MAC Goodluck Trolls Collection Swatches, Video Review

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MAC Goodluck Trolls Collection

MAC Goodluck Trolls

MAC Sushi Kiss lipstick

MAC Glitter Grunge lipglass

MAC Beauty Powder in Play It Proper

MAC Beauty Powder in Play It Proper

    

MAC eyeshadow in Suns Out, Buns Out

  

Wearing MAC Suns Out, Buns Out eye shadow, MAC Play It Proper Beauty Powder, MAC Glitter Grunge lipglass from the MAC Goodluck Trolls Collection

Hi everyone! Below is my video on my MAC Goodluck Trolls Collection Swatches, Review . Please check out and subscribe to my YouTube channel if you'd like to see more of these kinds of videos.

See review video below with photo swatches after the video!:

MAC Flamingo Park Swatches, Video Review

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MAC Flamingo Park collection

MAC Powder Blushes in Spring Flock, This Could Be Fun, Let's Be Friends

MAC Sunny Surprise Beauty Powder

Hi everyone! Below is my video on my MAC Flamingo Park Swatches, Review . Please check out and subscribe to my YouTube channel if you'd like to see more of these kinds of videos.

See swatches and review video below:

MAC Marilyn Monroe Eye Shadow, Beauty Powder and Blush Swatches, Review

MAC Forever Marilyn Beauty Powder

MAC Chen Man: Play It Proper Beauty Powder, Breezy Blue Nail Lacquer and Fluidline Swatches and Review

Here's my last installment of the MAC Chen Man collection reviews and swatches. If you missed the other parts, here they are:

MAC Chen Man: Force of Love and Budding Love Lipstick and Lipglass Swatches and Review


MAC Chen Man: Mineralize Shadows in Supersweet, Pink Union and Love Cycle and Pigment Swatches and Review

For this third installment, I'll be talking about the beauty powder, fluidlines and the nail lacquer.

Iris Apfel for MAC Swatches and Review

Silver Gull Eye Shadow, Toco Toucan nail lacquer, Too Chic Beauty Powder


Silver Gull




Toco Toucan

A Recap: MAC Fashion Flower Collection Swatches and Review

As you probably read and saw on my First Video Review, I have played with the MAC Fashion Flower collection, but my video was more of just showing the products and swatches of the items. This time, it is a more in-depth review of the Fashion Flower collection and more product photos for you.

For some reason, the press sheet stated that this collection will debut in stores on May 5, 2011, but I guess it got bumped to this Thursday, April 28th.

See swatches and review after the jump

Lovin' Easy Neutrals

I'm still in a neutral kick. Neutrals are truly no-brainer choices for days when I feel too lazy or in a hurry to think of color combinations. I did try colors I don't usually wear, like Taylor Made mineral eyeshadow in Vintage. I foiled it using my MAC mixing medium, and it's similar in effect to my MAC Goldenaire pigment and Valerie Beauty multi-purpose in Miranda. I also think I nailed the right ratio of Meow's Naughty and Fierce Manx foundation (3:1). I used Naughty Manx in the Flawless Feline formula, and Fierce Manx in the Pampered Puss. I like the effect; it was neither too piled on or too light. I am also loving MAC's lipsticks and lipglasses. They have just the right shine, amazing texture, one million and one shades and formulas to choose from, and lastly, the vanilla scent is so pleasant and enticing. The price is also pretty reasonable compared to other department store brands. MAC's lip products are the major reason why I still use MAC despite my allegiance to mineral makeup companies. The wide color spectrum is simply unrivaled, and color choices are endless.











Camellia Rose Skin Smoothing primer
Meow Flawless Feline mineral foundation in Naughty Manx mixed with Pampered Puss in Fierce Manx
Mary Kay undereye concealer in Ivory topped with
Bare Escentuals Well Rested
Bare Escentuals mineral veil
MAC Golden Refined bronzer to contour
MAC Pearl Sunshine beauty powder as blush

Lips:
MAC lipliner in Whirl
MAC lipsticks in Hyper and Galvanize
MAC lipglass in Corps de Ballet

Eyes:
MAC Beige-ing shadestick as base
Taylor Made mineral eyeshadow in Vintage foiled using MAC mixing medium on lid
MAC eyeshadow in Malt above crease
MAC eyeshadow in Satin Taupe on outer V and crease
MAC eyeshadow in Vex to highlight browbone
Almay Amazing I-liner (liquid liner) to line upper lashline
Maybelline XXL mascara

On MAC Barbie Collection Beauty Powders

And I thought I wasn't going to love any other highlighter as much as my beloved MAC mineralize skinfinishes (MSFs). I was dead-wrong as I discovered MAC beauty powders from the MAC Barbie collection just a couple of months ago, and I think I'm liking the beauty powders as much as or better than my MSFs (I hear a collective gasp from the MSF collectors). These beauty powders are less frosty, less glowy than the MSFs but give such a subtle, ethereal sheen to the cheeks. I did an entry on the beauty powder in Pearl Blossom, but a couple of weeks after that post, I obtained Pearl Sunshine which took my breath away as well. What the heck is so special about these tackily-named highlighters, anyway? These two beauty powders are very different in the way they operate, but they are both so gorgeous. I just use Pearl Sunshine by itself. It's very pretty worn alone, because it emits a very nice pearly peach sheen. If used with a blush underneath, it turns muddy on me. Pearl Blossom, on the other hand, is not just a transparent highlighter on me, but emits a very sheer, beautiful pinkish pearly glow. It is best worn over blushes and makes every blush look so ethereal. Every blush underneath Pearl Blossom morphs into a gorgeous glow, and the color depends on the blush, but still delicately pretty. It seems that I am not the only one who notices these amazing highlighters. I posted some entries using Pearl Blossom and Pearl Sunshine, and I mainly talked about the mineral foundation I was using, but many readers on my other site commented instead on the Beauty Powders, paying no attention to the foundation, LOL.

I love these two products so much that I made it a mission to obtain back-ups since these are limited edition products, as usual. I bought a Pearl Sunshine back-up from the MAC site, too bad the Pearl Blossom was already out-of-stock. I was so giddy with excitement this morning when I saw my Pearl Sunshine beauty powder by our front door. Nobody noticed the little package that the UPS guy left yesterday, and the box was still cold from its overnight stay by our front door (good thing no one took it!). I took it to the kitchen, admired it while having my coffee, and as I moved it from the breakfast nook table it fell on the kitchen tiles and broke into pieces. *screams in agony* I was so devastated. Good thing there's still stock at the MAC site so I bought another one. I plan to transfer this to a 30g jar with sifter and use it like I would a regular mineral highlighter in powder form. Talk about klutzes, yep, that's me!


My first Pearl Sunshine - so intact and so beautiful


My poor second Pearl Sunshine I just received this morning - broken but still gorgeous

MAC's Beauty Powders

First of all let me say that I find the name tacky. The name doesn't do the product justice, however. I was about to pass up on the two released beauty powders in the Barbie collection, namely Pearl Blossom and Pearl Sunshine, because I thought the effect would just be the same as any one of my mineralized skinfinishes (MSFs). It's a little bit different, though, and the effect is subtle but very fascinating and beguiling. It gives a tiny bit of a sheen to the area when applied, but it doesn't give a frosty look just like MSFs would. Just a subtle catching of light, a little wink, a tiny twinkle, not an all-out shine. I've been checking out swatches of it online and I couldn't decide if I wanted to get it, until a phone call to my local MAC counter revealed that they only had one of the Pearl Blossoms left in stock. I then knew that the last beauty powder was mine. I had it reserved and drove over to MAC to snag it. That's it. I'm officially done with Barbie.


Beauty Powder in Pearl Blossom front


open


on the cheeks as highlighter



Pureluxe cream eraser as primer
Monave mineral foundation in Teporah
Monave finishing powder in Angel
MAC Refined Golden bronzing powder to contour
Shu Uemura blush in M Wine 28
MAC Beauty Powder in Pearl Blossom on top of blush
Rimmel 1000 Kisses stay-on lipliner in Wild Clover
Milani Gloss in Endulging
Milani Glitzy Gloss in Lady Like on center of lips

Eyes:
MAC Beige-ing shadestick as base
MAC e/s in Ricepaper as highlighter
MAC Goldenaire pigment on lid
MAC Coco Beach pigment on crease and outer V
MAC Graphic Brown fluidline on upper lashline
MAC Nightfish fluidline on brows
Maybelline Turbo Boost mascara