Patience Please!

By LMD84 on September 11, 2011

MAC recently launched an entire collection of long wear products. The collection consists of lip sticks, eyeshadows, lip liners and also lip glosses.  Because I am a huge gloss fan I decided to try out one of the new glosses.  Keep on reading to see what my thoughts are.

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MAC Prince Noir lipstick

By LMD84 on September 11, 2011

I knew I had to have Prince Noir since we first saw sight of it at Fashion Week earlier this year. So finally a couple of weeks ago it was released so I could get my hands on this made for fall and winter lipstick.  Keep on reading to see why I am so in love with Prince Noir.

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Clarity – one stunning MAC shadow

By LMD84 on September 10, 2011

After reading so many great reviews from the members of Specktra, I knew I had to buy Clarity Mineralized Eyeshadow from MAC. As soon as it arrived I knew I was going to love the colour and couldn’t believe I waited so long to purchase it. Keep on reading to see what I think of this awesome shadow.

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MAC Creamy Bisque eyeshadow

By LMD84 on September 10, 2011

Call me crazy but I hate spending money on ‘highlight’ shadows. I mean the best type of this shadow is on that is barely seen.  Hence why I don’t like spending money on them. I have a couple of staple highlight colours and that is it.  However when I saw this shadow I knew I was going to struggle not buying it.  When I first made my MAC order this month I ignored the shadow. But then when I saw it in the flesh it flew into my bag!

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MAC Mythical eyeshadow

By LMD84 on September 9, 2011

Don’t you just love it when you find a shadow that is stupidly smooth, pigmented, easy to blend and just beautiful to look at? Me too! Which is why I was so excited when I bought Mythical from MAC. Keep on reading for pictures and my thoughts.

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A Tempting tutorial

By LMD84 on September 9, 2011

In todays tutorial I create a look inspired by and by using some of the shadows from the MAC Tempting quad.  This was was released with the Cult of Cherry collection a few years back but is a firm favourite in my collection.  This look is also very appropriate for fall and is a little different to my usual bright looks.  I hope you enjoy watching.

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CHI Silk Infusion – does it live up to high expectations?

By LMD84 on September 8, 2011

It seems like everybody has heard about the CHI Silk Infusion serum and most people are very positive about it too.  When I was in Florida last year I saw it for sale and thought that I should try it out.  After all I have quite frizzy hair so surely this would help keep the frizz at bay and help keep my hair soft?  Continue to read if you want to know my thoughts on this product.

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MAC Lady Grey quad

By LMD84 on September 8, 2011

So far this year I haven’t bought any quads from MAC. However when I heard about the Lady Grey quad in the MAC Me Over collection, my interest was sparked. Then when I finally saw swatches I decided to buy. Keep on reading to see what I think about this quad.

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Give me some Eye Kandy

By LMD84 on September 7, 2011

You know when you see a product and have to have it? You can’t stop thinking about it and know that it will be an amazing asset in your collection? I reacted like this when I saw a video of somebody using Eye Kandy Cosmetics.  If you love glitter like me you will see why I went so crazy and obsessive over owning some of their products.

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Getting the Powdered Metal look with Illamasqua

By LMD84 on September 6, 2011

In my July Glossy Box I received a product from Illamasqua.  This was my first product from Illamasqua and I have not been disappointed with it.  It’s called Powdered Metal and is in the shade Ether.  Keep reading to hear my thoughts.

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