7 posts tagged “mac smoke signals collection”

Sporting nail polish in Nocturnelle:

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Lumiere has some of the best mineral shadows out there. They are really pigmented and apply very smoothly on the lid, and the best part for me is that I don't need to foil them to achieve maximum color pay-off. I have several of these in my stash, but my favorites are the plums and greens. I am featuring Lumiere's Khaki eye shimmer. It is described on the site as a "medium khaki brown green", and my camera I believe faithfully captured the essence and nuances of the color. I used it on my outer V and I just love, love, love the color! It gives depth to my otherwise boring green eye look. I lined my eye with MAC's Mystery kohl power from the Smoke Signals collection, and I just love these kohl powers. They are some of the best pencil liners I've tried, and the colors are absolute coolness.

I have not picked up my J.Lynne foundation in months and now I am kicking myself in the butt for not using this. J.Lynne amazes me each time with its flawless but adequate coverage. It is not as light-weight as other brands like Meow, but man, the finish is outstanding. Since I've developed a tan over the summer months, I feel that my old shades in Meow are becoming way too light on me, but J.Lynne's is always perfect. J.Lynne's blushes and illuminizers are outstanding as well (soooo love the Latin Rhythms blush collection), and Jess, the owner, is so nice and easy to deal with each time.

I used my MAC lipstick in Mellow Flame from the Smoke Signals collection and I now know that this is hands-down my favorite among all the lipsticks from that collection. It goes well with my warm-toned skin and doesn't make me look washed out, and it doesn't look garish either. NC30-35 gals, we have a winner in Mellow Flame!

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I made a blue eye look for today and of course I just had to use my Blue Storm shadows. I did use other eyeshadows, though, like Electric Eel from MAC's regular line, and I can say that it meshed well with the other blues. This look is different from the hues I previously used using Blue Storm shadows, as well. All I can say is that I'm really beginning to like Blue Storm. I really prefer greens, though, but blues ain't bad at all. I am also falling in love with the Smoke Signals blushes. Emote is beautiful as a contour color and Ablaze is real pretty on the apples of the cheeks. In this look, however, I didn't use a lot of product on my cheeks so as not to compete with the strong eye look. It is kinda fierce for me, especially since I used it for work, so I had to tame it a little even though I wanted to go for a bolder look. I love the lipsticks as well. I used Barely Lit and Sparks Can Fly with Lightning lipglass, and I just love the effect - the combination did not make me look washed out. Lightning reminded me so much of my Pas-de-deux lipglass from the Danse collection, although they are not really replicas of each other. I didn't want to use up my Pas-de-deux because it was a limited edition product, but now I can use it as much as I want to because I've found a sort of back-up for it.

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Okay, I know this post is a tad too late, but it wasn't part of my plan, believe me. I should have posted some swatches last week, but due to unforeseen circumstances, I had to postpone it. Here are some of the gorgeous colors of the latest two collections from MAC. The most breathtaking however are not the eyeshadows, but the kohl power pencils. The minute I swatched them on my hand was a heart-stopping moment. I was totally floored by the smoothness of application and the gorgeous colors of these pencils. I love Mystery, it reminds me of Club eyeshadow and Teal pigment over a black base (either Blackground paint pot or Sharkskin shadestick). Raven is a blackish maroon that is very pretty, this one reminds me of Bare Escentuals Black Ruby shadow liner but a bit deeper and less vibrant. Orpheus is goldish black, and is nothing short of sexy. Really. Feline I heard is the blackest, darkest liner MAC has ever come up with, and it is thus perfect for smokey eyes.

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Here are some promotional pictures from the upcoming MAC collections.

Smoke Signals:

Blue Storm: