This is the beginning of M.A.C’s massive holiday collection. I have not and probably will not get anything from this collection (gasp!!) ‘cuz, I need to save money and I don’t usually collection palettes or sets. This collection is actually very pretty and I like the packaging, but I. must. resist! Details courtesy Specktra.net
Heavenly Dish Neutral Lip Kit – $22.00 USD
Floating Lightly – Pale neutral pink beige (Limited Edition)
So here is a simple, easy smokey eye using items from the Style Black Collection from M.A.C. When I saw Cinderfella, I felt that it would make a great quick smokey eye. This look should take 5 mins. and looks great!
Products used
TFSI
M.A.C. Black Greasepaint stick
M.A.C. MES in Cinderfella
M.A.C. Kohl Power in Feline
Givenchy Phenonem’Eyes mascara in Black
M.A.C. 239 brush
Fix+ or Mixing Medium
Details
Apply TFSI to the entire eyelid using ring finger
Apply thin layer of Greasepaint to the entire eyelid up to the crease. Blend well into the crease using #239 brush
Spray Fix+ (or apply 2 drops of Mixing Medium) to the 239 brush and then pick up Cinderfella. Apply Cinderfella to the entire eyelid in a patting motion to pack on the colour. This intensifies the colour on the lid
Blend the Cinderfella into the crease and above the crease to diffuse the intensity, using a circular motion
Apply a thick line of Feline to the upper eyelid and smudge the line into the Cinderfella
Here’s my most recent look. I used a very popular M.A.C. mineralized eyeshadow in Sea and Sky. Sea and Sky came out I think last year as one of the summer collections. It’s a duo with a light blue marbled side (Sky) and a deep, bright blue. I also used a popular technique that intensifies eyeshadows called foiling.
Foiling makes an eyeshadow look like liquid metal…or like the shiny, high gloss surface of foil paper. Not all shadows can be foiled. For one, you generally only use shadows that can be used wet, loose shadows like M.A.C. Pigments and baked, mineralized shadows like M.A.C. mineralized eyeshadow and Urban Decay Baked shadows. Do not use regular pressed shadows unless you are specifically told that its ok. Wetting these shadows can destroy them.
Secondly to get that shiny look, you need to use shadows that have shimmer or glitter in them. Can’t really use a matte colour to create shine (that totally defeats the point mattes!!!)
Lastly you need to use some kind of fluid to liquify the shadow, usually water-based, but whatever works for you. Two of the most popular media are M.A.C.’s Fix+ and water-based Mixing Medium. Some people make their own using a mix of water and glycerin. I use Mixing Medium, but everyone talks about Fix+. I’m going to have to get it!!!
This is a look that I did earlier this week. I also used Red Cherry Lashes for the first time. And they are pretty good and inexpensive!
I heard A LOT about Red Cherry but did not want to order online, and silly me only just discovered Beauty 35 in NYC! Really it’s a mecca for inexpensive beauty products, hair and makeup supplies. Anyway, I bought one pair of Red Cherry lashes in #DEL just to test them out. They cost about $2.99 and they were very thin, wispy and long! They were easy to put in and felt really comfy. They get a thumbs up from me!
Q: Can you tell me about the inspiration behind the limited edition makeup collection you’ve collaborated on with M·A·C? DA: It’s old Hollywood meets new Hollywood. Our girl is interrupted – she’s on a set, she’s off the set; she’s young, she’s cool, she’s moving – she’s very now, she lives in the moment. Hollywood today is a different story than it used to be. These girls have tons of things to do, they’re on the go.
DE: It’s all about mixing great statement pieces with their own things; she might have a $20,000 jacket that she puts with a pair of ten dollar sweat pants.
DA: Less is more, but more is never enough. Stack it on and mix it up.
Q: It’s such a change, because Hollywood used to be regimented, it used to be so perfected, not a hair out of place and now it’s undergone this huge revolution with a new generation of stars. DE: They’re so young and they’re real, they want to be individual, they don’t want to be dictated to anymore. These girls practically live their whole lives in the public; it’s just not possible for them to keep up that carefully crafted façade actresses used to put up.
DA: Thank God for that – it makes them more colourful, it makes them more interesting. If anybody does anything well it should look effortless, I think the key word for the collection is “Effortless Makeup”; she didn’t spend hours but she looks amazing and, more importantly, memorable.
Q: So can you tell me a bit more about the actual collection that you’ve created with M·A·C? DA: It’s about a very important dark eye, but a multi-hued black, not a flat black.
DE: It’s kind of a “rock-on” makeup statement, but it’s unforced, purposefully messy.
DA: This girl didn’t spend hours doing her makeup but she looks amazing. It’s cooler than being too studied. Young Hollywood doesn’t need to impress anyone; the same goes for the makeup, she’s not about blending it perfectly.
DE: The longer it’s worn in, the better it looks. I love the idea that the application is easy, it’s markers, pencils, powders and you can use your fingers to put them on.
DA: Use Kohl Power Pencil in Feline and Greasepaint Stick with Zoom Fast Black Lash, and then they’re lightened with peacock and violet Greasepaints. After you’ve put all that black on the eye and those two vibrant colours, you add an eye gloss to bring light to hidden things. So the eyes will be really dramatic!
Q: Can you please tell me about the model you chose to be shot backstage for the makeup collection? DE: As this season is inspired by young Hollywood, those young cool girls, they are carefree, cool and easy.
DA: We just thought Valeria was one of the coolest girls in the show. We like those girls that don’t care, you can see it in the way they walk and the way they carry themselves, it’s relaxed. It’s not like she is trying to be a glam goddess, I don’t even think she knows how beautiful she is.
DE: They don’t take themselves too seriously, which makes them cool.
Q: Can you tell me why you decided to collaborate with M·A·C? DE: M·A·C is a part of our family, we grew up with them. We’re Canadian, they’re Canadian, and it started there.
DA: M·A·C has been very supportive of us from the beginning of our design career, so it’s a natural link.
Q: Because you all met when you were quite young didn’t you? DA: We have the longest history with Gordon Espinet. We grew up together, and actually have a lot of things in common. We always used to play around with makeup anyway, so it’s not like Dean and I don’t know anything about makeup. We knew how we wanted the eyes to be, with the colour and the black, coming up with great ideas for the final look was really a very smooth process.
DE: M·A·C is the best makeup brand around. Let’s not forget about that!
DA: Neither company takes itself too seriously, M·A·C is really expressive and DSquared² are on the same trip. We both have strong connections with pop stars, music and fashion – we’re certainly on the same page.
Q: Did M·A·C inspire you when you were starting out? It was so seminal in the nineties, DSquared² was around at the same time and the M·A·C look was so different to anything else on the market. DA: I think M·A·C was probably one of the first cosmetics companies that came out with colours and pigments that you didn’t find, colours that were unusual…
DE: They were and are makeup pioneers.
Q: Was it nice to be able to apply your creative process to a new medium like this? DA: Absolutely, we are very creative people, as is M·A·C. They really understood what we wanted and have stayed true to our vision. Also, because we’ve known each other for a long time, M·A·C knows what we’re about.
