The all new shop your stash challenge! - Page 9

Snarkling~I love Inglot!  Everything is super pigmented, so use a light hand until you know what you really want!  I would say pigmentation wise they are like NARS and stronger than MAC, but wonderful colours...quite a massive range, really.  Glitters are really glittery, mattes are very matte, etc.  Names instead of numbers would be a lot easier, but maybe that will come in the future.  Everything lasted all day...they outlasted my 24/7 liner!  I just washed my face. I could have put lipstick on and gone to a party!  Blush I have mixed feelings about.  Very pigmented, but lean on the darker side and the ones with glitter are too glittery.  When I put NARS Angelika on, the glitter disappears.  Not so with Inglot. It has flecks that I had to brush away.  It was like rolling in Christmas decorations.  Hehehe...  I do have some lipsticks and nail polish on their way.  I look forward to trying them out.  I will definitely be planning another Inglot e/s palette though! I was really impressed! 

Yay us for shopping our stashes! 

I haven't bought a lot of Inglot yet, but I have to say that I really like they're shadows for the price. They're considerably larger than Mac's and, although they don't have as many really nuanced shades, their range is massive. I also love the fact that I was able to find an actual red eye shadow- not pinky or orange, but red. It has a gorgeous gold shimmer in it that is just breathtaking. My only issue with the shadows is that they can be a bit powdery, so I always have to clean off the surface after applying. They've become my go-to for nice, matte highlighters, though. 

Jenn- Loooooooooooove the red lips on you. That combination is just killer. I don't know why, but I just seem incapable of resisting any red lip products. I have to stay away from the Chanel counter...

Here's my look from yesterday. I tried some bright colours in order to try to take my mind off the fact that it's been grey and rainy here for weeks. Unfortunately, I also had a nasty hangover (whoops), which is why I have that adorable puffiness under my eyes. They have not made the concealer that can brighten my eyes after a rough night. 

Here's what I used :

Face- MARS Sheer Glow in MOnt Blanc, Mac Prolongwear concealer in NW20, Mac Miss Behave MB (as a highlight), Mac powder blush in Rhubarb

Eyes- Painterly p/p as base, Crystal Available e/s, Bright Sunshine e/s, Blacktrack fluidline, Fascinating eye kohl, YSL Faux Cils mascara

Lips- Fusion Pink

I would just like to say that, although I normally gravitate towards cooler tones, Fusion Pink is my favourite hot pink lipstick ever, even more than Show Orchid. It has so much depth and I've yet to find anything that quite matches it. 

I'm really liking Fusion Pink on you, Katred.  That lippy has just joined my 'most wanted' list!

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Originally Posted by LMD84 

bright sunshine looks great on you Kate! but i didn't know mars made foundations!! hee hee! 

LOL!!! Their foundations are excellent, but the import taxes are high...
 

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Originally Posted by rockin 

I'm really liking Fusion Pink on you, Katred.  That lippy has just joined my 'most wanted' list!

It's a wonderful colour- I've seriously never seen one that's like it from anyone. It's bright, but it's also very nuanced, which I think keeps it from being really "shocking" pink. It's great especially in the summer. 

Decided to go with a softer colour yesterday, so I chose Plink! I'm really sorry that Mac discontinued this one, because it is such a flattering shade. I realise that they have lots of nude-pinks, but I felt that this one was just a little further to the pink side, so it was a bit different. I guess the sales weren't there... Since everyone's been talking about Saffron coming out with Surf Baby recently, I figured I'd use mine from Mickey Contractor. 

Full look:

Face : NARS MARS sheer glow in Mont Blanc, Mac prolongwear concealer in NW20, Hipness blush, Truth & Light Magically Cool Liquid Powder

Eyes : Inglot #351, NARS MARS e/s Night Star, Mac Firecracker, Saffron, Blacktrack Fluidline, YSL Faux Cils mascara

Lips : Plink!

Plink! is still available on the UK website

Katred - love the pairing of Bright Sunshine and Fusion Pink, I shall have to try that! Gorgeous nude look with Saffron, and I shall have to see if they still have Plink! at my local counter - we're behind for most things, the only Pro store in NZ still has 7.5g pigments! :O 

Jenn - you are making me neeeeed Heartless. Ruby Woo as listed as a dupe and I have that, but I imagine with the textures being so different, I can justify tracking it down, right? :p Oh, and Maleficent is the best villain!

Debi - love the bold neutral look, you look lovely :) Which Rouge Volupte are you wearing? I love those lippies! I have #27 Rose Paris and #8 Fetish Pink, if memory serves.

I went away for the weekend for my birthday/mother's day and out to dinner with family :) This is from Saturday night with my younger brother & dad - lol at the facial expressions:

FACE: Studio Sculpt NC15, Select Cover-Up NC15, Mighty Aphrodite blush (just the peach side), Porcelain Pink MSF
EYES: Lime Crime primer, MAC Bare Canvas paint, Dior Incognito palette - the shimmery tan shade all over the lid, a little MAC Style Snob e/s in the crease and Chanel Ivory e/s as a highlight, Smashbox Bionic mascara, Australis liquid liner
LIPS: Strange Potion l/g, but it's pretty worn off in the pic :)

Using the Dior palette was really the only stash shopping on Saturday as I use the rest quite regularly, but I thought I'd sneak it in here anyway ;)

Today's my actual birthday, and I wore this to go check out Quite Cute, which launched here today - along with Flighty, which was a surprise (to the staff too, I think, they didn't have the displayer, they made their own!):

FACE: Studio Sculpt NC15, Select Cover-Up NC15, Oh So Fair Beauty Powder
EYES: Lime Crime Primer, MAC Shimmermint shadestick, Newly Minted e/s all over lid, Mood Ring e/s above crease, Vanilla pigment as highlight, Smashbox Bionic mascara, Australis liquid liner
LIPS: Possum Nose Pink l/g

I wanted something bright-ish to get me in the Quite Cute mood - not sure if I like Newly Minted on me though, what do you ladies think?
I was sure I was going to grab Giggly or Sakura from Quite Cute but passed on both for now. I may go back to look at Sakura again, but they just didn't grab me the way I expected them to and I wasn't interested in anything else from the collection :( I ended up purchasing Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Dragon after falling in love with Temptalia's post on it - it's here if you haven't seen it: http://www.temptalia.com/look-red-lips-with-chanel-dragon

Can't wait to wear it!

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Originally Posted by rockin 

Plink! is still available on the UK website

Cool! It was kicking around on the Canadian site for ages, but it's recently disappeared. I do think that there are a number of stores that still have it kicking around. It's like a shade that fell through the cracks, but I really like it. 

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Originally Posted by littlepickle 

Katred - love the pairing of Bright Sunshine and Fusion Pink, I shall have to try that! Gorgeous nude look with Saffron, and I shall have to see if they still have Plink! at my local counter - we're behind for most things, the only Pro store in NZ still has 7.5g pigments! :O 

Jenn - you are making me neeeeed Heartless. Ruby Woo as listed as a dupe and I have that, but I imagine with the textures being so different, I can justify tracking it down, right? :p Oh, and Maleficent is the best villain!

Debi - love the bold neutral look, you look lovely :) Which Rouge Volupte are you wearing? I love those lippies! I have #27 Rose Paris and #8 Fetish Pink, if memory serves.

 

I went away for the weekend for my birthday/mother's day and out to dinner with family :) This is from Saturday night with my younger brother & dad - lol at the facial expressions:

FACE: Studio Sculpt NC15, Select Cover-Up NC15, Mighty Aphrodite blush (just the peach side), Porcelain Pink MSF
EYES: Lime Crime primer, MAC Bare Canvas paint, Dior Incognito palette - the shimmery tan shade all over the lid, a little MAC Style Snob e/s in the crease and Chanel Ivory e/s as a highlight, Smashbox Bionic mascara, Australis liquid liner
LIPS: Strange Potion l/g, but it's pretty worn off in the pic :)

Using the Dior palette was really the only stash shopping on Saturday as I use the rest quite regularly, but I thought I'd sneak it in here anyway ;)

 

Today's my actual birthday, and I wore this to go check out Quite Cute, which launched here today - along with Flighty, which was a surprise (to the staff too, I think, they didn't have the displayer, they made their own!):

 

 

FACE: Studio Sculpt NC15, Select Cover-Up NC15, Oh So Fair Beauty Powder
EYES: Lime Crime Primer, MAC Shimmermint shadestick, Newly Minted e/s all over lid, Mood Ring e/s above crease, Vanilla pigment as highlight, Smashbox Bionic mascara, Australis liquid liner
LIPS: Possum Nose Pink l/g

I wanted something bright-ish to get me in the Quite Cute mood - not sure if I like Newly Minted on me though, what do you ladies think?
I was sure I was going to grab Giggly or Sakura from Quite Cute but passed on both for now. I may go back to look at Sakura again, but they just didn't grab me the way I expected them to and I wasn't interested in anything else from the collection :( I ended up purchasing Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Dragon after falling in love with Temptalia's post on it - it's here if you haven't seen it: http://www.temptalia.com/look-red-lips-with-chanel-dragon

Can't wait to wear it!

 

Well, most importantly  Hope you had a great time. That is such a cute photo of you out on the town!

I think Newly Minted looks lovely against your fair skin, definitely. 

I also fell in love with Dragon via seeing it on Temptalia and on Austrian blogger Karrie's site (http://mackarrie.blogspot.com/2009/11/chanel-dragon.html). Her blog is actually a great source of inspiration for looks for fair-skinned ladies, I find. Since I picked it up, Dragon has become my favourite red lipstick ever. It is just incredible. I do think it's worth tracking down heartless, though. I don't mind the colour of Ruby Woo, but I HATE the texture- super-dry, to the point where I find it difficult to get a swatch on my hand. There are lots of beautiful reds out there, so I just never really feel the need to grab that one. 

Thanks Katred! I actually adore the retro-glam look of Ruby Woo, so can put up with the texture. Bit of threadspamming, but here's some Ruby Woo love (that's my best friend Gina with me in the second pic, I think she's wearing a really light layer of Cult of Cherry lipglass!) - I wear it with Cherry lipliner:

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Originally Posted by katred 

Cool! It was kicking around on the Canadian site for ages, but it's recently disappeared. I do think that there are a number of stores that still have it kicking around. It's like a shade that fell through the cracks, but I really like it. 

Well, most importantly  Hope you had a great time. That is such a cute photo of you out on the town!

 

I think Newly Minted looks lovely against your fair skin, definitely. 

 

I also fell in love with Dragon via seeing it on Temptalia and on Austrian blogger Karrie's site (http://mackarrie.blogspot.com/2009/11/chanel-dragon.html). Her blog is actually a great source of inspiration for looks for fair-skinned ladies, I find. Since I picked it up, Dragon has become my favourite red lipstick ever. It is just incredible. I do think it's worth tracking down heartless, though. I don't mind the colour of Ruby Woo, but I HATE the texture- super-dry, to the point where I find it difficult to get a swatch on my hand. There are lots of beautiful reds out there, so I just never really feel the need to grab that one. 

Oh my god, just looked at Karrie's blog. So many lemmings. My wallet is very upset with you, Katred!

Happy Birthday, Littlepickle :)

Ruby Woo looks great on you, and you've got me wanting to dig out my Possum Nose Pink, too

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Originally Posted by littlepickle 

Oh my god, just looked at Karrie's blog. So many lemmings. My wallet is very upset with you, Katred!

 

 I love how she shows the details of which products go where... Makes it easier for us non-professionals to emulate. 

And you've absolutely proven me wrong with Ruby Woo. That look is gorgeous on you- like a pin-up girl from the 50s. My bad. I guess I just can't get it to work on me... (You still need Heartless, though.)

I finally got around to trying something that I'd wanted to do for a while- a smoky eye with plum colours. I've done purple smoky eyes before, but always with cooler-toned shades. So this time I cracked open my pigments and decided to try using some of my very favourite tones. 

Face :: NARS Mont Blanc, Mac prolongwear concealer NW20, Mac Plat it Proper Beauty Powder, Lancome Ballerine Butterflies Fever blush

Eyes :: Pink Opal Pigment, Tickles e/s (from Take Wing quad), Circa Plum pigment, Deep Purple pigment, Dark Diversion Fluidline, YSL Faux Cils mascara

Lips :: Radicchio l/s

I can't believe I'm already up to Day 27 of my 30-day lipstick challenge! I feel like I could keep going for months. Oh yeah, I actually could... I'll have to think of something different to try next, though. 

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Originally Posted by LMD84 

kate you look beautiful! the purple smokey eyes look great and you reminded me that i have not used my deep purple pigment yet!!

Thank you! I love the "Golden Grape" look you did by the way. Those colours look amazing on your complexion. And thank you for reminding me that I haven't pulled out Ban This! in far too long. 

For anyone who wants a laugh, by the way, since we've all been sharing looks that worked, I decided to do a blog post about things I've done that went wrong...

http://morelikespace.blogspot.com/2011/05/making-faces-learn-from-my-fail.html

Hopefully I won't be repeating any of those mistakes again. 

Oooh, everyone looks so pretty! LP~I love the red lips on you! It is perfect and yes, you do look like a pretty pin-up girl from the 40's or 50's...the kind the soldiers would have gone nuts for just to tuck in their lockers and peek at before falling asleep!  It is perfect on you!

Katred~Love the soft pigments on you! They have a mysterious, dusky look!  Very flattering!

So, I mixed it up again today now that the cramps are easing off.  I noticed our lilacs are getting ready to bloom and was inspired!

Face:

MUFE HD Foundation 115

Bobbie Brown Concealer stick in Porcelain

MAC Creme Blush in So Sweet, So Easy

Maybelline Matte Dream Powder in Light

Eyes:

UDPP

Lancome Amethyst Glam Compact

UD 24/7 in Asphyxia

Covergirl LashBlast Volume Black

Lips:

Revlon Lipgloss in Lilac Pastel

Me, My eyes (the picture does not do justice to the glitter factor of these shadows, which pack a punch) and a blurry daylight picture in a open window on a very blustery day!  Look at my hair flying behind me!  At least you get to see how purples make my green eyes pop!

WOW!! That last photo where you can see your eyes outlined by those gorgeous purples is incredibly. It really makes your green eyes glow. Lovely look!

And I envy you your lilacs. The weather is *finally* starting to warm up here and all I keep thinking is that I miss living on a street with trees and that I miss having a balcony where I could keep a little summer garden. 

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Originally Posted by katred 

WOW!! That last photo where you can see your eyes outlined by those gorgeous purples is incredibly. It really makes your green eyes glow. Lovely look!

 

And I envy you your lilacs. The weather is *finally* starting to warm up here and all I keep thinking is that I miss living on a street with trees and that I miss having a balcony where I could keep a little summer garden. 

Thank you!  I am finding lighting for pictures is a lot trickier than I thought it would be!  My face and hair look pale, but the eyeshadow came out bright!  Go figure!  None show how glittery it is.  It is like wearing pigments.  Very shiny and glittery and I love them! 

Our weather is freezing tonight but hopefully the wind will keep the frost at bay. All my flowers and new plants are in the ground. Too late now!

I can't believe I've already reached day 29 of my 30-day lipstick challenge. I'm feeling all sorts of pressure about what to do for my big finale. I'd sort of been planning to use Mac's Mystic at the end, because it's my favourite lipstick ever and I'll miss it when it's finally gone... I hope they introduce something like it, but I have a feeling it'll just be lost to time... Anyway, here's today's look featuring Mac's "The Prowl". This is one lipstick that I thought got lost in the wonderfulness that was Fabulous Felines. I know some people said that they found it streaky, but it's always been perfect for me. And I'm not usually a big fan of browns... Other than that, it was a Spring Colour Forecast day. One of the reasons that Mac has seemed so "meh" to me this year, I think is because SCF was so incredible last year. Yes, it was kind of overwhelming, but I'm still astonished at how much of it was really good and incredibly usable. I suppose, since I had more money at this time last year, it's good that they didn't do as well with the collections this year. But it still kind of bums me out. Here's hoping they get back in the game for Fall!

Face : NARS Sheer Glow Mont Blanc, Mac prolongwear concealer NW20, Magically Cool Liquid Powder Truth & Light, Azalea Blossom Blush Ombre

Eyes : Inglot #351, Nanogold, Lala, Black Tulip, Straw Harvest, Jungle Moon, On the Hunt Superslick Liquid Liner, YSL Faux Cils mascara

Lips : The Prowl

Katred~I love that lipstick on you!  So pretty!

Today I went for something different!  It is rainy and dismal out, and reminds me more of autumn than spring!  So I really had fun shopping my stash today!

Face:

MUFE HD foundatiion 110

Bobbi Brown Concealer Stick in Alabaster

Clinique True Bronzer in 02 Sunkissed

MAC blush Buff

Bobbi Brown Shimmer Blush Pink Sugar

MAC MSF By Candlelight

Maybelline Dream Matte Powder Light

Eyes:

UDPP

Shiseido Palette in Wood Tones

UD 24/7 in Baked

Cover Girl Lash Blast in Black

Lips:

Inglot #164

Loving the latest looks, Debi & Kate! Those earthy tones are different but really lovely, Debi :)

Having a bit of a shop your stash fail today, because I reached for my new Chanel Dragon lippy again. But I used a neglected paint pot, and a nail polish too! No good pics of the nail polish sadly.

FACE: Studio Sculpt NC15, Select Cover-Up NC15, Oh So Fair Beauty Powder, Perfect Topping Mineralize Skin Finish

EYES: Lime Crime Primer, MAC Bare Canvas Paint, Naked Lunch e/s all over lid, Gleam e/s in crease, Rubenesque paint pot under lower lash line, Gleam e/s over Rubenesque, a little more Naked Paris on inner third of lower lash line, Chanel Ivory e/s as highlight, Australis liquid liner, Estee Lauder Sumptuous mascara (this is not as good as I remember it being, BOO!)

LIPS: MAC Cherry lipliner, Chanel Rouge Allure Laque #75 Dragon

NAILS: China Glaze DV8 - mmm, holographic teal. My nails look like paua shells.

D'oh, forgot to take a picture today in my mad scramble out the door! Having one of those days.

Had a better day of stash shopping though.. used Moss Scape & Vegas Volt, both of which I adore but they get overlooked for the new goodies and easy to grab faves - but not today! :)

FACE: Studio Sculpt NC15, Select Cover-Up NC15, Dollymix blush, Hoppin' e/s as highlighter
EYES: Lime Crime Primer, MAC Rubenesque p/p all over lid, Moss Scape p/p under lower lash line, Hoppin' e/s over Rubenesque with Dear Cupcake e/s in crease. A little Vanilla pigment as a highlight, and Lucky Green e/s over Moss Scape with a little Pastorale pigment in inner third of lower lash line. Australis liquid liner & Estee Lauder Sumptuous mascara.
LIPS: Vegas Volt

EDIT: Home from work and into the snuggly warmth of my dressing gown! No more Vegas Volt since my dinner break and I'm about to wipe the rest off for bed, but you get the gist for the rest ;)

Lp- Wow!!! Dragon is stunning on you! Thanks for reminding me why it truly is my all-time favourite red. Simply a gorgeous look. 

I'm so annoyed with Blogger today!! It's stopping me from doing anything because the site is down for maintenance. I was supposed to cap off my 30-day lipstick challenge today and I can't post... Harumph. In the end, I did decide to use Mystic as my final one. It's been with me (through a few tubes) for so long, I feel like I owe a debt to it... I ended up combining it with an old quad- the Inventive Eyes quad from a collection back in 2005. Paired with Flirt & Tease blush on the cheeks and Soft & Gentle MSF as a highlighter. So everything was pretty restrained next to the lips... 

Awww, that sucks that Blogger is playing up and not letting you post, Kate. Sounds like a gorgeous look, and you are making me want to hunt down Mystic! Would love to see a pic :)

Shopping my stash!! 

Face:

MUFE HD Foundation in 110

Bobbi Brown concealer stick in Alabaster

MAC MSF Natural Light

Illamasqua Cream Blush Promise

MAC Blush Pink Cult

Eyes:

UDPP

MAC Vanilla, Da Bling, Sushi Flower, Cranberry

NYX Jumbo Pencils Oyster and Strawberry Milk

Stila Stay all Day fluid line Black

CoverGirl Lash Blast Black

Lips:

Inglot 140

I call it Maraschino Cherry look!  ( which now makes me want an ice cream!!)  Sorry about the eyeliner. It is only the 2nd time in my life I have tried a liquid liner! 

Then....hair pulled back, different earrings, softer lipstick (MAC Lovelorn and Like Venus Dazzleglass) and I am ready to hit the town!!

Debi, I absolutely love your "Maraschino" look! That lipstick is to die for! 

I was finally able to post on blogger (it's amazing how addictive that is) and to complete my 30-day lip challenge. You can see my recap here:

http://morelikespace.blogspot.com/2011/05/making-faces-lips-locked.html

And all the day-by-day photos here:

http://morelikespace.blogspot.com/p/30-days-of-lips.html

And here's a couple of photos of what the last look was like... 

It's stupid, but I'm actually quite sad to know that Mac is discontinuing this colour. It's not just that I love the shade- sooner or later I'll find a dupe for it, I'm sure, but it's the fact that it's been my fallback deep red for more than a decade. I always have to have it in my stash, no matter how many other lipsticks I have, or I feel incomplete. It's not as bold as a really full-on red and it's not ultra-vampy like the dark ones. It's just a really cool shade. Sigh. All things must pass...