MAC X Antonio Lopez Collection Makeup Look and Review

Hi glamouritas!!

I gave you a sneak peak a few days ago of the MAC X Antonio Lopez Lip Palette in Nude. Today I'll show you another lip color from that set as well as the Pink Face Palette. I decided to dedicate today's makeup look to MAC, so I'm using mostly MAC products. I won't be using one of the eyeshadow palettes, however. I didn't particularly like any of them enough to buy one so I refrained from purchasing them, and instead, bought the face and lip palettes. I was leaning towards the purple eyeshadow palette a bit. I have to say that I did love the products that I bought. I thought the design of the palettes was superb. It has such an 80's vibe, I love it. I've always said that my dream is to be a teenager in the 80's.

Oh and ignore the random strands of wavy hair. My mom bought the Sultra 1 Inch Bombshell Rod Curling Iron and I tested it out. I'm surprised with how well these new school rod barrel curling irons work!! It was amazing. I did my mom's hair and you don't even need to hold the hair for 10 seconds, it curls right away. Unfortunately, there is a down side. To curl your hair so fast, the curling iron gets really really hot. I ended up burning my hand when I thought I didn't need the glove. So just be careful if you're using a rod-barrel curling iron, always make sure you wear the protective glove!! I'll be posting a review and a hairstyle soon using this product!


The Review

I particularly liked the design of the Lip Palettes. The 3 lip colors are housed in a black case with a drawing (by Antonio Lopez obviously) on the top. It opens up to show a mirror on the top and the 3 lip colors on the bottom with a miniature lip brush. The colors are: Vivid Image (light bubblegum pink), Antonio's Girls (light peach), and Art Directed (lustre-like shimmery light pink). I immediately fell in love with the first and last colors, because let's face it, pink is my color. I tried the peach color a few days ago with my NARS cheek palette and it surprisingly looked quite good on me. I really like all the lip colors, they're made to complement any look. I always put this palette in my purse. The quality of the lipsticks is also very good. The color comes on strong, you don't need to keep layering it. I was very happy with the color payoff of these lipsticks. I just with that Vivid Image was a permanent shade! So I'm gonna go ahead and say that yes, I definitely recommend this lip palette!

Now onto the Pink Face Palette. The container is similar to the lip palettes, but bigger. It has a drawing by Antonio Lopez on the front, and it opens up to show a mirror and the luminizer and blush. If you pop that top section to the right, you have your bronzer underneath. It slides back and forth into place. In MAC speak, the "luminizer" is called a Pressed Iridescent Powder in the shade Belightful, which is a light bronzy color with a golden sparkly sheen. Then we've got the Powder Blush in Pure Femininity, which is a medium blue-toned pink. And lastly our "bronzer" is a Beauty Powder in Peaceful, which is a peachy bronze. I actually really like this face palette. It's been competing for attention against my new NARS Adult Content Cheek Palette, they both basically have similar type colors. I do wish the bronzer was a tad darker, but other than that, I have nothing to complain about. The blush is a lovely shade of pink. The luminizer gives a nice glow to your face. I love that I have a face palette that has all the shades I need for a look. Instead of packing 3 different products and containers, you've got one sleek container with all 3! I thought that the best product in terms of quality was the blush. I thought it was just amazing. Great pigmentation and color payoff and so easy to work with. The worst in my opinion was the bronzer. It was super powdery and the pigmentation just wasn't there. I found I had to keep going at it to get a decent amount of product out of it. I'm not saying it's terrible, it just could have been better. In between both is the luminizer. It wasn't the greatest, but it wasn't bad either. It was a happy middle, with decent pigmentation and it stayed on for most of the day. I'm still going to go ahead and recommend this palette. I still find myself using it a lot, and I love that it has my kind of colors all housed in a happy package. The quality overall is good.


So now that I've given you my product reviews, let's see these babies in action! For today's look, I used my MAC Veluxe Pearl Fusion Eyeshadow in Smokeluxe. If you haven't tried it out yet, I highly recommend it. The eyeshadows are almost creamy and they go on so well. They're just all around great quality.


MAC X Antonio Lopez Collection Makeup Look and Review

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
MAC Veluxe Pearl Fusion Eyeshadow in Smokeluxe

• 4: apply to the lid
• 5: apply to the crease and blend upward, apply to outer V
• 1: apply as a highlight and blend into crease color, apply to inner corner of eyes
• 2: apply to the inner corners of the eyes

MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan
MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline
Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Mascara

Brows

Benefit Brow Zings in Light

Face:

Too Faced Primed and Poreless
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20
MUFE HD Foundation in 110
MUFE HD Powder
MAC X Antonio Lopez Pink Face Palette

• Belightful: apply to the cheekbones, chin, cupid's bow, down the nose, middle of the forehead
• Pure Femininity: apply to the apples of the cheeks and blend outwards and down into bronzer
• Peaceful: apply as a contour (from top of the ear down the upper jawline to corner of the mouth), perimeter of the face, down the sides of the nose, etc

Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray

Lips:

MAC X Antonio Lopez Nude Lip Palette in Vivid Image

Products Used:

MAC Veluxe Pearl Fusion Eyeshadow in Smokeluxe

MAC Veluxe Pearl Fusion Eyeshadow in Smokeluxe - 48$CAD

MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan - 19$CAD

MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline - 19$CAD

Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Mascara - 46$CAD

Benefit Brow Zings in Light

Benefit Brow Zings in Light - 36$CAD

MAC X Antonio Lopez Pink Face Palette

MAC X Antonio Lopez Pink Face Palette - 55$CAD

Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray - new mini (double the size) is 15$CAD, fullsize is 35$CAD

MAC X Antonio Lopez Nude Lip Palette

MAC X Antonio Lopez Nude Lip Palette - 33$CAD

Swatches
MAC X Antonio Lopez Pink Face Palette:
Belightful
Pure Femininity
Peaceful

Swatches
MAC X Antonio Lopez Nude Lip Palette:
Vivid Image
Antonio's Girls
Art Directed

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed today's makeup look and review! I'm curious to hear what you guys think of the MAC X Antonio Lopez collection? Did you buy into it or did you pass over it? Personally, this is one of the few MAC collections in a while that actually excited me. I loved it because there were products that appealed to me, like the face palette and the lip palette. I fell in love. The eye palettes didn't really do it for me, but I'm curious to know, did you buy a MAC X Antonio Eye Palette and which one did you buy? Post some pictures of your looks, I'm dying to see! Did you also buy into the face palettes and/or the lip palettes? Let me know what your favorite product from this collection was!!

Again, thanks for reading and I'll be seeing you soon (I promise)!

I did a post in the past on the MAC Veluxe Pearl Fusion Eyeshadow in Smokeluxe, see that right here.

I've also got a lot of posts in the works. An Empties & Extras post, a Christmas 2013 makeup post, new products and reviews (such as NARS Adult Content Blush Palette, MAC Paint Pots, MAC eyeshadows, new skincare routine, MAC brush review, etc) for starters. Let me know what you're most interested in and I'll do my best to do those posts first. I know, I still haven't finished that Sephora + Pantone Universe series. I promise I'll finish it.

Steph xo.

Sexy Dark Black Smokey Eyes using MAC

Hey girls!

Yesterday I finally purchased my first MAC Mineralize product!! I got the MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella. If you don't know, the MAC Mineralize Eyeshadows are slightly bigger than the regular eyeshadows and they are baked, so they have a domed top. They are highly sparkly. They usually have a swirl of two colours (unless it's a duo). Cinderfella is a larger swirl of sparkly black with smaller swirls of sparkly white. When applied, it is sparkly black. And it is extremely sparkly, which is exactly what I was looking for. And the MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan looks perfect with the eyeshadow. As a base, I used the MAC Paint Pot in Blackground, the one that I recently bought so I could finally have that beautiful green out of Club eyeshadow. It's a great base, the Mineralize Eyeshadow adheres to it well and the sparkles stay on.

To finish the eyes, I used MAC Eyeshadows in Carbon and Forgery. I put Carbon in the crease and outer V, and I used Forgery as a highlight. For the cheeks, I stuck with MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy and I used the new Too Faced Pink Leopard as a bronzer, and Benefit High Beam to highlight. I'm wearing Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Marshmallow Bunny with the Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme over it. If you've ever used Lip Injection Extreme before, then you'll know it tingles like a biotch. I thought reviewers were exaggerating the fact that it tingles into something crazy, but they were right, it is an extremely tingly feeling that some people may not be able to tolerate. For the most part, the tingles go away after 5 minutes.

For the mascara, I'm wearing two today. On my upper lashes I'm wearing the Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Nylon Lash Extension System. You get a tube of mascara and  a smaller tube of nylon fibers. You coat your lashes 1-2 times with the mascara and then you put the nylon fibres on, and again 1-2 coats of mascara to seal them in. And you get instantly longer lashes! This is great if you hate false lashes, and I have to admit I've only used falsies twice and I disliked it both times, while I loved this system since the first time I used it. The fibers don't end up in my eyes or on my contact lenses which is a big reason why I love it. And it's super easy to take off too. For my bottom lashes, I used MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack. It's a great volumizing mascara, which is what my bottom lashes needed.

If you don't want to wear this lipstick, there are many other great lipsticks that go with a smokey look such as NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight and NARS Larger Than Life Lipgloss in International Velvet. You can wear Too Faced Glamour Gloss in Barely Legal. The lipgloss and lipstick options are endless.


Sexy Dark Black Smokey Eyes using MAC

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
MAC Paint Pot in Blackground
MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella: apply to lid and slightly above crease
MAC Eyeshadow in Carbon: apply to crease and outer V
MAC Eyeshadow in Forgery: apply above the crease as a highlight
MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan: line upper and lower lashes
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved: line upper and lower waterlines
Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Nylon Lash Extension System (upper lashes)
MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack (lower lashes)

Face:

Too Faced Primed and Poreless
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20 (for undereyes)
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20 (for blemishes)
MUFE HD Foundation in 110
MUFE HD Powder
Benefit High Beam
MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy
Too Faced Pink Leopard

Lips:

Too Faced La Creme in Marshmallow Bunny
Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme

Products Used:

MAC Paint Pot in Blackground

MAC Paint Pot in Blackground - 22$CAD

MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow in Cinderfella

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cincderfella - 25$CAD

MAC Eyeshadows from left to right, top to bottom: (18$CAD each)
Forgery
Electra
Black Tied
Carbon

MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan - 19$CAD

MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved - 19$CAD

Too Faced Better Than False Lashes - 46$CAD

MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack - mini shown, fullsize is 19$CAD

Benefit High Beam - 32$CAD

MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy

MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy - 25$CAD

Too Faced Pink Leopard

Too Faced Pink Leopard - 38$CAD

Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Marshmallow Bunny - 25$CAD

Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme - 39$CAD

From left to right:
MAC Paint Pot in Blackground
MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella
MAC Eyeshadow in Forgery
MAC Eyeshadow in Carbon
MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved
Benefit High Beam
MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy
Too Faced Pink Leopard
Too Faced La Creme in Marshmallow Bunny

So that's my Sexy Dark Black Smokey Eyes using MAC look!! I think it's quite fabulous. It is a little product-heavy, but I decided to go all out and do a really dramatic smokey eye. I was really excited to play with my new MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella and it did not disappoint!! I'm definitely going to check out the other colors they have in their Mineralize line. If you look at the swatch, you can see how beautiful Cinderfella is.

So did you guys and girl like this look? Is this something you would wear on a night out? What do you think of the MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella? Have you used it before or would you use it and why? What do you think of the Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Nylon Lash Extension System? Do you think it really works? What do you think of the MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet So Easy in this look?  And what do you think of the new Too Faced Pink Leopard bronzer? Did you prefer the old one or are you loving the new one? And what did you think of Too Faced's La Creme Lipstick line? Which shade is your favorite?

Thanks for reading,

Steph xo.

P.S. I don't know how many of you are into the TV show Game of Thrones, but tonight's season finale was a little lacking for me, especially after last week's Red Wedding. I just hope they make up for it next year in season 4!!