MAC Meets Rick Baker

So I've never really been blown away by MAC products, I've always been drawn more towards brands like Illamasqua which seem to want to harness creativity and individuality. However the latest collection brought out by MAC for Halloween had me do a double take. So most of the items I was all yeah, cool but I'll pass..but then, what's this? FACE AND BODY IN WHITE?! BUY BUY BUY!

I know it's available any time in macpro, but I can't be bothered faking being a professional make up artist or getting a professional friend to get it and you never really know for sure buying elsewhere whether you're getting a fake product. Honestly, why isn't it just a standard product? I mean, surely there are some pale non-goths who would want to mix their custom foundation colour? Silly companies, you can pretend all you want that pale people don't exist but it won't make it true.

So yeah...Now I'mma be poor for a while but I regret nothing.

Pre-Surgery Cosmetics and Skincare Haul

So a few days before I went under the knife I must admit my trepidation was at an all time high and so to distract myself I went on a little spending spree. Having formed a small obsession with watching Grav3yard Girl videos, I seemed to have rekindled my make up obsession as I think I mentioned in a post not too long ago and retail therapy was a perfect way to find some new things to add to an ever-growing collection of beauty products.

 

Whoops :P

Clean and Clear Deep Action Cleansing Wipes

(These I actually bought a few days ago but I thought I'd include them in this post anyway)
Now that I'm not longer using medication to control my skin I am extremely paranoid about breaking out. I decided to try these because they were the only wipes I could find (I literally spent like an hour in the supermarket reading the ingredients list on the back of every brand/variety of facial wipe they had) to see if any had salicylic acid in them. Supposedly this ingredient is good for curving breakouts and helps to diminish black heads.
I've only used them once so far and they are very drying so I do recommend using a good quality moisturiser afterwards if your skin is prone to dry patches. I can't speak for their effectiveness so early in my use of them but they are rather expensive ($10 for 46 wipes that are about a tenth of the size of a normal wipe as opposed to the $4 I pay for 30 wipes for my usual brand). I would also like to add that 46 seems like a strange amount to give...Normally I would expect increments of 5 or 10 and it kind'a weirds me out a little...Is that a weird thing to be weirded out by? Probably :P

 

Models Prefer Lipstain in 'Tutti Fruiti'

I'm actually really fond of this product surprisingly! I bought it on a whim because I liked the name tutti-fruiti and I find it's a really cute colour and very moisturising. You have to be careful not to apply too much as it will bleed/feather outside of the lip line but otherwise I've found it exceeds expectations.

 Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain in 'Gothic'

I haven't really used this product since I bought it and tried it on once getting home. It consists of a colour-filled pen on one end and a clear balm on the other.

 

These seem to be all the rage at the moment, making sock buns and what not. I thought perhaps it would help me to make a top-knot sort'a asian noble look seeing as my hair is too thin to make one on it's own.

Joico K-PAK hair reconstructor. 

I normally use a treatment for my hair by Juuice in a pink bottle but I was recommended this by a saleswoman in Price Attack; here's hoping it helps my severely damaged hair.

Ecotools Bamboo Powder brush

Not much to say really, my old powder brush is falling apart and it kind of rough on the skin. This one is lovely and soft, eco-friendly and pretty to look at.

Maxfactor Lasting Performance Liquod Foundation in 102 'Pastelle'

So far I haven't really been pleased with this 'lasting performance' they speak of. I applied it once getting home and only about an hour or 2 later in was oxidising and sliding off my nose. Although I did set it with my Illamasqua powder foundation, I didn't prepare my skin in any way (clean or prime beforehand) so I'm hoping this is why I didn't recieve the results promised.
It is also disappointing that this foundation is a lot darker than I anticipated. As you can see in the swatch below it is very orange/brown on my skin despite that I compared it to my skin in the store. Applying my white powder did remove some of the ridiculous orange tone is added but it still didn't leave me looking as pale as I would like. 

Maxfactor Lasting Performance in 102 'Pastelle' swatch (I swear it didn't look this bad in the store!)

 

 

Maxfactor Lasting Performance foundation set with Illamasqua powder foundation in 100 'Pure White' along with Revlon Just Bitten lip stain in 'Gothic'

Box of freebies!

Spending over a certain amount, Priceline gave me this box of free items. I'm probably only going to use the nailpolish but..free stuff is awesome, right?

Models Prefer Nail Polish in 'Wanna Be Royal'

I'm actually really happy with this colour, I'm really into wine/plums and deep blackish reds right now and was on the look out for a nice nail polish that fit.

Models Prefer Runway Shine Lipgloss in 'Angel Wings'

 

Models Prefer lipstick in 'Picture Perfect'

It also came with a bronzer, but..LOL yeah right :P

Also, completely not related to cosmetics but yay for my first Dragons Maze Magic cards! Do any of you play?


Anyway that's about all I got for today

Over and out!


The Green Fairy
xx

21st century slave, don't forget to obey

Hello the world of the interwebz! Here's me on a Sunday afternoon having just got home from Grace's house after having a night out on the town.


Yes that's me having no showered having slept in a deathhawk and mass amounts of black eyeshadow. Reason being, that I'm sure anyone who has rocked a deathhawk look will know, that washing it out takes FOREVER. This is because in order to get height and volume without using a whole can of hairspray you need to BACKCOMB. Backcombing technique is very important I realised after going to buy a new comb at Price Attack, or whatever that hair care store is called and having a 15 minute discussion with the saleslady about the width of the teeth, those inbetween little spike things and the wonders of backcombing compaired to teasing. I was quite joyous to know that someone else in the world understood the complexities of the backcombing world. No wonder if takes me 4 hours to get goth'd up. :P

Anyway I think I just wanted an excuse to blog today so I decided to show you all my new nail polish that I coaxed my dad into buying me whilst we were in the reject shop


Unfortunatly, it doesn't come out looking as awesomely green as it looks here in the bottle, which is always the case and is something I probably should just stop being in denial about.



Furthermore, I wanted to discuss this new foundation I bought a little while ago (speaking about denial, where the hell did I get the money to buy new foundation?). Anyway, I'm a rather obsessive user of foundation, well, I mean I don't wear makeup everyday, in face I only where it when I go out/ think that somebody good looking is going to be looking at me, but when I do don it, I am very specific about the roles I want it to play.

So normally I use Loreal Paris infallible 18 hour makeup, and I don't know why I thought I'd try something else when I think that it's he best makeup I've ever encountered. It's got great coverage, the perfect shade and feels great on.

Anyway this new Maybelliene 24 hour superstay is just generally crap in every way. I watched plenty of youtube reviews on it before I bought it that all praised it, and I don't know how they could all be so wrong. It's coverage is terrible, I can't even tell that I've got makeup on in the way that it does nothing to even out skin tone or redness. It feels gross on my face, so much that I was afraid to touch my skin, it smelt..odd, the packaging is very unhygienic, in that it's just an open bottle, no pump or anything to prevent mass amounts flowing out. Also, their lightest colour was not pale enough for my skin and so made me look...well gross, as if I didn't already feel that because of all of it's other disappointing attributes.



So yeah, don't buy it :P


In other news, here are the books I plan on reading over the next month, though it might take me a little bit longer with exams and stuff coming up in the next few weeks. I am of the opinion that many aspects go into style, not just appearence. I'm obsessed with appearing well-read and intelligent. It's kind'a ridiculous.


<3 Jules Verne so much