MAC New Year Shine and winter sales haul

I have a MAC haul to share with you today. It includes a mix of products from the New Year Shine collection and some sale items.

From the New Year Shine collection I picked up the Extra Dimension Skinfinish in Beaming Blush, which is a permanent shade, the Glow Play blush in Heat Index, which is also a permanent shade, and the lipstick in Taupe of the List, which I’m pretty sure is a limited edition shade.

Here’s a closer look at the products. I think the shiny, red packaging is beautiful.

I kind of regretted not getting the MAC x Whitney Houston lipglass in Nippy’s Shimmery Cinnamon, so I eventually had to pick it up.

And now on to the winter sale items. I picked up two more products from the Whitney Houston collection. I got the MAC x Whitney Houston Whitney’s Nippy Eye-Conic palette and a back up of the Extra Dimension Skinfinish in Just Whitney. I also purchased the Lustreglass lipstick in Chili Popper.

These last three products were gifts with purchase. The lip pencil is in the shade Dervish, and the lipstick is the Love Me lipstick in Daddy’s Girl. The bag is from the 2022 holiday collection.

Pretty pop

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I love how this make-up look turned out. The green eyeshadow really pops, and that lip colour is one of the prettiest lip colours I’ve worn in a while.

(Base: primers – Essence Catching Clouds Cloud-touch Mousse Primer in 01 Up On Cloud + Essence Cute As Shell face glow booster in 01 You Shell Sea My Glow!, foundation – Missha M Perfect Cover B.B Cream Spf 42 (shade: 21 Light Beige), concealers – Smashbox x Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector in Fair/Light + NYX Bare With Me concealer serum (shade: 02 Light), powder – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder in Translucent. Face make-up: bronzer – L’Oréal Infaillible 24H Fresh Wear Matte bronzer (shade: 250 Light), blusher – Too Faced Cloud Crush blurring blush in Watermelon Rain, highlighter – R.E.M. Beauty Interstellar highlighter in Mama Earth. Eye make-up: bases – MAC Prep + Prime 24-Hour Extend Eye Base + NYX Glitter primer, eyeshadows – Colourpop The Muppets Holidays! Holidays! Holidays! shadow palette (Holiday Party Time + Frazzled + Being Green + Festive + Celebrate Moi) + Colourpop The Muppets Super Shock shadow in Yaaaay!, mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara Cosmic Black, eyeliner – Oden’s Eye Solmåne gel liner in 001 Pitaya. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: Essence Soft & Precise lip pencil in 106 Late Night + Maybelline Superstay Vinyl Ink in 45 Capricious)

Quick and simple

Here’s the make-up I wore Friday March 31. I had to do a quicker make-up look that day and went for something pretty simple.

(Base: primer – Iconic London Underglow blurring primer, foundation – Catrice Nude Drop Tinted Serum foundation (shade: 004N), concealers – Smashbox x Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector in Fair/Light + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Physicians Formula Butter Dream Team face palette (shade: Butter Believe It! pressed powder in Translucent). Face make-up: bronzer + blusher – Physicians Formula Butter Dream Team face palette (shades: Murumuru Butter bronzer in Bronzer + Matte Monoi Butter bronzer in Deep Bronzer + Butter Believe It! blush in Pink Sands), highlighter – Rare Beauty Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter in Mesmerize. Eye make-up: eyeshadows – Catrice Aloe Vera eyeshadow stick (shade: 040 Lavender Brown) + Colourpop Super Shock Shadows (shades: How Far I’ll Go (Disney Princess collection) + Ritz + Ladybird), mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara Cosmic Black, eyeliner – MAC Studio Chromagraphic pencil in NC15/NW20. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: Gosh Velvet Touch lip liner in 002 Antique Rose + MAC Love Me lipstick in Daddy’s Girl)

Monki sale haul (January 2023)

I have a clothing haul to share with you today, which doesn’t happen as often these days. These are items a purchased in a Monki sale.

I purchased two coats. I love the line of clothing Monki did a little while back with the purple, pink, orange and brown checkered print, which also had a couple other colour combos of this print. I’ve been wearing this fuzzy coat quite a bit lately. The minty puffer coat is really nice as well, and I wore that a bit more a few months ago, when it was a bit colder.

I own this style of blazer in so many colours and prints by now, but you just can’t go wrong with an oversized blazer.

I already owned a pair of trousers in this print, so now I have the full set (I’m wearing it here).

I’m excited for the day where I can wear roll neck tops again (they’re not very breastfeeding friendly).

I love a short sleeve shirt, and I love purple, so this one definitely has a place in my wardrobe.

It’s always a great idea to buy your Christmas clothing out of season and on sale.

I love me some corduroy trousers, and I’ve been loving these brown cargo style ones lately.

Lastly, I purchased a matching scarf to the first coat, and I’ve loved wearing the two together.

Purple, pink, patchy

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. I love this purple and pink eye look, and I really like the colour of the lipstick, however, it’s a little patchy.

(Base: primer – Huda Beauty Glowish Blur Jam silicone-free smoothing primer, foundation – Wet ‘n Wild Photo Focus Dewy foundation (shade: Soft Ivory), concealers – Smashbox x Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector in Fair/Light + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Dior Backstage Face & Body Powder-No-Powder in 0 Neutral. Face make-up: bronzer – Tarte Sculpt Tape contour in Cool Bronze, blusher – Colourpop Super Shock blush in Jump Turn, highlighter – Colourpop pressed powder highlighter in In My Feels. Eye make-up: base – MAC Prep + Prime 24-Hour Extend Eye Base, eyeshadows – Lethal Cosmetics After Dark palette (shades: Frequency + Capslock + Nightcall + Mainframe + Synth + Overdrive), mascara – Kiko Milano Smart Colour mascara in 01 Metallic Purple, eyeliner – Revolution x Bratz Jade eye pencil. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: MAC Night Crawler lip pencil + MAC Locked Kiss Ink Lipcolour in Sardonic)

Not the case

Here’s the make-up I wore with this outfit. It’s always a bit nerve wracking doing your make-up for a special occasion, because what if it turns out bad. Luckily, that was not the case on the day of my daughter’s christening. I actually love how this make-up look turned out.

(Base: primer – Urban Decay All Nighter face primer, foundation – L’Oreal Infaillible 24H Fresh Wear foundation (shade: 015 Porcelain), concealers – Sigma Beauty Spectrum Color-Correcting Duo in Light to Medium + Huda Beauty #FAUXFILTER Luminous Matte liquid concealer (shade: 1.3G Marshmellow), powders – Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Tone Up in Rose + Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish powder (shade: 1 Fair). Face make-up: bronzer – Sigma Beauty Matte Bronzer (shade: Light), blusher – Colourpop Lizzie McGuire pressed powder blush in Dee-Lish!, highlighters – Colourpop pressed powder highlighters in Makin’ Memories + Love Struck. Eye make-up: base – MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly, eyeshadows – Essence eyeshadow in 05 Granny Pants + By BEAUTY BAY Pastels pressed pigment palette (shade: Lovesick) + Oden’s Eye x Lauren Mae Beauty Sea Talk palette (shades: Night Swim + Ocean Jewel + Iridescent Shell + Sea Spray) + Colourpop pressed powder highlighters in Makin’ Memories + Love Struck (inner corners + browbones), mascaras – MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara + Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High mascara Cosmic Black, eyeliner – Oden’s Eye Solmåne gel liner in 009 Sky Blue. Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze + Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim pencil in Medium Brown. Lips: L.A. Girl Perfect Precision lip liner in Pinky + MAC Barbiestyle lipstick)

Christening

Here’s what I wore Sunday March 26. We were celebrating my daughter’s christening that day, and the day went so well! It was also really nice to wear a dress for once, but it had to be breastfeeding friendly, so I chose one with buttons.

(Dress + tights + boots – Monki)

Oden’s Eye Jewel Shine single multichrome eyeshadows

In January, Oden’s Eye released their Jewel Shine single eyeshadows. The collection includes 12 multichromes and 30 shimmers. If you purchase all 12 multichromes, you get a discount plus a free 12 colour storage container, so I did just that.

These multichromes are absolutely stunning, and I love how they all look together in the storage container (empty palette). I also love the pan design. The shades are (from left to right, row by row) M001 Lola, M002 Ingrid, M003 Maja, M004 Angela, M005 Isabella, M006 Judy, M007 Noe, M008 Thor, M009 Eden, M010 Dimitri, M011 Marius, and M012 Leon. I’m wearing some of the shades here and here.