Mac Monogram "Couture" collection release 27th november 2008

Thanks to a lovely member of Specktra I stumbled upon some pictures of the upcoming Mac collection Monogram, that will be coming out November 27th 2008 in the U.S.A.

Every year Mac releases an extra luxurious (small) collection with very special packaging and items that are more luxurious then their normal collections.....

Do you remember last years The Stylistics collection, with the very beautifull packaging with pearls and stones...that was soooo pretty!

This year the "couture" collection is all about gold, red and fire.....Here you will find some small pics, thanks to Kimoko !!

This is the colour and product information for this collection:

Lipstick: (LE) - $22.00USD

Flourish - Frosty mid-tone red (frost)
All Mine - Creamy mid-tone blue pink (frost)
Marque - Soft light neutral pink (frost)
Status Symbol – Warm mid-tone reddish brown (frost)

Lipglass: (LE) - $22.00USD

Posh Life – Mid-tone bright pink with gold pearlized pigments (frost)
Identity – Pale baby pink with gold pearlized pigments
Distinguished – Sheer yellow beige with gold pearlized pigments
Monodramatic – Bronzy brown with gold pearlized pigments

Sheerspark Pressed Powder: (LE) - $26.00USD

Commemorate - Frosted pale gold with gold pearlized pigments
Keepsake – Frosted pale pink with gold pearlized pigments
Personal Touch – Frosted light peach with pink pearlized pigments
Old English – Frosted light bronzed with gold pearlized pigments

Sheer Mystery Powder: (LE) - $50.00USD

Light Medium – Pale Ivory
Medium Plus – Tan beige
Dark Secret – Deep Caramel

Brushes: (LE)

129 Monogram SE - $45.00USD
224 Monogram SE - $35.00USD

Fragrance: (LE) $70.00USD

Two 15 ml fragrance vials packaged in a pouch made of faux patent with a metallic finish. The fragrances are Turquatic Heat and Air d'Style.

Clutch: (LE) $65.00USD

Glossy patent clutch in midnight red with red and gold monogram plaque/closure

Well....the items are pretty expensive, but a real Mac addict like me, won't be held back by this.....I will be buying at least one brush, I think the # 129 because I have the #224 from The Stylistics....

I won't be getting any of the Sheerspark Sparkling Powders,I think, because I just don't use them....they are not pigmented enough for eyeshadow and too glittery to put anywhere else on my face in daily use....

And I'm not sure about the Sheer Mystery powder, although the powder is great, I don't think the colors are right for me....

What will you be buying or wanting?? ;-)

My Mac quad collection has grown a lot this last week....I was fortunate enough to stumble upon a lot of Mac quads, some of them very rare and hard to find!

So I bought 35 quads, 24 to sell to the members of my forum and 11 to keep for myself!!

Can you imagine that Mac has released 48 quads uptill now? The first was released in March 1999, it was the Pure quad....and the latest have been the Cult of Cherry quads.....

I escpecially like the Temp me & Tease me quads and the Liza & Diana quads are also very pretty!

I haven't tried them all out, but I will do so in the next days/weeks and I will post some pics....

If you would like to know the names of the eyeshadows, need swatches or close-ups...please let me know!!

Mac Amber Light eyes.....

Ok, I'm back with regular postings....but I didn't have much time today, so I'm gonna keep it to my EOTD of this day.....

Yesterday I saw a pic of Hayden Panetierre (is that right?) wearing what was supposed to be Mac Amber lights eyeshadow.....and I knew I had it somewhere so I went ahead and found it....and used it today!

I combined it with Nars galapagos eyeshadow, Mac Feline kohl power pencils and the Mac eyeshadows Bronze, Spiced Chocolate and Claire de Lune...

This is the result....:D

One other thing I'm doing these days, is putting all my make-up colors in an Excel-spreadsheet....I'm a bit shocked to see how many eyeshadows I have.....to be continue~d!!

My Mac blush collection

Some of you may know this, I am a blush addict......I love blushes sooo much, they must be my make-up product. Of course I use blush everyday, without a blush or 2 on my face, my make-up is not complete.

I've have quiet a big collection of blushes, mostly Mac but I'm also crazy about NARS blushes.....(who isn't??)

I do love the Mac beauty powders blushes the most, they are pigmented but not too much and you can build up the color perfect. I also like the Mac Mineralize blushes, but some are extremly pigmented so you have to apply them very carefully.....and I'm not very light-skinned (NC42) so I can handle many colors. But if applied in the right way, the mineralize blushes are very nice.

To apply my blushes I use the Mac 116 brush, the 187 brush and the 184 (fan) brush for extremly light application, I buff the blushes together or in my skin with the Mac 182 kabuki brush....

I've also done a video about my blushes, you can find it on my YouTube-channel....I was tagged by a nice girl called Romaquillage!

Here are some pics of my Mac blush collection.....

Thanks for watching and if you have any questions, please let me know! I can always do some swatches for you....:D

EOTD using Nars Night series eyeshadows

I don't know if any of you remembered last year's Nars Night Series Mini palette? The palette itself looked so great but it was soooo difficult to work with.....I try to use it a couple of times but I was never happy with the result.


Yesterday I've decided to give the palette another chance and this is the look that came out....

This is what I've used:

- paintpot Mac Nice Vice & Bare Study (outer & inner lid)
- e/s Nars Night Fever (outer corner & crease)
- e/s Nars Night Star (inner corner)
- e/s Nars Night Fairy (middle eyelid )
- e/s Mac Shroom (browbone)
- Mac Kohl power pencil Feline (tightlinen upper lashline and in the waterline)

It's always a shame that glitters and shimmer are difficult to capture in a picture....

Thanks for watching!

My stash as of September 2008

It's been a while since I've updated my blog and I promise to do my best to keep everything more up to date from now on......

At first I will post my latest stash video's that are up on my Youtube channel! I couldn't fit everything in one video, so I made three.....

If you have any questions, please let me know and enjoy watching the video's! And don't forget to tell my if you have some great video's yourself!

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=LfFw4WWW7Qo

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=JJC92e4Qz10

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=JlbUq1J4GcA

Red she said Mineralize trio swatches

I've promised this a few weeks ago, but with the kids being home I just didn't find the time to post them!

But here they are, the swatches from the mineralized eyeshadow trio's from the upcoming Mac holiday collection, Red She said.

Although they are pretty, I'm not too impressed with their pigmentation, they are not easy to apply and remind me a lot of the mineralized eyeshadow duo's from last years Antiquitease collection.

The swatches were also very difficult to capture in a picture, but the pics you see here are true to their colors.

I will post pics of the swatches from the beauty powder blushes and the lipsticks soon!

Enjoy!

Mac for Ungaro, release September 25th 2008

Well....I've finally had the chance to make pics of all the new collections, both products pics and swatches.....so I will post them a.s.a.p.!!

But first I wanted to let y'all know that my new website ready, this is the adress : www.lushiousbeauty.nl . I know it's in Dutch so many of you won't be able to read the text, but the pics are for everyone!!! In the future I will be posting the pics at the website first, so be sure to check the site from time to time!!

But now....on to the upcoming collection Mac for Ungaro.....this collection will be released september 25th and will be available in all Mac stores and at maccosmetics.com. I hope all the international locations will get this collection too....

It's a quite small collection and the packaging isn't that special, unfortunately.....and the colors are not really special, I think.

But please judge for yourself by the colourstory and the pics....

Lipstick

Pure Rose - Pastel pink with white pearlized pigments (Lustre) (LE)

Freckletone - Full-frontal neutral peach (Lustre) (Permanent)

Lipglass

Pastel Emotion - Pastel pink with white pearlized pigments (Frost) (LE)

See Thru Lip Colour

Not So Shy! - Jewel tone berry stain (LE) (Repromote from See Thru Colour)

Eyeshadow

Soft Flower - Mid-tone coral (Matte) (LE)

Lilac Touch - Mid-tone violet (Satin) (LE)

Mineral - Deep, cool brown (Satin) (LE)

Paint Pot

Essential Beige - Light metallic beige (Frost) (LE)

Cream Colour Base (neither are eye safe)

Fresh Morning - Soft muted pastel pink (Cream) (LE)

Crushed Bougainvillea - Jewel tone berry stain (Cream) (LE)

Beauty Powder

Flower Mist Dew - Brightening pink (LE)

Technakohl liner

Auto-de-blu - Amethyst blue (Permanent)

Brow Set

Mink - Brown (LE) (Repromote from Icon: Catherine Deneuve)

Mascara

Zoom Lash in Lofty Brown - Ultra-rich blackened coco-brown (Permanent)

And the swatches......

Red She Said Mineralized eyeshadow trio's...

I know that some of you are really waiting for the pics of the Red she said collection......I'm sorry it's taking me soooo long to post the pics, but I do have a good excuse....

2 of our cats, Yoshi & Dropje, had kittens this week and they are soooooo cute, check this pic :

But I didn't want to keep you waiting to long, so here are the product pictures of the 6 mineralized eyeshadows trio's from the upcoming "Red, she said" collection.

I will try to swatch them tomorrow!

Suite Array eyeshadow suite swatches

Finally the pictures of the eyeshadow suites swatches are here.....

Mac for Manish Arora collection, release

Well.....I guess you all know there is going to be a Mac for Manish Arora collection! I really don't know this man,but as I understand he is an Indian designer.

My Mac seller had the sample collection available and I've decided to buy it, without thinking really.....because the sample collection usually don't come in the special packaging....bummer!!!!!

Well...anyway, I've received the goodies and tooks pics, but didn't swatch them yet but I will soon....

These are the product pics for this collection!

The eyeshadows from the palette....

The lipsticks & lipglosses

And the wonderful blush Devil!!!