13 posts tagged “mac”

I stumbled on this post by Em from Too Much Blush last week. Since it consist of 4 brushes and I only had the 187, I thought it was really a good bargain! I’ve been wanting to get the 168 for quite a bit now but I was hesitant as I do own a 169.

So I thought what the heck, it was a good bargain even after the exchange rate and stuff.. I might as well just splurge on it and not keep drooling after the 168 each time I hit MAC counters. So on top of it, I dropped in two eyeshadows in order to get free shipping.

So the Perfect Style promo/collection (whichever you want to call it) comes with 4 brushes.. A 187 (fibre optic), 168 (angled blush brush), 263 (angled brush for brows and liner) and a 222 (blending brush).

On top of it.. It comes with a gorgeous black case with a nice minty green lining inside.. With 4 different slots for the brushes.. And on the opposite side a zippered pouch.

p.s. I can’t believe I’m blogging while waiting for my interviews. Geez! I’m really nervous. Sigh.

EDIT: Okay.. After I finished typing this post, the interview call came.. I was stammering like crazy. *Fingers cross* Hopefully I get this. =/

The TWO contestants!

In the Silk Naturals corner, we have the lovely Bloom lipgloss. On the site, Bloom's description is very light, almost milky, but kinda sheer, cool-toned, non-shimmery pink with just the slightest hint of golden.

And in the MAC corner, we have the A Rose Romance lustre lipstick. It is described to be a mid-tone pink with gold pearl.

Umm.. I think we all can agree that the two are very different colours even with the similar description. Personally, I prefer Bloom for its understated grown-up pink. While for A Rose Romance, I feel its relatively blah.. I have a few similar pinks in my MAC stash too which doesn’t get used often too.. I’m guessing it will work really well on people who are on the yellow side.

The rest of my face.. I used SN’s perfecting powder + date bait mix. On cheeks, I used SN’s Stardust blush. For contouring, I used SN’s Drama blush. Lastly, DM’s brow powder in Just Browsin’ Brown.

My Sissie has finally "popped"! She gave birth to a healthy 2.8kg baby girl yesterday. We hope that our two babies would be good friends and that they would grow up together like sisters

So in celebration of the arrival of my goddaughter, I’ll show you more of my hauls and a FoTD! KAKAKAKA~ There’s honestly nothing much to do in Adelaide. My mum and I have been shopping like crazy and cooking up a storm. =P

First up.. THE MAC Haul!
  
In the photo, select sheer pressed powder, studio sculpt concealer and foundation in NC20. Slimshine in Long Stem Rose, lustre lipsticks in Plink! and Way to Love, see thru lip colour in Loving Touch and lipglass in Virgin Kiss. Beauty powder in Blush of Youth and sheertone shimmer blush in Trace Gold

Sadly MMU isn't working well at all for me. I developed some sort of allergy with my EDM PP foundation. No joke! And my skin looked really dull. So my mum and I hopped over to the MAC counter and checked out the new studio sculpt foundation. We both definitely like the next to nothing texture but with medium coverage!

Remember in my previous post, I hauled the Invisible Zinc sunblock but it was in the wrong shade? So I went back to get it exchanged for two ecotools powder brushes (which I gave one to my mum)! And while out grocery shopping, I spotted this smaller tube of the sunblock. Good way to sample it! Anyone wants a CP? XD 

Last but not least, my FOTD.. I’m experiencing a lot of redness now due to the AHA cream cleanser I’m using. I might go out later and hunt for another makeup remover. Eeps..~

Face
Invisible Zinc tinted sunblock in light
MAC select sheer powder in NC20

Lips
ylbb lip balm in Cookies & Cream (YUMMY!)
MAC lustre lipstick in Plink!

Eyes
Too Faced Shadow Insurance (HG Material!) 
L'Oreal HiP cream shadow paint in Steely 
MM Palette in BR751

Thanks to the Hubs that I managed to snag some of my “wants”.

From MAC Viva Glam VI.. My first Viva Glam SE Lipstick and Lipglass!

From left to right, VI Lipstick and VI Lipglass

From MAC Sugar Sweet collection.. Shadesticks in Butternutty and Lemon Chiffon. Lipstick in Bubbles and one backup eyeliner brush!

From top to botton - Lemon Chiffon, Butternutty and Bubbles.

From Etude House.. BB Magic Cream (the best BB cream I’ve tried so far but doesn’t really have good oil control)

From Elianto.. Two baked blushers which were only $7.60 each! Good bargain. Pigmented w/o the crazy glow.

And one random orange blush I got from The Make Up Store a few days ago..

I know Vely is a fan of asking me for dupes. Her fav. request will be MAC's Go eyeshadow.  I've given her a few options. However, I also know that mineral dupes aren’t always accurate. I found another dupe.. A relatively cheaper dupe compared to the original even by commercial makeup standards (it was heavily discounted!).  Canmake Color Wishes eyeshadow in 06! 

Canmake Color Wishes in 06

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p.s. I hope this helps Vely!

*Warning: Picture heavy post!*

I headed down to Vivocity where the Hello Kitty launch was going to happen in the afternoon. I was shopping with Chrystal there. And after dinner, we heard some commotion and realised that the launch was starting. I took some photos of the launch with my phone... Sorry that it ain't great.

My Massive MAC Haul - sponsored by the Hubs

From left to right: Fashion Mews, Cute-ster, Fresh Brew Lipstick and Nice to be Nice Lipglass

Fun and Games Blush

Spice is Nice Cremesheen Lipstick

Grand Duos (from left to right): Love Rock, Light Over Dark, Moon River, Hot Planet

After much contemplation, I decided to give the MAC Hello Kitty collection a miss. As much as I love Hello Kitty, but BLACK kitty really isn’t my thing.

I love Hello Kitty for all the girlish and sweetness she represent. BFF thinks that the black kitty looks evil! (Side note: Each time, I think of the word Evil and I think of this particular song from Phineas and Ferb!)

I really would like to own the two blushes.. but being a STUDENT, I can barely afford to save money and get Hubs a present AND buy makeup. So, skipped it is! So what’s your plans for the weekend? I’m planning to get my essay done and mop around a little. LOL!

On a happier note, my mum managed to locate my favourite Nasi Lemak seller. Chili! Here I come!

Hubs and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s at all.. You should see how commercialized it is here in Singapore. Every street corner there’s someone selling flowers, bears etc. All the weird useless stuff that tries to make you think its cute and “romantic”..

I’ve never gotten flowers from Hubs. LOL! He says its meaningless if he buys it every year and it withers and dies within the week. So instead, on each occasion (birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries.. you name it), I would ask for a card instead.

There were many times and occasions whereby he totally forgot about it. His excuse “I’ve been busy with work.. No time to go shopping”. Haha! Now that he’s on leave and there’s no excuse for it. He managed to surprise me with it even though we were out together most of the time.

All I asked for was a haul from MAC’s creamteam collection.. Yay for me! Alto Singapore is practically sold out on a few colours.. I was considering lavender whip, wondering if I could rawk it.

So here’s it!

After playing hide and seek with my parcels the whole day, I’ve finally received them.. I’m still feeling a little out of my zone at the moment so I’m going to let the pictures do the talking.