MAC STYLE BLACK Part Deux: The Makeover
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Food & Nosh, Make-Up & Beauty
Ok I need to type this in 10 minutes flat because my cousin, Nadz, is power-napping next to me and she’ll kill me if she finds out that I have her photos all over my blog lol.
I’ve had a pretty rough friday: fell sick, had to cancel my dinner date, slipped and fell down three steps down the stairs and my butt has a ginormous bruise the size AND color of a mini eggplant - not cute. I had a sleepover planned with Nadz the following day (her birthday is coming and we thought of celebrating it earlier) so I was determined to get well, downed what must have been a million pills and went to sleep, hoping that I would wake up happy & healthy.
…AND I DID! So yay! I’m having a great time with my girl, we went shopping earlier to get Japanese snacks (omg these little honey + vanilla biscuits from Japanese snack brand, BOURBON - it’s like honey stars on crack so so good) and to get ingredients for panna cotta! It’s our tradition to try cooking something we’ve never made before everytime we have a sleepover so you can expect an entry on that soon haha. We’ve already made the decadent dessert and it’s currently chilling happily in the fridge ;D
Nadz finally got her MAC Style Black eyeshadow from me today and I thought hey, this just calls for a makeover! Plus I owe you guys a beauty entry anyway - perfect timing!
You have NO idea how reluctant she was, you would have thought you know after practically knowing me her entire life, she would have a greater sense of trust in me but nooooo, the girl was sulking and squirming the whole time I did her make-up…until she took a look at the end result LOL!
I wanted to go for a subtle smokey eyed look that was suitable for the day so I combined Nadz’s sooty gold-black eyeshadow with richer shades of olive green and light gold. Nadz usually doesn’t use lipstick so I forced some midtone pink-red lipstick on her lips to make things interesting holaaa!
Nadz’s FOTD:
Face:
Dr Jart Black Detox BB cream - this bb cream is awesome btw!
Cheeks:
MAC mineralize blush in Moon River (Limited Edition)
MAC mineralize skinfinish in Shooting Star (Limited Edition)
Eyes:
MAC eyeshadow in Sable & Mink in the inner corner (Limited Edition)
MAC mineralize eyeshadow in Gilt of Association on outer lid (Limited Edition)
MAC pigment in Blonde’s Gold (Limited Edition)
Edit: Forgot to mention I used Shu Uemura’s cream eyeshadow in Suou as a base & Majolica Majorca mascara!
Eyeliner:
Clinique cream shaper for the eyes in Egyptian
Random dark blue eyeshadow from MAC - totally forgot the name eep! Will update this later.
Edit: It’s MAC mineralize eyeshadow in Ether.
Lips:
NYX lipstick in Doll
Oh crap I think Nadz just woke up lol, so I gtg! Have an awesome weekend!
Til next time~
Tags: fotd: smokey, life, mac: style black, Make-Up & Beauty
MAC Style Black mini haul + thermal mask review
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Make-Up & Beauty
Today I bring goodies from MAC’s Style Black collection which was released barely a month ago in Singapore. It’s a little late I know but I just received my new babies in the mail yesterday because I ordered them online via Nordstrom.
I think Style Black is a collection every MAC fan girl just died over; sooty black eyeshadows amped up by a variety of colored shimmer, creamy black lipstick and shimmery black dazzleglasses, black color bases for the face and eyes, vampy nail polishes that even made me, a girl who was never really into nail polishes, sigh in longing. You can read more about the collection here.
Now I don’t want to mislead you any further into thinking “OMG ILYANA PROLLY BOUGHT THE WHOLE COLLECTION IT’S JUZ WHAT SHE WOULD DO!” because I DIDN’T get ANY make-up at all. I know, I know, it’s a little hard to believe a make-up whore like me would skip out on the Style Black collection.
I’ll relinquish the fact that I was very, very tempted by the dazzleglass and the shadestick BUT I’ve come to the point where I think my current make-up collection is sufficient enough for me (read: I have wayyy too much and probably won’t have any more space for new ones lol)
So you must be wondering “WHAT THE HELL DID CHU SPEND ON GIRRLLL? STOP WASTIN’ MAH TIME TYVM”
I got MAC Style Black’s repromoted limited edition skincare: the infamous Volcanic Ash Exfoliator and the Volcanic Ash Thermal Mask which absurdly isn’t available in the Singapore MAC counters (apparently there isn’t a “market” here, ridiculous!)
Before I start talking about what I got, let’s have a look at what my homegirl Nadz got! (We ordered together to save costs ;D)
MAC Style Black mineralize eyeshadow in “Gilt by Association” DAYUM RIGHT IT’S HOT. I spotted this first after opening the box I got in the mail, went “OMFG!!!!!!” and screamed in jealousy. IT IS SO STUNNING.
LOOK AT THAT! I’m just stabbing myself right now for not getting any eyeshadows from the collection. I was describing to Nadz on the phone that it looked like a effing dark galaxy with tiny gold stars…ok that was lame - REWRITE!
Gilt by Association: A dark galaxy, a midnight abyss with numerous chunky bronze-gold stars swirled around, glinting with a pearlescent lustre in the darkness.
..I can’t take myself seriously sometimes HAHAHAHA! Anyway please thank Nadz for allowing me to open up her eyeshadow, otherwise these photos won’t be here for your enjoyment ;D Thank youu bbcakes for having so much trust in me ♥
K back to MY stuff now!
Tags: MAC, mac: style black, skincare: MAC
