5 posts tagged “mac brushes”

Last June 30th, Aromaleigh had an amazing 50% sale off their Rocks! Sonic eyeshadows. To those not familiar with Aromaleigh pigments, the Rocks! Sonic collection has the most intense, brightest, off-the-charts pigment colors available in this brand, and also some of the most vivid and most pigmented you could find anywhere. It is not 100% minerals but a hybrid of natural minerals and some ingredients used for traditional cosmetics. I was over-the-moon when the sale was announced because I've always wanted to get full sizes of some amazingly-colored Rocks! shadows. I didn't know that the price would go as low as 50% off! So I placed an order that day, and three days later it arrived at my doorstep. Pretty quick, huh?

I noticed that several of the Rocks! Sonic shadows I've encountered needed some sort of mixing medium to make them adhere to the skin. That's fine because I almost always use my MAC mixing medium for pigments anyway. These swatches were applied wet with no base.

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When I was in New Jersey, I roadtested a bridal look for my cousin Jewelyn who is getting married next month. I used MAC eyeshadows that were bought specifically for her wedding (as recommended by a MAC makeup artist), as well as some products from my own personal collection. I was a little intimidated by the fact that I (a) I am not a professional makeup artist; (b) this is probably just the third or fourth time I've ever done full makeup application on somebody other than myself, (d) I did the whole thing at night without the benefit of natural light, and (c) every step was being documented by her groom using his camera. That said, I did the best I could and if there were some mistakes, I do admit to them; but given the limited lighting, I tried my best to work under not-so-ideal conditions. Nonetheless, she and her mom liked the result. Some products would be tweaked as the big day nears, but this is more or less going to be her look. It was also a good thing that she has beautiful skin; I didn't waste much time in concealing blemishes.

Start with clean, moisturized face

Using Jewelyn's own Everyday Minerals kabuki, I used DreamWorld mineral foundation in Tethys (Sands formula), using the swirl, tap, spritz (using MAC Fix+ moisture spray) and buff technique. I did two layers of foundation.

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So I finally laid my hands on these beautiful beauty powder blushes that were launched yesterday, I believe? These are the perfect blushes for me because they are an excellent marriage of color and sheen, not shine. I first fell in love with beauty powders during my MAC Barbie phase. Although I still love my Pearl Sunshine and Pearl Blossom beauty powders up to now, the new beauty powder blushes are different in the sense that there is more pigment to make them technically blushes, but the slight sheen that gives your entire complexion a lift is so out of the ordinary. They are not like mineralize skinfinishes either. MSFs radiate a more intense glow, and some of the less popular ones are kind of glittery. Beauty powder blushes, however, just emit the subtlest glow, just a whisper of sheen to your skin to de-flat your complexion. My favorites would be Feeling and Shy Beauty, but in fact, every one of these is very wearable.

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