Mac Haul - Iris Apfel, Naturally and a few others

       Today I wanted to share with you some of the things I have picked up recently from some Mac Collections. As we all know it Mac comes out with a collection like ever other week and It's so hard to keep up and a killer for my wallet. The first two collections that came out after Christmas were Daphne Guinness and Tour De Fabulous. Although both these collections had some really pretty things I only picked up one item per collection. I bought the Cremesheen Glass in Narcissus from Daphne Guinness  which is a beautiful dark plummy color and I don't have anything similar to it in my collection. I also only picked up the lipglass Tour De Fabulous from the other collection. Out of the 11 lipglasses this was the most unique to me. It's a peachy/coral color.  I wanted a few other colors but didn't need them since I had similar ones already.

       The Next two Collections were the big ones for me. Let's start with Iris Apfel..at first I didn't even look twice at this collection and before I knew it all the lipsticks sold out within the day the collection came online. I was pretty Shocked and thought I would be okay to go to my local counter to pick up a few items. The day they came out to my counter I called them up in the evening to put a few things on hold and to only find out that all the lipsticks were sold out :( I was really upset with my self for not getting the things I wanted when I had the chance and the following day I called around a few stores and was able to get 2 lipsticks and 1 eyeshadow. I got Party Parrot l/s, Flamingo l/s and Robin's Egg e/s. But I still wanted the lipstick Pink Pigeon and I called about 8 mac counters but they were all out and I gave up hope on ever getting it. I'm happy with the two I did get because they are gorgeous and Very Vibrant. The texture is amazing as well and they are new matte finish. These two have become my new bright favourites. Then I went to my counter to check out the Naturally collection. This collection is  the complete opposite of Iris Apfel and is similar to collections like Blonde, Red and Brunette and N collection. It has really soft neutral lipsticks and glosses . It also has a few mineralize eyeshadows but nothing stood out to me enough to pick up. I ended up with one lipstick 2 glosses 1 blush and 1 mineralize skinfinish. I was most excited for the blush I got from this collection because the color is just amazing. It's a Warm Apricot and I own a lot of peachy/corally colors but nothing like this. I haven't worn this blush yet but I can't wait to try it on. I was also excited for the #286 e/s brush in this collection. This brush was in one of the Holiday Brush sets and I got to try it when I bought that and loved it so much that I picked up 2 of them since it's limited edition.

       Lastly I picked up a few eyeshadows that are being discontinued and I figured I shall back them up now since who knows when they will come back again :( some of the goodbyes are actually really nice colors that I already owned and use quite often so this had to happen. These purchases were completely not planned but I went into panic mode and had to pick them up. Hope you like my haul and let me know if you picked up anything from any of the collections. If you did what are some of your favorite things you bought ?



Mac Mineralize Skinfinish - Blonde (Naturally)
Mac Eyeshadow - Hepcat (goodbyes)
Mac Eyeshadow- Hush (goodbyes)
Mac Eyeshadow- Shimmer-Moss (goodbyes)
Mac Eyeshadow- Romp (goodbyes)
Mac Eyeshadow- Robin's Egg (Iris Apfel)
Mac Eyeshadow- Juxt (goodbyes)
Mac Lipstick- Flamingo- (Iris Apfel)
Mac Lipstick- Party Parrot (Iris Apfel)
Mac Lipstick - A Perfect Day ( Naturally )
Mac Lipglass- Naked Space (Naturally)
Mac Lipglass- Fresh Air (Naturally)
Mac Brush # 286
Mac Brush # 193
Mac Mineralize Blush- Fresh Honey (Naturally)
Mac Cremesheen Glass- Narcissus (Daphne Guinness)
Mac Lipglass- Tour De Fabulous (Tour De Fabulous)


P.S Sorry for the not so amazing Swatches

Fotd: Naked2

 I have had my Naked2 palette for awhile now. I ordered it they day Urban Decay announced it on twitter and was lucky enough to get it the first time before it kept getting sold out. When I received it I was very excited to play with it but then it just sat on my table for days. I would look at it and then put it away but never actually used it. I was also going to write up a full review of the Naked 2 palette and compare it to the original naked palette. But every blog and site and YT vid had a review on it so I decided never to post it. It's an awesome palette with some beautiful neutral colors the texture of the eyeshadows is really nice as well. If you have the original then I'm not sure if you really need the Naked2 but I have really enjoyed mine a lot.


So enough with the rambling let's get back to the Fotd. Tonight I went out for dinner and I knew I wanted to use my Naked2 and I also knew I wanted to use colors that I had not used before. I came up with this look were I used YDK, Snakebite ( which I think is my favorite color in the palette) and a little bit of Busted at the outer corners. I paired this look up with a pink shimmery gloss because I really wasn't feeling a lipstick. I hope you guys enjoy this look. Let me know if you also have the Naked2 palette and what your favorite color is ?


Face:
MUFE: Hd Foundation #155
Mac- Select Moisturecover NW25
Benefit- Erase paste #2 (medium)
Mac- Mineralize Skinfinish -Medium Dark
Mufe- Hd Blush #7
Mac- Mineralize Skinfinish- Semi Precious Rose Quartz

Eyes:
Nars-Smudge Proof e/s base
Mac- Let's Skate Paint Pot
UD- Naked2 YDK
UD- Naked2 Snakebite
UD- Naked2 Busted
UD- Naked2 Foxy
Mac- Bamboo e/s
Mac- Blacktrack fluidline
Mac- Feline eye khol
UD- 24/7 e/p in Bourbon
Lancome- Hypnose Mascara

Lips:
Mac- Hush, Hush Rose l/g

 

Revlon Lip Butters

Revlon lip butters I mean who hasn't heard about them ? Everyone and there grandma is talking about this product lol. Some love it and some are not a big fan. Me on the other hand have fallen in love with this product. So when I first heard about the lip butters I wasn't too sure what to think and I was on a hunt to get them but were unable to find them anywhere. I got lucky about three weeks ago when I went to Ulta near my house. I was so excited to see a huge display of Revlon Lip Butters. My mom had never seen me get so excited over a drugstore product before and after I told her all about the lip butters she even ended picking up a few.

I have been using them for about three weeks now and I have a total of 6 of them . I'm not a big drugstore makeup person (not that there is anything wrong with drugstore products but I never get a break from Mac or Sephora) but I have become addicted to these babies. They are super creamy and moisturizing and give my lips that dew look without looking overly shiny. A lot of people have been saying that they are not really moisturizing instead they are drying to the lip but I haven't had that problem yet. I have noticed my self re applying them more often then I do my regular lipsticks but that's probably because they are a balm like lipstick with medium amount of pigmentation and are sort of like a linted lip balm. They last about 2-3 hours on my lips.

I'm very impressed with the quality of them and they are turning up all over the place and are easier to find now. Most of the Pharmacy's have Revlon products on sale where you can buy one and get one half off. This is a perfect time to try them out if you were interested in the Lip Butters they retail for $7.49. Out of the 6 that I have Tutti Frutti has to be my number one favourite and then Cherry Tart.

Have you tried the Lip Butters ? What are your thoughts on them? Drying or Moisturizing ?