FOTD Using MAC Morange

Hello darlings! A few posts ago I let you guys know of my purchase of MAC's lovely lippy in Morange. Silly old me forgot to swatch it to show you all how "pow" of a colour it is.

Morange is definitely a lipstick meant for the brave! The colour is a beautiful orange shade with red undertones and I'm so in love with orange and coral this season, but I'm not altogether sure how well of a job I do at pulling it off. I'm such a natural introvert, in the way that I cannot stand anything that forces an "all-eyes-on me" reaction. But saying that the British public did seem quite kind. I didnt get any "what was she thinking" or "who does she think she is" stares... well none that I noticed, bear in mind I am short sighted :(

Products Used:

Face

Mac Pro Longwear Foundation NC42

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer
Mac Mineralise Skin Finish Naturals Medium/Darl
Illamasqua Bronzer Burinish
Mac Powder Blush Gingerly

Eyes

Mac Woodwinked e/s
Sleek Storm Palette (matte dark brown + metallic bronze)
Me me me Eyeliner Pen Black
Mac Kohl Teddy
Chantechaille Faux Ciles Mascara Noir
Lips

MAC Morange Lipstick

What do you think of Morange? Or bright lipsticks in general? What have been your fav lip colours of the season?

Hope you enjoyed dolls

xoxo

Girl About Town

Any true MAC devotee will already guess the contents of this post. A couple of days ago a friend of mine mentioned on her blackberry messenger status that she had orderd the infamous MAC Girl About Town lipstick, I then quickly came alive and pinged her promptely to let her know how much I love it. To which she replied "how am I not suprised you have it", my reputation definitely proceeds me.

And I have to thank my lovely friend for reminding me exactly how much I have loved this l/s, it hadnt seen much of the light of day since the s/s coral and peach trends popped up. But rocking it out today I definitely rememberd sometimes we make our own trends work.

Girl About Town is a bright deep fuschia which has an amplified finish, perfectly long wearing for such a bold colour. Its lovely worn during the day with a nice neutral eye or partnerd with a soft smokey eye and lots of lashes for the evening. Gorgeously suited to a girl about town ;-)

Im not too sure if I would be considerd a girl about town today though. My biggest highlights of the day were finally getting my eyebrows waxed after maybe three months of growing out the damage an amatuer threader inflicted upon them.  Some light shopping this morning with a friend I hadnt seen for quite a while. And ofcourse I also joined the gym today.

 I generally need to lose about a stone and a half to feel more confident about my body but added to that I've also put on a few pounds recently when I was struck hard with flu. A week straight of sitting in bed coughing my life away, not moving and eating a considerable amount hasnt exactly done me any favours.

How have you guys spent your day about town? How do you guys feel about this lipstick? Do you have any bold lippy favs?

Hope your all well lovelies
xoxo

Looking Healthy And Morange

If any of you lovelies are following me on Twitter than you will remember my recent tweet about the Debenhams sale offering 10% off all beauty items. Now obviously 10% isn't exactly a large bargain but every penny counts when its time to stock up on your favourite foundation, or when your ready to try out a cult favourite. Since I'm currently fully stocked up on my make up essentials I decided to try two products that I've never tried myself but heard alot about.

I picked up the MAC Mineralise Skin Finish Naturals in Medium Dark for £16.65 (RRP £18.50) and the MAC Morange Lipstick for £12.15 (RRP £13.50). I've heard rave reviews about both products and thought now was a good opportunity to purchase them both whilst getting a few pounds off.

The powder works amazing over my MAC Pro Long Wear foundation (pics to come) helping set the look with a matte yet healthy looking finish, it even seems build able enough to use on its own as a base, as I have heard others do. Although if worn alone you would have to apply some SPF as I'm not aware that this carries any sun protection.


Morange is an amplified creme finish perfect for that creamy long wearing texture that a bold lipstick should have. Needless to say it is incredibly daring and I'm not sure how up to the job I am of pulling this lipstick off. Never-the-less it is an amazing colour perfect for the season to wear on more of an occasion perhaps.

If you did take part in the sale do let me know how you got on and what items took your fancy. Whether you just fancied taking the opportunity to replace your favourite foundation or maybe tried something new you've heard alot about

Love and kisses
xoxo

Hold The Rain

Heya fellow beauty stalkers! Hope you're all well! I dont know how the weather has been like around the world and the rest of Great Britain, but in London we've officially waved goodbye to the sunshine. It was inevitable to be honest.
But that doesnt mean we have to wave bye bye to the bright S/S trends. Infact we should embrace the brights and pastels even more, if anything atleast to cheer ourselves up right Londoners?

I recently purchased two YSL Rouge Volupte lipsticks, I have been in total love with these lipsticks since I purchased my first back in the winter time. If the creamy rich highly pigmented formula isnt enough to captivate you, then the regal packaging will leave you feeling a little smug when pulling it out of your hand bag for a touch up.

Ofcourse I want one in every colour, but this time I choose to pick two statement colours of the season.

My colours of choice were N.15 (Extreme Coral) and N.13 (Peach Passion).

Peach Passion, is less of a peach and more of a frosty, bright, flesh toned pink in my opinion. The colour is amazing and very statment for such a light colour. I do think its one for many skintones to pull off. My only gripe with this is that I'm not sure how much the shade actually suits me, but I shall be trying it out with different looks so watch this space. Also a bigger issue is that the formula in this shade felt very different to other Rouge Volupte's. Its hard to describe but its almost grainy...:s I dont know if its because its a frosty shade and maybe thats why, but if anyone else knows of a reason for this please let me know.

Extreme Coral, is more of a fluroscent orangey red. Its probably my favourite of the two as the orangey tone in this does compliment my skintone better. I really love this shade and I'm fully prepared to rock it out as much as possible this "summer" clouds and rain aside :)

Have you guys tried any of the YSL Rouge Volupte Lipsticks? What are your opinions? Or do you have any other peachy or coral lip loves to share?

Love you all for taking the time to read this
xoxo