Wednesday 23 February 2011

MAC Wonder Woman Collection Purchases

Hi Everyone, 
I finally recieved my MAC Wonder Woman order from Selfridges today, I missed my delivery on Monday but luckily had it re-delivered today when I had the morning off. I was really excited when I saw the information about his collection, so much so I skipped the Peacocky collection entirely. Personally, I'm fan of Wonder Woman, particularly the 70s TV show starring Lynda Carter, my DVD box sets have been well and truly watched! I actually have a framed photo of Lynda in full Wonder Woman attire hanging on my bedroom wall that was my dad's.

Apologies for the slight blur on the photos I took, I didn't realise my camera batteries were about to die!


I ended up purchasing 3 things from the collection; Pink Power Mineralize Skinfinish, Blush Duo in Mighty Aphrodite and Russian Red lipstick.

For me the star of the collection is Pink Power Mineralize Skinfinish, I honestly didn't think I'd love it as much as I do. The pigmentation of all 3 shades is really nice, I also like that it's large enough to use each shade separately which is how I intend on using it.

Swatches of Pink Power Mineralize Skinfinish


Mighty Aphrodite Blush Duo looks exactly how I expected it to, I personally love the lighter peach shade alone as a blush but it looks nice mixed with the deeper pink also. When swatching the deeper pink lower half of the blush I found the shade to be a lot sheerer and had to be built up a lot. That's no issue for me however as I wouldn't use that shade alone, I'd mix it with the lighter peach shade.

Swatches of Mighty Aphrodite Blush Duo
(left to right: both shades mixed, top peach half of blush, lower deep pink half of blush)

My final purchase was Russian Red lipstick which has a matte finish. This is an item I definitely bought for the packaging as I'd been planning on purchasing it from the permanent range. I didn't swatch this as I'm sure most people are familiar with it, I will be featuring it in a look soon however :)

Overall, I didn't end up purchasing as much from the collection as I thought I would, but I'm really happy with what I did get. There are some pretty polarised views about the packaging, I personally love it. I've heard a few people mention the MSF packaging looks a little cheap, I disagree with this, the MSF packaging is actually my favourite!
Even though the blush duos come with a mirror, to me they look a little cheaper than the rest of the products.I think that's beause the lid is just the solid red plastic, the gold band isn't visible until you open the compact which stands out from the other products. The raised section of the lid also seems to have a visible seam if you look at it closely, I personally would have loved a domed lid like the MSFs - but that's just my opinion!  
-LadyDanger
xxx

Monday 14 February 2011

Nicki Minaj - Moment 4 Life Inspired Look

 Hi Everyone,
 I really liked the third makeup look Nicki Minaj wore in her music video for Moment 4 Life. In the video I couldn't really see if her crease was defined or how far her liner extended so I added my own twist.

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 The makeup Nicki is wearing in the music video.

Products Used:
Face:
Revlon Colorstay and L'Oreal True Match foundations mixed
Accessorize With Love California Baked Bronzer
Mixed light pink eyeshadows from 120 palette as blush.

Eyes:
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Milk
Eyeko Grafitti Liner - Black
Urban Decay 24/7 Liner - Zero (waterline)
120 Palette - matte white eyeshadow
MAC Copperplate shadow (mixed with No7 matte bronzer in crease, brows)
Urban Decay - Jinx (lower lash line)

Lips:
MAC Saint Germain mixed with a bit of Impassioned.

I'm also wearing quite large false lashes but they're not visible in the photo with the angle my eyes are closed, oops!

- Rachel
x

Saturday 12 February 2011

Jessie J - Brit Awards Launch Inspired Look

Hi Everyone,
I took a bit of a break from blogging, I felt like I had lost my mojo a bit and was leaving a long time between each blog post. I do think this break did me some good though, I'm feeling a lot more inspired and already have a few blog posts lined up, so hopefully the gap between each one will be reduced. 

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I actually did this look tonight, I was really excited to finally find some high quality images of Jessie J's makeup from the Brit Awards launch party. I've been wanting to do this ever since I saw her performance, so I didn't hesitate to give it a try. She wore black lipstick for the performance, but I cannot pull a black lip off at all so went for the bright matte red lip she sported on the red carpet. I also bronzed up my cheeks unlike Jessie who had a light contour, this was just personal preference as I'm already really pale I like a bit of colour in my cheeks :)

Jessie J at the Brit Awards launch party

I realised her dotted liner was actually rhinestones in the close up images and interviews from the night, they really looked nice as they reflected the light. I used leftover black swarovski crystals from 'blinging' my phone a while ago... hehe.

 Close-up of the makeup she wore on the night.

Products Used
Face:
Revlon Colorstay and L'Oreal True Match foundations mixed together. 
Accessorize With Love California Baked Bronzer

Eyes:
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils - Milk and Black Bean
Urban Decay 24/7 liner - Zero
120 Palette  - matte white (brow bone, inner corner and inner part of lid)
120 Palette - matte black
No7 Contour Powder (to blend out shadow, from limited edition christmas compact)
MAC Penultimate Liner - Rapidblack
False lashes - no brand name, very natural looking. 
Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara - lots of it.
MAC Copperplate Shadow - Brows

Lips:
Barry M Lip Liner - Red
Superdrug MUA Lipstick - Shade 13 (AMAZING red lipstick for £1)
120 Palette - matte red eyeshadow (applied on top to mattify lip)

-Rachel 
xxx