MAC sale + Pony Park haul

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A little while back I bought these MAC products on sale. I picked up a new 217 brush; my old one is not looking good. I also picked up two single eyeshadows. I have a 15 pan MAC palette that I would like to complete one day, and now that I’ve added Wedge and Patina, I’m one step closer. I purchased a few limited edition products as well. The mini Fix+ is in the white tea scent.

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The two other limited edition products I purchased on sale were the Electric Wonder Next To Nothing bronzing powder in the shade Canyon Dreaming and the Shiny Pretty Things lipstick in the shade Both Cheeks.

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Lastly, I also decided to get one of the Extra Dimension skinfinishes from the Pony Park collection (this one was not on sale). I got the shade Cold Comfort and it has a blue shift. I don’t have anything like this in my highlighter collection, and the packaging is stunning too.

Still obsessed with blue

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I think it’s been a couple of months since the last time I posted a blue eye look, but don’t you worry, I’m still obsessed.

(Base: primers – Wet n Wild Photofocus face primer matte + MAC Prep + Prime Natural Radiance Illuminating Base (shade: Radiant Yellow), foundation – Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless foundation (shade: 110 Porcelain), concealers – MAC Pro Longwear concealer (shade: NC20) + L’Oréal Infaillible More Than Concealer (shade: 322 Ivory), powders – e.l.f. HD Undereye setting powder in Sheer + Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless pressed powder (shade: 90 Translucent). Face make-up: bronzer – The Body Shop Honey Bronze Bronzing powder (shade: 02 fair matte), blusher – the Balm FratBoy blusher, highlighter – Ofra Cosmetics x Nikkietutorials Glazed Donut highlighter. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Jeffree Star Blue Blood eyeshadow palette (shades: Wealthy + Blue Blood + Undertaker + Cullinan), mascara – Maybelline The Falsies Volum’ Express, eyeliner – Sephora Long lasting kohl pencil in 07 Infinite beige. Eyebrows: e.l.f. Brow Pencil (shade: Neutral Brown) + e.l.f. Clear Brow & Lash Mascara. Lips: MAC Naked Liner lip pencil + Jeffree Star Velour liquid lipstick in Can’t Relate)

All the matching colours

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I decided to do a make-up look including all the different colours in my outfit, and I really like how it turned out.

(Base: primers – Wet n Wild Photofocus face primer matte + MAC Prep + Prime Natural Radiance Illuminating Base (shade: Radiant Yellow), foundation – Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless foundation (shade: 110 Porcelain), concealers – MAC Pro Longwear concealer (shade: NC20) + L’Oréal Infaillible More Than Concealer (shade: 322 Ivory), powders – e.l.f. HD Undereye setting powder in Sheer + Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless pressed powder (shade: 90 Translucent). Face make-up: bronzer – Maybelline City Bronzer in 100 Light Cool, blusher – Essence Satin Touch blush in 20 Satin Love, highlighter – Milani Strobe Light Instant Glow Powder (shade: Afterglow). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Juvia’s Place The Magic Mini palette (shades: Kesi + Buzo) + Jeffree Star Blue Blood eyeshadow palette (shades: Ouch + Donor) + MAC Nylon eyeshadow, mascara – Maybelline The Falsies Volum’ Express, eyeliner – MUA Intense Glitter eyeliner in Jade Jewel. Eyebrows: e.l.f. Brow Pencil (shade: Neutral Brown) + e.l.f. Clear Brow & Lash Mascara. Lips: Jeffree Star Velour liquid lipstick in Fudge Pop)

5 favourites – October

It’s halloween today, which means that October will be over by tomorrow, which means that there’s only one more month left before December! But who I’m a kidding, I’ve been christmassing since the beginning of September. I even have a Christmas favourite this month, so let’s talk about those favourites.

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MOA Donald Duck sneakers: I’ve had these sneakers for a while now, and I’ve worn them the other months too, but for some reason they have been my go-to sneakers this past month. I guess they have just been working well with a lot of my outfits from October.

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Maybelline City bronzer (shade: 100 Light Cool): I wasn’t sure I liked this bronzer at first, but the more I use the more I like it. It has a yellow undertone, which suprisingly looks great with a lot of make-up looks.

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Jeffree Star Velour liquid lipstick in Celebrity Skin: I’ve had this lipstick for a long time, and it’s been my favourite nude lipstick ever since I bought it, but I’ve reached for it so many times this past month that I had to mention it. It’s the perfect nude in my opinion.

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Essence This Is Me gel nail polish (shade: 03 Bold): I have an Essence haul coming up, but I couldn’t wait to share this nail polish with you. I love Essence’s nail polishes in general, and this is the most beautiful dark nude shade.

Christmas Songs – Frank Sinatra (album): I couldn’t choose just one Christmas song that has been my favourite this past month, but my favourite Christmas album has been this Frank Sinatra one. I’m a huge fan of old, classic Christmas songs, so it’s no wonder that I enjoy these Sinatra songs. I decided to feature the song ‘Christmas Dreaming’, which pretty much sums up my life right now:)

Interstellar sumptious olive

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I layered MAC Sumptious Olive eyeshadow with Interstellar from the Jeffree Star Cosmetics Alien palette, and it’s such a stunning combo!

(Base: primers – Wet n Wild Photofocus face primer matte, foundation – Wet n Wild Photofocus foundation (shade: Soft Ivory), concealers – MAC Pro Longwear concealer (shade: NC20) + L’Oréal Infaillible More Than Concealer (shade: 322 Ivory), powders – e.l.f. HD Undereye setting powder in Sheer + Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless pressed powder (shade: 90 Translucent). Face make-up: bronzer – Physicians Formula Butter bronzer (shade: Light), blusher – Essence Satin Touch blush in 20 Satin Love, highlighter – Milani Strobe Light Instant Glow Powder (shade: Afterglow). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Jeffree Star Alien palette (shades: Titan + Interstellar) + Jeffree Star Androgyny palette (shade: Safe Word) + MAC eye shadows (shades: Sumptious Olive + Nylon), mascara – Maybelline The Falsies Volum’ Express, eyeliner – Sephora Long lasting kohl pencil in 07 Infinite beige. Eyebrows: e.l.f. Brow Pencil (shade: Neutral Brown) + e.l.f. Clear Brow & Lash Mascara. Lips: NYX Slim lip pencil in Nude Truffle + MAC Cold Hard Cash lipstick)

First impressions: L’Oréal Infaillable Longwear Shaping Stick foundation

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It’s been a while since the last time I did a first impressions post on a foundation, so I wanted to try out this stick foundation from L’Oréal.

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I’m not familiar with stick foundations, but I’ve always thought that they would be easy and quick to use. I don’t think that’s the case with this one. I applied it directly on to my face and blended it out with a sponge, which is how I usually blend out my foundation. It was so difficult though, and it took a really long time. The stick doesn’t contain that much product, and I found that the coverage is very light, so you have to use quite a bit of product to cover your entire face. As you can see it has quite a dewy finish (I’m wearing a regular none-glowy primer underneath), which is okay though I personally prefer a more matte foundation. Concealers blend in fine with the foundation, but not great. I wore the foundation for about 9,5 hours and it looked okay at the end of the day; it had separated around the nose area and my face looked slightly more shiny than right after application (the photo above was taking shorty after applying the foundation). A positive thing to say about this product is that it removed very easily, but overall I’m not a fan of this foundation. I might give it a second change, but based on my first impressions, I wouldn’t recommend it.

Bronze and dark grey

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. Bronze and dark grey is quite an unusual colour combo, but I kind of like it.

(Base: primers – Wet n Wild CoverAll primer + MAC Prep + Prime Natural Radiance Illuminating Base (shade: Radiant Yellow), foundation – Wet n Wild Photofocus foundation (shade: Soft Ivory), concealers – MAC Pro Longwear concealer (shade: NC20) + L’Oréal Infaillible More Than Concealer (shade: 322 Ivory), powders – e.l.f. HD Undereye setting powder in Sheer + Wet n Wild Photofocus pressed powder (shade: Warm Light). Face make-up: bronzer – Maybelline City Bronzer in 100 Light Cool, blusher – Essence Satin Touch blush in 20 Satin Love, highlighters – the Balm Mary-Lou Manizer + MAC powder blush in Always One Jump Ahead (highlighter). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Juvia’s Place The Magic Mini palette (shade: Kesi) + Juvia’s Place The Saharan palette (shades: Katsina + Senegal) + MAC Nylon eyeshadow, mascara – Maybelline The Falsies Volum’ Express, eyeliner – Sephora Long lasting kohl pencil in 07 Infinite beige. Eyebrows: e.l.f. Brow Pencil (shade: Neutral Brown) + e.l.f. Clear Brow & Lash Mascara. Lips: Essence Invisible Kiss transparent lipliner in 01 Multitalent Wonder + MAC Gwendolyn lipstick)

Collective Sephora haul

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I actually don’t order things from Sephora very often, but I’ve been craving the Huda Beauty Amethyst Obsessions palette for months and months, so when I found it on sale I had to have plus a few more things.

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I’ve been wanting to try the Huda Beauty Obsessions palettes for a while, especially the Amethyst one, and when I found several of them on sale, I also decided to get Ruby Obsessions and Emerald Obsessions. I’ve only worn Emerald Obsessions so far, and I really liked the looks I created with it.

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Another product I’ve been wanting to try for so long is the Hourglass Ambient Lighting powders. I decided to get a palette (Etherial Edit) with an Ambient Lighting powder, blush, and strobe lighting powder.

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I also (finally) bought some new eyelash curlers from Sephora Collection, and then I decided to try these Marc Jacobs Glitter Glam Crayons in (Gem)Stoned and Glam Jam. I’ve heard many good things about Marc Jacobs eyeliners, and so far I’m impressed.

Tribe and triggered

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Here’s the make-up I wore Friday September 13. I used the Tribe palette by Juvia’s Place for the first time, and I really like how my eye look turned out. It’s also nice to get back into dark lip colours.

(Base: primers – MAC Prep + Prime Skin Base Visage Makeup face primer + MAC Prep + Prime Natural Radiance Illuminating Base (shade: Radiant Yellow), foundation – Wet n Wild Photofocus foundation (shade: Soft Ivory), concealers – MAC Pro Longwear concealer (shade: NC20) + L’Oréal Infaillible More Than Concealer (shade: 322 Ivory) + Maybelline Instant Anti Age Eraser concealer (shade: 00 Ivory), powders – e.l.f. HD Undereye setting powder in Sheer + Wet n Wild Photofocus pressed powder (shade: Warm Light). Face make-up: bronzer – Physicians Formula Butter bronzer (shade: Light), blusher – Essence Satin Touch blush in 20 Satin Love, highlighter – Milani Strobe Light Instant Glow Powder (shade: Afterglow). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence Must Haves single eyeshadow in 09 Chilli Vanilli + Juvia’s Place The Tribe palette (shades: Ashanti + Chaga + Koro) + Jeffree Star Alien palette (shade: Pluto), mascara – Maybelline The Falsies Volum’ Express, eyeliner – Sephora Long lasting kohl pencil in 07 Infinite beige. Eyebrows: e.l.f. Brow Pencil (shade: Neutral Brown) + e.l.f. Clear Brow & Lash Mascara. Lips: Jeffree Star Velour liquid lipstick in Triggered)

Distract with colour

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Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. When you have bad skin just wear fun colourful eye make-up to distract from it:)

(Base: primer – MAC Prep + Prime Skin Base Visage Makeup face primer, foundation – Wet n Wild Photofocus foundation (shade: Soft Ivory), concealers – MAC Pro Longwear concealer (shade: NC20) + Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage concealer (shade: Fair Neutral) + Maybelline Instant Anti Age Eraser concealer (shade: 00 Ivory), powders – e.l.f. HD Undereye setting powder in Sheer + Wet n Wild Photofocus pressed powder (shade: Warm Light). Face make-up: bronzer – Physicians Formula Butter bronzer (shade: Light), blusher – Milani powder blush in 01 Romantic Rose, highlighter – Milani Strobe Light Instant Glow Powder (shade: Afterglow). Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Jeffree Star Blue Blood eyeshadow palette (shades: Wealthy + Mintea) + Juvia’s Place The Magic Mini palette (shade: Yara) + MAC Nylon eyeshadow, mascara – Maybelline The Falsies Volum’ Express, eyeliner – MUA Intense Glitter eyeliner in Jade Jewel. Eyebrows: e.l.f. Brow Pencil (shade: Neutral Brown) + e.l.f. Clear Brow & Lash Mascara. Lips: Rimmel Exaggerate lip liner in 063 Eastend Snob + MAC Princess Incognito lipstick)