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This blog is a very tiny window into my blogging life. A narrow, frosted window; the kind you usually see at the dentist's office to shield from view the impending torture slowly deviating toward your mouth.

Unfortunately, most of my blogging content is too personal to put up publicly, and I feel bad because 99.9% of the people I mention it to won't ever have access to it. So I made a public blog. It has resulted in the debacle that is this account - a superficial outpouring in humorously obscure, skewed ways.
Showing posts with label MAC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MAC. Show all posts

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Joyeux Noel, mon cherie amour.

Merry Christmas! Here's a nice festive look to compliment, well, my awesome fantastic dress. Bryan's was having a "Buy One Dress, Get One Dress Free" sale, so SCORE. (The economy must really be shitty if BRYAN'S is having that kind of sale. Then again, I went home the same night after buying two dresses and found out on Digg that in the US, there's a "Buy One Car, Get One Car Free!" sale. Like, fuck, let's go buy a car.)

I'm afraid my flash kept washing out the color for the close ups, and it never did capture the glitter very well (or at all). Enjoy, and hope you had a good one.






FACE:
- MAC Face and Body Foundation
- MAC Studio Fix Foundation

Apply Face and Body, then lightly dust over with Studio Fix to seal.

EYES:
- Urban Decay Primer Potion
- MAC Moss Scape paint pot
- MAC Nylon eyeshadow
- MAC Juxt eyeshadow
- MAC Humid eyeshadow
- MAC Swimming eyeshadow
- MAC Antique Green pigment (LE)
- MAC Reflects Antique Gold glitter (LE)
- Mascara: Lancome Definicils
- Liner: L'Oreal Carbon Black Liquid Liner

Spread Moss Scape paint pot all over the area of the lid where you want the color. Spread UDPP all over the area without the paint pot (ie: the brow highlight area). I didn't want the color to go so high, so I limited the area to the lid because frick, that paint pot can really stick if you don't watch where you put it. Apply Nylon into the inner crease of the eye, and although I'm not a big fan of putting the eyeshadow on the lower lash line, it generally has a nice effect if it blends into the inner eye. Spread Antique Green all over the rest of the paint pot-ted area, working from the outside toward the in. With a fluffier brush (I generally use one good for blending), apply Juxt on the middle lid, starting from farther away and working inward. Blend in Humid into the outer crease for dimension and depth, lightening the darker shadow with some Swimming.

Because I wanted the Antique Green to retain most of its color, I mostly stayed away from actual lid area and concentrated on the surrounding region.

Spread Retro-Spark all over the upper brow for a highlight, blending the green color softly into it. Highlight cheeks and upper brow with glitter.

Create a small liner wing with liquid eyeliner, then curl and apply mascara.

CHEEKS:
- MAC Dainty (LE) on top of MAC Plum Foolery to dim it down.

LIPS:
- MAC Ample Pink topped with MAC Love Nectar.


*LE = Limited Edition








MY DRESS. =D










Thursday, December 4, 2008

Teal Time



FACE:
- MAC Studio Fix Foundation

EYES:
- Base: Urban Decay Primer Potion

Spread MAC Teal Pigment all over base of lid, MAC Mega-Riche Pigment on inner lid, MAC Freshwater on middle lid, MAC Cool Heat (LE) on outer lid. MAC Shimmermoss on lower lid, with MAC Blue Flame (LE) in the crease. Highlight is MAC Nylon brushed over with MAC Retrospark.

CHEEKS:
- MAC Dainty (LE)

LIPS:
- MAC Love Nectar



** Note: LE means LIMITED EDITION. They're the one-time collections that MAC has sometimes. There are lots of similar colors though, so don't be afraid to use another similar shade.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Purple Time

I realllllllyyy dig Temptalia and her makeup efforts, so here's my try to emulate her. Henri, this shit is for you, you know. =)






FACE:
- MAC Studio Fix Foundation

EYES:
- Base: Urban Decay Primer Potion
- Inner Lid: MAC Shale
- Outer Lid: MAC Trax
- Middle Lid: MAC Star Violet & MAC Noctournelle
- Crease: MAC Top Hat (LE)
- Highlight: Lancome Creme Lustre
- Mascara: Lancome Definicils
- Liner: L'Oreal Carbon Black Liquid Liner

CHEEKS:
- MAC Plum Foolery

LIPS:
- Oops, forgot. I ended up putting on MAC Liqueur (LE) later on the the day though, to play on the purples.


Monday, November 24, 2008

MAC Monogram Luxe Launch

MAC has been having all these launches planned that I read the info for, and I'm not really all that gung-ho about. With the release of the Holiday 2008 collection, I was severely disappointed with everything but one lipgloss set, and a couple of the eyeshadow palates. /disgruntled look.

And yes, I'm blogging about makeup. I've probably spent a good $1000+ so far in the last year and a half on MAC. When my collection seems decent (Temptalia owns us all by far), I'll make a collection post. If some person out there can make a thousand and one posts about Nike shoes, I can blog about makeup.



















I for one, am finally excited. It's probably because it's gold themed. =) Pictures from Temptalia.