good ol' haul

Hello to all my dear followers,

I passed all my exams and only have one paper to finish up. I thought I'd make a blog post that I'd been planning for some time.

This is an older haul, but since 2 of the products are permanent and the lip stick gets repromoted quite frequently, why not show you anyway?

I bought:

- Nars Duo eyeshadow in Dogon = ♥
- Nars Illuminator in Copacabana
- MAC lipstick in Everhip (Perfect coral for spring/summer)

Please let me know if you'd like me to review or swatch any of the items.

Love,
Maya

collective MAC haul

Hi my dear readers!

Wow, it's been quite some time again! So sorry, I really haven't been good at updating my blog as frequently as I would like to.

Work has been stressful and I just came back from a 3 day meditation retreat!

So, what better way to get back into things by sharing with you, what I got from MAC in the past 2 months.

Let's get started with some items from the permanent line:

Soft Ochre Paint Pot


Bare Study Paint Pot:


Eye shadows:
1st row: All that glitters, Patina
2nd row: Sable, Club


Bare Slimshine:


Onto the LE stuff now...

Ripe Peach:


Shell Pearl Beauty Powder


Prim & Proper:


I also got the 109 Brush and Prep & Prime SPF 50, which I couldn't take a decent picture of.

All in all I must say I like all the products I got. I will hopefully get around doing some reviews in the near future. Please let me know if you have any questions about any of the products.


Love,
Maya

January's goodies

Hello everyone,

These are the items I purchased in January. Some of them I received as gifts too. :) All MAC items, except for one product.



1. Mineralize Skinfinish in "By Candlelight"
2. SFF in NC25
3. Hypnotizing eyeshadow
4. Ladyblush
5. Paintpot in Constructivist (in package)
6. H&M eyebrow colour

I may be posting swatches and reviews soon.
So far I have been enjoying these products.

Love,
Maya

MAC/Smashbox shopping spree

Hi Everyone,

I know it has been a looong time! For those who are celebrating Christmas: Merry Christmas!

Here are some pictures of my purchases from the last month or so.Let me know if you want to see swatches/reviews or have any questions!

1st shopping spree resulted in this:

Fun in the Sun Kit (181 SE, Nuance blush, play on plums eyeshadow duo, shimpagne)
Blot Powder in Medium Dark
Rebel l/s (back-2-MAC)
Vanilla Pigment
Omega Eyeshadow
Engraved Powerpoint eye pencil
Pink Swoon Blush
226 Brush

and the rest of my purchases:

(aforementioned 226 Brush)
Angel l/s
Feline Kohl Power eye pencil
Mineralize Blush in Superdupernatural
Smachbox Pout lipgloss
Smashbox Pout lipstick


And here a close up of the mineralize products:


superdupernatural - play on plums - nuance - shimpagne

And a closer look to my new pink lip products:



Love,
Maya

MAC Haul Oct/Nov

Hello ladies,

There have been several small hauls in the last 4 weeks.

Here's a picture of the items I got.



And another picture with the goodies out of the packaging:



• Brush Cleanser
• Studio Fix Powder Plus NC25
• Blush Palette
• Style Blush
• Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Medium Plus
• Copperplate eyeshadow
• Volcanic Ash Thermal Mask
• 182 Brush

A better picture of the foundations, style blush and copperplate eyeshadow, so you can see the shades better:



Pics of the 182 Kabuki, because the previous ones were not doing it justice at all:




Please let me know if you would like a review or a swatch!

♥Maya♥

MAC DSquared Haul

Hello to all my followers and fellow bloggers,

I was really waiting for this collection to be released and was so happy when it was finally released here.
As I have crazy dental and passport renewal costs this month, I tried to keep my shopping spree to a basic minimum.

When I initially went, I only got the Sculpt & Shape in Accentuate Sculpt. I was however also eying the Bone Beige Emphasize one, as well as the Nude Rose l/s. But I was strong. Picked up the one item and left. Yes. I went home. I went home for 30 minutes, did further "research" and went back to pick up the two other items! :)



I know you can hardly tell the difference between the two sculpt & shapes. There are plenty tho.

Bone Beige Emphasize includes an off white highlight shade with a subtle sheen and a matte light warm brown with red undertones as a contour colour. This will be perfect for me during the paler winter months.

Accentuate Sculpt however is darker in colour and therefor more suitable for my tanned summer months. The highlight is a peachy beige colour and the contour has more of a greyish taupish undertone.

Both of these can be easily used for a simple eye make-up look.

Nude Rose is a very sheer, light pink lustre. I am kind of disappointed by its lack of pigmentation. But it is a gorgeous colour.

All in all, I am really happy with my purchase! I might go back next month to see if they have anything left of the Style Black collection.

Which items did you pick up?

collective shopping spree incl. clinique, mac & smashbox

Hello lovelies,

I finally have some time to blog!!!

I got some vouchers from work as a holiday gift and went shopping. crazy shopping. Here's what I got:



• Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion
• Lancome Bi Facil eye make up remover
• Clinique Liquid Facial Soap mild
• Clinique Clarifying Lotion 2
• Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel
• Smashbox Crease Brush no 10
• Smashbox Limitless Long Wear Lip Gloss SPF 15 in Nonstop


and a close up of the Smashbox Lipgloss and Crease brush no 10




And got a ton of freebies, too (ps freebies make me happy!!!):



Then the random drugstore stuff I got:



• Johnson's Softly Foaming Facial Wash
• Perfect Chic Nailpolish in no 44
• Weleda (Baby) Calendula Moisturizing Facial Cream
• Maybelline Volum' Express Mascara in black
• L'Oreal Super Liner Carbon Gloss
• Dream Mat(te) Powder in Golden Beige

And last but definitely not least, some MAC goodies:



• MAC Coygirl
• MAC Snob (I back-2-MACed)
• MAC Cork

Please let me know if you would like me to review or swatch anything :)

MAC goodies (ebay & in store)

Remember that guilt ridden post of mine regarding my make-up spending habit?

Well, these are the items I bought recently and that caused me to feel guilty:



MAC Face & Body Foundation in C2 ♠
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium ○
MAC Moisturecover NW25
MAC Select Cover up NW20 ○
MAC Well Dressed blush ♠
MAC Photorealism quad *
MAC Rated "R" eyeshadow *
MAC Strike a Pose eyeshadow *
MAC Sweet Sienna pigment *
Graphic Garden Brush Set "Shape & Perfect" ♠

The items marked with a ♠ were bought in store.

Ebay sellers I bought from and that I can highly recommend:

http://myworld.ebay.com/pinkdaisygirls
I was looking through threads on Specktra for good ebay sellers after my disaster with ACW. I ordered the majority of my things from this seller. She gift wrapped my goodies (so sweet, right?!!) and even offered to get some products from MAC Pro for me. I highly recommend her, she's sweet, the items are all authentic MAC products and the shipping was quite fast! All items with a * were purchased from her!

http://myworld.ebay.com/buyyugiohonline/
Again, another recommendation from Specktra. She's another great authentic MAC seller on ebay. I bought two items from her. The communication was great, the items arrived fast! I bought the items marked with a ○ from her!

Here's a picture of the face products:




Close ups of the eyeshadows & pigment:

Sweet Sienna - Limited Edition Taupy Pigment!


Photorealism from the Make-up Art Cosmetics Collection.


The two Starflash Shadows from the Love that Look collection. These were sold out at my local MAC.

MAC shopping spree

Hello my dear readers!

It's been a while. And I have been doing some major shopping this past week.

These are the things that I got:

From the Love that Look collection I got these lovely eyeshadows:

• Smoke & Diamonds (depotted)
• Style Snob
• Fashion Groupie

• Carbon & Brule in Pan Format

• Moisturelush eye cream

• Studio Fix Fluid NC30 & pump

• Dainty Mineralize Blush


(pump not in the picture)

Swatches & reviews to follow...

Have you gotten any of the Starflash eyeshadows?

♥

new in | MAC & more

It's been a long time again, but I've been so busy with work, that whenever I am home, I just am too tired to do anything. Unfortunately, I get too tired to update this blog, too.

But other than work, I went to MAC quite a few times.

These are the things that I got on my 1st trip a week ago!

Smut eyeshadow



Buckwheat eyeshadow from the Naked Honey Collection



And here a picture of both eyeshadows - taken with flash.



Smut is a gorgeous dark greyish brownish colour with a purple sheen to it.
Buckwheat is a rich brown with golden sparkle to it.

I then depotted these eyeshadows and backed-to-MAC some stuff and received a lipstick. I was a little upset to be honest, because even though our MAC is a freestanding store, I was only allowed to pick a lipstick. Really sucked, actually - since I am not really into lipsticks.

The one lipstick that I wanted to try tho was Blankety, so I picked it.



The picture doesn't do the colour justice. It's a light brownish beige. A Beautiful nude without obvious pink or peach undertones.

Last, but not least, I made yet another trip (3 all together in one week) to see the Color Craft Collection and was not impressed at all. I was gonna get Color Crafted and Improvised, but passed on those and chose Lychee Luxe Lipglass instead, as I was looking for a nice corally lip gloss.




And these are the items that my bf brought back from London. I passed on Gosh and Barry M, as I will be going to London in Fall (fingers crossed) and would rather pick the things in person.

Bobbi Brown Color Corrector in Peach



And my HG Hair treatment: Aussie's 3 Minute Miracle Reconstructor



Hope you've all been doing well.

♥