keepcup, magic dusts, mac palette

my new favourite thing:

pretty pink keep cup

amazing loose shadows (pigments) by Lime Crime (purchased at Crush Cosmetics)

i love this website... incredibly quick postage and everything in australian dollars!

Empress (purple)

Pompadour (blue)

Mermaid (teal)

Elf (green)

Circus Girl (yellow)

Cleopatra (gold)

Primadonna (pink)

Mirror Mirror (silver grey)

last night, i depotted seven of my MAC shadows, because i fiiiiiiiiiiiinally got my hands on one of these palettes with room for fifteen :) the photo doesn't really show the colours well, but i'll list them below, in case you're interested

4 Palette

Gesso (vivid white - matte)

Kid (beige cashmere - veluxe)

Satin Taupe (taupe brown with silvery bronze shimmer - frost)

Carbon (intense black - matte)

15 Palette

Woodwinked (warm antique gold - veluxe pearl)

Humid (intense vivid green with shimmer - frost)

Naked Lunch (minimal pink with shimmer - frost)

Expensive Pink (pink with gold duochrome - veluxe pearl)

Club (muted reddish brown duochrome with green opalescent shimmer - satin)

Smut (muted black flecked with red shimmer - velvet)

Coppering (hi-reflective orange copper - veluxe pearl)

Beauty Marked (a deep blackened red with a sparkle/twilight effect - velvet)

Electra (muted silver with icy metallic shimmer - frost)

Nylon (pale gold with icy metallic shimmer - frost)

Beautiful Iris (fresh lavender with sheen - veluxe pearl)

Phloof! (frosted off-white - frost)

i have just realised that there's one i haven't put in there... i will have to go on a hunt to find it - Aquadisiac (deep sea turquoise - lustre)

as you can see... my collection of MAC Eye Shadows is hella random! lol

now i have these left:

take any six empty MAC containers to a counter and you can have a free lipstick!!

any suggestions......?

i'm thinking... Diva or Blankety or Myth or Girl About Town...

sugarpill 'burning heart' palette

just received this in the mail... i ordered it from Sugarpill.

this is the box that the palette comes in...

the top of the actual palette...

these are the colours... my phone camera doesn't really show how vibrant and amazing the colours are though... boo!

Flamepoint (top left) - vivid orange

Buttercupcake (top right) - vivid yellow

Love + (bottom left) - true, vivid red

Poison Plum (bottom right) - bright, darkish purple

can't wait to do something with this!!

donatello mask

this look did not come out at all how i planned it... i think because the pink shadow i used through my crease wasn't pigmented enough.  but it ended up looking pretty cool - i thought it was like a superhero mask - hence, the teenage ninja turtles reference :)

MAC Eye Shadow in Phloof!

(inner corner and eyebrow highlight)

NYX Eye Shadow in Purple

(outer two thirds of the eyelid)

NYX Eye Shadow in Cherry and Hot Pink

(crease)

NYX Eye Shadow in Deep Purple

(V-shape at outer corner, over browbone, all the way into the nose - see photos for the shape, along lower lashline)

MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder

(waterline and tightline)

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

(upper lashline)

MAC Eye Shadow in Carbon

(over fluidline and smudged into the outer third of the eyelid)

MAC Brow Set in Beguile

CoverGirl Lash Blast Volume Mascara

MAC Bronzer in Golden

(under cheekbone for contour)

MAC Blush in Coygirl

(along cheekbone, focus on apples of the cheeks)

MAC Cremestick Liner in Summerfruit

(cover entire lip)

MAC Lipstick in Angel

now back to my overdue Science assignment... boo!

JohnJohn's choice: 'Red and Gold'

so, i asked john last night what i should do with my eyes tomorrow (today) and he said, "red... and gold" to which i replied "like Gryffindor!!" lol nerrrrrrd...

this is what i came up with:

EYES

highlight inner corners and under eyebrow using a pale gold shadow (MAC Eye Shadow in Nylon)

bright red matte shadow (Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette) in a semi-circle along the upper lashline in the centre of the eyelid with a flat brush

same brush, deep red matte shadow  (Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette) around the bright red to fill in the rest of the eyelid (blend together at the join)

switch to a pencil/bullet brush, using a deep, shimmery gold (Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Oraculum from Alice in Wonderland Palette), maintain the round shape of the shadow and place around the outer edge of the dark red

grab some more gold on a fluffy brush and blend out what you've just put down and soften the join between the dark red and gold.  here i pulled the colour quite a long way in toward my nose, but kept it high so that the inner corner highlight was still visible

with the pencil brush, line the lower lashline with the dark gold

blend out the top of the dark gold with your pale gold shadow, all the way around the eye, and up to the eyebrow

with a flat brush go over inner corner and eyebrow highlight with a sheer matte white shadow (MAC Eye Shadow in Gesso)

line your lower waterline with black kohl pencil (MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder) and blink really hard to transfer the colour to your upper waterline - this is easier than tightlining, where you have to pull your eyelid up and make them water trying to get the pencil on that upper waterline.  keep doing this (line and blink) until you're happy with the colour payoff.

lots of black mascara

do your eyebrows however you do them - i use MAC Brow Set in Beguile

FACE

MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW15

Revlon ColourStay Foundation in Ivory

MAC Select Sheer Pressed Powder in NW15

CHEEKS

MAC Bronzer in Golden (contour)

MAC Powder Blush in Trace Gold (along cheekbones)

Sigma Highlight in Moonlight Mile (highlight in C-shape around the temple)

LIPS

Napoleon Auto Pilot Lip Primer

MAC Lipstick in Angel

NARS Lip Gloss in Turkish Delight

hope you like this one!

Urban Decay Naked Palette

i received this in the mail on Tuesday and it's one of those things where i'm still too excited to even use it! sorry the pictures aren't great - i used my phone to take them.

this angle shows you the dark end of the palette, and this gorgeous milk chocolatey end of the eyeliner pencil called, Whiskey.

this angle shows you the light end of the palette and the black end of the eyeliner pencil called, Zero.  the palette also comes with the Primer Potion - phew! i was running out.

from lightest to darkest the colours are:

Virgin

Sin

Naked

Sidecar

Buck

Half Baked

Smog

Darkhorse

Toasted

Hustle

Creep

Gunmetal

i'll give you guys descriptions as i use them :) if you want a closer/proper look at the colours you can find it on the Urban Decay website.  they also have a new Vegan Palette which looks great!

final post of the day: MAC Haul

this wasn't all in one go, but here is what has magically hopped into my collection during July

all from MAC

brand whore much ?

LIP LINER

Nightmoth (blackened plum)

Magenta (vivid pinkish-purple)

Cherry (vivid bright bluish-red)

Redd (clearly red)

LIPSTICK

Cyber (intense blackish-purple)

Angel (soft pink)

SUPERGLASS

Tunnel of Love (deep blue brown)

Fab Frenzy (deep blue purple)

EYE SHADOW

Phloof! (frosted off-white)

PIGMENT

Vanilla (soft ivory white)

POWDER BLUSH

Trace Gold (fairy light gold with shimmer)

Pink Swoon (clearly pink)

Coygirl (powdered rose)

BRUSHES

#239 (eye shading brush)

#227 (large fluff brush)

Brush Cleaner

Carry-All

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i am loving lip liner at the moment!

what i do is, use a dark one around the outside of the lips, then colour in the rest and blend with a lighter one

combinations i have used so far are:

nightmoth with magenta

cherry with redd

cherry with a hot pink (non-MAC)

the superglasses are gorgeous but very sticky and the glitter in them is huge so it can feel a bit 'bitty' when you rub your lips together and reeeeeeeeally not good if you're planning on kissing anyone!

trace gold is a beautiful light blush for when you don't want anything pinky.

i'm obsessed with coygirl because it's purple-y - winner.

haven't used pink swoon yet, but it's so lovely and bright and pink!

i can't recommend Phloof! Eye Shadow highly enough - i use it as a highlight on the inner corner of my eyes and under my eyebrow, as a lid colour, as a highlight across the tops of my cheekbones, and on the very centre of my lips when wearing coloured lipstick to make them 3D and pouty = awesome-value product!

Vanilla Pigment (loose shadow) - pretty much as awesome as Phloof! but more of a yellow-y undertone , compared to Phloof!'s pink-y undertone.

wowzer... i spend a lot at MAC... ouch...

hope you are all well :) speak to you soon!

soft cut-crease with neutral colours AND hot-off-the-press CR jumper

in the photos, this make-up looks relatively natural, but in real life it's quite noticeable even though the colours are soft.

still, very wearable :)

gold eyelid (MAC Eye Shadow in Nylon)

brown-grey crease (Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Mushroom)

highlight under the eyebrow (MAC Pigment in Vanilla)

thin black liner with a long wing that follows the shape of the brown-grey shadow (MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack)

nude/peach eyeliner in waterline (Stila Kajal Liner in Topaz)

soft grey shadow under lower lashes (Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Vorpal)

Revlon ColourStay Foundation in Ivory

MAC Select Cover-Up in NW15

MAC Brow Set in Beguile

MAC Bronzer in Golden

MAC Powder Blush in Trace Gold

MAC Mineralise Skinfinish in By Candlelight

MAC Lipstick in Angel

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brand new grey marle zippy asymmetrical jumper

(my most favourite ruby slippers singlet and brand new nudie jeans)

it's cut high at the back, which i think is cute

(and me checking to see if you can see the short back lol)

this is pretty much my only outfit from now on. love.

warning: photo heavy post...

SO i switched from my trusty Revlon foundation to one by my beloved MAC... and i was swiftly transported to skin HELL = the lack of posts.  very upsetting and irritating.

needless to say, i have swapped back to Revlon and have been waiting, waiting, waiting for my skin to heal.

i have consoled myself by purchasing make-up "for when my skin gets better" lol i will make a list for you guys in another post :)

in the mean time, i have still been wearing more make-up that what is appropriate during the day lol here are some of the looks that i was game to photograph:

NATURAL BRONZEY

(using the Stila It Girl Palette)

INSPIRED BY JANE (DAKOTA FANNING) IN ECLIPSE

mum makes a guest appearance in the background lol

ANOTHER NATURAL

(darker than the previous one and with smudged liner)

DRAMATIC CUT-CREASE

(black and pale blue/white)

INSPIRED BY ONE OF THE GIRLS IN THE MAC PRO STORE ON CHAPEL STREET

(red, purple, pink, navy)

hope you guys enjoy these and i will try to be more frequent with my posting!

p.s. i am hating my eyebrows at the moment, so if anyone knows a good place to get them done, please share!!