MAC devil may care mineralized eyeshadow duo swatches and EOTD

Devil may care is a limited edition mineralized duo from MAC's 2009 Magic, Mirth, and Mischief holiday collection.
The purple color is very pigmented and it has a pink sheen in some lights. It's truly beautiful. The silver is very chunky and sparkly, it is really hard to work with!



I did a swatch comparison of MAC kitschmas pigment beside the purple. Devil may care is much more vivid and deeper in color. They are in the same color family, but not anywhere near being a dupe.

Here is my EOTD using devil may care. I don't usually use light purple but this is just so pretty. Breakdown at the bottom of the post.





Eotd breakdown:
-GOSH waterproof eyeshadow base
-MAC devil may care (purple) all over the lid
-MAC satin taupe in the crease
-MAC devil may care (purple) as a liner on the bottom
-Cover girl liquiline black fire to tight line upper & lower lash lines
-Cover girl lash blast fusion mascara
-MAC devil may care (silver) to highlight the brow bone

Annabelle smudgeliner swatches

Pictured: armour & oh my goth!

I love eyeliner (in case you hadn't noticed - haha) and Annabelle smudgeliners are one of my favorites.
They are comparable to Urban Decay's 24/7 liners, in that they don't smudge or move at all after they have set. But they are not so good on the waterline. They really don't like to stay on the waterline at all, it will not even stay for more than a second, but they sit well on the lash line. So what I'm trying to say is that they work exceptionally well for outlining the eye, and even good for tight-lining, but they are not meant for the waterline.
Annabelle has another pencil called smoothliner that work really well on the waterline.

Swatches left to right:

armour, electric sapphire, limette, vortex violet, purple storm, oh my goth!, rich chocolate, wired, sea green

I smudged oh my goth and rich chocolate before they 'set'.The smudger on the end of the pencil is pretty handy.

Just to give you an idea of their staying power I washed my hands twice before I did these swatches! I did these swatches yesterday and even today after repetitive hand washing and a shower I can still see remnants of them! They really do stay.

If you like Clinique kohl shapers, you will definitely love these. They act exactly the same, only Annabelle has a much nicer color selection. There are still 4 or so I didn't swatch (a gold, silver, light blue, deep green).

These are available in Canada where Annabelle is sold. They retail for around $8-10 depending on where you buy them.

MAC marine life highlight powder swatches and FOTD

Marine life highlight powder was released with the MAC summer 2010 'to the beach' collection. It sold out within minutes, as people bought 3 or so of them at a time to hoard. I promised myself I would not give in to the hype of marine life, since I knew it would not suit me at all. But, I recently managed to find myself doing some midnight bidding on eBay - laughing to myself I'd never win it. Turns out, I did win. Oops.

Just looking at this is enough for me, it's a real piece of art.
It is so pigmented, I only touched it and look at my fingers!

here I swatched the peach and pink side by side:

mixed together:

The shimmering gold over-spray is gone after one use. (I only used the right side)

Here is my FOTD wearing marine life as a blush. It's so pigmented I had to use it very lightly. It's really really bright. I liked the color but it was just ' too much '. Since I have such light skin it stuck out like a sore thumb.

This would look so great on darker skin tones!

FOTD breakdown:
eyes:
- I used MAC mineralize eyeshadow duo in love connection (see this EOTD breakdown here)
face:
- MAC mineralize skin finish natural light medium
- Carmindy your skin foundation ecru beige
- marine life as a blush
- Elf gotta glow as a highlight and to blend marine life
lips:
-MAC hue lipstick

NARS pampa lip stain gloss swatches

NARS describes pampa simply as 'nutmeg'. Not overly accurate since nutmeg doesn't have gold iridescence in it. Pampa is definitely a red-toned brown leaning bronze with a subtle golden cast.

Swatched without flash:

With flash:

Used lightly, you can see the bit of gold in it

It looks so nice with a gloss over top. Here I put NARS moonfleet gloss over top:

This is my first lip stain from NARS, and I was impressed with the texture and staying power. It is really mousse-like and dries to a smooth matte finish after a few minutes.
It lasted for a few hours and it didn't really dry out my lips. I would probably try other colors if I can find one I like. Pampa just looks a bit too warm on me.

Hard Candy Meteor Eyes Eyeshadow Lunar Eclipse swatches & EOTD

Oh how I love these meteor eyes baked glitter eyeshadows! they are so gorgeous, and so cheap! Lunar eclipse is a gorgeous blackened gold, a very close dupe to MAC guilt by association mineralize eyeshadow (from style black).

These are so pigmented!

I used lunar eclipse all over the lid and blended upwards. To make the gold really pop I added on MAC pigment glitter relfects antique gold as a liner (see swatches of that here). And of course I lined the waterline with black and added lots of mascara to finish the smoky gold look.

Dior addict lipstick 297 imaginary mauve swatches

This is a discontinued color, and it's hard to find a dupe. Imaginary mauve - or 'mauve fictif' is a sheer iridescent pink that can look lilac or whitish in different light. It's so very pretty.





It's pretty sheer, and almost has a gloss-like texture. It's a nice change from a regular nude color.

I don't like Dior addict lipsticks much because I find them to be drying. And they also wear off really quick. Not really worth the money.