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It's been a little while since I did a look for the site, I've been kind of in a funk as of late with stress and such but finally felt like actually throwing some makeup on last week when I went to see Wicked.

The two shadows from Aromaleigh may have changed names (if they brought they back at relaunch of the new store/company, but I'm sure they have similar if not).

Eyes:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin
• Aromaleigh Trillium
• Aromaleigh Aqua Nightmare
• Sugarpill Tako
• Sugarpill Lumi
• Sugarpill Velocity
• MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
• MAC Fascinating Kohl Pencil Liner
• Milani Runway Lashes Mascara

Milani
Sugarpill
Aromaleigh
Urban Decay
MAC Cosmetics

I have a huge fascination with Egyptian History, I'm always watching everything I happen to find about that period of time and region. This month Makeup Geek decided to do a Monthly Challenge for Influential Women of History, so of course I opted to do Cleopatra.

It's been forever since I've posted a look and I apologize for the lack of them, I'm really happy with how this turned out (6 hours to do lol).

Anyway onto the look!

Eyes:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion
• Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk
• Nyx White
• Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
• Fyrinnae Digital Faerie
• Makeup Geek Razzleberry
• Makeup Geek Yellow Brick Road
• Sugarpil Flamepoint
• Sugarpill Goldilux
• Sugarpil Royal Sugar
• Sugarpill Velocity
• MAC Paint in Flammable
• MAC in Aqualine
• Lit Cosmetics Clearly Liquid Glitter Base
• Lit Cosmetics California Soul S3 Shimmer 
• Milani Color Play Felt Tip Pen in Black Line
• Milani Color Play Felt Tip Pen in White Line
• Urban Decay Waterproof Liquid Liner in Perversion

Face:

• Revlon ColorStay Foundation in Buff
• MAC Face and Body Foundation in White
• MAC Mineral Skinfinish in Light

Lips:

• Morgana Cryptoria Agamemnon's Mask Lipgloss

Milani
Revlon
Fyrinnae
Sugarpill
Urban Decay
Makeup Geek
Lit Cosmetics
Nyx Cosmetics
MAC Cosmetics
Morgana Cryptoria

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A while back I got the Fyrinnae Halloween 2011 shadows that were released, I'd been so busy with work and reviews that I wasn't caught up to them yet. Anyway today the husband and I went out so I decided to put on something a little more fancy then was need for lunch and shopping.

For this look I also used the natural daylight to help show the true vibrancy of my look as well as my crazy new "Twisted Teal" hair color.

I also entered this look in the Makeupbee Competition! If you like it then I'd be very greatful if you voted for it. Vote here. 

The prize is for some Sugarpill stuff (I own most of them but Asylum), I don't normally say I will give stuff away to you if you I win because I don't want people to vote for me based on what seems like a bribe and I want genuine votes because you like my look. This time however since I already own most of the stuff (and I am just entering because I enjoy joining competitions/challenges) I'd be giving it away to you guys (keep Asylum though since I don't already have it).

Anyway onto the look!

Eyes: 

• Urban Decay Eden Primer Potion
• Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
• Nyx Jumbo Pencil in Milk
• Fyrinnae Wake Not the Dead
• Sugarpill Tako
• Sugarpill Bulletproof
• MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
• MAC Undercurrent Pearlglide Liner
• Lashem Double Trouble Mascara
• Ardell Enchanting Lashes

Brows:

• Sugarpill Bulletproof

Face:

• MAC MSF Naturals in Light
• Silk Naturals Perfect Harmony Foundation

Cheeks:

• Sugarpill Dollipop

Lips:

• Milani Haute Flash Lipgloss in Flashy
• Milani Haute Flash Lipgloss in Star Flash

Sugarpill Cosmetics
Milani Cosmetics
MAC Cosmetics
Nyx Cosmetics
Urban Decay
Fyrinnae
Lashem 

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I haven't been as active in ordering from MAC Cosmetics, mainly because I own so much already from them I've been dabbling with other companies. Also the fact most of their collections they release are Limited Edition so I save for what I really want/cannot live without from them because otherwise I'd be broke!

Recently I got excited about the new collection Vera that was releasing, mainly because the Crushed Pigments (Butterfly Party to be exact) are colors I absolutely love! I ended up placing an ordering as soon as it was available to me.

Anyway onto the pictures!

I was sad when I opened up my package because Sunday Afternoon Face Powder did not survive the trip and exploded all over everything. 

As you can see it was no longer recognizable and what was left was just a huge mess. I immediately contacted MAC about this and they told me they would send out a replacement right away with 2 day shipping. That is one thing I give MAC is that I've never had any issue if there was a problem with my order, of all the times I've placed one (about 20 or more) I've only had 2 problems.

I did take the powder and repressed it into something... I'm not quite sure what it is, it's almost like a hybrid highlighter/blush. Anyway I'll have swatches and more product photos up soon and hopefully should receive my replacement Sunday Afternoon Powder before then.

I ordered the following items:

Aloha Crushed Metallic Pigments
Butterfly Party Crushed Metallic Pigments x2
Strawberry Patch Crushed Metallic Pigments
Sunday Afternoon Pearlmatte Face Powder
Mineralize Skinfinish Light
Emerald Dusk Pigment
Florida Cremeblend Blush
Azalea Blossom Blush Ombre


Did you order anything from the new collections? What do you think of them?

MAC Cosmetics

Release Dates:
  February 16th, 2012 North America
March 2012 International 

 

Crushed Metallic Pigment x4 – Aloha $34.00 (LE)

• Latern Light Metallic gold/bronze (Frost)
• Campfire Rich copper (Frost)
• Shifting Sands Metallic champagne (Frost)
• Aloha Dirty Cocoa Brown (Frost)

Crushed Metallic Pigment x4 – Strawberry Patch $34.00 (LE)

• Star Crystal Pink champagne (Frost)
• Rose Light Metallic yellow pink (Frost)
• Strawberry Patch Light blue pink (Frost)
• Moon Rose Bright dark pink (Frost)

Crushed Metallic Pigment x4 – Butterfly Party $34.00 (LE)

• Butterfly Party Bright lilac (Frost)
• Desert Cloud Deep blue purple (Frost)
• Rain Drop Metallic teal (Frost)
• Moss Garden Metallic silver green (Frost)

Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner $15.00 (LE)

• Lord It Up Bronze with pearl (Repromote)
• Industrial Periwinkle grey (Repromote)
• Designer Purple Iridescent violet (Repromote)
• Undercurrent Teal with pearl (Repromote)
• Petrol Blue Deep navy with pearl (Repromote)
• Black Swan Black with pearl (Repromote)
• Black Line Black with gold pearl (Repromote)

Nail Lacquer $16.00 (LE)

• Midsummer’s Dream Pale pink lilac (Creme)
• Play Day Pale milky coral (Creme)

Pearlmatte Face Powder $28.00 (LE)

• Sunday Afternoon Clean bright pink/bright clean fuchsia/soft pale pink with white pearl
• Flower Fantasy Pale coral with slight gold pearl/slightly blue pale pink/soft pale salmon

Plushglass $19.50 (LE)

• Fashion Fanatic Creamy pale pink (Repromote)
• Pretty Plush Extra soft pink with white pearl (Permanent)
• Confetti Bright orange coral with soft pearl
• On a Holiday Bright pink with blue pearl
• Butterfly Dream Mid-tone violet with blue pearl

I am beyond excited for this collection, this one has made me place my largest MAC order in months! I purchased all of the crushed pigments (loving the look of Butterfly Party ordered 2 of those), and Sunday Afternoon Face Powder.

I plan on trying to grab a few of the Plushglass as well as the purple Pearlglide Liner.

I'll swatches of from this collection as soon as it arrives!

Do you own any of the repromotes? What are you planning on getting?

Friday I went out finally after being sick for what seems like an eternity, I'm not 100% and I'm still getting sick to my stomach from sinus issues but I can at least do stuff now. I decided I really wanted to put some makeup on because I hadn't for over a week.

Anyway here is the look I ended up doing.

Eyes:
Glamour Doll Eyes Control Freak Primer
Inglot D.S. 474 
Sugarpill Flamepoint

MAC Romping

Nyx White

Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

MAC Fluidline in Royal Wink

MAC Fluidline in Blue Peep

Maybelline Falsies Mascara

Sugarpill Cosmetics

Glamour Doll Eyes

Inglot Cosmetics 
Mac Cosmetics
Nyx Cosmetics

Maybelline

I've never bought any of the MAC Metal shadows, I'm not sure how well they work or if they will crease or what not but a few of the ones in the collection are catching my eye.

Release Dates:
December 26th, 2011 North America
  December 2011 International

Metal-X Cream Eyeshadow $20.00 Limited Edition

• Virgin Silver White with silver pearl
• Fusion Gold Light pinky beige with gold pearl
• Palladium Metallic ash
• Cyber Metallic silver with silver pearl
• Rusty Dirty peach gold
• Red Hot Copper Warm copper
• Venetian Tarnish Golden tarnished bronze
• Vintage Coin Metallic olive green
• Gold Carbon Metallic taupe

I've been looking at Virgin Silver, and Vintage Coin.

Do you own any Metal shadows? What do you think of them?

I've been slacking on checking my e-mail as of late and I just saw this collection set e-mail that MAC sent me, I figured I could start posting these when I find out about them.

Release Dates:
December 26th, 2011 North America
January 2012 International

Pro Longwear Lipcreme $17.00

• Approaching Storm Deep rose (Limited Edition)
• Seasoned Plum Mid-tone lavender (Limited Edition)
• Red Dwarf Blue pink (Limited Edition)
• Warp Speed Light silver (Limited Edition)

Cremesheen Glass $18.50

• Japanese Spring Pale dirty pink (Limited Edition)
• Narcissus Dirty eggplant (Limited Edition)
• Borealis Pale gray pink with iridescent pearl (Limited Edition)
• Richly Revered Deep brown plum (Limited Edition) (Repromote)

Interior Life Eyeshadow Quad $38.00

• Stratus Light pink (Matte) (Limited Edition)
• Interior Life Mid-tone gray blue (Veluxe) (Limited Edition)
• Bruised Sky Dark lavender gray (Satin) (Limited Edition)
• Heather Belles Dark charcoal/carbon (Satin) (Limited Edition)

Pigment $20.00

• Aurora Pinked taupe (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Nebula Dark grayed brown with pearl (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Circa Plum Frosty dirty mid-tone lavender (Frost) (Limited Edition) (Repromote)

Powerpoint Pencil $15.00

• Engraved Etched-on forever black (Permanent)
• Grey Utility Uniform grey (Permanent)

Brow Pencil $15.00

• Fling Light taupe/ash blonde (Permanent)
• Stud Deep rich blackened brown (Permanent)

Blush Ombre $26.00

• Azalea Blossom Light cool pink (Limited Edition) (Repromote)
• Vintage Grape Mid-tone violet pink (Limited Edition) (Repromote)

Nail Lacquer $15.00

• Endless Night Pale gray pink with iridescent pearl (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Hyperion Light gray blue-green (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Blueblood Deep eggplant (Creme) (Limited Edition)

I'm sort of interested in checking out the Cremesheen Glass and maybe the Blush Ombre.

Do you guys own any of the repromotes? What are you interest in checking out?

Today I was playing around with my MAC shadows which is something I haven't done as of late, usually I just get stuck on certain brands during certain months but I want to use all my stuff.

So I dusted off the MAC stuff so to speak and played around a bit with my pressed shadows (and pigment). I added some sparkles to the picture since it's supposed to be a "celestial sprite".

Eyes:
Glamour Doll Eyes Control Freak Primer

MAC White Pigment
MAC Parfait Amour
MAC Humid

MAC Carbon

Wet n Wild Brulee
Illamasqua Cake Liner in Mislead
Lashem Double Trouble Mascara

Face:

MAC Blush Dainty

Purminerals 4-1 Pressed Mineral Makeup Porcelain 

Lips:
Morgana Cryptoria Agamemnon's Mask Lip Gloss

Glamour Doll Eyes
Wet n Wild Cosmetics
Morgana Cryptoria  Mac Cosmetics
Purminerals 
Illamasqua
Lashem

In December 2006 in the MAC Collection release called Danse is when Lightscapade first came out, I myself missed out on it because I didn't get into MAC until 2008. I looked everywhere for it, I'm pretty pale and this one looks gorgeous, alas I searched to no avail. At least not for a reasonable price as places like ebay not only risked high prices ($100+) but also risked fake products. 

Finally 5 years later... MAC listened to our pleading and brought back Lighscapade. It appeared to sell out quickly online, currently as I write this it's still showing sold out on the maccosmetics.com site. I ordered it as soon as I noticed it was out which was 09/24/11, I checked a couple days later and it was gone. So I'm guessing it's probably going to continue to go fast! Anyway onto the first look!

MAC Fall Colour: Lightscapade Mineralize Skinfinish

I'll have swatches of this and a review as well as comparison to the Revlon - Pure Confection Highlighting Face Powder which is also discontinued.

My Fiance had to drive an hour away to a mall near us to take back his iMAC to the Apple store due to it had issues so he told me to come along because its the only MAC closest to us. I had some birthday money (on a no buy otherwise trying to save funds) so I expected to maybe buy one thing myself.

Anyway we got to the MAC counter and I swatched Gimmie That, and Sassy Green because those were what I was planning on buying myself...so he asked the lady to get them for me and while they were doing that I swatched a Digi-Dazzle lipstick in Troublemaker because I was curious about them. That collection didn't seem that awesome to me because I'm not much of a lip person...when I swatched Troublemaker though the fiance came back and I told him to look at how pretty it was (It had alot of tiny glitter in it making it sparkly). So he tells the lady to grab that too...I was shocked because he had said early he could get anything for me (he had already given me money before to spend online ordering makeup for my birthday) so I was shocked that he was buying me 3 MAC things lol.

Anyway I ended up swatching Naughty You and decided on that one instead. So here's more birthday stuff...I really want a back up of Gimmie That! it's one that I got super excited about when I wore it...although I bought the last one from my store. :(





Swatched on my very pigmented lips below.


Gimmie That!


Naughty You

Note: Pictures don't do the sparkles justice...they are much more sparkly irl.