Rihanna for M.A.C

I love M.A.C and recently found out Rihanna is doing a collection for them for 2013! One of the products I am most excited for is RiRi Woo, a red lipstick similar to Ruby Woo (apparently one of R's favourite lipsticks). Here is Rihanna previewing the lipstick:

This is such a great colour! Everyone loves a bright red lip and this one is so pretty. The lipstick is 1 of 3 launching this summer along with a range of other products. M.A.C previewed some of the other products in this range too, I think the packaging is so cute!

Rihanna's make up is always really striking and gorgeous, so I can't wait for these products to come out!

Green and Blue Smokey Eye

Green and Blue Smokey Eye

Here is a recent look I did- it's a smokey eye look with blues and greens! For this I used an 80 colour eyeshadow palette and played around with lots of different blue and green shades to create this, would be nice on a night out or something similar! This was challenging for me to do- I'm not usually a big wearer of brights, but it was actually really fun!

I started with a MAC Paint Pot in Painterly, then applied a white eye shadow from lid to brow as a base, and to make the colours really pop. I started in the crease with a MAC #224 brush with a light green colour, then applied a bright blue slightly below this in the crease too. I put a light, baby blue all over the lid and inner corner, then applied electric blue all over the lid and blended outwards and upwards. I blended with more green and used navy and a bit of black in the outer v to add the 'smokey' effect to the eye.

I finished with lashes, eyeliner and mascara! This was a fun look to do.

Neutral Smokey Eye Look

Neutral Smokey Eye Look

Here is a neutral smokey eye look I created on my sister (girl in the pictures, please excuse her eyebrows haha) with some steps on how you could get a similar sort of look! I used MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC25 with a MAC #187 with a little of MAC's Select Moisturecover under the eyes. I set with a small amount of MAC Blot Powder in Medium. For the eyes I used MAC's Painterly Paint Pot, a MAC #239 and applied Naked Lunch all over the lid, and slightly on the inner v/tear duct. I used Espresso in the crease, Wedge to blend out (with #217 and #224), and defined the outer v with Black Tied. I also took a little of Black Tied into the lower lashline with a #219. I went over the brows with MAC Eye Brows in Lingering, a great, versatile eyepencil, but sadly runs out very fast :( .I finished the look with E.L.F mascara, only needed a small amount as her lashes are already really long!

Here is the finished look!

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Review

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadows

Hi everyone!
I bought the MAC Mineralize eyeshadows in Gilt by Association and Young Punk a while back, wanted to review them, but just never got round to it! Here are the shadows:

Mineralize eyeshadows are baked and can be applied wet or dry, both giving different results. These colours look so great in the pot! I chose these hoping I could create some smoky eyes with them and was really impressed at how they looked in the packaging. Swatched on my finger they look like this:

I would describe Gilt by Association as a kind of antique/old gold, with slight olive tones in it, occasionally with streaks of very dark gold or black. Young punk I would describe as a very vibrant purple with very dark tones. Both have a slight glitter in them, which I love. However, these are the two colours swatched on my arm with a MAC #239 brush:

As you can see the colours don't come out as great as they look in the packaging! This colour payoff was achieved after only a few sweeps though, so I guess layering it on would give you a great look! My fave is easily Gilt by Association, just because I can see myself wearing it in so many ways, and it's a much more versatile colour. I do love purple smokey eyes though so Young Punk does come in handy for those looks. One of my favourite looks to do with G.B.A is a bronze/gold smokey eye with G.B.A swept across the crease to intensify the look- the black goes really cool with it!

Sadly, I think I've used Gilt by Association about 5/6 times and Young Punk about once! I usually just reach for my MAC Pro Pallette and completely forget about the loose eyeshadows I have...so overall only buy these products if you know you're going to be using them a lot because for £16.50 they're not the cheapest about!