swatches

Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you all some pics and swatches of a few things that I picked up from MAC Cosmetics newest collections. I bought two lipsticks from their Strength Collection and one MSF from their Aprés Chic collection. 

I am in love with the two lipsticks that I got from Strength. The lipsticks launched early online so I was able to place an order right when it came up. Strong Woman is described as a bright violet. The second I put this lipstick I fell in love. It is a gorgeous violet color that has me so excited to wear it out. This is one that I am regretting not getting a few backups of. Party Parrot is described as a bright red-pink and it is a strong vibrant color. I was super bummed that I missed this lipstick when it launched with a previous MAC collection. It is definitely a statement lip and has just the right amount of red and pink. 

The Mineralize Skin Finish that I bought from Aprés Chic was Stereo Rose. I love MSF and Stereo Rose was definitely one that I needed for my MSF collection. Stereo Rose is described as coral with golden/bronze shimmering nuances. I love coral blushes but this one is a perfect mix of coral and gold. 

Stereo Rose

Party Parrot

Strong Woman

MAC Taste Temptation Lipsticks

Hey everyone! I wanted to post some swatches of the two lipsticks I got from the MAC Taste Temptation Collection. Macy*s was having an early preview event during Black Friday. I picked up two of the mattene lipsticks, Seductive Intent and Night Blooming. Both of these colors are absolutely gorgeous. Seductive Intent has to be my favorite because this color is perfect for Winter!

MAC Taste Temptation will be sold online on December 6 and in-stores on December 13.

Seductive Intent

Night Blooming

Face of The Day - Who's That Chick?

Hey everyone. It's been a while! I have just been getting back into the groove of things with my new job and planning Zoe's 2nd Birthday party. I feel extremely blessed with all of the new amazing opportunities I have been given. I am excited for Halloween and I have already completed one look! I can't wait to post it. I will start posting the looks in the beginning of October! Super excited. Can't wait to decorate our place with spooky decor.

Today's look was inspired by Rihanna's fun and gorgeous makeup from the "Who's That Chick?" Day version music video. Her makeup was so vibrant and electric. I softened up the cheeks a tad bit. I loved wearing this look out!

Face
Make Up Forever HD Foundation N125
Benefit Stay Don't Stray
MAC Peaches Blush
MAC Petticoat MSF
theBalm Mary-Lou Manizer
Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion
MAC Spiked Eyebrow Pencil
MAC Chrome Yellow Eyeshadow
Urban Decay Buck Eyeshadow
Lime Crime Aquataenia Palette
Wet'N'Wild h2o Proof Liquid Liner
Ardell Wispies
Lips
Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm
MAC Impassioned Lipstick

Shopping Goodies - MAC By Request

Hello! I had a lovely package waiting for me and my parents house yesterday! My MAC By Request lipsticks have arrived. The whole launch for this collection was pretty intense. MAC released it a bit early so everyone was up late placing their orders. Candy Yum-Yum sold out really fast and I was super happy that I got a chance to get one. I missed out on this lipstick from the Quite Cute collection and let me tell you, this color is so vibrant and gorgeous. I love all of the different lipsticks and they are my favorite matte finish!I can't wait to start using these lipsticks with different looks. What did you all get from the MAC By Request collection?

Moxie

Candy Yum-Yum

Rocker

Face of The Day - Peacocky

Hey loves! I am really excited to share this look with you guys! I decided to use my favorite glitter liner from MAC Cosmetics called Peacocky. It is a gorgeous turquoise glitter that I have yet to find any dupes for. I wanted to create a look around this glitter liner and I thought pairing it with purples would really compliment it. I also mixed lip tars again. I mixed Anime and Ophelia lip tar from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics.

Exciting news! I am going to start filming tutorials on YouTube! I finally worked out my lighting situation so I can't wait to start filming! Please feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel : Makeup by Shannyn Please leave your links in the comments so I can check out your videos and subscribe as well!

http://www.youtube.com/makeupbyshannyn

I also submitted this look for my very first entry to a competition over at The Makeup Bee. I would really appreciate all of your votes if you love this look! Thank you so much!!

Face
MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC25
Benefit Stay Don't Stray
MAC Azalea Blossom Ombré Blush
MAC Lightscapade MSF
Eyes
Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper
MAC Spiked Eyebrow Pencil
Lime Crime Pearl-ple Eyeshadow
Glamour Doll Eyes Glam Girl Loose Eyeshadow
Lime Crime Coral of The Story Eyeshadow
MAC Fluidline in Blue Peep
MAC Peacocky Glitterliner
Wet'n'Wild h2o Proof Liquid Liner #881
Ardell Lashes #120
Lips
Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in Anime
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in Ophelia