I wish I was, but I’ll just let M.A.C. take me there!
I have been waiting for this massive collection for months!!! I’ve said it before, summer….love….yeah, yeah, yeah!
So here are some swatches.
1) FunBathing l/s, 2) Thrills l/s, 3) BeachBound l/s, 4) Hipness blush, 5) Sun & Sand e/s, 6) Humid e/s, 7) Firecracker e/s, 8) Both shades of Marine Life, coral side at left, 9) Life's A Breeze l/l, 10) Temperature Rising l/l, 11) Rosemary & Thyme eye pencil, 12) Float On By e/p
Lazy Day l/s
I think that there is something for everyone. The colours are very wearable and not too warm or too cool. The limited edition packaging is really beautiful with at least 4 different colours/designs. Shadows came in bright avocado green cases with a cream seashell on the cover, the blushes and the highlight powder came in deep olive green casing, the bronzers, lipsticks and lipglosses came in deep orange cases with cream starfish and the eye and lip pencils were white with a coral design. While there are quite a few permanent and repromoted items, there were some stand out items:
I wore this look this weekend. Simple bronze, with a winged out, smudged blue liner. Also added a midtone coral blush from Bobbi Brown.
So, I have a confession to make, in general I don’t like Bobbi Brown at all, but her Cabana Corals collection is the first one EVER that I have wanted to try, especially that Nectar Shimmer Brick!!!!!! I used her Pot Rouge and its great for people with dry skin, or who do not wear foundation. Also oranges and blues work really well together, so I paired a darker blue with a paler coral cheek colour.
I also cut just above the crease (one of the things I learned at TMS), which opens up the eye even more.
Here’s what I used:
TFSI
M.A.C. Pigment in Copperized (a greenish bronzey colour), all over the eyelid and crease
M.A.C Pigment in Museum Bronze (dark bronze), outer part of eye just above the crease, on the brow bone
M.A.C. Greasepaint stick in Below Ground (bronze), to define the shape of eye just above the crease
M.A.C. eye liner in Coffee (chocolate brown) to darken the GPS
M.A.C. eyeshadow in Cork, to blend out the brow bone and the lower inner 1/3 of lid
M.A.C. Pigment in Bell Bottom Blue (sea blue), to the outer 2/3 of lower lid
M.A.C. Kohl Power eyeliner in Feline
Lancome Hypnose Drama in Excessive Black
Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge in Calypso Coral
EOS lip balm
Enjoy!!!
FTC Disclosure: All products mentioned were purchased by Noire Tropical Beauty. For more information, please see my Disclosure page.
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…
Apply TFSI all over the lid and blend upwards
Using 224, apply a thin layer of Birds & Berries all over the eyelid, into the crease.
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.
Apply liner to the top lashline
Apply one coat of mascara
That’s it!!!!!
Enjoy!
FTC Disclosure: All products mentioned were purchased my Noire Tropical Beauty.
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
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.
