MAC Venomous Villains Review Part II

So the only product I bought from the Dr Facilier collection was MAC LE Resort Life lipgloss. Wow - i mean - Wowza.....

....check out the swatch!

A gorgeous apricot shimmer-ling sparkilicious number. Perfect for a dab at the top and bottom cushion of (i.e. middle 1/3 of upper and lower) lips to give the illusion of more of a pout. This is a must have IMO.

Right, onto the mineralised eyeshadows (MES). Two were released in the Maleficent collection: MAC LE She Who Dares and MAC LE My Dark Magic and both are very similar to the MES released in the MAC Style Black collection last year. However, you do get more bang for your buck in that you receive 3.2g (versus 2.2g Style Black MES) of product with much, much better pigmentation.

L to R : MAC LE She Who Dares and MAC LE My Dark Magic

MAC LE She Who Dares (first two swatches were not foiled and the last two were).

MAC LE My Dark Magic (first two swatches were not foiled and the last two were).

Aren't the foiled ones gorgeous.....:)

Well next onto the nailpolishes. They look so cool in the bottle and seem so un-dupeable (although I have heard rumours that Orly NPs in the US have great dupes) but *poo* here in Aus I have found no such thing. So, I needed to get my mitts on these and well, to be frank, I am very disappointed. The payoff is basically cr@p and I have to seriously layer the product on to get any opaqueness whatsoever (which means a day and forever for the darn things to dry).

L to R: MAC LE Bad Fairy and MAC LE Formidable

The only blush I purchased was MAC LE Bite of An Apple (Evil Queen). Yes, I know, I am a sucker for hype - thanks to MUA :) But no regrets here because I do not own a similar blush shade in my collection. It is HIGHLY pigmented and looks scary in the pan, but you can tone it down with a sheer layer only.

As you can see from the swatches below it is a matte, more red than orange coral, whereas MAC LE Hipness is more pink and NARS Torrid is similar but with a fine gold glitter.

L to R: MAC LE Hipness, MAC LE Bite of An Apple, NARS Torrid

So, final thoughts are...I actually love all the products save for the NPs and recommend you snap them up ASAP. The Buzz or hype on MUA was for MAC LE Bite of an Apple and I highly recommend both the MES. In Hong Kong, I heard the NPs were sold out quick-stat and in Thailand the beauty powder Oh So Fair. Each to their own I guess, but you need to check these babies out.....HTH

-Fiffi x

I HAULED IN HK!

OKAY - so you must know I went on holiday by now. Yes, we took a bit of a detour via Hong Kong. What can I say - but, that I absolutely love this place. The shopping is - AMAH-ZINGGGG! The make-up is INSANE. So much choice, i think i started hyperventilating at SASA - it was makeup heaven...and tax-free and so cheap. And YES- that Dior with reflected light is the ELUSIVE LIMITED EDITION DIOR QUINT that i have been fantasizing about.

I can't wait to review everything and share my thoughts on the products with y'all!

In no particular order,

1. MUFE HD Foundation

2. MUFE HD Blush No.4

3. 3x sets of five falsies (really cheap at AUD 13.5 per set of five)

4. MUFE Aqua Eyes eyeliners (GWP)

5. MUFE Aqua Eyes in black

6. MUFE Aqua Creams in 15 and 9

7. Dior Amber Diamond

8. Dior Iridescent Leather quint Eyeshadow

9. Heroine Kiss Kiss mascara (Approx. AUD 13)

10. Majolica Majorca Lash Gorgeous (Approx. AUD 15)

11. Shu Uemura ME 850

12. Majolica Majorca SV 821

Enjoy the makeup porn -as we say on Makeupalley :)

Seahorse Beauty!

Long time no see - as they say.

I have been on holiday - it was great but exhausting and a story in itself, but i won't bore you. Let's get down to the nitty gritty.

MAC To The Beach collection - Yawn.

I spend so much on makeup and have a makeup vanity consisting of most of my lemmings now that its kindda hard to find products that are 'un-dupeable'. Anyway, I don't buy into hype and I am a makeup collector afterall (like some people collect dolls, or Swarovski swans etc.) I love hard-to-find stuff, so I had to get the seahorse highlighter. Partly, because I am also FANATICAL about scuba diving and saw a very rare baby seahorse in Samoa which was so very cute.

So yes, I bought it, and yes I don't use it, because I just like to- well,- look at it really :)

Next, I bought the ever sought-after Hipness Blush. I was told it would be a pinkier version of LE Instant Chic (pret a papier or whatever MAC collection) so i had to get it. I love pink - that is all. Anyway pink, PINK??? you've got to be lying it definitely is more on the coral-ly side compared to IC.

Anyway, instant chic was - MEH, and this is just, well - MEH. Completely and utterly dupeable - i can't see much of a difference between either of them really. And both are matte versions of NARS deep throat which i love but is S.P.A.R.K.L.Y.

1. MAC Pink Swoon Blush

2. MAC LE Instant Chic Blush

3. MAC LE Hipness Blush

4. NARS Deep Throat Blush

In conclusion, if you want a matte version of NARS DT - get either IC or Hipness but don't get both. I prefer DT in all cases.

Anyways, that's my two cents.....

More posts soon x