MAC haul feat. Cham Pale, Stylishly Yours, and Mickey Contractor

Last friday MAC launched 3 of their new collections here in Singapore, which are cham pale, stylishly yours, and mickey contractor collections. 


To be honest with you, i'm not really excited about these, but of course i still have to check them out to put myself out of misery. 


CHAM PALE collection


The only thing i want from this collection is the special reserve highlight powder in rose ole. 
The paint pots are not pigmented enough. To me they just look like a bunch of glitters. 
The lip gelee... hmmm.. let's not even go there. I HATE lip gelee despite of what everyone else said. I bought all of the lip gelee from MAC in lilyland collection and i don't even use them. they make my lips itchy and very uncomfortable. 


So i only got :
1. rose ole special reserve highlight powder, which looks like this, 

(swatches will be at the end of this post)

This is a really pretty blush color if you have light to medium skin tone or it will work as highlight for darker skin tone. I personally use this as blush because it is a very nice everyday color. 

Anyway, as you can see in the picture, i bought 2 of this. I'm thinking about doing some sort of a giveaway once i hit a certain number of followers. I've had some other stuff that i have prepared as well. So, follow this blog if you are interested in any giveaways. ^^

2. I got no kick eye kohl

I did not plan on getting this, but when i tried it on, i fell in love. This eye kohl is described as a metallic champagne color. Lovely to brighten up your eyes. i use this mainly on my lower lash line. My only regret is that it looks exactly the same with Make Up For Ever aqua eyes eyeliner in 23L. In the swatch above, the left on is i got no kick and the right one is MUFE 23L. The difference is that MAC eye kohl is way smoother and easier to apply while the MUFE aqua eyes stays on longer. 

STYLISHLY YOURS collection 

I am never a big fan of wearing bold color makeup on myself, so I'm only interested in these:

1. Too Chic beauty powder 

3 of these collections have some sort of highlighter. Cham pale has "chez chez lame", mickey contractor has "gana blush", and stylishly yours has "too chic beauty powder". You can definitely just choose one of these. They are all quite similar. I love beauty powders. They have a very beautiful finish. 

2. Neon Orange Lipstick (amplified)

(the picture on the right is closer to the lipstick in person)

I have been looking for a great orange color lipstick for ever since i saw ashley greene's photo shoot for seventeen magazine. But this is nothing like it. On the lips it looks almost red. 

MICKEY CONTRACTOR collection

At first there is nothing i want from this collection, but when i saw the eyeshadow, i fell in love with "oomph" eyeshadow, it's a veluxe pearl. (I'm a sucker for VP's eyeshadows).

I saw the promotional images and noticed that in one of the picture the model is using this all over her lid, and looks supereb! 

-back to MAC-

I back to MAC some of my empty container, so these are what i chose:

1. Shy Girl Lipstick (cremesheen)

2. Pinkydee Lipstick (lustre)

3. Faux Lipstick (satin)

4. Blankety Lipstick (amplified)

Swatches:

(picture taken indoor)

(picture taken outdoor)

(taken indoor) L-R: Neon Orange, Shy Girl, Pinkydee, Faux, Blankety 

(taken outdoor) L-R: Neon Orange, Shy Girl, Pinkydee, Faux, Blankety 

That's all i got from MAC, I hope you guys enjoy this post!!

Love,

Couture MACqueen

Foundations of 2010

It's 3.21 am now and what the heck am i doing here, writing a post.


I'm just trying to be a good blogger. although i might not post this right away.


anyway, let's move on to the foundations of 2010


So, last year i tried so many foundations that i even lost count, but these are a few that stuck to me for quite sometime.


1. MAC face and body foundation

This is a water based foundation. Light to medium coverage with dewey finish. This is the kind of foundation you wanna use if you want to look as natural as possible. My only problem with this is that it's not long wearing. I find that my foundation separates within 4-5 hours. Another bummer is once you apply the foundation it leaves a very sticky feeling to your skin. 

I find that i need to include this in foundation of 2010 because i kinda use this for months, which is a very long time, knowing how many foundations i have. But after trying a bunch of new stuff, i think i'm safe to say i don't recommend this foundation. 

2. Laneige Snow Crystal Dual Foundation 

This is now my go to foundation for everyday use. Check out more about this foundation in my review.

3. Giorgio Armani Lasting Silk Foundation

This is like my splurge foundation. I really like this foundation, but because of the price, this is not something i wanna use in daily basis. I only use this foundation for special occasion. 

Click here for my full review about this foundation.

So, that wraps everything up. I hope this is helpful.

See you next with concealer of 2010 ^^

Love,

Couture MACqueen

Primer of 2010

Sorry for the slight delay. wednesday was my birthday, so was a bit carried over.


So anyway, let's start from the the primer of 2010.


Basically during 2010 i've tried so many primers. for example: Urban Decay's complexion primer potions, de slick in a tube, MAC fortified skin enhancer, MAC BB cream, etc. But the only one that stands out is Shu Uemura UV under base mousse.


This beats everything else. No joke. This is probably part of my skin care routine. I can't go a day without it.


It came with 2 shades, beige and pink. I'm asian, so beige is a better bet for me. It doesn't give coverage, but it definitely brighten the skin. I've gone through a few of these.

Another reason why i like this primer so much is because it kinda remove the stickiness of moisturizer.


Last reason why i love this so much is because of the SPF 30 PA+++. None of my skin care routine has SPF in it. So this also work as my sunblock.


So that's it for my primer of 2010..


see u next with foundation of 2010.. ^^


hope you guys have a great friday!




Love,


Couture MACqueen

Products of year 2010

Hi guys, 


Right now in youtube there are a lot of youtube gurus who did products of the year 2010. 


In case you have never seen this before, this is a way of showing people stuffs that you have been loving for the year 2010. 


So, for the next couple of days I will be doing some post showing you category of stuff that i have been loving last year. For example: "Favorite Blush of 2010", "Favorite Foundation of 2010", etc.


Do expect the first post by tomorrow. ^^ 


I hope you guys find this series helpful


Love,


Couture MACqueen

A Little Update

Hi everyone.. ^^ Long time no see..


Merry Christmas to anyone who celebrates it and Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you guys have a great year ahead.


I just wanna do a little update in case you are wondering what i've been doing.. 


Well, the past 2 months which is november and december i have been busy preparing for the holiday season. I went back to my hometown and haven't had time to update anything on the internet. 


Good news, I'm back. I hope i will have more time to update this blog. 


I wish all of you the best and i'll start posting again real soon. 




Love,


Couture MACqueen

Foundation review - Laneige Snow Crystal Dual Foundation

What? another foundation review? 

Yea, because i wanna tell you guys of everything great and BAD that i find. 

I know finding the right foundation is kinda hard. Every skin has different problems and preferences. I myself have tried A LOT of foundations, ranging from drugstore to the department store to the high end products. 

Anyway let's just get started with the review.

I heard a lot of mix review about this foundation. Some of my friends LOVE this foundation and there are several that really, i mean REALLY hate it. 

So, i checked it at makeup alley and the rating there is 4.2 out of 5. That is pretty amazing. 

As always, i recommend everyone to check temptalia's foundation matrix before purchasing any foundation. It is pretty accurate. 

I am an NC 25 so my perfect match is in the shade no 23. 

This foundation came in with the matching concealer. This is how it looks like:

It came is with 30 ml of foundation like most other foundation such as the giorgio armani's, MAC studio fix fluid, MUFE HD, revlon photoready, etc. 

It retails for SGD $55 in singapore. I bought mine in Hong Kong of only a few dollars cheaper. 

I believe it is about the same price as MAC studio fix fluid, a bit cheaper than MUFE HD, and about half the price of Giorgio Armani's. 

This is a light to medium coverage foundation. The consistency is quite runny. Not as creamy as MUFE HD but also not as watery as MAC face and body foundation. A little bit more runny than studio fix fluid. The foundation itself will not fully cover anything. It will only tone down any redness.

To get the foundation out you need to press the top part of the foundation bottle. After you press it the foundation will ooze out from around the small circle in the middle of the bottle. 

I have an oily combination skin and i love this foundation. It kinda help to control the oiliness of my face. If you have dry skin, DO NOT worry. ^^ One of my friend has dry skin and she loves this as well. She said it does not accentuate her dry patch. 

To make it easy for you to decide, let's just move on to the pros and cons:

PROS:

1. Long lasting foundation

I apply this foundation at about 8am everyday and by 9pm i still have coverage. The foundation did not separate. 

2. SPF22 PA+

It has a sunscreen property, so you won't need to worry about applying another sunscreen 

3. Light weight 

It is really light weight, almost feel like putting water on your skin. Non-sticky. I hate foundation that are sticky 

4. The price

It might be more expensive than drugstore foundation, but don't forget, you get the concealer. Which brings me to the next point,

5. Came with a GREAT concealer

At first i thought the it will just be a crappy concealer. I was wrong. The concealer is AMAZING. Really creamy, full coverage, easy to blend and is not cakey at all.

6. It does not break me out

I have been using this for the past month, and i did not detect any acne.  

CONS:

1. It's not available everywhere. 

I know for sure that this is not available in Australia. Although i'm not sure about US or Europe. 

2. Colour range

They marketed this for people in Korea and i'm pretty sure most women in asia wants to have skin as fair as possible. As far as i know they only have 5 shades in the website 2 that are lighter than mine and another 2 that are darker. But in every counter that i have visited i only saw 4 shades. 2 lighter and 1 darker than mine. 

3. The packaging

As interesting as it can be, i have to say i hate cleaning the foundation form the top of the foundation bottle. If i apply too much pressure the foundation will ooze out again but if i don't apply enough, it won't be clean. 

  

Yea, i think that's all i can say. I really DO RECOMMEND this foundation

I hope you have a great week unlike me that has been sick for a couple of days. 

Love,

Couture MACqueen

Beauty Trick - Eyeshadow Creasing

I don't know about you, but i HATE when my eyeshadows crease. 


I live in a humid tropical country. Basically, no eye primer works. I tried too faced shadow insurance, benefit FYEye (discontinued), MAC prep+prime, and even the world famous Urban Decay Primer Potion. Nothing can hold my eyeshadow all day long! 


A view months back i saw Kandee Johnson's video (i'm not sure which one), and in that video she said the perfect combination is:


concealer + powder + eye primer = no creasing 


When I saw that i thought, YEA RIGHT! more products on my eyes = more chance of creasing 


BUT, I WAS WRONG! 


that is the perfect combination! 


I use whatever concealer i was using for the day, benefit powder flage, and Urban Decay Primer Potion.


I have been doing this combination ever since and i will never go back to only using primer. My eyeshadow stays gorgeous all day long! 


So, well, if you are facing the same problem with me, try it! there is nothing to lose in trying ^^


Hope this is helpful!




Love,


Couture MACqueen