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Here’s my mini haul! As per usual, M.A.C. brings out a summer collection that I love. Large collection, with many components, so there is something for everyone. Very bronze and very bright.
Anyway, did not get much, just some must-haves for me! Still thinking about some the lipsticks and the stick bronzers (although they remind me of the NARS multiples).
Sun Blonde
M.A.C. Surf Baby eyeshadow in Sun Blonde
Finally my review of The Makeup Show NYC!! I have been waiting for this event all year!! I attended for the first time last year and it was an amazing experience!!! See my review from last year here and here.
This year I attended as a beauty blogger and I had the honour to attend the Blogger Preview and New Groove event the night before the big show. I was super excited!!!!!
My Saturday afternoon started in Chelsea in NYC at the Blogger Preview. This was hosted by celebrity makeup artist James Vincent, who is the Director of Education and Artist Relations for The Makeup Show.
TMS Blogger Preview 2011
Photo coutesy of M.A.C. Cosmetics
Lipstick
Eyeshadow
Hey!
One of the most requested looks is the neutral, everyday look. Something that makes you look polished for work. I used my trusty Naked Palette from Urban Decay, but you can use any neutral, close-to-your-skintone colour. I chose shimmery, bronzey makeup, but you could also use champagnes, taupes, pale pinks, whatever works for you!
Here’s the look!
Hey!
A few weeks ago (actually it was around Valentine’s Day), I had the opportunity to work with Jannelle on a photoshoot to create a poster for her Valentine’s Day belly dance show. I did her makeup and costume styling. We wanted to keep the look very ethereal and soft as the show was a tribute to beauty and amazingness of women.
The costume was stunning!!! Huge tuille skirt, off-white satin top with crystal chains draped across the top. I loved this look! Of course it was very sexy but at the same time very goddess-like and almost angelic. Costume came from Bellydance America.
For the makeup, I wanted the look to still be arabic, but I did not want any harsh lines. The look needed to be soft with a hint of colour to provide some contrast with all the white. I used a light champagne-brown pigment (M.A.C. Cocomotion pigment) with MUFE’s # 58 applied to the outer corner of the eye. This was soft, light application of #58 using M.A.C.’s # 224 brush. Created a tight line of black eyeliner very close to the lashline, and winged out slightly. I lined the lower lashline only halfway, then added lots of mascara. This created a softened version of the khol-lined eyes that Middle Eastern women have made famous. I applied M.A.C. Face and Body foundation in C4. This gave a light, air-brushed finished that I loved. On the cheeks, I used NARS Crazed blush. For the lips, I used Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in Demure, which is a fuchsia pink with purple. I mixed the lip tar with M.A.C.’s clear lip glass.
Here’s the final look!
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