MAC Cinderella line: Swatches, Review, & both day and night looks!!

Ok so yall know this post was coming right!! Being the Disney and MAC addict I am I had to have this collection. I don't ten to get a lot of neutrals but this collection is quite stunning. I unfortunately missed out on the Wicked Stepmother pigment that was my favorite item in the collection :( The lippies just werent my style cause I am not for neutral lips on me. But I did pick up the crown jewel of the collection which was the  Stroke Of Midnight eyeshadow palette as well as the Macroviolet fluidline and the studio Eye gloss in pearl varnish. Line most of the special collections MAC does now days the damn collection sold out so fast it was hard to get much of anything. However there is some awesome news that most of the items are available in the normal collection. So lets get started shall we....

First off...the packaging is a simple blue with gold trim and inside. I think it is pretty but I feel they could have done a bit more. The Rocky Horror collection had the awesome print inside the packaging and I wish they had gone more that route with this. Maybe with the butterflies and glass slippers.

 Swatches...(FYI...if ya cant tell I am very pale skinned so it is hard to take pics of neutral tones"

Ok so lets go from my least favorites on up....

So we are gonna start with the Cinderella Studio Eye Gloss in Pearl Varnish. 

This product was $23.00. So basically is promised to add high shimmer and shine with or without shadow. This product is now sold out and does not have a twin in the regular line. So good news is I did find a use for it but overall I hated the product. I have never tried the studio eye gloss before and never will again. While this product has the most amazing shimmer and shine it feels a goopy sticky mess however you wear it. Under shadow, Over shadow, or alone I just dont see how it is practical at all. I have found it does make a nice brow bone highlight but it is still sticky when applied just not as irritating. 

Here is what it looks like alone...

Alone it does have a nice pretty shine and wet look but I cant stand how sticky it is :( I have tried every possible configuration of this stuff and it is just going to be an over shadow highlight and nothing more. Now I know not to buy the product again for sure.

Next is the Cinderella Fluid Line in MacroViolet. This was $17.50. Again the product is sold out in the Cinderella packaging but it is a part of the permanent MAC Fluidline collection as well as the new Haute & Naughty collection. The description says it is a deep smoked violet with red pearl. As always it is a very soft liner but I do wish more the the red tones show through. I will for sure pick the color up again though. I used this with a flat brush and it has become my go to liner for now. 

There is a gorgeous shimmer to this liner but if not applied perfect at least on my it looks a little spotty and smears. but the color does make all the effort with it as it does a great job picking up the different tones in my eyes.

Finally the best item in this haul was for sure the Stroke Of Midnight eyeshadow Palette. 

This retailed for $44.00. It features the colors Vapour, Phloof!, Omega, Quarry, Satin Taupe, & Stroke Of Midnight.Now I am not one for neutral palettes at all.I mean I have never even bothered with a Naked palette. (I Know I know,,,I can hear the gasps LOL) I definitely choose bold over boring. However this palette is just stunning!! Unfortunately again this product sold out super quick. But you can get almost every color that is in the palette as individuals in the regular line!!  (Stroke of Midnight is the only special edition shadow. My suggestions for similar MAC shadows would be Smut: It is slightly more black than blue, Sketch, It is a bit more burgundy but it would match well with the macroviolet liner, & Black Tied: which is a basic black with silver shimmer.) 

Here are some of the MANY looks i have worn in the few weeks since picking these up....

The first look was the attempt with using the eye gloss over shadow. Not sure if you can tell but it basically took away from all the blending I did!!

 These are the shadow and liner...

So this is my favorite look being I like darker colors and I wore it 2 different ways. First just the shadows...

For this look I used the colors Phloof!, Omega, Stroke Of Midnight, & Vapour. I also used the MacroViolet liner and MAC Zoom Flash mascara.

And again in trying to find a way to use the eye gloss I decided to use it as a base for my shadows. I used the same colors OVER the Gloss and quite loved the effect I got (But it was still super sticky!! However at the end of the day it still looked great which was not the case if I used it over shadow...those turned into a sticky creased mess after a few hours.) This will cause the shadows to be a little sticky to your brush so make sure you either use a brush you dont love or have time to clean them right away.

So you can understand why even though I hated the way the product felt and will not buy it again I quite loved how it transformed the shadows when wearing it under them. Not only did the colors darken but it added an insane amount of shimmer and shine. The stickiness got a little better as the day went but by the time I got home that night I was happy to remove it.

Overall do I think the collection was worth the money and the headache to get it??

Well it depends. If you are a huge Disney/Cinderella fan then yes! But if you are just looking for something new it may not be for you. I would not recommend the Studio Eye Gloss but there are ways of making it work if you already have it. Myself personally the palette is my new daytime go to and will be for quite awhile. However if you do have a neutral palette this may not be something you need to add to your collection. And the Fluidline is part of the regular collection and it is even a few dollars cheaper then. Overall I think I got my monies worth but these products are nothing new and groudbreaking from MAC, And the headache that new special edition collections causes is just not worth it unless you are a die hard.

So have you tried any of these products??

 

Lovely Gothy lippies from MAC!!!

I know I been slacking on the blog thing but I just dont have the time anymore :( Wanted to show ya a couple amazing new lippies MAC has done special releases on since around the end of the year!!

So first up was actually a gift I received. I waited all day on black friday for this lipstick to release and it never happened. 2 weeks or so later they dropped it just before I got paid for one day only. But no matter the story...I finally got my hands on Haute Core!! This was originally released with the punk line I think it was in 2013 but it came back for a day and I finally have it!!

(FYI....I did have on a sheer red lippie underneath when the pic was taken.)

The other 2 I have picked up were during the holiday season. I grabbed Runner and Gunner from the Nasty Girl Collection. I would have grabbed em all but Stunner was just another true red and I already have a fav LOL.

Both colors are just stunning!! Gunner has a bit of a sheen to it. It is like a purple mixed with gun metal and I loved it!! 

And Runner I adore!! It is a gorgeous matte Vampire Blood red! It was definitely something I had to have in my collection!!

Seriously I love them all but Runner was for sure the stand out in this bunch for me! Which one is your favorite??

MAC Riff Raff take 2...

Ok so I said this in my last post but I am seriously obsessed with the new MAC Riff Raff Palette from the Rocky Horror collection and I just had to show you another quick look as it is a new favorite of mine....

So for the eyes I used Urban Decay Primer Potion. From the palette I used Blackberry. In the corner and crease I used Carbon Black. Above that I used Crystal. And at the brow and corners I used Oh,Rocky! I used Cailyn gel eyeliner in black and MAC Zoom Flash mascara. I also went with a bold MAC lip using the Magenta lip liner and Heroine lipstick. I wish pics did justice of the lippie as it is more a purple tone than they show.

This years fun Halloween makeup look...

Ok so this year I was super sick for Halloween so I didnt get complicated but I did do a simple makeup look on the day cause I just can't miss halloween no matter what LOL. I decided to try out eyeliner "Tattoos" and found they are really easy to work with BUT they are tough to remove. Now maybe if I had tried baby oil it woulda worked better but I did eventually get it off with eye makeup remover. I quite loved them though...easy to use and they would stay on a few days if I let them!! That means they would look great all night at the club :P

Also on my eyes I skipped the primer since I was using the "tattoo". I used 2 shades of purple from my Pantone shades of nature palette. I finished with Bombshell liquid liner in onyx, Urban Decay 24/7 glide on liner in zero, & Mac zoom flash mascara.

For my lips I used Cathedral lipstick from Morgana's Crypt as a base and layered over that with MAC Midnight Media.

Here is the full look...Unfortunately at work I have to wear my hair up so it kinda throws off the look a bit...

 On my face I also used MAC face & body in white and transparent setting powder (Both part of last year's Rick Baker Halloween line), Benefit Porefessional primer, and purple and gray shades from my pantone shades of nature palette on my cheeks, forehead, & chin.

It really was a simple fun look that can be dome quickly :P

MAC Rocky Horror Picture Show collection: Riff Raff Palette

Ok so from the moment this collection was announced I knew this was a must have. Sadly this was plagued with a slew of issues. First the collection was supposed to drop online September 29th and in stores October 2nd. This did not happen. I waited all day on the 29th and it never launched. Instead it launched on the 30th. So by the time I got off work minutes after launch the pigment I wanted was sold out. The lipsticks still had not dropped. Minutes later they did drop (Except Frank-N-Furter) and before I could check out they sold out. Once Frank-N-Furter was available it sold out in less than a minute. MAC seriously underestimated the cult following of Rocky! And the response from MAC was just that...Sorry but you are fucked! No ok due to demand we can try and release more product. No nothing. Whatever! At least I got my hands on this gorgeous Riff Raff palette. Of course it was the only item that did not sell out lightening quick since it had a price point of almost $45. But alas I had the money in paypal and it had to be done LOL.

First off...Can we talk about this packaging!! This is a Rocky Horror fans wet dream!!

And now for my gorgeous palette...

The colors...Swatched top to bottom with no primer

Oh Rocky!

Crystal

Blackberry

Graphic Style

 Heavy, Black, & Pendulous

Carbon Black

I have used this palette a few times already. As always the shadows go on smooth and compliment each other perfectly. This is my look for a night out...

These pics are what my makeup looked like after a day at work...No primer was used on this day....

So as you can see the shadow has very little creasing even after 8 hours at work and even in the Florida humidity! Now would I say these are the most unique colors ever probably not. But this is going to be my go to palette for quite some time to come!!