Oops, I’ve gone and done it again. Spent
perhaps a little too much time in a MAC store and before I know it, I’ve left
with a mascara, a lipstick and four eye shadows (plus two more eye shadows for
my friend…). I think it’s about time I
came clean with everyone and I admit it: I have a problem. I have a serious
addiction to MAC Cosmetics.
As soon as I returned home with my
beautiful (and expensive but totally worth it - but my debit card seems to
boldly disagree) make-up, all I wanted to do was get a review in. So, finally,
here I am reviewing them, and I figured these little beauties were a perfect
way to start up my blog!
Yes, I am aware I’ve been neglecting my
blog massively for months now, and it’s been very stressful for me. I love
blogging, I love getting feedback from people about my blog and before I
started neglecting it, I was beginning to receive positive feedback from so
many people and it shocked me to find out people who I actually knew – yes,
like, in real life! Not just from my twitter post-promotions! – were reading,
BENEFITING and ENJOYING my blog! It really gave me so much more confidence to
continue with my blog, but admittedly the summer has been very hectic and I’ve
been working basically full time at my job. I have now started back at college
and I am still doing a lot of hours at work on top of that, so I am a little
worried about the little time I’m getting to myself to blog, study for college
as well as my online course (which I haven’t even had a second to study since
May, yes, MAY.), sleep, eat… breathe! But I will post and queue posts as often
as I can because to me hearing that people like my writing style is so
important!
Eyeshadows
£13.00 each
“Nylon” Frost
“Pink
Venus” Lustre
“Gleam” Lustre
“Trax” Velvet
Lipstick
£15.50 each
“Captive” Satin
After spending at least half an hour
testing out eyeshadows on the back of my hand, I found four that I instantly
just fell in love with. Side-by-side were Nylon and Pink Venus, with two
different finishes, both just as beautiful as each other, they somehow work
beautifully together. Both with a silver based shimmer they blend so
beautifully together! I find this such a lightweight and stunning daytime look.
Word of warning, Pink Venus might make your face a little bit glittery! So it’s
ideal to apply loose powder under your eyes before you apply the shadow and to
sweep it off after you’ve finished your eye make-up.
I found Gleam and Trax equally blended together
beautifully, however it’s a darker look and more appropriate for an evening
look. Trax is a dark purple with a golden shimmer, and Gleam is a pink-based
shadow with a golden gleam. So similarly to the Pink Venus-Gleam combination,
they blend together beautifully due to their shimmer colours.
Left: Trax and Gleam
Right: Pink Venus and Nylon
And as any of Mac’s beautifully coloured
lipsticks, Captive is just perfect. The matte colour with a satin finish is
absolutely stunning and gives such a bold lip look. I instantly fell in love
with the colour and also how easily it glides on, however this could be said
about any of their lipsticks.
Now, I am going to try and control this
little problem I seem to have developed recently, and trust me it’s not going
to be easy seeing all of the beautiful eyeshadows and lipstick shades!
Hopefully I will calm down though, because as it stands I have SO many
beautiful and amazing products to share with you, I just couldn’t resist this
being my first comeback post!
Thank you all for reading!
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