Mac Baroque Boudoir Haul !!

Have you ever thought what Baroque Boudoir means ?!?? It sounds hot but difficult to pronounce ! Lets pronounce it this way "Baa-rokk Bo-dwaaar" hope this is correct ! The word baroque came from the Portuguese word barocco meaning, "misshapen pearl" or irregular shapped pearl and Boudoir is a Fench word which means, a woman's private sitting room, dressing room or bedroom.

This year Couture Collection: There are 3 lipsticks, and 3 matching glosses , 2 shades of Sheer Mystery Powder in the most hot damn beautiful packaging and a Clutch.

My first intention when I stopped by the MAC store the other day was to get the Mischief Makers ... and didnt expect that Baroque Boudoir collections were in stores already ! I didnt took much time for choosing which one to buy coz they were all captured my heart :p To my suprise, I was being the first customer to purchase Baroque Boudoiirrr .. hoaaaa. I love the idea of Damask print so much, coz it makes this Couture Collection looks really classy and vintage , dont you think ? .. though im not so happy with the price ! ...... but I dont care about that :p I've been told by the MUA, this collection is meant for the high-end people, thats why the packagings and the stuff looks luxurios .. and so the price .. hehe ... hmm no wonder ! Oh yess Im a real suckerr for beautiful packaging ! so I grabbed them all .. except the clutch , coz its not worth the money... and my husband was shocked at the total price .. sorry, cant help it, dear :p

Pictures in the box first :) The packagings are super great .. awesome ! Im a box collector as well .. hee hee

There's nothing special with all the colours of lipglosses and lipsticks coz they are dupable. So, those who are not into the packaging can skip this LE stuff. No worries.

This sheer Mystery Powder comes with a refill of powder and a sponge

From L-R: Treasured, Baroque Boudoir, Prive

From L-R: Preciousness, D'Nouveau, The Lap of Luxury

Swatches of 3 lipsticks and the 3 lip glosses

I dont think Treasured is similar to The Way Of Love like some reviews that I came across. The Way of Love is more pinkish and its Lustre formula makes this lipstick more sheer than Treasured which is semi opaque. Treasured reminds me of the Brave New bronze ( LE Style Warrior) but the satin finish makes the lipstick more opaque than Treasured, but the colour is quite similar to each other ... like chocolate peach colour.

The Floral Collection

Other than the famous Per Una ,Marks and Spencer, floral collection has always been my all time fav. when it comes to bath products and deodorants ! MnS has came out with the latest floral scents, Iris. There are various types of products under Floral Collection series such as Talcum Powder, Shower Bath, Bath Cream, Deodorants, Hand Wash, etc. I've been using MnS deodorants for ages and I really lovee it and never ever switch to other deodorant of diff. brand ever since I started using it. The latest one which is Iris has very mild, pleasant smell . I dont consider it has sweet smell .. just average flower scents which does not give me a headache ! That is soo important when I choose something which has fragrance ! Im allergic to very sweet and strong smell .. yuckk ! hate it !!!

So far, I've tried a few different deodorant from MnS .. I've tried .. Aloe verra, Peach + Almond, Cocoa Butter + Vanilla, Rose, Lily Of the Valley (discontinued) and the latest one is Iris. I love them all esp. Lily of the Valley (my all time fav. ! ), Cocoa Butter + Vanilla and of course the latest one, Iris !! hehehe .. I think im gonna grab and stock Iris before it is discontinued like Lilly of the Valley !

I normally purchase shower cream instead of shower gels, because shower cream formula gives more moisture to my dry skin. From other floral collection whether it is Rose, Magnolia, China Blue, Lavender and the discontinued one Lily of the Valley ( which I love very much !!!) , they provide both shower cream and shower gels... but Iris only comes in Bath Cream ! hmm really confusing me sometimes ... what are the difference between bath cream and shower cream ? From the usage directions @ the bottle for bath cream .. "POUR INTO RUNNING WATER AND IMMERSE YOURSELF INTO THE RELAXING FRAGRANT BUBBLES" .. and then again .. it says, " .......THIS MOISTURE RICH LATHERING BATH CREAM WILL GENTLY CLEANSE AND MOISTURISE WHILST YOU SOAK LEAVING YOUR SKIN SOFT AND DELICATELY FRAGRANCE" so from that I conclude that this one is purposely for bubble bath ... but because Im really into this smell .. I bought it and use it for shower :) hehehe .. just pour a little to your loofah and use it like the other shower gels .. hmm indulge yourself in this luxurious affordable shower bath at only RM 25 for 500ml ! In love with the packaging too !

Other shower bath range from MnS that I've tried and love them all are:

Re-purchase: Lilly of the Valley (discontinued), Peach, Water Lilly, Aloe Verra .. and Iris ( would re-purchase ! hope its not going to be discontinued)

I dont Re-purchase: Lavender, Rose

Bobbi Brown Earth Metal Palette

I always adore Bobbi Brown Palettes because she always include multiple combinations of eye shadows, lip colour / lip gloss, and sometimes with blusher and brushes in 1 palette. Usually the palettes are designed to be suitable for all skin colour, which are great ! I think the lip colours are not so intense though, when it comes in palettes form. I never like the pigmentation of the lip colours/glosses coz they are quite sheer and doesnt really show up on my lips but I can consider the pigmentation of eyeshadows in most of the palettes. I cant resist buying because of their smart packaging... very simple.. compact.. and its very suitable for travelling coz u dont have to load up your bag with lots of makeups! Sometimes, the lip colours also can be used as a blusher ....

I picked one of Bobbi's limited edition palette after a long time of not buying Bobbi Brown... which is the Earth Metal Palette. It consists of 6 natural shimmering eye shadows, and 4 lipcolours. What attracted me to buy this palette was because of the beautiful accented chrome packaging and there are various colours of eyeshadows which are earthy, metallic and some are golds ! I think the flip top mirror designed to keep this palette pretty compact is a genius idea !

Description:

For eyes:

Autumn Shimmer Wash Eye Shadow: A light golden green

Earth Metal Metallic Eye Shadow : A rich plum

Zinc Metallic Eye Shadow: A medium golden green

Black Spruce Metallic Eye Shadow: An evergreen

Sunset Gold Metallic Eye Shadow: A gold brown

Antique Gold Metallic Eye Shadow: A gold bronze

For Lips: Paisley Rose Creamy Lip Colour ( A pink beige), Rose Garden Creamy Lip Colour ( A rose nude), Rose Bud Creamy Lip Colour ( A warm brown) , Barefoot Shimmer Creamy Lip Colour ( A golden pink)

The description of products inside are very clear at the back of palette..compared to most of MAC palettes .. sometimes really confusing...

The palette shades ... this palette comes with two mini eye shadow and lip brushes

The swatches under flash light: I tried to give the best swatches as I can .. but I found that Autumn, Zinc and Sunset Gold are not really as pigmented as the other 3 e/s. The 3 lip colours look really similar to each other .. and rose bud has the most intense colour. The name of all colours are sweet, dont you think ?

Porridge Lush Soap Melts !

I havent used this Lush soaps but it already melts ! Oh noooo ... maybe because I store it in my cool room temp. ?

How I Clean My Makeup Brushes ?

This is what I normally do ... For quick easy cleaning, is spot cleaning ....
The easiest way is by using any kinds of brush cleansers.. Im currently using the one by MAC ..

To avoid product waste, I transfer into an empty spray bottle so that I can just spritzz on the brush bristles instead of pouring it into a cleaning bowl.

Spray the dirty brushes and swirl the brush onto a clean cloth.. re-spray with the cleanser and re-swirl until all the brushes are clean~ready to be used. This method is the easiest and the fastest way to have a dry makeup brush for the next usage

Deep cleaning: Once in a while, I clean the brushes thru this method. Pour some shampoo conditioner (any brand) into a clean bowl, and mix with warm water

Deep in all the dirty brushes and let it soak for a few minutes. Next step is hold the brushes under running water to rinse. Make sure all the residues have been removed. Squeeze the bristles lightly, up from the base to the up of bristles to remove any excess water or soap. Lay the brush flat on its side onto a washcloth to dry.

The clean brush :)

Some info about cleaning makeup brushes:

Other than shampoo conditioner,.... facial makeup remover, shampoo, anti-bacterial hand soap and vinegar can also be used. Click This for more info on how to clean your brushes :)

Remember, sanitizing and cleaning your makeups and the tools are very important to kill the bacterias ( If you are the only one that uses your makeups, sanitizing your makeup products for at least every 3 months is essential) ... Eventhough cosmetics do contain preservatives to kill bacterias, there is still the risk of contamination especially with the shared makeup.

My makeup sanitizing regime is as easy as spraying pure alcohol onto the makeup/tools. For eyeshadows, lipsticks and any powdery products ( blushers, compact powders) all I do is rub off the top surface with paper tissue first and spritzz 2-3 times with alcohol. Some, use the sterile blade which can be purchased at any drugstores .. if Im not mistaken ! For any pencil type products, sharpening the tip and spray a bit of alcohol will do. Unfortunately, so far there just aren't any methods to sanitize the mascara, liquid foundation and the lip glosses ... so it is advised to discard within three months after opening. For me, as long as you dont share with others, I think we can still use it for longer time :)

My Decoupage Project Part 1

The original IKEA mini drawer

Today on Sunday, me and hubby decided to be at home to do some craft works. Usually we always go out for window shopping or else during weekends ! Somehow, we realize that there are so much things that we can do together at home instead of going out that we tend to spend money ! Luckily we share the same interest and hobby, yeaaaaay ! :) He is planning to build he's own working table and I decided to do a decoupage project ! Well, to be honest this is my first decoupage project, hehe and I dunno whether this will turn out beautifully as I imagined.. well lets see the outcomes later on .. I heard about decoupage long time ago while I was in secondary school. At that time, Debbie Travis The Painted House was one of my fav tv programmes on Astro. I think that programme is the best interior decorating show ever !!! I learnt lots of art makings from her TV show. Wish that Astro makes Debbie Travis The Painted House be showing again on Tv, coz we can be inspired by her works that we can do it ourselves .. does it makes sense ? well it does makes sense to me ...

I have this IKEA mini chest with 5 drawers which I bought a year ago for my makeup storage. Now, Its been left since I already have my dressing table and makeup box ! hehehe ... as the famous Malays saying " Habis madu, sepah dibuang" :p But Im sure Im gonna use this drawers after its been decorated beautifully .. hahaha. Maybe, for storing my threads and sewing tools :)

Before being painted

After applying first coat ... actually was eager to paint with Olivine colour or moss green, (which are my fav. colours, ermm but all colours are my fav. , seriously...) unfortunately they arent many colour choices available for cheap paints :p

First coat .. soon to be layered with second coating after the first coat becomes dry to the touch... lots of procedure isnt it .. *sigh* passion is the neccesity in the arts making process :)

Here are some of the pictures before the decoupage thingy .. I will be updating the progress as soon as the next step is complete :) ~cheers !

Magic,Mirth and Mischief... (my late review)

Sorry for this late reviews on the 3M, holiday collections from MAC. Im not gonna review in details .. mmm just to share with you guys what I got ! You know that its not an easy job to take pictures and it needs some editing thats for sure .. ( just resizing and cropping makes my life difficult sometimes :p) hehe the laziness really bothers me !

Since Im new to MAC and only follows the limited edition stuff early this year, so I cant make any comparisons between this year and the past. But, from reviews that I read from other blogs, they said that this year has improvement in terms of colours, products and the packagings are so adorable arent they ? What have I purchased from this collection ? lets check it out ... ! :)

The only reason that I took this one is .. because of the Dervish lipliner and of course the cutey lip bag in pink!!! I realized that the other lip set suits me more after I bought this .. hmmmm my mistakes !

I bought two out of 4 palettes coz I think these two have the most beautiful colours .. and I dont have this e/s colours yet ... the other two are just the ordinary one .. somehow wish to have them all if I have the budget :p If I were to choose between these two .. I might get the Sorceress palette ! Love it very much :)

Iris accents - Eye kohl pencil which cant be worn on your waterline coz it has some kind of sparkling particles ... afraid that your precious eyes might be infected ! So, it can only be used as eyeliner ... so frustrated ! hmmmm

I love to collect lipgloss .. so I took 2 of the cremesheen glasses since I already have the other one which is Ever so Rich ( lilac colour ).. bought it on ebay long time ago and I still have it ..

Im not a big fan of Dazzleglass! Am I weird ? coz I know many Mac lovers out there are soo into the dazzleglasses .. but I decided to buy this She zam coz its so kewl.. its a silver colour gloss with colourful glitters !

For RM150 , You get 1 blacktrack fluidline (~RM62), 1 pigment (forgot the price), 1 mini Zoomlash mascara, and a mini 209SE brush ~ Save a lot of money !

I already have some of the brushes in this brush set, but I think this one might be good for travelling .. though I know these brushes are not handmade like the permanent range..

Ok, Thats all about my Mac Holiday Haul .. I didnt get any of the Mineralize shadows since Im not a big fan of them .. though I admit they are all gorgeousss !!! esp the blue sorcery .. the one in teal colour. In my opinion, I think the MSF kit and Naughty Noir (eye set) are pretty worth buying ! So lucky not to get the Shimpagne MSF on ebay before !