February 5, 2010

As promised, I selected the winner of my 100 Followers giveaway yesterday and will announce it in this post. I assigned a number to everyone who commented on the post and repeated the same number if they had also made a blog post about my giveaway. Then I printed the list and cut out the numbers, folded them and put them in a jar and got the hubby to pick one. And he picked the number that was assigned to Fintia.

Congratulations Fintia! And thank you all for participating. I had so much fun doing this giveaway that I'm planing on doing more contests in the near future.

Today is my b-day (big 2-8) so I have some party plans for today and tomorrow, but the prize will be sent out to Fintia on Monday.

Thanks again guys :)

February 4, 2010

Since I did a look inspired by the neutral quad in Colour #4 of MAC's Spring Colour Forecast yesterday, I decided I might as well do them all. I picked the pinks as I really wanted to try my new blush, Azalea Blossom ombre. I loooove this blush. It's a beautiful pinky lilac on me. It's not very shiny either, just has a little bit of glow. I can see this becoming one of my most used blushes.

In other news, I have picked winner for the giveaway at random. The winner will be announced officially tomorrow morning. Thank you guys all for participating <3 Here's today's look:

Btw, I'm annoyed how it looks like I'm only wearing one shade of pink :(

Face
LW Portfolio
SSF NW25
Ben Nye Setting powder
Azalea Blossom b/o

Eyes
Fresco Rose p/p - base
Ego e/s - inner 1/3 lid
Annabelle Magentini p/m - mid 1/3 lid
Bright Fuchsia p/m - outer 1/3
MUFE #92 - crease
MUFE #26 - above crease
Blanc Type e/s - highlight
Smashbox Heartbreaker liquid liner

Lips
Bubblegum l/s
Electric Fuchsia l/g

February 4, 2010

I know, this poll is about lipstick again! It's just that since 2008 I've really been into lipsticks and still expanding my collection and trying out different colours.

If you were to pink only ONE lipstick colour to wear, what colour would you pick? I'm pretty sure that would be red for me. Red lipsticks tend to always look good on me (regardless of their undertones and intensity) and I always feel so put together when I have a red lipsticks on. I think then if I were to keep one lipstick from my stash, I would keep MAC's Ruby Woo.

What colour is your pick. Please feel free to elaborate in comments.

February 3, 2010

I passed on the neutral quad that saw at the preview party last night because I though it was dupable. Then I went to bed last night and kept thinking that I should have got it. So to prove to myself that I absolutely don't need it, I did a look with similar colours this morning. I used Bronzilla l/s as well which btw looks much better if your lips are less pigmented. I ended up layering over Myth l/s to get the colour I wanted as my lips are very pink.

I know I said I would have comparison swatch but I don't think it's gonna happen today. I just don't have good lighting in the house so I'm gonna take pictures this Saturday during daylight. It's always dark by the time I get home from work.

Hope you guys like this look. Let me know what you think.

Face
LW Portfolio
MUFE F&B #32
Ben Nye setting powder
Sculpt
Too Faced Sun Bunny bronzer

Eyes
Cashflow p/p - base
Creme de Miel e/s - inner 1/3 lid
Amber Lights e/s - mid 1/3 lid
Bronze e/s - outer 1/3 lid
Embark e/s - outer v
Blanc Type e/s - highlight
UD Baked 24/7 - lower lashline
Annabelle Brown k/l - to line

Lips
Myth l/s
Bronzilla l/s
Gold Rebel l/g

February 3, 2010

Hey everyone! I just wanted to remind you that if you want to enter my 100 followers giveaway, you have till February 4th at 12 am to enter (basically only 12 hours left). I will be picking up the winner at random on February 5th.

Click here to enter the contest if you haven't already.

February 2, 2010

This is the look I had on today when I went to the MAC preview party. I went straight from work but I guess I didn't really think about it before and most products I was wearing were from Nars!! When I was at the event, I kept getting compliments on my look from MA's and they asked me what I was wearing. It felt weird admitting it was Nars, lol!

Anyway, here it is. If you want to see my Spring Forecast review, click here.

Face
LW Portfolio
SSF NW25
Ben Nye setting powder
Nars Sin Blush

Eyes
Painterly p/p - base
Illegal Cargo e/s - inner lid
Nars Eurydice Duo (used both colours) - outer lid and crease
Blanc Type e/s - highlight
UD 1999 24/7 - lower lashline
Smashbox Heartbreaker liquid liner - to line

Lips
Nars Afghan Red l/s

February 2, 2010

I attended a preview party for MAC's Spring Colour Forecast this evening so I thought I share my take on the collection for those interested. This collection is scheduled to be officially released next week. Please keep in mind that this is sort of a mini review as the collection is huge and I pretty much only looked at the items I was interested in.

I'm going to break my review down into 4 categories: pink, purple, coral and neutral.

Pink Colours
This was my favourite part of the launch. All the lipsticks, with the exception of Phloox which looked like lip balm on me, were very flattering on. I was very surprised by Bubblegum lipstick. One of the prettiest glazes I've ever seen and it's a light cool pink with some lavender mixed in. I also loved the lipglosses in the pink trend. I picked up Electric Fuchsia which looks awesome on top of Bubblegum. I also loved Hush, Hush Rose. I will go back for it next week. I did not swatch the pigment stalk or the eyeshadows but I did put on the blush and fell in love! Azalea Blossom is a cotton candy pink with hints of lavender when you mix all the colours. Super flattering on my skin and I picked it up. I recommend this blush to all light medium to light skintone ladies. Especially if you have cool or neutral tones (I'm pretty neutral), this will look awesome on you!

Purple Colours
I went straight for the quad #3 as this was a definite on my wishlist. I love how the four colours look together and the fact that there is a mix of frosty and matte finishes. I also tried Vintage Grape blush on. This one is a hard colour for me to pull of. It makes my cheeks look sorta bruised. I would say it's a little too purple for me. Another fave: Purple Rage lipgloss is super hot! I passed it for now but I might go back for it. The only reason I didn't get it was that it reminded me of Amorous d/g. Lavender Wind l/g is very sheer, pass!

Coral Colours
I loved the lip products in this section as well but the only one that worked on my skintone was Fresh Salmon lipstick. It's a nice sheered out pinky coral, super pretty on. I wanted to love Victorian but it has these gold flecks that somehow clash with my colouring. I also loved Ember Glow lipgloss but it looks a lot like Sock Hop from the Heatherette release. The Ripe Peach blush is another hit from this section. It's a light peachy coral and I can imagine it looking gorgeous for spring and summer. I didn't get it as I was trying to be on the budget but you never know it might find its way into my stash! Once again, I didn't swatch the eyeshadows, I don't wear tones of warm corals and oranges and my eyeshadow stash is overflowing at the moment, lol!

Neutral Colours
I got Bronzilla lipstick which is a frosty bronze colour and nothing I've seen before from MAC. It needs some layering (or perhaps concealer on the lips) to get the affect I wanted but it was well worth it! The quad is very pretty but also quite dupable. The lipglosses in this section were my least favourite as they were the sheerest of the bunch. Springshine blush comes on quite like a bronzer on me. I have about 3 bronzers laying around so I passed.

Overall, I liked this collection. It's got something for everyone but I would say personally I loved the pink products best as they mostly worked on me. I also thought this event was much better that the Hello Kitty one from last year. This time they had a coat check so I wasn't boiling in the store. It was also funny that all the MAC MA's from different counters in Ottawa were there. They all know me so I actually spent most of my time chitchatting with them, lol!

Here's a picture of my haul:

Quad #3, Azalea Blossom Blush Ombre, Bronzilla l/s, Bubblegum l/s, Fresh Salmon l/s and Electric Fuchsia l/g

and some crappy swatches of the lip products (sorry, I'm a little tired and my hand kept shaking)

Left to right: Electric Fuchsia l/g, Fresh Salmon l/s, Bubblegum l/s, Bronzilla l/s

Hope my review was helpful to you guys. I will try to do some product comparison swatches tomorrow. What is everyone getting from this collection?