Monday, April 30, 2012

MAC Lips & Tips/Fashion Sets Collection for Summer 2012


Following MAC's Tres Cheek collection, which was all about cheeks, comes Lips & Tips, a collection of lipstick, lipglass, and nail lacquer in matching trios. Available in-store Thursday, May 3, 2012 (North America) May 2012 (International) and available online today, April 29, 2012.

From MAC:
"Rebel in New York, Russian Red in Dubai, Snob in Sao Paulo, Saint Germain in Tokyo, Morange in Paris: these must-have lip shades so coveted by MAC fans around the whorl, that we created 3-piee mini-collections of Lipstick, Lipglass, and Nail Lacquer trios in 7 classic palettes. Perfectly coordinated,, regionally inspired."

 Since these are available regionally, I will list the availability by region.

North America - Chestnut, Girl About Town, Myth, Rebel, Russian Red, Snob and Spice. At this time these in the Lipglass are all limited edition, but Girl About Town and Snob will be added to MAC's permanent Lipglass range in July.


Asia Pacifie - Angel, Morange, Impassioned, Peachstock, Ravishing, Razzeldazzler and Saint Germain. At this time these in the Lipglass are all limited edition, but Impassioned, Morange and Saint Germain will be added to MAC's permanent Lipglass range in July.


Europe & Africa - Impassioned, Morange, Myth, Rebel, Russian Red, Saint Germain and Spice. At this time these in the Lipglass are limited edition, but Impassioned, Morange and Saint Germain will be added to MAC's permanent Lipglass range in July.


Latin America & Middle East - Girl About Town, Impassioned, Morange, Pink Nouveau, Please Me, Russian Red and Snob. At this time these in the Lipglass are limited edition, but Girl About Town, Impassioned, Morange and Snob will be added to MAC's permanent Lipglass range in July.


Lipglass ($14.50 US/$17.50 CDN)
  • Saint Germain - Light cool pink (Permanent)
  • Myth - Light neutral nude (Permanent)
  • Angel - Light warm pink (Permanent)
  • Razzledazzler - Light cream peach (Limited Edition)
  • Snob - Light neutral pink (Permanent)
  • Please Me - Mid-tone warm pink (Permanent)
  • Pink Nouveau - Mid-tone cool pink (Permanent)
  • Ravishing - Mid-tone neutral peach (Permanent)
  • Peachstock - Light peachy nude (Permanent)
  • Impassioned - Bright warm pink (Permanent)
  • Morange - Bright cream orange (Permanent)
  • Spice - Mid-tone neutral nude (Limited Edition)
  • Girl About Town - Bright blue fuchsia (Permanent)
  • Russian Red - Mid-tone neutral red (Permanent)
  • Rebel - Mid-tone cream plum (Permanent)
  • Chestnut - Rich chocolate brown (Limited Edition)

Lipglass  ($14.50 US/$17.50 CDN)
  • Saint Germain - Light cool pink (Limited Edition)
  • Myth - Light neutral nude (Limited Edition)
  • Angel - Light warm pink (Limited Edition)
  • Razzledazzler - Light cream peach (Limited Edition)
  • Snob - Light neutral pink (Limited Edition)
  • Please Me - Mid-tone warm pink (Limited Edition)
  • Pink Nouveau - Mid-tone cool pink (Limited Edition)
  • Ravishing - Mid-tone neutral peach (Limited Edition)
  • Peachstock - Light peachy nude (Limited Edition)
  • Impassioned - Bright warm pink (Limited Edition)
  • Morange - Bright cream orange (Limited Edition)
  • Spice - Mid-tone neutral nude (Limited Edition)
  • Girl About Town - Bright blue fuchsia (Limited Edition)
  • Russian Red - Mid-tone neutral red (Permanent)
  • Rebel - Mid-tone cream plum (Limited Edition)
  • Chestnut - Rich chocolate brown (Limited Edition)

 Nail Lacquer ($16.00 US/$19.00 CDN) Limited Edition
  • Saint Germain - Light cool pink (Limited Edition)
  • Myth - Light neutral nude (Limited Edition)
  • Angel - Light warm pink (Limited Edition)
  • Razzledazzler - Light cream peach (Limited Edition)
  • Snob - Light neutral pink (Limited Edition)
  • Please Me - Mid-tone warm pink (Limited Edition)
  • Pink Nouveau - Mid-tone cool pink (Limited Edition)
  • Ravishing - Mid-tone neutral peach (Limited Edition)
  • Peachstock - Light peachy nude (Limited Edition)
  • Impassioned - Bright warm pink (Limited Edition)
  • Morange - Bright cream orange (Limited Edition)
  • Spice - Mid-tone neutral nude (Limited Edition)
  • Girl About Town - Bright blue fuchsia (Limited Edition)
  • Russian Red - Mid-tone neutral red (Permanent)
  • Rebel - Mid-tone cream plum (Limited Edition)
  • Chestnut - Rich chocolate brown (Limited Edition)
A few photos below, all 16 shades are available at maccosmetics.com or here.  








I am excited about  a few of these and I think I will be placing an order online for a few that are not available here in the US. Spice is definitely one I want to pick up, its right up my alley of neutral! I will be hauling, mostly the LE stuff and since most of the lipsticks are permanent and available year round I all mostly be hauling lipglass. Are you going to haul from this collection?

XO Shannon

Friday, April 27, 2012

Update!

Sorry for the lack of posts, my internet has been up and down... never up when I need it. So I have been delayed with my posts. Good news, I plan to start posting this weekend and I have some goodies coming up! New MAC collections coming out, new products I have picked up for review and my Inglot palette review and swatches! So stay tuned and don't give up on me, I am coming back! :D

Thanks for being patient!
XO Shannon

Collective Haul: MAC, Sephora, Ulta

I have for you guys a little, well maybe not so little, collective haul from the past few weeks. It’s the beginning of a new month and MAC has launched 3 new collections, so of course I have to check them out! While the Reel Sexy and Tres Cheek were nice collections, they just were not colors for me. So I chose four items from the MAC In Extra Dimension.


MAC In Extra Dimension is a collection of 3 Extra Dimension Skinfinish and 10 Extra Dimension Eye Shadows that are from a new formula from the brand. MAC describes this “extra dimension” formula as a liquid-powder hybrid with prismatic reflections that instantly sculpts, highlights and models the face to the desired effect – extra dimension.

I picked up 2 of the 3 Extra Dimension Skinfinish, Whisper of Gilt and Superb. They both have a metallic finish and are 9 grams, where a regular mineralize skinfinsh is 10 grams. I was only going to pick up one, but I could not decide so I bought both. These 2 will be amazing highlights!
Whisper of Gilt - Light, soft white gold with shimmery sheen
Superb - Soft peachy nude with multi-dimensional shimmer
I picked up 2 of the 3 Extra Dimension Eye Shadows, Rich Core and Modern Pewter. I was really drawn to these 2 and there were 2 more I may go back for, Warm Thunder (a silvery grey) and Grand Galaxy (a bright purple). These, like the mineralize eye shadows; can be worn wet or dry. These 2 colors are like none other in m collection and I could not be happier.  I really wish this collection were a permanent one.
Modern Pewter - Metallic, Dirty Olive Gold
Rich Core - Metallic Eggplant
The other items I purchased from MAC were a blush, sheen supreme lipstick and a lipglass. The blush I chose was Fleur Power; it is a satin finish and is a soft, bright pinkish-coral. The lipglass I picked up was in Spirited, which I would describe as a champagne taupe. And the last item is probably my favorite, sheen supreme lipstick in Supreme Style. Supreme Style is the perfect spring/summer color for me, it’s a soft pink flecked with beige and champagne shimmer.


Fluer Power Satin Blush
Supreme Style Sheen Supreme Lipstick
Spirited Lipglass
L-R: Supreme Style, Spirited, Fleur Power
Then during Chic Week at Sephora I used my 15 % coupon to purchase the Laura Mercier Silk Crème foundation that reviewed before, click here, a NARS duo and a Bare Escentuals Ready Eye Shadow 2.0.

Since I reviewed this already I am not going to go into detail over the foundation since you can go here to read, so I will jump to the NARS duo I picked up in Kalahari. This is my first NARS eye shadow product and I really wanted a simple wearable color, which this is since the colors are described as bronze pearl and milk chocolate.

The Bare Escentuals Ready Eye Shadow 2.0 I selected was The Scenic Route. It contains two shades that are individually named Breathtaking and Spectacular. Breathtaking is this golden white with a beautiful sheen and Spectacular is a brilliant sage, both have amazing payoff! (Photos coming, thought I uploaded them)

I then ran into Ulta to check out the sale they were having on Revlon, Physician’s Formula, and NYX, which was an amazing 40% off. I picked up 4 Revlon Colorburst lip gloss and 2 shimmer stripes products, gel cream eyeliner and an eyeliner trio.

Two of the Revlon Colorburst lip gloss that I picked up were on clearance and one of them was my all time favorite in Rose Gold, so I picked that one up, and Gold Dust. The other two permanent shades I picked up were Rosepearl and Peach Sunset.

I have never had purchased anything from Physician’s Formula, since I find it expensive for drugstore makeup, and 40% off was a good deal. I picked up the Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel Cream Liner in for Brown Eyes and the Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Eyeliner Trio in Nude Eyes. I am excited about trying these out! Reviews coming on the Physician’s Formula and the MAC In Extra Dimension products!

Have you hauled lately? What have you picked up? Until next time –

XO Shannon