Mac Lingering Kiss Lipstick Review

Hey everyone back for another review, I was planning to post something else today but I decided that I needed to get my review up for the Lingering Kiss lipstick from sort of new A Novel Romance Mac Collection before its too late; so y'all could decide if you wanted to pick it up before the darn thing sells out (which it probably has by now....oops)!!

Mac Lingering Kiss - $19.00 Canadian

Make Up For Ever Artist Palette For August 2014

Make Up For Ever Artist Palette For August 2014 - $48.00 Canadian

So I've been naughty again and picked up more makeup....now since I've been on a bit of a blogging hiatus you guys have not seen all of the makeup that I've been buying lately but trust me I have quite a few new posts coming up and I am definitely a little ashamed about how much makeup I've been buying lately. Anyways when I saw Temptalia's post showing this palette I just knew I had to have it! I had been looking at the Kat Von D Monarch and Chrysalis palettes and I really wanted both, but when I saw this it reminided me of the palettes because it included a gorgeous bronzy orange monarch colour and the gorgeous purples that are similar to the ones in the Chrysalis palette; so I just knew I had to have this one! The colours all looked absolutely gorgeous and seemed to work perfectly together.

Now the palette contains 8 shades with only one of them being matte. The first 4 shades are more neutral where as the second 4 are much more vibrant and metallic. The formulation of these shadows are on point and are super pigmented and opaque. I watched Tarababyz's video where she hauled this palette and she described these shadows as being "thick" and I agree with that description. I'm not sure of another way to describe these shadows other than to say that they are thick and buttery, I absolutely love the texture. 

Mac Maleficent Lipstick True Love's Kiss

Hey my lovelies today I am going to be doing a quick little review on a new lipstick from the recent Maleficent Collection from Mac. To be quite honest this collection was very lackluster and boring and most of the products were permanent items or re-promotes so I only ended up grabbing this lipstick. The Maleficent collection comes in limited edition packaging that I do not find too impressive; its just shiny black plastic with "Disney's Maleficent" written in silver on the front over Maleficent's wings printed on with a matte black. Overall a pretty boring collection which is sad because Mac could have really done a lot with this collection and it definitely did not live up to Mac's previous Venomous Villains Collection.

Mac Cosmetics - True Love's Kiss Lipstick $21.00 Canadian

Revlon Amazing Spiderman 2 Collection Review

This weekend the highly anticipated film The Amazing Spiderman 2 came out and let me assure you it was an excellent movie! I went to see it opening night and it was absolutely incredible, I've always been a fan of superheroes and comics ever since I was little so when Hollywood decided to reboot all of the classics I was completely ecstatic!!! Although the original Spiderman trilogy starring Toby Maguire will always have a special place in my heart; this new remake is just as good, and plus I cannot get enough of that hunk Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone which is one of my favourite actresses!!! Anyways enough about the movie... Lets get on to the makeup.

Revlon Lipgloss - Sparks Fly
Revlon Nail Polish - Super-Powered

Mac Playland Haul and Review + Swatches

Hey everyone I really, really want to apologize for being so absent from my blog lately! March and April were SUPER stressful months because of school, sports and just daily life in general! Anyways I'm back and I have done a TON of shopping; so you'll be seeing a lot of me in the near future!! ;D 

Anyways today I'm going to be talking about the Mac Playland Collection that came out last Thursday. The Playland collection was a super bright and colorful collection composed of four eyeliners, four pigments, four lipglasses, six lipsticks and three casual colours. So overall it was a decently sized collection. In addition although most of the products including all of the lipsticks and lipglasses were limited edition; they still came in the standard black Mac packaging. Also to be quite honest this is the first Mac collection that has actually enticed me besides the Rihanna Collections, I feel that lately Mac has been really off their game and that their products in the new collections aren't the same quality, their powder products are dusty and lip products patchy... So I was finally happy when I found some really neat products in this collection. 

Left to Right: Lipglass in Live It Up, Lipstick in Playland, Lipstick in Red Balloon

Sephora Divergent Multi-Piece Collector's Kit

Hey everyone do I ever have an exciting blog post today!!!!! As many may know the greatly anticipated movie adaptation of the book DIVERGENT is coming out this Friday!! And of course we all knew that they had to make some type of cosmetics to go along with the release to draw in all of the teenaged viewers (like me sadly)! Sephora teamed up with the Divergent franchise and created three different sets, a nail polish set a multi-piece palette and the mother of all collectors pallet which is what I picked up! I was super excited when I heard that Sephora was releasing a Divergent line 

because combining my love of beauty and books is something that I cannot resist, anyways let's get 

on to the review of this set.

Viva Glam Rihanna Review and Swatches

WOOO HOOOO, three exams done and one more to go then I get home to a package from Mac... Today could not have been any better haha! Anyways today I am going to be reviewing the Viva Glam Rihanna Lipstick and Lipglass. My lovely parents decided to treat me to both of these products because I am almost finished my exams, woot woot. Anyways I was super surprised when I ordered this on Tuesday when this came out online and was delivered today; two days later. Anyways enough about me, lets get onto the review.

Viva Glam Rihanna  

Mac Lipstick Rebel

Hey everyone ANOTHER Mac Product to talk about today, and it is Rebel Lipstick. This lipstick has caught my attention for quite a while now and I've been dying to pick it up and on Friday I finally did. This is going to be a quick little post so lets get into it.

Mac Rebel Lipstick - $16.00 Canadian

Rebel is a Satin finish lipstick that is a plumy red colour. It isn't too red or too plum but is just right in the middle. As you can see in the picture above it leans a bit more red and in the picture below it leans more plum. Although Mac describes Rebel as a "midtonal creme plum" I find that it can look a little different on every person depending on lip colour and lighting, but for the most part it looks like a plum with red tones. This lipstick wears for a very long time and even stains the lips a bit which can be amazing or a hindrance sometimes. I find that Rebel looks gorgeous on all skin tones and its a perfect colour for the fall and winter because although its dark it does not look too vampy; which makes it much more wearable. Overall I am very pleased to have this lippy in my collection and I cannot wait to start wearing it.

(excuse the appearance of my hands they get super dry during the winter)

RiRi Hearts Mac Collection Haul

Hey everyone, today I have something very exciting to share with you!!!! I got my hands on some of the pieces from the new RiRi Hearts Mac Collection. Now as far as I know this collection has been released only at free standing stores here in Canada, so if you do want some makeup from this collection you still have a few more chances. The online release will be Thursday, October 3rd and it will have an "online waiting room" like last time, also all other Mac counters in stores like The Bay will be relesing RiRi Hearts on the 3rd as well. I am pretty sure that this applies for stores in the States as well, but I would still call my local Mac store and clarify this because I do not live in America so I'm not too sure of American release dates. Also if you do not get anything from this fall collection do not fret because Rhianna will be launching one last RiRi Hearts Mac Collection this Christmas season so keep your eyes peeled for that. Now that I've gotten all of that out of the way lets move onto the actual products...

Mac Indulge Collection: Lipstick Sweet Succulence

Hey everyone, as you might know Mac recently released their fall Indulge Collection. As a makeup addict I of course had to check it out. I went into my local Mac and went on a swatching spree, and in all honestly I was not very impressed. The colours were sort of stale and they all seemed like colours that I've seen before. But one product that caught my eye was this lipstick Sweet Succulence.

 

Mac Sweet Succulence - $18.00 Canadian

Estee Lauder Raisins Eyeshadow Duo

Heyyy everyone today I am going to be talking about a new product that I just bought, and that I am totally in love with!!! It's my new Estee Lauder Raisins Eyeshadow Duo.

Estee Lauder Raisins - $36.00

Manicure Monday: Ocean Nails

Hey there polishaholics I have and exciting Manicure Monday post for y'all today, I hope you enjoy...

 

Natural Light (No Flash)

 

I am a nail art buff, so when I saw a similar nail art look on Pinterest I knew that I had to recreate it.
This was actually quite an easy manicure to recreate because it required no tools, basically all you had to do was layer several colours to make a beautiful aerial view of an ocean.  

Favourites Friday: Benefit Watts Up Highlighter

Watts Up guys???

 

Today's Favourites Friday is my Benefit Watts Up Highlighter. I've been in love with this creamy, champagne coloured highlighting stick ever since I got it in a VIB birthday perk from Seporah. So yes this is a sample size product. I've had this highlighter for over five months and I use it almost daily, and it looks like I've barely used it at all, and again this is a sample, I cannot even comprehend how long the full size of this product would last!

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara in Royal Blue

 Today I am going to be doing a review on the Maybelline Great Lash Mascara in Royal Blue. I picked this mascara up at Rite Aid for just over $5 on a recent trip to New York City.

Maybelline Baby Lips Electro Collection: Review + Swatches

On my recent trip to New York I stopped into an Ulta for the first time in my life and I fell in love with several products right away and including the new Maybelline Baby Lips Electro Collection. I purchased two for myself and two for my cousin therefore I have Intel on four of the six lip balms in the collection.

The two colours that I purchased for myself are Berry Bomb which is the purple and Strike a Rose which is the hot pink.

Mini Mac Haul: Ambering Rose Blush & Snob Lipstick Review + Swatches

Hey everyone I have a mini haul for you today, on my recent trip to New York I just had to go to Mac because it’s quite a bit cheaper than Mac in Canada. Anyway whilst I was there I picked up two amazing products, the first was a blush called Ambering Rose and the second was a lipstick called Snob. I am head over heels in love with both of these products.

Ambering Rose and Snob

Revlon Photoready Skinlights: Review + Swatches

Today I got my hands on one of the new or technically re – released Revlon Photoready Skinlights in the colour 400 Bronze Light. I say re – released because Revlon discontinued the Skinlights in 2008 and they’ve finally brought it back. There are 4 colours in the collection, 100 Bare Light, 200 Pink Light, 300 Peach Light and of course 400 Bronze Light, which is the darkest shade and the colour that I purchased. I really love this product because it goes great with my skin tone and actually shows up against my darker complexion which cannot be said for many products.

 400 Bronze Light