MAC Après Chic Collection Discussion (December 2012) - Page 92

Probably was me - you can get an entire face of perfect no-makeup style with this collection. I love it and I'm not always a fan of that look - I guess I just never had products that totally did it for me like the ones in Apres Chic.

It turns up pretty brown on me and Dervish is almost a perfect match with my lip color, so maybe that one would work? A lot of the Pro Longwear lip pencils run really brown too - Absolutely It makes a lot of lipsticks I have run browner (it's also very close to my lip color) and that's not the only brownish one.

All of the nail polish fumes made us a bit loopy and haul happy.

do you or anyone have any tips for a no makeup look.  I've been to tired to bother with makeup and want to go back to just concealer and powder.  Do you have any suggestions on a powder? Or even a TM, BB and powder.  Just something to even out the skin, cover dark circles and go.  

do you or anyone have any tips for a no makeup look.  I've been to tired to bother with makeup and want to go back to just concealer and powder.  Do you have any suggestions on a powder? Or even a TM, BB and powder.  Just something to even out the skin, cover dark circles and go.  

so I have been missing something in that thread? 

My favorite powder is Careblend. It's the only one that doesn't feel heavy and coating on my dry skin and it's got a radiant finish without being showy-glowy. It evens out my skin without looking like I'm wearing powder. It doesn't crease up if I apply it under the eyes, either. The Careblend bronzer from a couple years ago was amazing too - I really hope MAC does something about bringing those back and just generally keeping Careblend's profile high. Discontinuing the MCLPs has gotten me all worried about Careblend now.

I'm not much of a concealer person, but I am very happy with the Mineralize one. It's the only one moist enough to not crease or bunch up under my eyes and it does a good job of concealing everything I need (although I don't mind a few freckles, I do have a couple of age spots near my eyes I like to erase). The other good thing about it is it has caffeine in it, so it depuffs me. Combining it with P&P Vibrancy Eye gives serious depuff-o-rama.

I do think Amber Glow is a particularly great blush for the no makeup look for me - wearing it, I really don't need to bother with a full face of powder. Just a little of it takes my face to the next level. I've never backed up a blush in my life, but I'm actually considering it for AG and maybe Alpine Bronze. If you took away all my other blushes and left me AG, I'd be ok with it.

for my no makeup makeup look i do smashbox BB cream, mac prolong wear concealer, set w/either mac msf or ben nye banana, mascara (maybe one shadow depending on how bad im rushing), blush n lippie and IN THAT ORDER!! oh wayment...i'll lightly fill in my browz (cuz mine are pretty naked) or i'll do anastasia brow gel n voila!! if i have an extra 2 min i'll also highlight n contour but i try to keep it simple as possible!! its tough for me to NOT contour though

see now im gonna need to re-create my no makeup makup looks!!

I'm going to get careblend.   Where are you putting AG?  On your cheeks? 

See, you lost me when you said highlight and contour. LOL!!!   I tried the SB BB cream.  I'll have to try it again.  

I really like Amber Glow. It's almost invisible--someone here described it as a the perfect "no makeup" blush (for warm light skin tones). It adds some glow, but not as much as a mineralized skin finish. Very natural, healthy-looking and pretty if you have the coloring to work with.

I don't have Obscura, but I do have another shadow that WP looks beautiful with!  Wore WP on the lid with Antiqued in the crease the other day and fell head over heels in love.  Some Sunbasque blush with Whisper of Gilt to highlight on the cheeks, Morning Coffee PLW liner all over the lip with Power Supply plushglass on top, and I found a new look to add to my favorites list! 

Just us going bananas over nail polish. 

There are also a couple of great sales going on too. One with Zoya and another with A England. I took part in the sales and it will be my first time trying both brands.

I gave in and got a BU of Après Chic yesterday. I'm wearing it today with Stereo Rose as a blush, Strada to contour and on my eyes I have Winter Pursuit on the lids, Fireside in the crease and Blanc Type on the browbone. It's kinda inspired by the promo image. I love it! It's a very natural look (for me at least) with some warmth to it.

I'm also wearing the BB cream and I think I really like it. It's very light coverage and I have problems most of the time with light coverage stuff, because they always seem more watery or oilier or something and don't work with my oily skin. The BB cream doesn't have that problem yay! I use a bit of Studio Finish concealer to cover some red spots and set it with MSFN.

I've also used Amber Glow a couple of times already and it's a very nice natural blush with a glow to it. It has a slight peach tint to it without having too much colour to it which I sometimes want for bolder eyes/lips.

I was doing so good not buying polish and avoiding the thread and now you tell me there is a A England sale?! I had to check the site and it is a great sale why o why?!

Do you think Amber Glow is comparable to any shades in the perm line or any that came out in the recent collections? I'm trying to find excuses not to buy it

You can run but you can't hide

Enjoy the fumes!

I don't know of any dupes sorry. Most peachy shades are more matte and a have a bit more colour to them. It is also different from Light Year I think, because Light Year has more pink to it. Good luck finding excuses

A-England polishes are just amazing! I only have 3 Bridal Veil, Dragon and Order of the Garter, but I would love to have more. I have also loved the swatches of the recently released polishes so this would be the perfect time to get them I guess. I'll think about it some more and see what I'll do.

Oh dear!

The AE sale will run for several days, so you have plenty of time to decide

Obscura is pure love.

Wearing Apres Chic today for the first time

I am getting the dreaded skippers remorse on that one.  Somehow, I had it in the cart, went back and deleted it.  Guess I figured it was dupeable and I would wait for something similar with a different finish.  I was hoping matte or mattene finish in that color shade.

I don't know of any dupes sorry. Most peachy shades are more matte and a have a bit more colour to them. It is also different from Light Year I think, because Light Year has more pink to it. Good luck finding excuses

A-England polishes are just amazing! I only have 3 Bridal Veil, Dragon and Order of the Garter, but I would love to have more. I have also loved the swatches of the recently released polishes so this would be the perfect time to get them I guess. I'll think about it some more and see what I'll do.