LOTD - Featuring Mac Hey Sailor

Felt like trying out my new lipliner that came out as part of Mac's summer collection "Hey Sailor", it's a gorgeous coral called Shore Leave. Over the top of this I wore Watch Me Simmer Lipstick

I used Mac's Blacktrack Fluidline eyeliner to create a dark flick, and added a touch of sparkle to the inner corner of my eye using Mac's 3D Silver Glitter

On my cheeks I used another couple of pieces from Hey Sailor, Bronzing Powder in Soft Sand with Fleet Fast blush layered on top.

FOTD featuring Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadows

I was feeling in the mood for sparkle the other day before work so I reached for the ever beautiful Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadows.

Goldilux was a must for this look and so I decided to add in a bit of purple - Hysteric, to go along with it. Finished it off with Stella to make it smokey and voila, the look was done.

And here is the finished look :)
Might just be a new favourite combination

Mac Summer Collection - Hey Sailor!

On Monday Mac released this years summer collection named "Hey Sailor". Ever since seeing the first promo shots for this collection I have been ridiculously excited so as soon as it went live on the Mac website I placed my order.
I picked up quite a few bits but I am definately not done hauling from it. I need to get Crew highlighter since finding out the striped pattern isn't just an overspray, it does in fact go the whole way through the powder :)


Fleet Fast blush is amazing, it's such an easy colour to wear and blends beautifully.

As always my love for Mac's bronzers is still high with the two I picked up here. I got one Pro Longwear called Nude On Board and one normal bronzer named Soft Sand

Feeling Fresh eyeshadow is a gorgeous bright green, and I am glad that I finally picked up Crystal Avalanche, its the perfect inner eye highlight colour.

Finally I picked up Shore Leave lipliner, which is a lovely coral and a really buttery texture.


Anyway here's my haul along with some swatches

My Haul

Bronzers

Left: Pro Longwear Bronzer - Nude on Board      Right: Bronzer - Soft Sand

Left: Pro Longwear Bronzer - Nude on Board      Right: Bronzer - Soft Sand

 

Blush - Fleet Fast

Fleet Fast

Fleet Fast swatch

Left: Feeling Fresh eyeshadow     Right: Crystal Avalanche eyeshadow

Top: Shore Leave lipliner    Left: Feeling Fresh eyeshadow    Right: Crystal Avalanche eyeshadow

Crystal Avalanche and Feeling Fresh on the eyes with Fleet Fast Blusher on Cheekc

Mac In Extra Dimension

I was really excited for this collection from Mac, mainly for the Extra Dimension Skin Finishes as I'm a bit of a sucker for the mineralize skin finishes and these seemed a bit different.

But because I am trying to be a bit more sensible with my insane makeup buying (I mean I only have one face but enough makeup to probably last 10 people a lifetime), by the time I decided to invest using 10% off at Debenhams there was only Glorify left in stock.

Glorify is a nice dark bronze colour with an almost golden sheen.

It looks scarily dark when first swatched but buffs out nicely.

I love the inprint on them, I think it looks really pretty.

Although I keep thinking about getting the other two lighter shades for highlighters, I wasn't so overwhelmed that I feel I have to go out and buy them right now. Maybe if I pop into a Mac store in the next couple of weeks and they're still in stock I'll swatch them and fall in love. Who knows!

OCC Lip Tar Swatches

Here are the swatches for the two lip tars I bought that are part of the summer collection from OCC "The Garden", along with two from their fall collection "Pretty Boy".

Although they are now packaged differently the product inside seems the same, still the lovely peppermint smell and the insane pigmentation.
I prefer the new packaging as it is much easier to control the amount you get out, as well as it being neater.

Now on to the swatches:

 From "The Garden"

Orphelia

Belladonna

From "Pretty Boy"

Queen

Pretty Boy

New Makeup Storage Solution

Something I always struggle with is how to store my makeup.
I am always trying to make the most out of my collection so I tend to grab things and use them once then forget to put them back as my storage solutions have previously not been so user friendly. Mainly other beauty boxes filled with different items and dotted over the place and a couple of perspex drawers.

I've kept my Mac eyeshadows in on of my perspex drawers as this is the easiest place for me to see my full collection without rummaging.

Everything else though has now got a new home, thanks to the wonderful Lipglossiping sharing her storage solution.

It comes surprisingly cheap from Ikea. One set of Helmer drawers + 6 Antonius trays = makeup storage heaven for less than £36!!

I wasn't expecting either item to be that substantial, I thought they'd be made out of flimsy plastic but the Helmer is really robust and metal, whilst the Antonius trays are quite a strong, thick plastic.

So after a morning of DIY-ing to put it together (it wasn't actually the whole morning as it is a pretty easy piece to build) I now have a new home for all of my makeup.

There are some gaps in my drawers so now I feel it is necessary to buy more so that I can fill it up and make it look prettier :)

Helmer

Nail Varnishes

My face draw-Foundations, concealers, primers, highlighters etc

Mac lipsticks and OCC Lip tars/Sleek Pout Paints

Some of my eyeshadow collection

Ombre Lips using OCC "The Garden" Lip Tars

As mentioned in the previous post I ordered a couple of lip tars from OCC's summer collection.

I ordered the lovely light pink called Orphelia and then the amazing purple, Belladonna.

This is just a very quick look I did with the two colours in an ombre lip.

They'll be swatches of the individual colours coming up shortly.