September 25, 2009

I just can't get enough of Style black! I posted my haul No.1 from the Pro Store early launch here. I went back yesterday evening to pick up some more stuff as I had more B2M's and also wanted to check out the new Dazzleglasse cremes. I had totally forgotten about them when I went to the pro store, lol! I also hit up Shoppers after and picked up a Lise Watier glitter liner.

Here's the picture of everything together:


I ended up getting the greasepaint stick and Cinderfella from Style Black.
The greasepaint stick is a new product that's kinda like shadesticks, except much creamier. I'm planing on using this as a base for my smokey eye looks. Right now I just use a black gel liner (Blacktrack). I think the GPS is much creamier and it probably will be easier to use. It's pretty much a black colour with tiny amount of shimmer and hints of purple in it. The MA that was helping said that the GPS is great as base on the lid but not so great on its own, especially on the lower lashline as it might smudge if not layered with eyeshadows. This product looks especially great under the new MES, just yummy.
Cinderfella MES was the other MES on my list and I'm happy I got it. It's a black base packed with silver shimmer. This MES and Young Punk are the two prettiest IMO and I would definitely recommend them. Just make sure to use a good base (paint pots or anything creamy is your best bet as opposed to UDPP) and to eliminate fallout use them with mixing medium. Just one drop on the brush is sufficient.

I also checked out the new dazzleglasses and was pretty pleased with the selection. The new dazzleglasses are called dazzleglass cremes but not because they have no sparkle. Actually quite a few of these are as sparkly as the original dazzleglasses. I found at least 5 of them to be much more pigmented than the dazzleglasses. I picked up:
Amorous (dark rich red) which I imagine will looks great over vampy lipsticks such as So Scarlet or Night Violet and Kirsch. It is pigmented to wear on its own too though. This one I found was the most sparkly of the bunch.
I also picked up My Favourite Pink which is gorgeous light barbie pink. This will look great over most of my lipsticks since they are mostly either pink or nude pink, lol! This one "can" be worn on its own if you wear two layers but I think it's best over lipsticks. It has tiny silver-ish sparkles and is super pretty.

I also picked up Night Magic glitter liner by Lise Watier from SDM. I've become such a glitter addict, lol! This one is a gorgeous royal blue glitter and I'm dying to wear it over a blue eyeshadow on my lower lashline, probably will soon do that.

Here's the swatch of everything:

Left to right: Amorous, My Favourite Pink, Night Magic, Cinderfella (no base), Cinderfella (over GPS)

And some lip swatches, they're not the best coz it was kinda dark by the time I got home. Hopefully they're still helpful:


My Favourite Pink


Amorous

September 20, 2009

Like I mentioned in my FOTD post, I got a chance to see the much anticipated MAC collection (at least for me), Style Black yesterday in Montreal Pro store. This collection is amazing you guys! It's everything I wanted and more. I only got three things as my trip was unexpected but I will pick up at least another MES when the collection officially launches this week.

Here's my two cents:

Lipsticks: Black Knight is not as black as you would think, it's more like a black-ish gray (at least on my lips). It's also a Creamsheen formula so it's kinda slippery. The two mattenes are ah-may-ziiiiing!!! I so wanted to buy both! I ended up only getting Night Violet which is a more purple version of Kirsch released last year. I love this kinda dark lipsticks. Midnight Media is a true black. If you want black lips I would say get Midnight Media over Black Knight

Glimmerglasses: These really surprised me. I was totally going to skip them but Black Fire was so hot over Night Violet that I had to have it. Bling Black looks more green-gold than true gold with black base so i skipped it. Blackware is black but not very opaque. In general all of these are kinda sheer and are best paired with lipsticks. I had one set of B2M with me so I B2M'd for Black Fire.

MES: These are the star of Style Black IMO. All three are gorgeous and that's saying a lot as I hate MES in general. I wanted to buy all for but for now I only got Young Punk which is a gorgeous black base with purple/pink glitters. I will be picking up Cinderfella (black base with silver glitters, yumm), this Thursday.

CCB's: This are gorgeous black bases but I hear that CCB's crease a lot. They're not must haves for me but they swatch beautifully.

Grease Paintstick: Ok, so the pro store I went to had already sold out of this :( So I didn't get to play with it. I need to see it this Thursday.

Nail Lacquers: I did not play with these as I'm not a fan of MAC nailpolishes, but if you are make sure to check out Baby Goth Girl. Seriously gorgeous polish!

Face Products: again a skip for me as I don't like LE skin care.

In general, this was the best collection MAC has come out with for a long time. I'm really impressed and cannot wait to play with everything again this Thursday. Happy hauling everyone and hope that this was helpful.

Here are some pics:

My haul - part 1: Night Violet Mattene, Black Fire g/g and Young Punk MES


Left to right: Young Punk over Artifact p/p, over Blacktrack and on its own


Night Violet on my lips - no liner


Black Fire on top of Night Violet

September 9, 2009

I've been looking at all the upcoming collections from various brands and I have a huge lemming list. Fall is my favourite season for shopping for anything beauty and even for clothing. I think even though I love our short summers here in Ottawa, I just prefer darker and richer colours and hence I adore fall fashion and makeup. I'm going to be so broke this fall especially!

Anyway, here's my lemming list:

MAC
- Young Pink, Blue Flame and Cinderfella MES (Style Black)
- Night Violet Mattene (Style Black)
- Black Grease Paintstick (Style Black)
- Faultlessly l/s, Hipster l/s and So This Season l/g (Trend F/W)
- Feline and B Grease Paintstick (D'Squared)

MUFE
- Matte Velvet Duo (this is perm)

Stila
- All Doll'd Up eyeshadow Palette and Purple Pumps Smudge Pot (Barbie Loves Stila)

Color Club
- Love'em, Leave,' em, Wild and Willing and Wild at Heart

What are you lemming this season?

picture courtesy of Specktra

Specktra already has full colour info and collection promo image for various fall collections. The one I'm particularly interested in is called Style Black and is set to be released in North America on September 24. Now I know that's a long time away still, but I'm so freakin excited about this collection. Just take a look at the collection info below:

Style Black - Colour

Lipsticks: (LE) $14.00
Black Knight - Creamy true black (cremesheen)

Mattenes: (LE) $14.50
Midnight Media - Dense matte black
Night Violet - Deep purple grape (Repromote from Mattene)

Glimmerglass: (LE) $18.00USD
This is a new lip product. They are in the same packaging as the Dazzleglass tubes and have a brush applicator.

• Bling Black - Sheer black with gold pearl
• Blackfire - Sheer black with pink purple pearl
• Blackware - Creamy true black

• Cinderfella - Black with silver pearl
• Young Punk - Black with pink purple pearl
• Gilt by Association - Black with gold bronze pearl
• Blue Flame - Black with blue pearl

• Intense Black - Black base with purple shimmer. These are water-/smudge-resistant.

• Rapidblack - True black

• Smolder - Intense Black

• Nocturnelle - True black (Cream) (Permanent)
• Seriously Hip - Black with gold particle pearl (Frost) (LE)
• Baby Goth Girl - Black with pink and purple pearl (Frost) (LE)

• #214 Short Shader Brush - Short, rounded, double-chiselled brush with soft, natural bristles. Can be used with shadow to line and smudge around the lash line and very effective for densely shading lids. (Permanent) $23.00USD

• Volcanic Ash Exfoliator (LE) $19.50USD
  
  
• Volcanic Ash Thermal Mask (LE) $19.50USD
  

• Black Creamy - True black (LE)
• Bat Black - Burgundy black with pink pearl (Permanent) (Pro)