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My 100th Post!!!! Celebrating with a simple LOTD!

May 6, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Yay!!!

Celebrating with something that was one of my original plans for the blog, a LOTD.  I have not done one of these in a while, but small ting!!

Anyway, I think after purples, blues are my next favourite colour to use.  I think blue on bronze or deeper skin, especially with dark brown eyes makes your eyes pops!  Jewel toned and deep blues look best on the darkest skintones, while brighter blues (especially mixed with greens) look better on fairer and more tanned skin.

This look is really easy, two eye shadows, one brush.  Simple.

Here it goes……..

  • TFSI
  • M.A.C. eyeshadow in Birds & Berries (or any greenish blue shadow, like Blue Green pigment)
  • M.A.C. eyeshadow in Contrast (or any dark blue/navy shadow)
  • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide Liner in Zero (any black)
  • Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara in Very Black
  • M.A.C. 224 fluffy shader brush

The How-To…

  1. Apply TFSI all over the lid and blend upwards
  2. Using 224, apply a thin layer of Birds & Berries all over the eyelid, into the crease.
  3. Use Contrast eyeshadow on the outer crease and blend inwards.  This helps blend out the B&B shadow.  Blend in circular stokes making the heaviest application on the outer crease.
  4. Apply liner to the top lashline
  5. Apply one coat of mascara

That’s it!!!!!

Enjoy!

FTC Disclosure:  All products mentioned were purchased my Noire Tropical Beauty.

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Do you want to ease into summer? Pret a Papier is here to help!

April 28, 2010 / / 0 Comments

M.A.C. continues to roll out collection after collection and Pret a Papier is one of its latest ones.

It’s actually a fairly subtle collection – nothing bright, bold nor too sparkly.  This would be a collection for people who are afraid of a lot of colour.  It’s mostly neutrals with small elements of summer i.e. peaches and corals. This would also work well for those with fair to tan skin tones.

One item that people might love is the nail lacquer in Originality. This is a bright bronze colour with shimmer and flakies.  Flakies????? Yeah, flakies are becoming more and more popular in polishes.  They look like flakes, not glitter,but irregular flakes that are suspended in the polish and often they are opalescent or prism-like in the way they look.  Very cool!  They just add another dimension to the polish.  This has a foil-like finish as opposed to a glittery one.

This one did not speak to me.  It’s a nice collection – but it’s just that, nice……

I love bolder, brighter, more vibesy colours.  So great…..this allows me to save for the upcoming summer stuff. :-)!

Here are a few swatches……….

Pret-a-Papier: 1) Chromographic Pencil in NC15/NW20; 2) Chromographic Pencil in NW25/NC30; 3) Impeccable Brow Pencil in Taupe; 4) Impeccable Brow Pencil in Dirty Blonde; 5) Paintpot in Crepe Coral; 6) Pret-a-Papier Lipglass; 7) Kraft lipstick; 8) Made to Order lipstick

Originality nail lacquer

Laters!

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M.A.C.'s Liberty of London: A review

April 25, 2010 / / 0 Comments

So this limited edition collection has come out in both the US and internationally.  Here are my 2 cents.

I love the packaging, they did a good job on this one.  The white background with the floral and bird motif works really well.  Even the inside of the boxes were printed with a multi-coloured floral pattern.  For those people that like to collect limited edition packaging from M.A.C., you won’t be disappointed.

For the rest of you, this is a good collection, not great but good.  A lot of the colours are dupable, but there were a few standouts.

1) Blue India Nail Lacquer –  The message boards have been buzzing about this one for months!  A beautiful, midtone tealish blue creme with a greyed effect.  Hot!!! Would really look good as a pedicure colour.

Blue India, swatch and bottle

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A few swatches and thoughts from M.A.C.'s Art Supplies Collection

April 21, 2010 / / 0 Comments

This collection came out on April 1st in the U.S., and while I loooooooove the greasepaint sticks (seriously they were the best thing M.A.C. created in 2009!!), I don’t think you need to pick up every colour.  If you picked up the black one from the Style Black collection, or B (blue)or V (violet/purple) from the DSquared collection, you don’t need to pick these colours up from this collection.  They’re pretty close.  Also most of the colours are pretty dark, where Below Ground and Dirty are the only fairly light ones.  These GPSs make great bases and after they have set, they don’t crease or rub off.  Works especially well with mineralize eye shadows and those with oily lids.  They can also be used as liners or by themselves as eye shadows.  I hope M.A.C. makes these permanent! Ahem!…..M.A.C., yuh hearin’ me…!

Seriously, these are good, and I hope they bring out some lighter colours, along with some matte shades.

Top Row (L to R): Industrial, Petrol Blue, Undercurrent, GPS (L to R) - Slick Black, Below Ground, Brown Now, Greengrease, Charred Mauve, Zinc Zone, Dirty.

Must haves: Below Ground (this is a gorgeous bronze, great for summer and it replaces my Gentil Lentil shadestick), Zinc Zone (wonderful steely grey –  for the not black but sultry smokey eye).

Overall Grade: A-

(only because I wanted more variety!!!)

Maybes:

As for the Pearlglides, they are brightly pigmented and Petrol and are absolutely gorgeous.  I did not get any of them as they are NOT safe for use in the waterline !:-(

Overall Grade: B+

(Not waterline safe!)

I did not swatch the Prolongwear Lipstain Markers, because I heard a lot of not so good reviews on them. Apparently they don’t last that long at all and you have to wear a lip balm underneath as they are super drying…so they were a no go for me.  I think there are cheaper alternatives like the Covergirl markers or the ones from Avon’s Mark line.

For my Trinis: These should be coming out within the next 2 weeks or so at the M.A.C. store at West Mall.  Usually the collections come out on a Saturday, so call to find out, cuz they will sell out early!!!! Doh say ah didn’t warn yuh!!!

Until next time….laters!!!!!

FTC Disclosure:  These products were bought by me.  For more information on my Disclosure policy, please check out my disclosure page.

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Product Review: Rimmel Gentle Eye Make Up Remover

March 31, 2010 / / 1 Comment

Good day, good day!

Recently, I decided to look for an eye makeup remover that I could use to clean up my makeup looks instead of using my beloved M.A.C. wipes.  I found myself at Pennywise on Charlotte Street.  Now I absolutely love to browse beauty products, look at the packaging, reading the labels, dat’s all me!!! So you know me I was not lovin’ de service from de ladies behind de counter!….But that’s another story for another day.

I ended up buying the Rimmel London Gentle Eye Make Up Remover.

Here’s what it claims:

…” Gently removes all eye make up, including long lasting & waterproof make up, with no oily residue.”

So later that day, I decided to test it out while wearing my Greasepaint stick and Givenchy Phenomen’Eyes mascara.

Generally, this is a a good product, but not great. It’s a clear liquid (looks like water) and it foams a little ( it contains sodium laureth and lauryl sulphate, but those are far down in the list).  It’s definitely not oily and does not sting, or burn my eyes nor does it leave the skin around my eyes dry.   It did a great job of cleaning up makeup fallout.  It’s also quite inexpensive, so it’s good for those that are on a tight budget but want a fairly decent product.

Unfortunately it did not completely remove all traces of the greasepaint stick.  I had to re-dampen the cotton wool, and press and hold it on my lids for a few extra seconds.

All in all, I think it works well for everything but waterproof or heavy duty makeup, I’ll stick to my M.A.C. wipes, but this will definitely have a role in my makeup kit!

Overall Grade: B

This product is available at Pennywise in Trinidad & Tobago and at drugstores nationwide in the U.S. including Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens.

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