Author Archives: Mucha-Lucha

Monolith haul including Black Friday (November 2024)

Posted on by
Reply

I have a large Monolith haul to share with you today. I picked up everything in the Black Friday sale apart from the first three products.

Blend Bunny Cosmetics did a lot of collabs in 2024, and the Robert Welsh Divination palette was the only one I picked up. I think this colour story is beautiful, and I love that the palette has two rows or columns of shimmers.

I love Christmas themed make-up, and I’d been wanting the Give Me Glow Cosmetics Christmas Morning palette for so long, so I was very excited when it had been reformulated and was back in stock.

Give Glow Cosmetics also launched blush and highlighter duos, and I decided to get the Lilac Euphoria I Lavender Trip Dream Duo, and it’s so fun and pretty.

All the rest of the products in this haul was purchased in the Black Friday sale, and what a Black Friday sale it was. I got two eyeshadow palettes from Glaminatrix Cosmetics; the Rich Romantic palette and the Nocturnal palette. I really like the Glaminatrix Cosmetics eyeshadows and these colour stories are beautiful.

I also picked up two palettes from Gourmande Girls Cosmetics. The Calavera palette is just so fun and colourful, and even though I don’t love peach, and I really like colour story of the Peach Perfect palette.

The only thing(s) I got from Unearthly Cosmetics was the Heather Austin Resurgence collection box, which included the Resurgence palette, the Resurgence highlighter duo, and the lipgloss in Omen.

I’m still intrigued by Kaleidos and want to try out more things from the brand, so I got the Futurism V: Electro Turquoise palette and the two Space Age highlighters in Gifted and Prophecy. I love the colour story of the palette, and the highlighters are super intense and shifty.

I’ve been really into highlighters and especially colourful ones, so I picked up the Glamlite x Fresh Prince of Bel Air California Fresh highlighter palette, which has three fun, colourful shades.

The last four products I got are the Shroud Cosmetics Peaches & Dreams Sparkle Veil highlight in Dreamscape, two of the Lunar Beauty Moon Prism liquid blushes in Bloom Bella and Presioca Pink, and the Fantasy Cosmetics Lost Library lipstick in Unearthed. I actually think that all of the products in this haul are really nice.

More powder packaging inspiration

Posted on by
Reply

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. My make-up look obviously also had to reflect the colour story of the packaging on my Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish pressed powder, and I had to wear the actual powder as well that day.

(Base: primers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer + L’Oréal Glotion natural glow enhancer (shade: 901 Fair Glow), foundation – TirTir Mask Fit Red Cushion foundation (shade: 17C Porcelain), concealer – Natasha Denona Hy-Glam concealer (shades: RN1 + P1), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish pressed powder in Soft Porcelain. Face make-up: bronzer – Haus Labs Power Sculpt velvet bronzer in Soleil Sand, blush – Made By Mitchell Blursh Press’d blusher in All Riped Up, highlighter – Kaleidos Space Age Prophecy highlighter. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Gourmande Girls Calavera palette (shades: Sugar + Cempasuchitl + Tradition + Wind + Earth + Iluminacion + Ofrenda), mascaras – Glisten Cosmetics Spectra Lash mascara in Green + Blend Bunny Cosmetics Omni Lash lash perfecting mascara, eyeliner – MAC Powerpoint eye pencil in Mistletoe Mint. Eyebrows: MAC Shape + Shade brow tint in Taupe + Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze. Lips: MAC Centre of Attention lip pencil + rom&nd Glasting Melting Balm in 04 Hippie Berry)

Warm and rusty with neutrals

Posted on by
1

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I’ve actually been really into these warm, rusty make-up looks, especially when wearing an outfit in a neutral colour scheme.

(Base: primers – Huda Beauty Glowish Blur Jam silicone-free smoothing primer + Dior Forever Star Glow Filter (shade: 0N), foundation – Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop blurring skin tint (shade: 2), concealers – Rare Beauty Positive Light under eye brightener (shade: Light) + Fenty Beauty We’re Even hydrating longwear concealer (shade: 120N), powders – Essence Brighten Up! Banana powder in 10 Bababanana + Kiko Milano Radiant Fusion baked powder in 01. Face make-up: bronzer – Glam Shop Z Fioletem bronzer in Chocolate, blush – Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Flushed in Spiced Latte, highlighter – Glam Shop Z Fioletem highlighter in Mist. Eye make-up: base – Sigma Beauty Eyeshadow Base Primer in Ignite, eyeshadows – Glam Shop Zlota Era palette (shades: Hel + Cygaretka + Burleska + Boa + V.I.P. + Era + Glam Shop Z Fioletem highlighter in Mist (inner corners), mascara – Rimmel Kind & Free Lash Loader mascara (shade: 002 Brown Black), eyeliner – Nyx Slim eye pencil in Light Brown. Eyebrows: MAC Shape + Shade brow tint in Taupe + Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze. Lips: MAC Chili Rimmed lip pencil + MAC Lustreglass sheer-shine lipstick in Chili Popper)

Incredible print

Posted on by
1

Here’s what I wore Tuesday January 14. This is another outfit I’d been wanting to wear for so long, and even though neutrals are not my favourite colours to wear, the incredible print on the skirt and roll neck top makes neutrals a lot more fun.

(Sweater vest – Zara, roll neck top + skirt – H&M x Richard Allen, boots – second hand)

So pretty and so me

Posted on by
Reply

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. This make-up look is just so pretty and so me. The eye look is pretty, my skin looks great, and the lip colour is just so fun.

(Base: primer – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer, foundation – L’Oréal Paris True Match Nude plumping tinted serum (shade: 0,5-2 Very Light), concealers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Putty Color-Correcting Eye Brightener (shade: Fair) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + e.l.f. Cosmetics Halo Glow setting powder in Light. Face make-up: bronzer – Whats Up Beauty Cheeque Terre bronzer in 10 Light, blush + highlighter – Dior Rouge Blush & Glow duo face palette in 287 Dioramour. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Blend Bunny Cosmetics x Robert Welsh Divination palette (shades: Affirmation + 8 Ball + Tea Leaf + Psychic + Vision + Number 7), mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Blend Bunny Cosmetics Omni Lash lash perfecting mascara, eyeliners – Unearthly Cosmetics Immortal liquid eyeliner in Tears + Oden’s Eye Solmåne gel liner in 005 Avocado. Eyebrows: MAC Shape + Shade brow tint in Taupe + Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze. Lips: MAC Liptensity lip pencil in Hellebore + MAC Beach Nut lipstick)

Olive green and dark purple

Posted on by
1

Here’s what I wore Saturday January 11. I’d had this outfit in mind for quite a while, and I thought it would be perfect for a lunch date. You know I love to wear green and purple together, but specifically olive green and dark purple is such a pretty combo.

(Blazer – H&M, roll neck top + trousers – Monki, belt – second hand, bag – Silfen, boots – Tamaris)

Collective beauty haul (November 2024)

Posted on by
1

I have a collective beauty haul to share with you today. It contains a good mix of different products at different price points.

Let’s begin with indie make-up. I’m always excited to see the holiday releases from Oden’s Eye, because they’re been really good in the past. The 2024 holiday palettes from the brand were called Rosy Jingle and Silvery Bliss. The Rosy Jingle palette looks more like a spring palette to me, but I can definitely see Christmas and winter in the Silvery Bliss palette, which I think is my favourite of the two. I also received a free mirror with my palettes.

I also picked up the holiday launch from Lethal Cosmetics, which consisted of the Spellcraft palette and the Aura multichrome liners, which I bought as a bundle including all five shades; Sublime, Verve, Hypnotic, Transcend, and Synapse. The Spellcraft palette initially reminded me of the Lethal Cosmetics Midnight Serenade palette, and even though they do share som similarities, I thought they were different enough to have both in my eyeshadow palette collection.

Cosmic Brushes make some of my favourite eyeshadow formulas, and I really liked both the Blush Butters and the Velvet matte lipsticks from their Sinister collection, so I had to get the entire ‘Tis The Season collection. It includes the ‘Tis The Season palette, two Blush Butters in Merry and Nutmeg, and two Velvet matte lipsticks in Santa Baby and Ginger Snap. Looking at the picture of the palette makes me want to create another look with it right now.

When I purchased the ‘Tis The Season collection from the Cosmic Brushes website, I also got the Frosting highlighter trio, and the shades are so pretty.

Let’s move on to a bunch of products I got on sale like these two MAC Macximal Sleek satin lipsticks in Violet Vapor and Centre of Attention. I really like this new satin formula from MAC.

The MAC lip pencils are some of my favourite lip pencils, so I picked up some of the new shades (from bottom to top) Centre of Attention, Brick-O-La, and Grape Expectations.

Here’s a mixed bag of products I got in Zalando’s Single’s Day sale. I got the Wet n Wild Bare Focus Niacinamide skin tint in Fair, the 3ina The No-Rules Bling highlighter, the 3ina The Cherry Lip Glaze, the Maybelline Superstay Teddy Tint lipstick in 30 Coquettish, and another MAC lip pencil in Chili Rimmed.

And lastly, I picked up the TirTir Mask Fit Red Cushion foundation in 17C Porcelain and two of the Etude Fixing Tints in the shades 02 Vintage Red and 06 Soft Walnut. These products were on sale as well.

Resurgence

Posted on by
Reply

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. The Unearthly Cosmetics x Heather Austin Resurgence palette (which I’ll haul soon) has a very unique colour story, and I wasn’t quite sure how to create a cohesive look with it, until I saw what a great match it would be to this outfit.

(Base: primer – e.l.f. Cosmetics Liquid Poreless Putty primer, foundation – R.E.M. Beauty Sweetener foundation (shade: Fair 6 CN), concealers – e.l.f. Cosmetics Putty Color-Correcting Eye Brightener (shade: Fair) + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Ultra-Blur in Translucent. Face make-up: bronzer – Physicians Formula Bread & Butter bronzer in Toasty, blushes – Haus Labs Color Fuse powder blush in Watermelon Bliss + Unearthly Cosmetics x Heather Austin Resurgence highlighter duo (shade: Renewel), highlighter – Unearthly Cosmetics x Heather Austin Resurgence highlighter duo (shade: Rebirth). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 20 Cream + Unearthly Cosmetics x Heather Austin Resurgence palette (shades: Nymph + Ancient + Transformation + Jewel + Life), mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Blend Bunny Cosmetics Omni Lash lash perfecting mascara, eyeliner – Catrice Kohl Kajal Waterproof in 180 Red Coral. Eyebrows: MAC Shape + Shade brow tint in Taupe + Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze. Lips: MAC Centre of Attention lip pencil + Benefit Cosmetics Plushtint moisturizing matte lip tint in 20 Red Velvet)