
Makeup Lust: MAC Eyeshadow in Cork
Hi babes! How are you? :) Good I would hope, I've got something dead exciting to talk to you about, well not really but it's exciting because its an awesome product and you should know about it so you TOO can experience the awesome-ness, how does that sound? Good? Keep reading!
It's a MAC product of course it's fantastic, Cork is (as described by MAC) a muted golden brown and that pretty much hits the hammer on the head. I'd say it was a neutral golden brown that isn't too warm nor too cool, meaning it suits a large variety of skin tones, brow colours and eye colours. I like that although Cork is a satin finish it's honestly close enough to a matte that you can use it for contouring and your eyebrows with looking weird.

The reason I bought Cork is that for my eyebrows I use three colours all from my Coastal Scents 88 Original Eyeshadow palette, and the lightest brown colour is pretty much empty because it works for everything, brows, crease shading, nose contouring, it's just fantastic and I think everyone needs a staple light/medium brown in their collection, so versatile! So I use it now for those purposes, eyebrows, nose/bottom lip contouring and as an all around eyeshadow and it's such a pleasure to use. Cork has effortless blendability, strong colour payoff and has that MAC smooth, slightly buttery yet dry enough texture. I think its such an essential colour that you really can't go wrong with.
There were also two main factors in my choosing of Cork over other matte browns in the MAC collection, none of the other colours really matched what I had in the Coastal Scents palette, they were generally too cool (e.g. Charcoal Brown, Wedge), too dark (Embark & Espresso) or had too much red brown in them (.e.g Swiss Chocolate), and some were even too warm! (Here's looking at you.. Saddle...) so it seemed that I was left to the Satins, but I'm glad I was :)
In Australia MAC Eyeshadows retail for $33 each.
Labels: brown eyeshadow, contouring, crease colours, eyebrows, eyeshadow, M.A.C cork, M.A.C eyeshadow, mac, mac cork, mac cosmetics, mac eyeshadow, mac satin eyeshadow, makeup lust, product review, satin eyeshadow

September Wish List!
On my current wish list for September I've got quite a mixed bag! A bit less makeup than usual because I'm re-prioritising my money at the moment and I'm really looking into getting fit and active for real this time. Let's get into it!
Top Left: Lady Gaga "The Fame" Eau De Parfum
I accidentally broke my Viva La Juicy perfume and though I'm still loving my Diesel Loverdose I am a huge fan of Lady Gaga and I'm dying to get her new fragrance! It's available at Myer now (and I'd love to rack up some more points on my Myer One card) for $110 for the 100ml bottle.
I am still loving my Make Up For Ever HD Foundation and am currently about to begin my second bottle, but I always like to have two or three foundations to switch things up and sometimes I get bored using the same product every day! I have heard amazing things about this foundation and one of my best friends just bought it on my advice and it looks incredible on her. I tested some shades the other week and it was literally like swatching my own skin, can't wait to get it! If I buy it I'll get it from Priceline to get more points on my card (I have cards for everything! Haha) for about around $34.95
As I've said before I'm really starting to get into my health and fitness and whilst I don't quite have the body just yet to wear a crop top on its own without anything covering my stomach, I can wear it with a loose shirt underneath and if I really progress I can get to that stage of confidence where I can wear it on it's own! This would also match the runners I'm planning on getting! This is available on the Cotton On Body website for $19.95
This one is more of a splurge/indulgence more than anything, I don't own any long dresses (seeing as I'm only 5 feet tall it's understandable!) but this one has really caught my attention, I love the bodice, I love the cut of skirt and the draping and I just love Forever New! It's on their website at the moment for (ouch!) $119.99
My mascaras right now are running out like there's no tomorrow so I am desperate to replenish! You all know how much I adore M.A.C. and I'm always searching for the mascara that's gonna give me the closest appearance to false eyelashes. People have said bad things about M.A.C mascaras but all my experiences with them have been great. You can purchase this at M.A.C for $42
As I said I'm very much keen to start getting active and to do that I'm gonna need proper shoes, I've been seeing these neon Nike shoes on tumblr lately and I am obsessed with them! I can't wait to get these as soon as possible so I can properly get into my health, these are definitely the top of my wish list. Prices vary depending on the retailer.
Another fitness related item! These shorts are so cute and would match perfectly with the crop top and shoes that it's irresistible, and even when I'm working out my clothes do have to look good! I also love that the larger waistband gives more support and looks more interesting than an ordinary pair of shorts. They're available at Cotton On Body for $14.95
Labels: active, fitness, forever new, health, lady gaga, mac, mac cosmetics, mascara, nike, revlon, revlon colorstay whipped creme, september, the fame eau de parfum, wishlist

Blush Lust: M.A.C Pink Cult
Hi munchkins, I have got one of my
favourite winter products to talk to you guys about today; the
M.A.C Powder Blush in Pink Cult, it's one of my staples for my makeup in the cooler months of the year and with a buttery soft matte finish I can't pass it up! According to the M.A.C website
Pink Cult is a limited edition colour, but it was suggested to me by an artist in July of last year and as far as I know it's still a part of the permanent collection.


Described by M.A.C as a "mid-tone dirty neutral pink", I'd say Pink Cult is a silky smooth cool (it appears cool in the pan but applies as a stunning neutral) dusty pink that flatters most fair to medium skin tones but would appear too powdery for women of colour. This is definitely my main winter colour, I own a fair few blushes but I can't resist picking Pink Cult when I'm looking through my collection in the morning. I love pairing it in order to balance out my skins when it has a lot of other dewy elements, I've also found Pink Cult suits any eye design that I have and layers on my skin beautifully.



As you can see it swatches with very high pigmentation and intensity, but it never ever looks too heavy, cakey or overdone no matter how heavy handed you are! It lasts for around 6 hours on my face and still looks fresh and strongly intact which is a huge bonus, since I often find blush is one of the first things that fades on my face. It's very similar to Coygirl by M.A.C but it's a paler and more neutral version, which quite frankly I prefer.
I believe M.A.C blushes retail for $41 (hopefully less!) as listed on the website and I highly recommend Pink Cult, I haven't seen a colour like it yet and haven't gone one like it in my collection.
Labels: blush, blush lust, limited edition, M.A.C, m.a.c pink cult, m.a.c pink cult matte powder blush, mac, makeup, matte blush, recommended

M.A.C Extra Dimension Skinfinish
I've never really been a person to wear a facial highlight, as my skin has always been combination to oily (yes, people did used to call me "shiny face") I never wanted to add to the shine. But in the past few months I've actually been enjoying a bit of shine and accent to the high points of my face, and what better way to add dimension than with the M.A.C Extra Dimension Skinfinish in the shade Superb.
M.A.C makes 3 different shades of Extra Dimension Skinfinish but I found superb to be the most wearable, a soft peachy to champagne nude. The other shades include Whisper of Gilt (the lightest gold colour that would only be workable on light to fair skin tones as it may come off chalky on darker tones) and Glorify (a beautiful dark copper/bronze that would only be workable for tan to darker skin tones)
(from left to right;
Whisper of Gilt, Glorify, Superb)
Credit
I haven't seen or heard of this product from M.A.C before, and the first time I spotted them was at the M.A.C counter at Harrods in Knightsbridge (fancy I know?!) and it took me around 10 minutes just to choose which shade I wanted, when you swatch them they're the most soft textured powders. They have a quite dry texture and they're also extremely long-lasting, and highly pigmented!
The reason they're called Extra Dimension is because the wavy pattern is embedded into the powder, and it has ridges that rise and fall, therefore the next dimension! Rather than a flat powder. It also has M.A.C in a pattern in the top half of the powder, but it's rubbed off since I've been using it every day since I bought it!
Superb is the shade that suits practically all skin tones, warm, cool, light and dark! It adds such a beautiful wet look sheen to the skin and I always apply it with an angled blush brush above my eye brows, my brow bone, on my cheekbone, down my nose and on my cupids bow. Superb also photographs beautifully on the skin, another bonus!
I believe that Extra Dimension Skinfinishes are around £25 or more, I honestly don't remember, but I do love and recommend it as a luxury highlighter!
Labels: cosmetics, extra dimension skinfinish superb, high street, highlighter, M.A.C, M.A.C extra dimension skinfinish, mac, makeup, recommended

Makeup Lust: MAC Eyeshadow in Cork
Monday, 28 January 2013, Monday, January 28, 2013
Hi babes! How are you? :) Good I would hope, I've got something dead exciting to talk to you about, well not really but it's exciting because its an awesome product and you should know about it so you TOO can experience the awesome-ness, how does that sound? Good? Keep reading!
It's a MAC product of course it's fantastic, Cork is (as described by MAC) a muted golden brown and that pretty much hits the hammer on the head. I'd say it was a neutral golden brown that isn't too warm nor too cool, meaning it suits a large variety of skin tones, brow colours and eye colours. I like that although Cork is a satin finish it's honestly close enough to a matte that you can use it for contouring and your eyebrows with looking weird.

The reason I bought Cork is that for my eyebrows I use three colours all from my Coastal Scents 88 Original Eyeshadow palette, and the lightest brown colour is pretty much empty because it works for everything, brows, crease shading, nose contouring, it's just fantastic and I think everyone needs a staple light/medium brown in their collection, so versatile! So I use it now for those purposes, eyebrows, nose/bottom lip contouring and as an all around eyeshadow and it's such a pleasure to use. Cork has effortless blendability, strong colour payoff and has that MAC smooth, slightly buttery yet dry enough texture. I think its such an essential colour that you really can't go wrong with.
There were also two main factors in my choosing of Cork over other matte browns in the MAC collection, none of the other colours really matched what I had in the Coastal Scents palette, they were generally too cool (e.g. Charcoal Brown, Wedge), too dark (Embark & Espresso) or had too much red brown in them (.e.g Swiss Chocolate), and some were even too warm! (Here's looking at you.. Saddle...) so it seemed that I was left to the Satins, but I'm glad I was :)
In Australia MAC Eyeshadows retail for $33 each.
Labels: brown eyeshadow, contouring, crease colours, eyebrows, eyeshadow, M.A.C cork, M.A.C eyeshadow, mac, mac cork, mac cosmetics, mac eyeshadow, mac satin eyeshadow, makeup lust, product review, satin eyeshadow

September Wish List!
Sunday, 9 September 2012, Sunday, September 09, 2012
On my current wish list for September I've got quite a mixed bag! A bit less makeup than usual because I'm re-prioritising my money at the moment and I'm really looking into getting fit and active for real this time. Let's get into it!
Top Left: Lady Gaga "The Fame" Eau De Parfum
I accidentally broke my Viva La Juicy perfume and though I'm still loving my Diesel Loverdose I am a huge fan of Lady Gaga and I'm dying to get her new fragrance! It's available at Myer now (and I'd love to rack up some more points on my Myer One card) for $110 for the 100ml bottle.
I am still loving my Make Up For Ever HD Foundation and am currently about to begin my second bottle, but I always like to have two or three foundations to switch things up and sometimes I get bored using the same product every day! I have heard amazing things about this foundation and one of my best friends just bought it on my advice and it looks incredible on her. I tested some shades the other week and it was literally like swatching my own skin, can't wait to get it! If I buy it I'll get it from Priceline to get more points on my card (I have cards for everything! Haha) for about around $34.95
As I've said before I'm really starting to get into my health and fitness and whilst I don't quite have the body just yet to wear a crop top on its own without anything covering my stomach, I can wear it with a loose shirt underneath and if I really progress I can get to that stage of confidence where I can wear it on it's own! This would also match the runners I'm planning on getting! This is available on the Cotton On Body website for $19.95
This one is more of a splurge/indulgence more than anything, I don't own any long dresses (seeing as I'm only 5 feet tall it's understandable!) but this one has really caught my attention, I love the bodice, I love the cut of skirt and the draping and I just love Forever New! It's on their website at the moment for (ouch!) $119.99
My mascaras right now are running out like there's no tomorrow so I am desperate to replenish! You all know how much I adore M.A.C. and I'm always searching for the mascara that's gonna give me the closest appearance to false eyelashes. People have said bad things about M.A.C mascaras but all my experiences with them have been great. You can purchase this at M.A.C for $42
As I said I'm very much keen to start getting active and to do that I'm gonna need proper shoes, I've been seeing these neon Nike shoes on tumblr lately and I am obsessed with them! I can't wait to get these as soon as possible so I can properly get into my health, these are definitely the top of my wish list. Prices vary depending on the retailer.
Another fitness related item! These shorts are so cute and would match perfectly with the crop top and shoes that it's irresistible, and even when I'm working out my clothes do have to look good! I also love that the larger waistband gives more support and looks more interesting than an ordinary pair of shorts. They're available at Cotton On Body for $14.95
Labels: active, fitness, forever new, health, lady gaga, mac, mac cosmetics, mascara, nike, revlon, revlon colorstay whipped creme, september, the fame eau de parfum, wishlist

Blush Lust: M.A.C Pink Cult
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Hi munchkins, I have got one of my
favourite winter products to talk to you guys about today; the
M.A.C Powder Blush in Pink Cult, it's one of my staples for my makeup in the cooler months of the year and with a buttery soft matte finish I can't pass it up! According to the M.A.C website
Pink Cult is a limited edition colour, but it was suggested to me by an artist in July of last year and as far as I know it's still a part of the permanent collection.


Described by M.A.C as a "mid-tone dirty neutral pink", I'd say Pink Cult is a silky smooth cool (it appears cool in the pan but applies as a stunning neutral) dusty pink that flatters most fair to medium skin tones but would appear too powdery for women of colour. This is definitely my main winter colour, I own a fair few blushes but I can't resist picking Pink Cult when I'm looking through my collection in the morning. I love pairing it in order to balance out my skins when it has a lot of other dewy elements, I've also found Pink Cult suits any eye design that I have and layers on my skin beautifully.



As you can see it swatches with very high pigmentation and intensity, but it never ever looks too heavy, cakey or overdone no matter how heavy handed you are! It lasts for around 6 hours on my face and still looks fresh and strongly intact which is a huge bonus, since I often find blush is one of the first things that fades on my face. It's very similar to Coygirl by M.A.C but it's a paler and more neutral version, which quite frankly I prefer.
I believe M.A.C blushes retail for $41 (hopefully less!) as listed on the website and I highly recommend Pink Cult, I haven't seen a colour like it yet and haven't gone one like it in my collection.
Labels: blush, blush lust, limited edition, M.A.C, m.a.c pink cult, m.a.c pink cult matte powder blush, mac, makeup, matte blush, recommended

M.A.C Extra Dimension Skinfinish
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, Tuesday, June 19, 2012
I've never really been a person to wear a facial highlight, as my skin has always been combination to oily (yes, people did used to call me "shiny face") I never wanted to add to the shine. But in the past few months I've actually been enjoying a bit of shine and accent to the high points of my face, and what better way to add dimension than with the M.A.C Extra Dimension Skinfinish in the shade Superb.
M.A.C makes 3 different shades of Extra Dimension Skinfinish but I found superb to be the most wearable, a soft peachy to champagne nude. The other shades include Whisper of Gilt (the lightest gold colour that would only be workable on light to fair skin tones as it may come off chalky on darker tones) and Glorify (a beautiful dark copper/bronze that would only be workable for tan to darker skin tones)
(from left to right;
Whisper of Gilt, Glorify, Superb)
Credit
I haven't seen or heard of this product from M.A.C before, and the first time I spotted them was at the M.A.C counter at Harrods in Knightsbridge (fancy I know?!) and it took me around 10 minutes just to choose which shade I wanted, when you swatch them they're the most soft textured powders. They have a quite dry texture and they're also extremely long-lasting, and highly pigmented!
The reason they're called Extra Dimension is because the wavy pattern is embedded into the powder, and it has ridges that rise and fall, therefore the next dimension! Rather than a flat powder. It also has M.A.C in a pattern in the top half of the powder, but it's rubbed off since I've been using it every day since I bought it!
Superb is the shade that suits practically all skin tones, warm, cool, light and dark! It adds such a beautiful wet look sheen to the skin and I always apply it with an angled blush brush above my eye brows, my brow bone, on my cheekbone, down my nose and on my cupids bow. Superb also photographs beautifully on the skin, another bonus!
I believe that Extra Dimension Skinfinishes are around £25 or more, I honestly don't remember, but I do love and recommend it as a luxury highlighter!
Labels: cosmetics, extra dimension skinfinish superb, high street, highlighter, M.A.C, M.A.C extra dimension skinfinish, mac, makeup, recommended