Showing posts with label MAC speak louder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MAC speak louder. Show all posts

Sunday, 10 February 2013

#28kisses and Counting | Day 10: Quite Loud Kisses

Sunday aka Sleep day is finally here. The one day that I have to relax as I have gotten the majority of the blog picture taking out of the way yesterday so I get to have an affair with my bed.

*snuggles into bed-covers*


Seeing as I'm only leaving my bed for 4 hours max today; and I'm planning to head right back into bed the minute I get back home, I'm keeping things light and sweet for today's kiss.
MAC Speak Louder (despite what it's name would have you think) is sweet, pink lip shade that makes me feel all sweet and innocent inside. . . .yes, a lipstick can make me feel innocent. Personally I really love the MAC cremesheen formula but I've been hearing stories from some people that it drives out  some ladies lips (o_0)
I normally get about 5/6 hours wear time (longer if I don't eaten anything) but as I only need it to last 4 hours today, I'm really not wearing the wartime.

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Tuesday, 25 December 2012

Makeup Look: Xmas 2012 Face of the Day

I've been publishing a lot of makeup looks lately and I really hope you enjoy them because I really love creating them and posting them online. Today I wanted to do something a bit different so I decided to dig out my pinks and purples and do a look using solely these colours.
This look is very similar to my Sweet, Bridal Pink Look that I posted in the summer but I feel that it is a lot more subtle even though I used a lot of the same colours in this look.

As always if you want to see a list of all the products I've used them scroll up and click on my 'Makeup Looks' tabs on my header.
Eyes:-
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
MAC Eyeshadow in Passionate 
MAC Eyeshadow in Hep cat
MAC Eyeshadow in Cranberry
MAC Eyeshadow in Expensive Pink
Lash Perfect La La Lashes in B168
Face:-
Nars Sheer Glow Foundation in Trindad (Dark 3)
MAC Select Cover Up Concealer in NW40
Sleek Makeup Face Contour Kit in Dark
Lips:-
MAC Lipliner in Cork 
MAC Lipstick in Speak Louder
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Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Makeup Look: Sweet, Bridal Pink

The best thing about Summer is probably the amount of weddings I get to go to.

With the wedding I went to last week, I chose not to go with the bridal colours of fuchsia or purple as these aren't really colours I would choose to wear and I refuse to spend my money on clothes that I have no intention of wearing again (waste of money and valuable wardrobe space) so instead I tried to get my makeup to lean into the colour scheme as best as I could.

Eyes:-
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
MAC Eyeshadow in Ricepaper
MAC Eyeshadow in Expensive Pink
MAC Eyeshadow in Stars n Rockets
MAC Eyeshadow in Passionate
MAC Eyeshadow in Hepcat
MAC Eyeshadow in Cranberry
MAC Eyeshadow in Texture
MUA Cosmetics Eyeliner in Jet Black
L'oreal Paris Super Liner in Carbon Gloss
Face:-
MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW45
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Deep Dark
MAC Select Cover Up Concealer in NW40
Illamasqua Cream Blush in Betray
MAC Transparent Loose Powder
Lips:-
MAC Lipstick in Speak Louder
Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Rose Gold (026) 
MAC Lipglass in Spite

Well, don't I look sweet . . . 

I think this is very much a bridal look or has the potential to be as even though I like my makeup to be quite dramatic around the eyes, this is actually very sweet  . . . and pink! I actually didn't realised I owned so much pink-toned makeup until I did this look.
What do you think about this look? Are you as surprised as I am on the amount of pink I've managed to use? I would love some feedback, so please leave a comment below.

I'm going to scrooge around my makeup collection and try to figure out who slipped all this pink in when I wasn't paying attention but Click here for a full list of products.


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Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Review: MAC Speak Louder Lipstick

I'm not really into bright lipsticks . . . or pink lipsticks for that matter, but the urge to wear this blue-toned pink lipstick is bringing me to my knees.
Now as I mentioned last week in my '3 Lipsticks of Westfield' haul post, MAC's Speak Louder lipstick was a bit of an impulse buy and while I did like the mauvey looking lipstick in store, I thought that I would wear this once and banish it to the bottom of my lipstick draw til Summer however once I got home and tried it on my lips . . . It was love at first application.
MAC Speak Louder is just such an easy colour to wear as it has a low-sheen finish while still being creamy . . . and I really do love my creamy lipsticks.
Is Speak Louder a Summer shade for you? Or have you not even started thinking about your summer lippies yet?

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Tuesday, 20 March 2012

The Three Lipsticks of Westfield: MAC and Kiko

 There is something about this post title that makes want to me start belting out 'We, thre Kings of Orient, are' but unfortunately it's wrong season to be singing Christmas carols or to make Christmas punned blog titles (which is unfortunate, as this would have been a really good one).
This is going to a Haul Post *yaaaaay* It feels like ages since I've done one of these and seeing as I keep finding myself in Westfield, Stratford aka Stratfield more and more these days, I actually do have quite a bit to show you (just not in this post). Lately I've been on a lipstick hunt and I have really been wanting to add a few nude lipsticks to my collection but just my luck I couldn't seem to find the MAC store in Stratfield. While hunting around for it, I chanced upon the Kiko store and thought *meh - shoulder shrug* 'Might as well'. The Makeup gods must have been soying on me that day, as the store was having a sale on their lipsticks  . . . . £3 PEOPLE!!!!

So taking a leap of faith *on the assumption that it the brand can afford to set up a branch store in Westfield then they should have at least a decent lippie* I choose Kiko's creamy lipstick in two shades, 395 and 393. Kiko's creamy lipstick in 393 is a very cool beige brown, which I thought would look great on me when I swatched it in the shop but when I actually wore it when I got home, it just seemed a bit too cool for me.
Kiko's creamy lipstick in 395 is more of the nude shade I was looking for, it warm, pinkish brown nude colour that looks perfect on me.
I actually felt very content with my purchases and will review them in depth later on; as I'm curious about their wear time . . . but I still wanted to know where the MAC store was. Now this is where I thank Baby Jesus for social media; sending a 140 character twitter plea to my followers,  I was told where the MAC store is and no wonder I couldn't find it. First, it is so DINKY *that means tiny in Annie language* and it is hiding in the most random of locations.

Now wouldn't you believe it, after all that stress of finding the MAC store, they didn't have the lipstick I wanted it stock which is super annoying. Having hyped myself and spent about an hour looking for the store I decided to just choose something else and MAC Speak Louder lipstick just seemed to cream out at me. I don't normally like pink or bright shades but I actually love this colour. I think it is very wearable and not blinding at all.
Overall I love my 3 wise lipsticks *couldn't resist making the pun* and if anyone needs a guide of Stratfield, I think I now know that shopping centre like the back of my hand.
Has anyone tried any other Kiko Products? Never heard of them before today, what do you think about their quality?

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