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Sep 23, 2010

MAC Venomous Villains Swatches (Full Collection)

September 23, 2010 By Carleenp 3 Comments

MAC Cosmetics’ limited edition Venomous Villains Disney collection is quite a colorful eyeful. Of course, so are the four Disney villains that the collection is based on. Below are swatches of all of the items of consequence from the full collection. The only items omitted are staples, such as basic eyeliners, finishing powder, mascara, and greasepaint sticks. There are swatches of all of the MAC Venomous Villains eye shadow, lipstick, lipglass, beauty powder, and powder blush. All swatches are taken in indoor light. To see the nail polish swatches look here: MAC Venomous Villains Nail Polish Swatches.

First up are the Cruella DeVil swatches. I particularly like the lip products in this collection.


Powder Blush: Darkly, My Dear	Beauty Powder: Her Own Devices


Eye Shadow: Carbon, Sweet Joy, and De-Vil	Lipstick: Heartless, Innocence Beware!, Lipglass: Wicked Ways, Devilishly Stylish

Evil Queen includes some pretty violet eye shadows and another round of great lip shades. Toxic Tale and Strange Potion are particular favorites of mine.


Eye Shadow: Vainglorious, Vile Violet, Her Alter Image	Lipstick: Toxic Tale, Sinister Lipglass: Hot House, Strange Potion

MAC Evil Queen Beauty Powder Swatch Blush Swatch

Beauty Powder: Oh So Fair, and Powder Blush: Bite of an Apple

Dr. Facilier has my favorite items from the Venomous Villains collection. As you can see from the swatch, the lip Gelee is extra luminous and the pigments are gorgeous.


Lip Gelee: Resort Life	Pigment: Melon, Push the Edge, Brash and Bold

Maleficent provides even more wonderful lip shades and two mineralize eye shadow duos. The duos disappointed me a bit. They look beautiful in the package, but rather muddy on the skin. The green in She Who Dares is rather nice though and really looks much better than in the picture. I think these would look nicer in daylight, but they really are not daylight colors.


Mineralize Eye Shadow Duos in She Who Dares and My Dark Magic	Lipstick: Violetta, Dark Deed Lipglass: Revenge Is Sweet, Wrong Spell

Beauty Powder: Briar Rose

The MAC Venomous Villains collection will be available September 30, 2010 through October 2010.

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Filed Under: Blush, Collections and Looks, Eyeshadow, Face Products, Lip Products, Makeup, Powder Tagged With: Blush, Collections, Eye Shadow, Lipgloss, Lipstick, M.A.C., Powder, Swatches

Sep 21, 2010

Maybelline Eye Studio Cream Eye Shadow Swatches

September 21, 2010 By Carleenp 1 Comment

I love neutral cream eye shadow so, even though I have no shortage of brown shadows (I seriously don’t need any more), I bought a new Maybelline Eye Studio eye shadow trio while out shopping. The trio, Neutral Illusions, has three nice cream shadows: A pink/beige, a luminous champagne/light brown, and deep brown that has a bit of luminosity, but is not overdone. Swatches are blow. The top is in indoor light and the bottom is in sunlight.

The shadow wears fairly well, but it did wear off for me before the end of the day. Note that cream shadows wear best when set with powder. I like to add a dusting of a light neutral eye shadow over mine, but translucent powder will also work. Using a primer can also help extend the wear time.

Maybelline is available at most drugstores and big box retailers.

Filed Under: Eyeshadow, Makeup Tagged With: Eye Shadow, Maybelline, Swatches

Sep 15, 2010

The Best of CHANEL Cosmetics

September 15, 2010 By Carleenp 1 Comment

I have been focusing a lot lately on affordable makeup (link is to posts in the affordable makeup series) and have been somewhat neglectful of the luxury brands. Luxury has its place as well, and I adore many of the luxury items, so I thought I would try to concurrently do a series on the best of the luxury cosmetic brands. First up is CHANEL.

CHANEL is known for many luxurious items and their fragrances, handbags, and clothing probably stand out the most for many women. But Chanel makeup is also divine. CHANEL eye shadows and powders are all finely milled with full pigment. The lip products are also especially nice. Packaging is also pretty, sleek, and classic. CHANEL nail polish also always stands out, with their limited edition items always being highly sought after and quickly sold out.

COLLECTION ESSENTIELLE DE CHANEL MULTI-USE MAKEUP PALETTE: FACE - LIPS - EYES is the best way to sample the best of CHANEL. This CHANEL Paris-New York palette is formulated with neutral colors that will compliment just about any skin tone. The collection has two cream concealers, a cream blush, three eye shadows, one cream lip color and and two glosses. the taupe shadow is particularly gorgeous. At $85 it is a great value for the brand since buying these items separately would ring up a much larger bill.

CHANEL QUATUOR BOUTONS DE CHANEL YEUX EYES is for the eye shadow lover. This highly rated quad contains four beautiful neutral shades that can be applied dry for subtle shadowing or applied with a moistened applicator for a more intense shade. The shadow has organic polymer derivatives to ensure smudge-proof long wear, particularly in high temperature or humidity.It is the best of the best and best bought in a quad to maximize the bang for the buck. Price runs around $65.

LES TISSAGES LAMÉS DE CHANEL SHIMMERING TWEED HIGHLIGHTER is simply one of the most beautiful highlighting powders ever. With woven shades of illuminating color, it is just as pretty to simply look at! Gold, bronze and copper tones cast a natural luminous glow on skin to highlight and illuminate. $60.

LES MINIS DE CHANEL GIFT SET COLLECTION OF SIX ESSENTIAL MINI BRUSHES . Personally, I love mini brushes and buy them over ones with full size handles. CHANEL makes wonderful brushes and this gift set is the perfect way to obtain them. This professional set includes: a rounded Powder Brush for seamless application; Blush Brush to sculpt and highlight cheeks; tapered Concealer Brush to target flaws; beveled Eye Brush for precise eyelining; small curved Eye Brush for precise shading; and tufted Lip Brush for flawless coverage. The brushes are packaged in a luxury travel case with the CHANEL signature logo. $120.

CHANEL LE VERNIS NAIL COLOUR is the height of luxury nail polish. Also, don’t forget that CHANEL has wonderful lip products, such as their CHANEL ROUGE COCO HYDRATING CRÈME LIP COLOUR which many proclaim is the best lipstick ever.