My Make Up look using mostly Nars

Dear readers,

First and foremost, please apologize me for not updating this blog with interesting things ! I know that Ive neglected this blog for ages !!! Im so sorry for that.. Im sure you all know that all moms are busy ! ;D I dont really have the time to be an active blogger ever since I become a mother, but at least Ive tried to post pictures of my recent works on my clients here n of course in my FB page. Hope that doesnt stop you all from stopping by once in a while ! TQ, really appreciate if u r still coming back to check whether Ive posted something here ;)

Actually I have lots of things to share, and that 'lots of things' already become outdated haha. Im not a good writer and ... Im just lack of ideas to write.. sorry if you find my blog bores you  ;(  I prefer something that is less writing and more pictures, thats why I love Instagram now ;) If you are interested to follow my activity, you can find me on Instagram ! Im quite an active Instagram user ;) You can search me under the name annaismail, Ill be soo happy if you can be my follower on IG ;)) Im sure not all of you can access to Instagram via phone,so  if anyone would like to view my instag photos in my blog, please respond in the comment box !

Ok enuff babbless ...

Here are some pics of the make up looks that I did a FEW MONTHS ago, cant exactly remember in which month ;p LOL. I've already uploaded 1 picture in my FB page and promised to reveal all the products I used in my blog a few months back .. so here it is .. sorry for the longgg delay (ni pun curi masa sikit suruh my hubby jg baby ;p)

Tools n Make up stuffs to achieve the look! Ive been loving Nars ever since I bought some of their products via my internet friend, last year in August ! I planned to blog about the stuffs and was so excited to share with you guys before, but I couldn't ..since there was no Internet access at my parents house in my hometown.. I was in my confinement at that time, back in July-Sept 2011.. Its been almost a year.. if anybody interested to see my Nars purchase ? let me know ! Ill try my best  to review 'em in my upcoming post ;)

more Make up stuffs pictures .. because I Love taking pics of 'em ! 

For Face make up

Prep n Prime Mac

Nars Sheer Glow Foundation - Punjab ( In LOVEEE ! )

 Chanel Loose Powder

Eye Make Up

lid: Mac Haunting

crease: Nars Mekong

browbone: Mac (cant remember the name) , but any highlight colour will do

bottom eyes: Black eyeliner and smudge with Nars Mekong

Eyebrows: Simplysiti ! ( pretty cheap great eyebrow pencil , great colour suitable for asians with black hair) Im lovin' it !

Lips:

Mac spice lipliner

Mac Mocha lipstick

Burts Bees lipgloss in Sweet Pink on top

Contour and Blush:

The duo Nars Blush bronzer : Orgasm n Laguna (Deeply in love with Orgasm Blush)

Here comes the Full Look ! The pictures were taken in a dark room, hence the poor quality and lots of flash !! But the good thing is, you can see how beautiful the blusher and how lovely n dewy the Nars sheer glow are when they catch lights ! 

 

Work in progress... need to blend blend blend some moree :D

Pics of me n my baby. He's already 10months + now ;)

 Duck Lips .. wooo

So you see.. too much flash really affect the way your make up looks in pics... natural looking pictures n beautiful makeup looks best with great lightings! and the best is captured under real lights ( during the day)

And last but not least... the pic that Ive posted in my FB page a while ago ! this was taken without flash under yellow light ... I had to crop this since I was not wearing my hijab.. but I kinda like how I look in this pic *wink*

Ok, that's my update for tday. I hope its been useful for you. Have a great day ahead ! TQ for dropping by ;)

MAC Me Over Event

To all beauty junkies out there, what's your plan for this weekend ? If you don't have any plans yet, don't miss out the MAC Me Over event which is held at KLCC starting from today till 12/9/2011.Purchase any items over RM250 to stand a chance for free make over + photography ! Exciting !! Unfortunately for me coz Im still here in my hometown bz with my lil pumpkin ;( I don't want to miss out the limited edition brushes which r repromoted in this collections. So I asked my dear hubby to go n grab them for me :D Will share with you guys once I got the items !

Have a great weekend n Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir & Batin !

MAC Semi Precious + Surf Baby~ My Pick

Mac Semi Precious Display

I know its been a month since the cols were released here.. I didnt get the the chance to share about this earlier, how sad ;( But since ive already taken a few pics, so I think why not just post it in my blog even some of you might consider this to be outdated already ! Believe me, I haven't tried the products from these two collections except for one eyeshadow and the blusher. Can't wait to experiment when my confinement is over and when I start to do make up again !

Let's start with MAC Surf baby which I believe its no longer available in stores. (fyi, MAC will return all of the unsold limited editions stuff back to its supplier after a certain time)

MAC Surf Baby Collections

Surf Baby: The collections for Summer. Its a HUGE cols full of warm and cool colours. The cols didnt attract me much except for the colour stacks. I found it to be boring since most of products were repititions from last Summer cols. I bought just a few items .. including mocha lipstick (permanent). Luckily, I didnt have this before so this is my oppurtunity to get the lipstick in special packaging ! ;)

MAC Mocha Lipstick: I think I should have this in my make up kit coz this colour is perfect for dark skin tone !  Me love it to bits ;)

+ MAC Powerpoint eyeliner in Gilded White- Its a light white with gold shimmer meant for waterline.. but seriously I dont quite like this powerpoint type for the waterline coz it doesn't last ! I more prefer Kohl type for that purpose

MAC Crushed Metallic Pigment Summer Stash. I chose this over the other one ( Crushed Metallic Pigment Surf The Ocean) coz I always love the combination of brown + purple ;) Perfect for glam look coz the colours are metallic and very pigmented !

 Swatches of the stacks, Gilded White Powerpoint and Mocha l/s

MAC Semi Precious Collections

The lipsticks. I skipped all of these coz I don;t like lustres. The colours are just ordinary, didnt attract me much.

Charge Water, Mineralize satin finish foundation and strobe cream (which I already have coz these are from permanent line)

MSFs (which look like nipple as reviewed by most beauty bloggers .. lol) , the super awesome kabuki brush which is expensive like hell ! and the mineralize blushes.

 Mineralize Blush. L-R: Feeling Flush, Pressed of Amber, Warmth of Coral

 

Random swatches of the MSFs

The Creamsheen Glass. I didn;t pick up any of these !

The swatches. L-R: Pure Magnificence (light grey pink), Natural Flare (light Caramel Nude), Geo Pink (Strawberry Pink), Looks Like Sin (Midtone Reddish Plum), Richly Revered (Deep Brown Plum)

The mineralize eyeshadows (All shadows are limited editions) . Don't be fooled by the appearance of the attractive colours, swatch it then you'll discover the intensity, pigmentation of the e/s. Among all of the colours, I found out that only 4 gives the best pigmentation !

Random swatches of the mineralize e/s

What I hauled from this cols ;)

A few brushes and eyeshadows, a blush and one MSFs

I know the brushes are quite expensive, thats why I have to skip other products. But I really love to invest on MAC brushes coz they are definitely good in quality and gives the best application!

I bought myself three of the brushes: eye make up brushes ( #234, #235)  and  a face brush (#128). Interesting fact: Each of them are off two diff. hair colours on each side. (white vs. black) which I believe its for two diff. application ( 1 side is great for applying mineralize product and the other one is for applying normal powders). All brushes are limited edition but you still can get similar brushes from the permanent range where #234 = #217 , #235 = #227, #128= # 116 ( #128 is more dense and not as fluffy as #116 but gives the similar function, as a blush brush)

MAC Mineralize e/s in Smoked Ruby (burgundy and black melange) , Dark Indulgence (Forest Green and black melange), and Golden Gaze (Gold and black melange)

I found out that these three mineralize shadows and the blue one (Blue Sheen) give the most pigmentation and intensity.

Semi Precious Rose Quartz (Rosy pink base with inner circle of silver, lime, white pink copper) and Feeling Flush Blusher (Melange Pink + Deep Blue Pink + Soft Brown)

The best highlighter as it can be applied as blush n highlighter. The feeling flush blush I can say that its very pigmented, love the smooth texture of it,  the best mineralize blush I've tried so far.. and the colour is amazing ! (see previous post, for my look using this blush ). Scroll up for the swatches of this blush.

Have you checked out the cols ? What did you get for yourself ? Share with me ! ;)

MAC Jeanius and Viva Glam 2 Collections

MAC Jeanius for spring 2011 and Viva Glam Gaga 2 are out since last week and I dare say that the Jeanius collections is not genius at all ;p Happy coz I can save money !! ;) I was pretty excited to grab a few products when I saw them in the promo pics but was a bit frustrated when I saw the whole collections in person. I skipped most of the items in my wishlist ! Thank You MAC ;)

In this collections, MAC has come out with 4 beautiful shades of eyeshadows, mostly inspired by jeans washes... in jeans imprint. How cute isn't it. Dissapointing news is, its just an overspray that won't last. Alll the embossed denim and button design will dissapear after you swatch a few times! Definitely, these shadows are not a must have for collectors since the colours are just ordinary and you can find dupes for these shadows .Two blushes, Pink Cult is the kind of dusty pink, and Overdyed is a bright magenta colour didnt attract me neither.

L- White Jeanius- Pale Silvery Frosted White, can be an all over colour on the lid for a large eyelid effect / as highlight colour. It reminds me of Gesso in the permanent line.

R- Diva In Distress - is a sheer icy blue-tinged white with a frosted finish. I dont like the texture and pigmentation of this but I like the name though ;p

L- Motorhead - Bright Navy Blue with satin sheen. I really love the colour and the texture of this shadows but its kind of similar to deep truth from the permanent range. I skipped this since I already have Deep Truth. So, its a great choice for those who still doesnt have deep truth. This blue is a great colour ;)
R- Stovepipe Black -a taupe-tinged charcoal gray with a metallic-frost finish. Very nice greyish blue shades. It reminds me of Knight Divine, which is part of the permanent range so I skipped this as well. Its very pretty grey for smokey eyes combine with carbon on the crease. 

Jeanius Eyeshadow swatches. I did swatch knight divine besides of stovepipe and yess its almost close. 

L- Pink Cult - Mid Tone Neutral Pink. It looks pretty muddy when its swatched on my palm but I dunno how it looks on the cheeks. I skipped this coz I dont like the texture of it.. its a matte finish.

R- Overdyed- is described as bright magenta pink ... the brightness is kinda similar to dollymix except that the colour is more to fuschia/magenta ... not the type of blush that I like. I already have 1-2 bright blushes .. its already more than enough ;p

L-R: Acid Wash, Pretty Please, Riveting Rose

Acid Wash - Very sheer grey beige with shimmer and its a Glazee ! I hate glaze lipstick coz its just a sheer finish where you feel your lips only moisturize but there's only a slight colour pay off. Dont buy glaze unless you have very natural pink lips. It looks so bad on dark pigmented lips.

Pretty Please - Blue undertone ballet pink. Its very sheer as well.. the same finishes as acid wash. Not interested at all though the colour is nice.

Riveting Rose- Rich Berry with plum and purple frost. Similar to what I already have, Hang Up but its more on the berry side. I dont really wear dark lipsticks so I skipped this too. fewww

One of the blushes and lipstick swatches

L-R: Indigo Pink, Docile, Painted On

Indigo Pink - Rich berry with magenta shimmer. Can be applied on its own or on top of matching lipstick (meant to be matched with Riveting Rose)

Docile - Semi-sheer, pale, blue-based pink with pink and gold shimmer.Its a repromote from the fabulous feline col. Its pretty close to  oyster girl, but more to blueish tone whereas oyster girl has more gold shimmer in it, best applied on top of matching lipsticks since its quite sheer.

Painted On - semi-sheer beige-tinted gloss with white and gold shimmer. Also best applied on top of a matching lipsticks. I like this one coz it has a silvery shimmer in it.

Other items are the Nail Polishes,  Pen Ultimate eyeliner and Brow Marker pen which these two stuffs are always re-promoted in MAC collections. I have bought this years ago .. all I can say these two items are not a must have item. Not my fav ! So I won't repurchase.

VIVA Glam Gaga 2

The promo pics.

"No Bad Romance here. We're unveiling a hot new shade inspired by Lady Gaga and her passions, in both Lipstick and Lipglass. And by now you know every cent from the sale of M∙A∙C VIVA GLAM goes toward the M∙A∙C AIDS Fund."

 Viva Glam Gaga 2 Lipstick - Light Neutral Beige. Its an amplified so it leaves an opaque finish without drying your lips too much. Seriously this is soo soo so pale. I would describe this as the lowest degree of nude ! If you are not the kind of smokey girl, skip this.. coz this lippie would be best to match with smokey eyes, unless you are very pale like gaga ;p Only certain people can pull off a very pale lips .It would appear better if you wear it with darker lip liner.. just my two cents.

Viva Glam Gaga 2 Lipglass - Light sandy neutral. I would describe this as a light creamy beige colour .. pretty brownish on my lips. A thicker formula more to creamy side. 

These are only what I got from the two collections, two lipglasses from Jeanius and both items from the gaga 2 cols. Honestly these products are not neccessary items for me, I just wanna have them in my collections.

The colours look pretty amazing in the tube but not impressive enough on how they appear on the lips

L-R: Painted On, Docile, Glam Gaga 2 l/g and Glam Gaga 2 l/s

The swatches of things I purchased from these cols.

Im waiting for the super cute cols next month which is the 'Quite Cute cols' . I had the opportunity to take a look of the testers, and had taken a few swatches ... I love the blushes .. nicely embossed with love symbol and the colours are quite nice too ! ;) Here are a few pics of the stuff.. I feel so itchy to publish it here eventhough the MUA didnt allow me to ;p shhh !!

All of the items are in pastel shades, looks so yummilicious ! Im gonna skip the quad, and the lipliners coz the colours are repromotes, so I already own them, some of not wearable lippies and plushglass. Cant wait to get my hands on the cutie mutie mineralize blushes ! ;))

Thats all folks ! xoxo ;)