MAC Mineralize Blush - Dainty

I bought Dainty a while back because MAC was out of the Peaches blush which I was obsessed with at the time. I just really wanted a new blush and just couldn't come home empty handed. I was pretty "blah" with this purchase because I really wanted Peaches. I decided I could make it work so I held on to it. Then I changed my mind and was going to return it but totally forgot about it as it got lost under my pile of paperwork that was on my desk. Then it was too late. A few people told me their MAC accepts returns even after the 30 days are up. I was just lazy to go to MAC (Lazy to go to MAC, crazy huh?) so I kept it. I am actually happy that I did because it is gorgeous (I can't believe I let Peaches blind me like this that I didn't see the beauty in this blush!) plus I don't own any other mineralize blushes, gotta have one of everything! ;)

Dainty is described as "light yellow pink with gold pearl" by MAC. In the container it looks like a warm toned peachy pink with slight hint of gold in it. It's super soft to touch and pigmentation is just amazing. Oh and it smells like roses!! Makes me wonder how it'd be as an eye shadow. Will definitely try it as I don't really have any eye shadows this color! Below picture is taken with flash.

Here it is without flash.

I think Dainty looks a bit similar to NARS Orgasm blush. The difference is that Orgasm has that shimmery gold overlay that Dainty does not. Instead it has very finely milled gold flecks in it. Unfortunately I gave my Orgasm blush to my sister so I can't show you the difference between the two. I find Dainty to have great color pay off , I achieved the swatch on my hand below with only one sweep!  I will more than likely do a look using this blush to see the color pay off on my cheeks, so look out for it! 

FOTD: Seeing Pink

Hey loves!

Here's a look I did today out of pure boredom. Well actually I was sort of trying to come up with an "anniversary" look since my hubby and I will be celebrating our 4th year anniversary on Sunday. I actually hate doing planned looks because my look usually depends on my mood (so I guess for me pink and purple = boredom lol) I already know how my mood will be on Sunday (HAPPY and LOVEY of course!) but still... :)

Products:

Face...
Revlon PhotoReady Foundation in Medium Beige
Physician's Formula Solar Powder Bronzer
Too Faced Pink Leopard, used to highlight
MAC Dollymix Blush

Eyes...
UDPP
Wet n Wild ColorIcon Palette in Lust (I cannot get enough of these palettes!!!) lighter matte color all over lid, lighter shimmery color on brow bone, MAC Expensive Pink e/s to blend inner corner color with -> Make-up Forever Star Powder in #951 (Iridescent Fuschia) on middle third of lid, W n W Lust palette; lighter matte purple on outer third of lid, darker matte purple (eggplant) on crease, shimmery purple on lower lash line.W n W Greed Palette shimmery charcoal on crease blended upwards.
UD 24/7 liner in zero on waterline, upper lid ~ inner corner and wing only (basically I left out where the pink is)
L'oreal Voluminous Mascara in Black

Lips...
EOS Lip balm
MAC Viva Glam Gaga

Happy Friday girlies, hope you all have a wonderful weekend! <3

Give-Away Winner!

Hey girls!

So my give-away has been over as of 11:59pm last night. And I have just found out who the lucky girl is!!!  She left the 17th comment :)

It is....

the lovely MakeupByKaylena check her out! ;)

Congrats girlie!!!! XO

FOTD: 100th Post Look

Happy hump day everyone!

It feels like I started blogging just yesterday but I'm already on my 100th post! So in honor of this milestone I did a FOTD :)

Products I used....

Face

Revlon PhotoReady Foundation in Medium Beige

Physician's Formula Solar Powder Bronzer 

Benefit Coralista Blush

Eyes

UDPP

UD Toasted e/s all over eye-socket, MAC Shadowy Lady e/s on crease, NYX Rust e/s over crease, shimmery white e/s from Wet n Wild ColorIcon Pride palette on brow bone.

Avon Ultra Luxury Eye Liner in Eggplant on upper lashline and waterline.

L'oreal Voluminous Mascara in Black

Anastasia Clear Brow Gel

Lips

EOS Lip Balm

Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick in Pink Please

A look with drugstore products

Hey girls!

Yes, I love to challenge myself :) Actually it wasn't really that much of a challenge as I use most of these items daily! I was about to take a close up of my eye but my camera died on me, at least I was able to take this one!

Here is what I used...

Face

Revlon PhotoReady Foundation in Medium Beige

Physician's Formula Solar Powder Bronzer SPF 20

Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush in Peach Satin 

Revlon Matte Powder Blush in Perfectly Peach

 
Eyes

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk ~ as base

Wet n Wild ColorIcon Palette in Greed; beige (matte) all over lid up to brow bone, peach (matte) outer half of lid, shimmery charcoal on crease and pulled towards tear duct. 

Cover Girl Eye Brightening Shadow Palette in Majestic Hazels; taupe color mixed with shimmery charcoal (from Wet n Wild palette) on crease, shimmery beige as highlight

Wet n Wild gel liner

L'oreal Voluminous Mascara

Lips

EOS lipbalm to moisturize lips (loveeee!!)

Rimmel lipstick in Pink Champagne

ps: I know my contacts look freaky in the picture, but I promise they are NOT in real life. For some reason my camera doesn't like them lol

Favorite Pink Lipsticks

Hey ladies!!!

I want to say a huge thanks to the lovely Yuliya, you may know her as cutiegingerbread for giving me the idea for this post. I was actually about to do a look but she convinced me to do this instead! So here I am with my little army of pink lipsticks yay! Like most of us I have a lipstick addiction, in addition to many other make-up related addictions. I love my nudes but pinks (along with peaches/apricots) are my favorite during summertime! They're perfect for a pop of color and have the power to make any girl look "girly" he he My favorites include some high end brands like MAC and NARS as well as drugstore brands some of which I am sure you have seen swatched on my blog before, I just wanted to include all of them under one post!

So here they are...

1. MAC Victorian (Frost)- Cool-toned pink with gold sheen. Sadly it was a limited edition lippie from MAC Spring Colour Forecast collection. Applies opaque.

2. MAC  Angel (Frost) - Pale rosy pink with light sheen to it. Looks super creamy on lips and has no shimmer. Applies semi-opaque.

3. MAC Viva Glam Gaga (Lustre) - Cool-toned bubblegum pink, good pigmentation. Has a glossy look on lips. Applies semi-opaque. Many have compared this to MAC Snob lipstick, I can't tell since I don't own Snob, but it looks somewhat similar yep!

4. NYX Narcissus - Very bright neon, cotton candy/Barbie pink. Creamy feel on lips. Applies opaque.

5. NARS Roman Holiday - Cool mid-toned pink, moisturizing formula. Gives me the feeling that I have lip balm on. Sheer but very buildable.

6. Rimmel Pink Chic - Cool blue pink, glides on smooth, subtle sheen, fine silver shimmer to it, moisturizing formula, applies semi-opaque.

7. Revlon Colorburst Carnation - Fuchsia/pink, smooth formula, sheer but can be built up to a vibrant color, semi-opaque.

8. Rimmel Pink Blush - Bubblegum pink, smooth formula, glides on, shimmery, highly pigmented, applies opaque.

9. Maybelline Pink Please - Mid-tone milky/baby pink, creamy consistency, goes on smooth, applies semi-opaque.

10. Rimmel Pink Champagne - My newest pink lippie, it was love at first swatch! Reminds me a lot of Viva Glam Gaga even though in the swatches above they don't look that similar. It's also not as cool toned as Gaga. Creamy formula, highly pigmented, great lasting power!

Favorite Drugstore Lip Products

Hey girls!!!

I personally haven't been "collecting" drugstore products for a long time. However, lately I am getting more and more cosmetics from the drugstore. So far, whatever I have purchased (at least in terms of lip products) turned out to be great, both color and quality wise! As we all know, most of the time it's impossible to swatch lip products let alone see the color, unless of course it's a lip-gloss since they're in clear containers. So sometimes it is difficult to find what you like! I have just been lucky with everything I got and love each and every one of them! So here they are!

Revlon Super Lustrous Ligloss - Coral Reef 

Gorgeous coral color, very pigmented, goes on smooth, non-sticky (Does look darker than it actually is in the pictures, if you have a chance definitely check it out in stores!)

NYX Megashine Lipgloss - La La  

Subtle peachy bubblegum pink, non-sticky, smooth, bit shimmery, smells like cherry cough syrup (lol), looks great on top of a nude colored lipstick.

Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick - 220 Pink Chic

Cool blue pink, glides on smooth, subtle sheen, fine silver shimmer to it, moisturizing formula, rose-y scent

 

Maybelline Colorsensational Lipstick - 025 Pink Please

Mid-tone milky/baby pink, creamy, smooth, pigmented

Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick - 006 Pink Blush 

Bubblegum pink, smooth formula, glides on, shimmery, non-drying, 

Revlon Colorburst Lipstick -  070 Soft Nude 

Perfect nude color, creamy and smooth formula, will not wash you out AT ALL

Revlon Colorburst Lipstick - 025 Carnation

Fuschia/pink, Smooth, has a sheen to it, sheer but can be built up to a vibrant color

What are YOUR favorite lip products from the drugstore?? Do share! <3

FOTD: Aqua eyes + Pink lips

Hey girls!!!!

As some of you may know I recently bought two eyeshadow palettes from Wet n Wild and I love them! So I thought I'd share with you all a look I've done using the Pride palette since many people commented how they liked that one. I will end up doing a look with the other one as well, since I use these palettes almost daily now!

Face: 

MAC Hyper Real Foundation (It's old! I think I have only 1 more use left, I am trying to finish it up so I can back to mac it :))

Bare Minerals Foundation as setting powder

NARS Deep Throat blush

Eyes:

UDPP

Wet n Wild ColorIcon Palette in Pride; Matte white all over lid, matte green outer 2/3 of lid, matte blue on outer V + lower lash line, shimmery blue on crease, shimmery white on brow bone + highlight ( If you want more shimmer, you can also dab a bit of the shimmery green on top of matte green, I didn't for this look)

MAC Deep Truth e/s on upper lash line ~ as eyeliner 

UD 24/7 eyeliner in Zero in waterline 

L'oreal Voluminous mascara ~ loads of it

Lips:

Burt's Bees Beeswax Lipbalm

Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in Pink Chic (LOVEEEE)

Wish everyone a happy weekend! <3

Wet 'n Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Palettes

Hey girls!

Recently I was at Walgreen's because I wanted to pick up another color from Revlon's Colorburst collection (these lipsticks are seriously really good, wish there were even more colors though!) and these Wet 'n Wild palettes caught my eye. Honestly, I didn't really think anything of them at that time. For the price they are, I thought they will probably just another palette and not worth spending money on. But I was wrong! Then I came home, googled them and absolutely loved what I saw. So I went back and picked up two because they were BOGO half off which made the already low price even a better deal. The two palettes I picked up are Greed and Pride. All palettes have 3 matte colors on the left side and 3 shimmer on the right as well as 2 applicators (1 sponge + 1 brush) which I don't think I will use.

GREED 

Greed palette has more neutral colors as you can see. The shimmery colors minus the black one on bottom right aren't as pigmented as I'd have liked them to be. They do have tons of shimmer but they seem to be pretty sheer. You can see that these two colors do not show up that good on my hand. However, I really love the other colors. Especially the matte beige and peach colors look great on me! I love to use the beige one in inner corners and even as highlight.

PRIDE

Pride palette is gorgeous and I think the greens and blues are total summer colors :) I have no complaints about this palette since all the colors are very pigmented. I love the color pay off with this one!

There are 2 palettes called Vanity & Lust. I actually wanted to get Lust as well but didn't. It has pretty shades of purple which I loveeee! Check them out here

Hope everyone had a great Monday! <3

Happy Mother's Day!

 Me, my mom & my grandma on the day I was born ('84)

I wish every mother and mother-to-be a very Happy Mother's Day! There is really no love like a mother's and I am so thankful and fortunate to have my Mom's unconditional love, care and affection. I appreciate all that she's done for us and all that she sacrificed so we have better lives. One day when I have children of my own, I hope to be half the warrior and the mother that she has been to both me and my sister. Even though we're oceans apart, you are always in my heart and my thoughts. I love you mom!!!!

MAC Peaches Blush

Hey everyone!!

So as you may already know, I am in love with peach! Lipsticks, blushes and recently eye-shadows...Way before I got Illamasqua's Lover blush, I had been wanting this Peaches blushes from MAC. But everytime I checked on MAC's website it was sold out. I checked pan version and that was always sold out too. I checked every department store and same thing. Recently I was lucky enough to score it in a pan from MAC's website, finally! So here it is...

 It's a pure peach colored blush that is supposedly sheertone, according to MAC. While sheertone, it is quite pigmented and can be built gradually. The fact that it's so pigmented and matte actually makes me think that this should be considered a matte blush. I don't think it's anywhere near being sheer but that may be just me. It's easy to apply and blend. The color shows up same over bronzer and foundation. It's not shimmery at all, so this blush would be perfect to use as part of a look that's heavier on the eyes and also as an everyday blush. I heard a few people compare this to Melba and while I sort of agree with them, I think Melba has a bit more pink in it and Peaches has more orange thus making it a pure peach color. Melba, according to MAC, is a soft coral-peach.

Here are Peaches and Lover compared. They really do look quite similar. I am sure if you showed this picture to many people, they would think they are actually the same color. I personally think Lover is more apricot-y than peach. Lover is also a lot more pigmented compared to Peaches and shows up a lot brighter on face and even over foundation/powder. You really don't need too much of Lover for it to show up on your face. Whereas with Peaches you need a few sweeps to get it bright.

Overall, Peaches is everything I thought it would be. I really love this color and I will definitely repurchase it when the time comes. 

I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!!!

P.S.: I just checked MAC's website and Peaches is available both in pan and in regular container. If you want to get it, get it before it gets sold out again :)

FOTD: Featuring some of my recently purchased products

Hey girlies!

How do you like that for a title? I couldn't come up with a better one lol This look is a pretty simple one that could be worn during the day or night. I amplified it a bit by adding a darker color on outer V because I wore this look at nighttime. I don't know about you guys but I just love black eyeliner and wear it daily whether day or night. I know some people save their eyeliners for night looks but to me it's a must-have no matter when! :)

face...

NARS Face Primer

Revlon ColorStay Foundation

Bare Minerals Foundation to set powder (I know this isn't a setting powder, but works well in my case)

Benefit Erase Paste; under eyes, sides of nose

Illamasqua Powder Blusher in Lover

eyes...

UDPP

MAC Grain e/s all over lid + inner corners

MAC Satin Taupe e/s outer half of lid

MAC Quarry e/s on crease

MAC Shadowy Lady on outer V + lower lash line

UD 24/7 liner in Zero on upper + lower lid + waterline

L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black Mascara

lips...

Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm

Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Soft Nude

MAC Shy Girl lipstick

* I am absolutely loving the Soft Nude + Shy Girl combo, give it a try if you have these colors!