Neutrals Using Coastal Scents and MAC

I am liking this look because I got to use a shadow that Coastal Scents sent with my order as a freebie, and dare I say it looked pretty. It's a loose mineral shadow called Frenzy that came in a rather big sample baggie, and the amount was quite generous. I foiled it on my lid using my MAC mixing medium and the 242 brush and I really love the the outcome. It is a marriage of peach and tan tones and the outcome is a beautiful wash color. I used MAC shadow in Handwritten (matte2) on the outer V and crease with Twinks worked into it using a blending brush (MAC 222 and Sonia Kashuk). I used MAC shadow in Neutral Pink to blend crease colors into the highlight color using the MAC 224 brush. To highlight, I used the very pretty Rose Blanc eyeshadow from MAC which I also got at the cosmetic company outlet. It is just gorgeous! I believe it's similar to Nylon but I'm liking Rose Blanc much better as it is less garish.








I used Almay liquid liner in Brown to line, and Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero to tightline and on waterline.







I used Lauress mineral foundation in 50-50 mix of Pure Yellow and Soft Yellow. I used DreamWorld creme topping (finishing powder) in Butterscotch (clay/silica formula).

For the cheeks, I used MAC Petalpoint blush using my beautiful MAC 136 brush (see previous entry on my review of this brush). I love the outcome as it made the product look soft on my cheeks. I contoured my cheeks using MAC Taupe blush with my 169 angled face brush.

For the lips, I used MAC Chintz On Chintz lipstick applied lightly with Splendid! lipglass from the Dame Edna collection. I just realized that I also have a mini-tube of Splendid! from the 2007 MAC Holiday Finery: 3 Coral Lips collection (the 2 lipsticks and 1 lipglass collection with a free mini-bag). I'm glad I have two of these babies as I am so enamored with the color and shine.

MAC Finery, Curiositease & Royal Assets Lip Sets: Swatches & Reviews

Today is all about lips: luscious, festive, and puckered up for the holiday season. This year MAC dresses up the lips with the most beautiful shades of coral, pink, plum and tan for the most gorgeous holiday looks. I cannot rave enough about these coordinating lip sets because I am admittedly a lipstick and lipgloss kind of girl. I tote around a heavy purse filled with all sorts of lip products to smear my lips with as I trudge along during the day. These tiny tubes of shine and color are my pick-me-uppers during long and laborious days; they literally infuse color into my bleary work days when I am neck-deep in paperwork. These lip sets therefore make me giddy like a kid in a candy store because there are just too many to choose from, and one can whip up different looks with these lovely sets.

First of all, isn't the packaging just gorgeous? I am a sucker for pretty packaging and these delicious holiday sets are no exception. If I receive one of these in a gaily-wrapped package from underneath the tree, I'd be yelping in excitement just by looking at the packaging alone. Now the product themselves are just as beautiful as the packaging if not better. You can check out my previous entry on the holiday product pictures HERE.

Curiositease 5 Plushglass and 5 Lipglass/Lustreglass





The plushglasses are admittedly not my favorite MAC lip products because I am not into those lip glosses with plumping effects. However, I do love the lovely, festive colors and how these truly reflect the rich hues reminiscent of every holiday memory. My faves would be Wet, Wild & Wonderful, Bountiful and Pretty Plush. Wet, Wild and Wonderful looks really dark in the tube but goes pretty sheer on my lips, like a honey-brown hue. I'm still trying to get the hang of the tingling, cool sensation on the lips, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Now the lipglasses/lustreglasses are way up my alley, though. My favorite is the popular Nymphette lipglass that I think is one of MAC's best-sellers. I love the shimmery luscious gold-tinged look it provides. This would look good on almost any kind of look: neutral, smokey, you name it, Nymphette goes well with it.



Royal Assets 3 Lips Sets:



The packaging alone is already breathtaking; opening the lid to uncover lip gems is all the more thrilling. I love the coordinating colors that would definitely go well with every eye and blush theme you might want to use; and you will not run out of ideas with these beautiful sets. Inside the royal packaging are two lipsticks and a coordinating lipglass with a lip brush and mirror included. My fave would be the Pink lips set. I am such a sucker for pink and the pretty rose colors in this palette are just simply eye candy. The Tan lips set is also beautiful filled with all the colors of the season.

Finery: 3 Lips Sets

This is my favorite of all the lip products this holiday season. You gotta watch out for these. If the delicate purses woven with gold and silver threads won't woo you, the lovely lipsticks and lipglass in beautiful ornately-designed white packaging will definitely lure you in. This is one of the prettiest MAC lip product tubes I've seen. The colors are sooo breathtaking as well. My favorite is hands-down the Plum lips. Have you seen those gorgeous colors? I've fallen in love with the Contessa lipglass (so beautiful!) and the two lipsticks. This is definitely one collection you cannot afford to NOT check out.



Up Close:

MAC Holiday: Finery and Curiositease Part II

This entry is all about product images. Stay tuned for reviews and swatches of the holiday collection.

MAC Royal Assets, Heirloom Brush Sets, Finery and Curiousitease: Part I

I had to divide these in parts because there are just too many products to lump in one post. Swatches, reviews and Antiquitease collection pictures to come!
























Kids Helping Kids Christmas cards


my little boy loved the cards =)