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MAC BANGIN’ BRILLIANT COLLECTION: I’M INTO IT EYESHADOW

What do you do when you have an awkward $13 left on your Bloomingdales gift card? Buy a single eyeshadow, duh.

I recently purchased “I’m Into It” from MAC’s Banging Brilliant collection because it looked like it swatched very similarly to Urban Decay’s ‘Busted’ without the shimmer. I looove Busted but it’s shimmery and I prefer it in my crease so we know what that looks like.
After swatching, it appears that I’m Into It leans slightly more red but I really have been digging red shades on the eyes lately so it’s not a loss for me whatsoever.
It’s one of those purchases that is boring but necessary. I always gravitate to crazy green or orange shades and have seemed to forgotten the importance in everyday colors.

I really like this as a crease shade. I’ll be posting some looks soon using it!

MAKEUP OF THE DAY – 04/07/16

Eyes:
–Urban Decay Primer Potion
–Benefit Dandelion blush (not a mistake)
-Sigma Beauty eyeshadow in ‘Shout’
–Anastasia Beverly Hills eyeshadow in ‘Surface of the Sun’
–Urban Decay eyeshadow in ‘Sin’ (inner corner)
–NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in ‘Milk’
-Stila Stay All Day liquid liner
–Maybelline Colossal mascara
–Urban Decay eyeshadows in ‘Naked’ and ‘Secret Service’ (brows)
–Maybelline Brow Drama brow gel in ‘Soft Brown’

Face:
–Maybelline Instant Age Rewind concealer in ‘Fair/Light’ (undereyes)
-MAC Pro Longwear concealer in ‘NW15’ (over redness)
-MAC Mineralized Skin Finish Natural in ‘Light’
-MAC Studio Sculpt Defining powder in ‘Delicates’
–NARS blush in ‘Orgasm’
-Colourpop Super Shock Cheek highlighter in ‘Lunch Money’
-KIKO Milano highlighter in ’01’

Lips:
-MAC lipstick in ‘Please Me’
-Maybelline ColorSensational lipstick in ‘Nude Attitude’

I hope you like!

MAKEUP OF THE DAY – 2/27/16

Eyes: 
-Benefit Stay Don’t Stray primer
-Urban Decay eyeshadows in “Sin”, “Busted”, “Tease” and “Blackout”
-NYX Roll-on shimmer in “Salmon”
-Stila Stay All Day liquid liner
-MAC False Lashes Extreme mascara
-Urban Decay eyeshadow in “Secret Service” (brows)
Face:
-Maybelline Instant Age Rewind concealer in “Fair”
-MAC Mineralized Skin Finish Natural in “Light”
-MAC Pro Longwear concealer in “NW15”
-MAC Studio Sculpt Defining powder in “Delicates”
-NYX blush in “Taupe” (as blush for once)
-Colourpop Super Shock highlighter in “Lunch Money”
-KIKO Milano Beam of Light highlighter in “01”
-NYX Dewy Finish setting spray
Lips:
-Colourpop Lippie Stix in “Tootsi”
-Maybelline ColorSensational in “Bare All”
This is my first try for this new “monochromatic” makeup trend that I’ve seen popping up everywhere. How does it look? Is it even monochromatic…. oh well. I tried. Hope you like it!

URBAN DECAY MOONDUST EYESHADOW IN “SOLSTICE”

Last week I gave into the deep red-brown toned/teal duochrome obsession that I have. For a third time. I should have known better, yes but does that ever stop me when it comes to beauty? Nope.

So here’s the newest addition to my collection: the Urban Decay Moondust eyeshadow in “Solstice”.

From one angle it’s a beautiful purple-y berry shimmer pot (see above) but from a straightforward view it’s a metallic teal wonderland (see below). It does not have an overwhelming amount of pigment within it with all of it’s metallic and chrome finishes battling themselves to apply to your eye. That being said, this product is best applied wet. It helps the most of the product stick to your eye and gives it the staying power it needs to stay vibrant for hours.

I was curious how this stacked up next to my two other similar shadows, MAC’s “Blue Brown” pigment and Colourpop’s eyeshadow in “Kindness”. MAC’s once-hyped pigment has either lost it’s luster over it’s time in my possession or simply pales in comparison to my other two newer babes. Compared to Colourpop’s “Kindness”, Urban Decay fell flat. However, they are both two different finishes with CP’s being more of a wet cream and UD’s being a powder. 
From L to R: MAC “Blue Brown” pigment, Urban Decay Moondust eyeshadow in “Solstice”, Colourpop eyeshadow in “Kindness”

In my look in my last post I layered Colourpop with Urban Decay on top to add extra vibrancy.

While I initially thought I had three very, very similar shadows on my hands, I really don’t. They all kind of do their own thing and work in their own ways. I’m so happy about that, too…. because I hate duplicates in my collection 😉

Have a wonderful weekend!