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

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.

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.

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.

Orgasm vs. SUPER Orgasm?!

So NARS released a new version of Orgasm, one of their trademark colors and blushes the other day (it's called Super Orgasm ($25 US)):

It's described as a "shimmery peachy pink with golden flecks of glitter." I... am actually really interested in this one. I have MAC's Danity mineralized blush, which is reminiscent of this color, and I'm not really a fan of buying almost-doubles. Although the quality and material is completely different. I spend a lot of money on make up (even though I really don't need it), but I buy things that generally pop out and scream, "OMG AWESOME."

I either like: bright, bold colors that make people glue their eye-ballers to my face; or really subtle make up that makes it seem you're not wearing any make up at all.

AND, I really like crazy make up. MAC came out with so many sweet face charts for this year! For Halloween, I was all hyped up to do something crazy special fx make up like this:

Or some crazy mutilated flesh one (with all my syringes sticking out of them and everything), but no. Because...

I'm in clinical.

And not only that, I'm in community and maternity/gynecology. Yeah. That won't scare off my clients and their families at all:

"OMG I LOOK LIKE I'M GOING TO EAT YOUR BABY. "

Because this is what I was planning to look like for Halloween:

[Photo inspiration: http://community.livejournal.com/eyeshadowsluts/4992327.html].

Or this:

[Photo inspiration: http://community.livejournal.com/smokin_makeup/1225583.html#cutid1]

But no.

The one thing I completely regret about being a nurse is the fact that I can't dress up to go to work.

>_>

I know it's superficial, and not really relevant at all, but stillllllll. =(


AND NOW, I'm off to study pathophysiology. The subject where I find out about stuff that doesn't go right in your body.

NARS ORGASM / Prostate Cancer & Pharmacology

So I'm researching all this medication and pharmacology-esque stuff for prostate cancer right now (attention males with penises and things -- go get yourself checked out. Anyone over 15 should go for yearly testicular cancer exams, for the record. Or, just feel your balls in the shower. You know, whatever works) ...and getting distracted by all the new MAC promotions and the NARS holiday line:

Omg, I want this nail polish:

It's an orgasm in a tiny bottle -- seriously though, the shade of that peach/pink is called orgasm. They're also coming out with these eyeshadow color (Night Life and Silent Life):

...which are fucking gorgeous. I'm not even a NARS fan at all. The consistency of some of its products doesn't mesh well with what I usually look for. But I like the color of these a lot.

Christian Dior came out with a holiday diamond palate, but while I love the product quality for most CD eyeshadows, I'm very rarely drawn to any of its colors. Maybe its the fact that the color of some of the more drab palates wash out the really vibrant colors -- it's a shame. However, I'm dying to get my hands on some of the Yves Saint Laurant Rouge Volumpte line of lipsticks:



The Creamsheens that MAC recently came out with had much to be desired. I thought they would be better -- but they weren't. Mostly to me though. I didn't find many of the colors considerably flattering. Speaking of makeup, I haven't been shopping for any since the Cult of Cherry release a few weeks ago. Time to go update my collection. :)

I'll post a picture of all my MAC one day when I organize them into a new traincase.


(Photo credit to Temptalia)