MAC Fabulous Felines Collection Promo Pics and Details

Release Dates:
August 26 2010 [US/Canada]

September 10 [International]

"This years fall colour story feautures soft, subtle coordinating tones in 3 color waves. One in greyed-down tones of blues and purple/lavender (Palace Pedigreed), another pulls in more honey and amber tones (Leopard Luxe), and the third goes deep and smokey with a grenish cast (Burmese Beauty). A coordinating trend bag will be featured with each collection, fabulous feline introduces Superslick Liquid Eyeliner in 9 shades. This is the anniversary to Makeup Art Cosmetics and will be featured on three primary displayers."

Part 1: Palace Pedigreed

 Lipstick ($14.00 USD/$16.50 CDN)

Superior- Sheer lavender with pink pearlized pigments (dazzle)

Of Royalty- Light creamy blue pink (cremesheen)

Aristo-Cat- Mid-tone purple mauve (frost)

Cunning- Dark berry (frost

Lipglass ($14.00 USD/$16.50 CDN)

Docile- Mid-tone lavender with pearlized pigments (frost)

Best of Breed- Light mid-tone blue pearlized pigments (frost)

Lap of Luxury- Dark eggplant with pearlized pigments (frost)

Cremestick Liner ($14.50 USD/$17.00 CDN)

Beurre- mid-tone plum

Superslick Liquid Eye Liner ($17.50 USD/$19.00 CDN)

Nocturnal- Bright silver with pearlized pigments

Smoky Heir- Dark blue violet with soft pearlized pigments

Signature Blue- Dark navy with soft pearlized pigments

Eye Shadow x4 Palace Pedigreed ($36.00 USD/$43.00 CDN)

Courtly- frosted muted light pink beige (satin)

Palice Pedigreed (deep berry with dark and soft pink pearlized pigments

Quite Spoiled- mid-tone neutral mauve (satin)

Russian Blue- deep neutral grey (matte)

Pigment ($19.50 USD/$23.50 CDN)

Mauvement- cool taupe with gold pearlized pigments (frost)

Bloodline- Dark mid-tone brown purple( frost)

Mineralize Blush ($21.00 USD/$25.00 CDN)

Pet Me- light yellow pink with soft pearlized pigments (frost)

168SH Brush- Large angled countour brush with a short handle

Part 2: Leopard Luxe

 Lipstick ($14.00 USD/$16.50 CDN)

Out-Minxed- Light yellow gold (glaze)

Drive Me Wild- Mid tone warm coral with gold pearlized pigments

Powerful- Mid tone bronze with multi-dimensional pearlized pigments

The Prowl- Creamy dark chocolate- lustre)

Lipglass ($14.00 USD/$16.50 CDN)

A Quiet Roar- Pale white gold (frost)

Schemer- Mid tone yellow camel with red and gold pearlized pigments

Wildly Refined- Mid tone coral with gold pearlized pigments (frost)

Lip Liner ($14.50 USD/$17.00 CDN)

Creamola- Soft Tan

Cremekiss (LE) (Cream)- Clean apricot coral

Eyeshadow X4 Leopard Luxe ($36.00 USD/$43.00 CDN)

Wild by Nature- Mid-tone camel (matte)

Style Predator- Frosted mid tone yellow orange (veluxe pearl)

Notoriety- Mid-tone brown with gold pearlized pigments (velvet)

Furiously Fabulous- Frosted warm black (veluxe pearl)

Superslick Liquid Eye liner ($17.50/$19.00 USD)

Pure Show- bright yellow gold with pearlized pigments

Marked for Glamour- mid-tone grey with soft pearlized pigments

On the Hunt- true black

Pigments

Lithe- warm nude with gold pearlized pigments (frost)

Old Gold- high frosted tarnished gold (frost)

Mineralized Blush ($21.00 USD/$25.00 CDN)

Utterly Game- warm peach with soft pearlized pigments (frost)

227 SH - large fluff brush with a short handle

129 SH - powder/blush brush with a short handle

Part 3: Burmese Beauty

 Lipstick ($14.00 USD/$16.50 CDN)

Pet Me Please- light mid-tone mauve (frost)

To Pamper- Creamy mid-tone taupe( lustre)
Liquid Lurex- Light yellow green with multi-dimensional pearl (dazzle)

Kittenish- deep red berry (cremesheen)

Lipglass ($14.00 USD/$16.50 CDN)

Spree- pink champaigned taupe (frost)

Jealous- Light mid-tone green with pearlized pigment (frost)

Fancy Cat- Mid-tone coral with gold pearlized pigment (frost)

Cremestick Liner ($14.50 USD/$17.00 CDN)

Velvetella- blackened plum

Eyeshadow x4 Burmese Beauty ($36.00 USD/$43.00 CDN)

Prized- pale yellow beige (satin)

Skintone 2- mid-tone gold (frost)

Burmese Beauty- Frosted brown green (lustre)

Showstopper- deep blackened brown (matte)

Superslick Liquid eye liner

Desires & Devices- Sparkling dark green

Defiantly Feline- chocolate brown with soft pearlized pigments

Treat Me Nice- emerald green with soft pearlized pigments

Pigment ($19.50 USD/$23.50 CDN)

Gold Stroke- high frosted tarnished gold (frost)

Antique Green- turquoise green with green pearlized pigment

Plush Lash ($13.00 USD/$15.50 CDN)

Plushblack- Black

Mineralize Blush
The Soft Meow- midtone golden bronze with soft pearlized pigments

 188SH Brush - small duo fibre face brush with a short handle

Burmese Beauty Bag - a gusseted cosmetic bag  with a faux leather trim in a corresponding colour.

This collection is huge, I think it's easiest to think of it in terms of the 3 different colour families, as described in the description above. At first glance, I like the sound of the Of Royalty lipstick (another blue pink!), Soft Meow blush, Utterly Game blush and Mauvement pigment (definitely getting the pigment if nothing else). I am a cat lover, so I think the concept behind this collection is totally cute.

What are you planning on getting from this collection, what interests you?

Initial Review: Sigma Makeup SS150

Here is my second part of my Sigma Makeup brush haul, this time reviewing the SS150 which I received along with the F80 in the mail today. I paid for both these brushes myself, so this is my honest and impartial review. For now, I am just looking at the design and appearance of the brushes, thus why I called this an "initial review". The SS150 is a large powder brush, it's much like a paddle brush, the bristles are in a paddle shape. It can be used for powder foundation, finishing powder, bronzer etc. I plan to use it for all these uses. I do have the MAC 150, so I can't do a thorough comparison, but I will compare it with other powder brushes that do the same job and look similar.

I pulled some powder brushes here that I felt were similar. The Ecotools Powder brush is a big one, this one has synthetic bristles and is a really nice brush, you can tell it is different than the SS150 as the bristles do not go to the sides the same way. The coastal scents paddle brush, which is disgusting by the way (it sheds, is rough and smells like sh!t), is the most similar one in my collection, it's got that paddle shape as the SS150, but it is slightly larger.

In terms of fullness the CS one is fuller, but it has fluffed out a lot from the constant washing I've done trying to get that stench out. I think the Sigma will become fuller as well. I have pulled some bristles out of the Sigma brush already just running my fingers through it. And it did smell more than the F80. Definitely wash your brushes before using them on your face, that's a no-brainer.

I think the SS150 is a good brush, judging by pictures on other blogs, the MAC 150 goes more inward and does not fray out as much. I think the SS150 will hold me over for now, and it seems perfectly good, after a thorough washing.

Do yo have the SS150? Do you like it?

Initial Review: Sigma Makeup F80 vs. Everyday Minerals Flat Top Brush

I just received these brushes in the mail today, so this is an initial review only. I haven't washed them or used them, just commenting on their design and appearance. I get excited when I get packages in the mail and was anticipating these for a while. Sigma makeup was a brand that I was very skeptical about, judging by all the youtube videos (that seem staged a lot of the time) these are supposed to be AMAZING right? Well, I am pessimistic by nature and need proof to really know for sure. My MAC brush collection is small, so I wasn't expecting dupes here, just good brushes and I think I got that. The shipping to Canada is $7 a brush, $14 for a kit, but I paid $14 shipping for two brushes, which sucks and I will definitely wait until I want a lot of them before I order again. It took two weeks to receive these. The brushes that I got were the SS150 (now the F30)  and the F80, formerly known as the SS197. I think they are in the process of changing their brush names, so that they aren't MAC-equivalents but their own, which I think is a very good move.

The F80 was the one I was most excited about because I love my Everyday Minerals flat top brush and wanted something like that one, as I use flat top brushes for applying foundation more than any other brush. As you can tell the EDM one is shorter obviously, more compact.

 The bristles are slightly longer on the EDM.

In terms of fullness, I would say the bristles on the F80 are finer and there are more of them. The brush head is pretty much identical. Keep in mind, I have just washed my EDM brush and it has been widely used for years so it looks kind of rough here. When you push down on the F80 I feel like it has less "give" than the EDM, so a bit firmer, but that is probably only because the bristles are shorter slightly, so there is less bounce to it.

I think the F80 is great, based on first impressions. If you don't have the EDM one, I would suggest getting this one for sure. It did not smell funky or anything when I got it, and it's very soft. It met my expectations for sure. My EDM has never shed and I have been able to pull out some of the hairs off the F80 already, and that was before washing it or using it... so maybe a sign of things to come.

Do you have this brush? What do you think of it?

Review: Revlon Colorstay Foundation

This is one of those foundations that I've been trying on and off throughout the years. I know lots of girls love this and it gets hyped up soo much. But for me it just doesn't feel right and I choose other foundations over this one all the time. I have a lot of foundations, if you haven't noticed, I wear 3-4 different ones each week, I like variety, and different foundations serve different purposes to me, depending on what kind of coverage I want, my skin changing colour, if I need SPF or not and so on.

Review: The Body Shop Vitamin C Daily Moisturizer SPF 15

I have just about everything in the Vitamin C line from The Body Shop. I love the cirtusy, orange smell and how it feels refreshing and light on your skin. However, recently they reformulated this line completely and did not include a facial moisturizer! omg! I was really saddened to see this because this is definitely one of my favourite products from The Body Shop and why would they pull the moisturizer, it's one of the basic items in the line? Everyone needs a moisturizer. Edit: Now that I look at The Body Shop website, they did include a new moisturizer, with a higher SPF too, now 20, so maybe my store just did not have it, in any case, the sales girl didn't think they included one. So.. sign of relief there.

This moisturizer is really nice, it has a light texture, non-greasy and has an SPF 15, which is great for everyday. The ingredients include Glycerin, Orange oil, Panthenol, and Vitamin C. I feel like the moisturization lasts all day too and it makes for a nice base for your makeup. The scent is really what gets me though, I love it, but it does dissipate throughout the day, so you won't sell like an orange all day long. The package is quite small, it's a 50m (l.69oz) bottle. It comes with a fliptop lid, so you can squeeze out as much as you need (see pic above). The texture of the product is white and creamy (pic above), but it absorbs nicely. The formulation is like between a lotion and a cream. It's especially nice in the mornings because the scent kind of wakes up and re-energizes you.

I did some research and found out that Vitamin C is an anti-oxidant that aids in fighting the signs of aging, and adds radiance to your skin. However, the Vitamin C content in this moisturizer is less than 1% and apparently for a product to work effectively it needs at least 10%. I spoke to a salesgirl at The Body Shop today, while I was looking at the new reformulated Vitamin C line and she told me that the new line uses natural camu camu, which "is a small red berry famous for being the fruit with the highest natural content of Vitamin C" (The Body Shop website). So maybe now the content will be higher? 

If can you still get this moisturizer, I definitely would recommend it. It can still be found at some Body Shop's in their clearance bins. I originally bought this years ago for regular price, which is about $20, and recently got two at like $6, and it has been reduced even further. I am going to scour The Body Shop's around me and see if they have any of these because I don't want to let it go yet.

Have you tried any of The Body Shop's Vitamin C line?

Review: Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller

This is one of those products that I would totally recommend AGAINST getting. It does nothing besides feeling nice, cooling and refreshing, temporarily when you apply it. This review gets right down to the point eh? I feel quite strongly about this product. I bought this ages ago, and it sits amongst the rest of my makeup mocking me.. haha you bought me, loser! You fell for my lies, sucker! Don't be a sucker, don't buy this gimmicky product.

I am not a fan of the packaging, it leaks and you have to keep it standing up (not travel friendly at all), so I put it with my makeup brushes. It didn't do anything for under-eye circles. In terms of application, I find that I had to hold the product upside down vertically to ensure that the product dispenses properly. I saw an advertisement on tv about it being Canada's best selling eye product or something, I bet the majority of those purchasers were disappointed.

This product is describes that it will "roll away under-eye puffiness and dark circles for brighter, more radiant eyes" (Garnier website). The idea behind the product is that the caffeine in the product is supposed to decongest, revive and tighten your under-eye area. The massaging roller idea is cute and I like that, but it just doesn't work, and it seems to tug at the skin too, which isn't cute. This is a type of product that a lot of people would buy, since it is appealing, but will be disappointed with unfortunately.

Also, if you do use this, you need to give it a chance, use it for a month or so to actually say if you saw results or not. I find that sleep, drinking lots of water, and/or cool tea bags on your eyes is your best bet to get rid of bags and puffiness under the eyes, and a good under-eye concealer, that is the route that I would go instead.

Have any of you used this product? Did you see results?