Bronze Eyes using Mac All That Glitters

Products Used:

Eyes- Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Pink Gold all over the lid, Mac All That Glitters all over the lid, Sleek Wrapped Up buffed into the crease and outer V. Soap and Glory Supercat Liquid Eyeliner, Models Own Black Kohl pencil, Rimmel Scandaleyes Lycra Mascara. Brows filled with Sleek Boxed and Maybelline Brow Drama

Face- Bourjois Healthy Mix in Light Vanilla, Rimmel Stay Matte powder in Peach Glow on my T zone, Beauty UK Box Blush in Halo used as a highlighting blush on my cheek bones and apples. Sleek Face Form palette in Light bronzer used slightly in my hollows.

Lips- MUA Lipstick in Shade 11

Mac Lipstick Collection

All Mac Lipsticks £15.
From L-R, Peach Blossom, Pure Zen, Vegas Volt, Crosswires

My Mac Lipstick Collection is slowly growing and I'm loving it! In order of purchase, my first was Pure Zen, Peach Blossom, Crosswires then Vegas Volt (you can see I've got increasingly braver as I have bought them!). All of the lipsticks, except Vegas Volt which is an Amplified finish, are Cremesheen finishes. This means that they glide on the lips but don't neccessarily wear for very well. In my experience, Pure Zen and Peach Blossom don't wear for long, especially if you're eating/drinking. But Crosswires is more durable on the lips as it is a bolder colour- I'd say around 3 hours. Vegas Volt, Amplified finish, lasts for ages on the lips and is very creamy. It is definitely my 'go to' colour this summer as it compliments my olive skin tone perfectly!

On my wishlist for Mac Lipsticks I have: Girl about Town, Lady Danger, Morange, Impassioned and Pink Plaid. What do you think? Which Mac Lipsticks are your favourite?

Spring Haul

Beauty UK Box Blush in Halo £3.99
Mac All That Glitters Eyeshadow £10
Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick Shade 30 £5.49
MUA Lipstick Shade 11 £1

May Favourites

Garnier Micellar Water £4.99
MUA Lipstick in Shade 11 £1
Mac Quad £6
Mac All That Glitters £10
Soap and Glory Supercat £6
Bourjois Healthy Mix £9.99
Benefit Porefessional *

I can only apologise for how delayed I am in my monthly favourites posts! You can see that this month I have a lot of products! I truly love each and every product this month as I have been testing out a lot of new ones, and they all work!

Mac Lipstick - Vegas Volt

Mac Vegas Volt- £15

 The picture really doesn't do this lipstick justice! In the bullet it looks like a hot orange toned coral and it looks more orangey on my lips. This is the first Amplified finish lipstick I have bought and I am absolutely over the moon with it! The formulation isn't drying at all and stays on the lips for up to 5 hours. However, I find it does cling a little bit to the drier areas of my lips and can look a bit chunky if I have peeling lips. Without further a do, let me show you a swatch on my lips:

On lips swatch

Again, the picture doesn't do this lipstick justice at all! In reality, the lipstick looks more orange toned and brighter. I think that the colour really stands out with my hair and suits my skin tone to a T. The durability of this finish is simply stunning and stays on your lips even if you have eaten and drank. I now really love the Amplified finish a lot more than the cremesheen finish and I would like to try some others in the range- if you have any recommendations, please leave me a comment!

Mac - Marge The Simpsons Collection Fall 2014

Last week on twitter, Mac announced a new collection to be released in the Fall based on Marge Simpson. The limited edition collection is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Simpsons. No details about the products and colour range have been released yet- but expect bright, animated colours and maybe an electric blue lip gloss. I'm so excited about this collection and will keep you posted if any details are released.

Mac Lipstick - Crosswires

Mac Crosswires £15

Well here it is- the third addition to my Mac lipstick collection (it is slowly growing...tediously). After spending a whole night humming and harr-ing over which lipstick to get (it's a long process), I had a sort of epiphany and decided that I wanted a brighter lipstick in my collection. Thus, Crosswires (Cremesheen) was bought. In the bullet, the colour looks more corally and sheeny whereas it looks brighter on my lips.

'On lips' swatch

I actually think this is the first image on the blog taken at this angle! As you can see, the colour looks more yellow toned on the lips than it is in the bullet. This isn't neccessarily a bad point, but it isn't to be expected.Sadly, I feel that this colour looks better on more olive skin tones than it does on my pale complexion- maybe I can try this again in the summer! On the other hand, this lipstick has made me braver in looking for brighter lipsticks for the summer season. I'm thinking that blue toned colours suit me more so I want to try Mac's Lady Danger, Girl about Town and Morange- what do you think? Admittedly, it looks like the colour has a frost finish in the image above yet it doesn't in person. I have found that this particular shade lasts alot longer on the lips than my other Cremesheen lipsticks; maybe that's because it is a bolder colour? Also, this is the only Cremesheen that I have that gets stuck on my teeth during the day (not on application) which confuses me slightly.

I'm always interested in seeing what you have to say and how your comments can help me/other readers, so please comment and we can have a chit chat!

Hannah x

Mac Lipstick - Peach Blossom

Mac Lipstick in Peach Blossom - £15

 If you saw my previous review on my first Mac Lipstick, Pure Zen (here), then you'll know how I initially went into Mac looking for this lipstick. After 3 weeks of waiting for it to be in stock, I received a call from Mac telling me that this beauty was available! This lipstick is a Cremesheen formula which means that it's glossy and slides onto the lips like butter. The bullet looks slightly shimmery and pearlescent but this is hardly noticeable on the lips and doesn't leave a gritty residue.

I find that this coral pink shade is a 'your lips but better' colour and is very natural on the lips for everyday use. I actually think I'm going to use this shade on my prom night- if the bullet lasts till June that is!

Hannah x

Mac Lipstick - Pure Zen

Mac Lipstick in the shade Pure Zen - £15

Finally! I have purchased my first Mac lipstick and I am so so pleased with my first choice! Last week, I went into my local Mac store in Norwich with my mum to find a lipstick to wear to my Prom in June. We both decided on Peach Blossom (a sheer pinky nude) which we then found out was out of stock. The lady at the counter recommended  we tried Hue- this also was out of stock...not having the best of luck. So I unfortunately walked out empty handed. However, I managed to find myself in the store again today and after alot of swatching I found this colour, Pure Zen. I was in a toss up between this colour and Patisserie (a browny nude), which were luckily both in stock. Helpfully, the lady at the counter swatched the colours on me and said that Pure Zen suited me the most, so here we are!

Pure Zen is a Cream sheen formula lipstick which means that it is a creamy, glossy balm that glides onto the lips with ease. One top tip, make sure that you have applied a lip balm before applying Mac lipsticks as it makes flaky lips look horrendous (as I found out). On me, the shade is a muted peach colour which looks more pink in the image above. In natural light I think that the lipstick will look more pink as it does in the bullet, yet in artificial lights it looks more peachy and old lady-ish. I have paired this lipstick with a clear MUA lipgloss as I think it adds more dimension to my lips and doesn't make them look so frosty. All in all, I am extremely happy with my first Mac purchase and long let it continue! In all honesty, I think I could have chosen a better fitting colour personally but I don't think it's bad for a first timer!

Please let me know your favourite Mac lipstick below, I'd love to hear about it!

Hannah x