Give Me Liberty Or Give Me... LONDON!

MAC's Liberty of London collection is finally available online! Check out Temptalia for swatches & don't forget to use the code "LIBERTY" for free shipping on maccosmetics.com!

MAC Style Warriors

So today I went in to have my makeup done and check out the new Style Warriors collection at MAC. My friend who works there told me it was going to be a "party" and that Kelly Osbourne's makeup artist was going to be there doing people's makeovers. Well, as far as I could tell there was no party. All the MUAs were standing around watching someone put makeup on a model. Was it Kelly Osbourne's MUA? Who knows. The model was dressed in a leopard print maxi dress with crazy teased hair & a bad boob job. I'm assuming she was dressed that way for Style Warriors, but again, who knows. A regular old makeup artist took me to my chair and asked me what I wanted. She was pleasant enough, but she seemed like she was disappointed that I took her away from the "party".

I told her I usually do a neutral smokey eye and nude lips, so she proceeded to do my face using some of the new SW products. She mixed in the Bronze Hero Lustre Drops & some Scatter Rays Solar Bits with my foundation. She used a 190 brush with a very, very light hand and didn't properly blend it in even tho she took 5 minutes to apply it. Then, she did my eyes. I told her that I liked the yellow Bright Future eyeshadow she had on, so she did a look using that and the other 2 new shades, Tempting (a re-promote) and Soft Force. A little liquid liner on the top with some mascara & she was done. For my lips, I really wanted to try the Brave New Bronze lipstick because it looked like all the other lipsticks I had and therefore, I needed this one too. I didn't speak up tho, so she went with the Purple Rite lipstick with Fierce & Fabulous lipglass over top. And, surprisingly, I liked it! It made for a very vivid berry-colored lip. She topped it all off with some bronzer all over my face. Overall, it was very pretty, but I felt like I could have easily done the look myself.

On to my purchases. I went in for the Pink Rebel & Sun Rush Lustre Drops, the Brave New Bronze lipstick & a pan form Sketch eyeshadow. I left with Fierce & Fabulous lipglass, Bright Future eyeshadow, Tempting & Sketch pan form shadows & some pigment jars. They were completely sold out of the 2 Lustre Drops I wanted, so I'll have to order them online.

The goods.
(No flash) Fierce & Fabulous lipglass. Top to bottom: Tempting, Bright Future, Sketch.
(With flash)

MAC Graphic Gardens Collection

Just after I said I how I don't blog about upcoming MAC collections, along comes another one I'm drooling over! Belle Du Jour posted this last week (she's always ahead of the curve) and I've been obsessing over it ever since!

A Nordstrom exclusive, Graphic Gardens is a collection of eye palettes, brush sets and lip products. The black and white floral packaging is to die! I must have everything!!! Nordstrom is an hour away, but it's worth it!

Graphic Gardens will be released on July 17th (July 9th in Canada).


Brush Bags ($49.50)
A black and white twill bag with a separate brush holder featuring a rose or poppy pattern.

Define & Blend 129SE, 190SE, 209SE, 219SE, 252SE
Shape & Perfect 168SE, 187SE, 194SE, 212SE, 275SE

Eye Shadow 6 Palette ($38.00)
A black metal compact with a black and white plaque featuring the repeat signature MAC logo that morphs (holographic) into a black and white floral pattern when viewed from different angles.

Fresh Cut Palette
Floral Inc. (Frost)
Sun-Shy (Lustre)
Fresh Cut (Veluxe Pearl)
Poppy Noir (Velvet)
Bloomcycle (Veluxe Pearl)
Part Peony (Lustre)
213SE Brush

Graphic Garden Palette
Social Climber (Veluxe Pearl)
Botancial Blue (Frost)
Straight Hedge (Veluxe Pearl)
Wild Wisteria (Lustre)
Linear Lilac (Veluxe Pearl)
Graphic Garden (Velvet)
213SE brush

Lip Bags ($34.50 ea.)
A black and white twill makeup bag featuring a rose or poppy pattern.

Summer Crop Lip Bag
Lipstick: Semi-Annual (Lustre)
Lipstick: Garden Bed (Lustre)
Lipglass: Summer Crop (Frost)

Baby Blooms Lip Bag
Lipstick: Soft Illusion (Frost)
Lipstick: Spiceflower (Amplified Cream)
Lipglass: Baby Blooms (Frost)


Look Boxes ($59.50 ea.)
A black carton featuring a photo of a model wearing the look (these are North America only). These will also include a face chart and a step-by-step how-to facechart.

Sun Siren Look Box
Bronze Bronzer Muted bronzed-brown with golden shimmer
Shroom Eyeshadow Soft muted golden beige with opalescent shimmer (Satin) (Permanent)
Amber Lights Eyeshadow Golden peachy-brown with golden shimmer (Frost) (Permanent)
Get Rich Quick Dazzleglass Warm yellow brown (Permanent)
Zoomlash Mascara in Zoomblack (Trial Size) Pure black (Permanent)
181 Brush (Promotional Size)

Seductress Look Box
Belightful Iridescent Powder Gilded peach bronze (Permanent)
Naked Lunch Eyeshadow Minimal pink with shimmer (frost) (Permanent)
Knight Divine Eyeshadow Carbon black with silver/blue reflects (Veluxe Pearl) (Permanent)
Bare Slimshine Light neutral pink with subtle gold pearl (Frost) (Permanent)
Zoomlash Mascara in Zoomblack (Trial Size) Pure black (Permanent)
181 Brush (Promotional Size)

Sweet Tease Look Box
Shell Pearl Beauty Powder Fresh mid-tone peach with gold pearl (Repromote from Sundressing)
Gleam Eyeshadow Barely pinked gold (Lustre) (Permanent)
Mulch Eyeshadow Intense golden reddish brown flecked with golden bronze shimmer (Velvet) (Permanent)
Love Nectar Lustreglass Ultra-soft apricot with pearl (Permanent)
Zoomlash Mascara in Zoomblack (Trial Size) Pure black (Permanent)
181 Brush (Promotional Size)

*Product info courtesy of Temptalia.com

MAC Baby Bloom Collection

MAC Cosmetics Baby Bloom Collection for Fall 2009

U.S. Launch Date: July 30th, 2009
International: August 2009

I first heard about this collection on Belle Du Jour's blog. I'm sure tons of other beauty blogs have already talked about it and I don't usually feature MAC previews, but I'm really excited for this one! I'm not a fan of MAC's foundations, so I'm anxious to try these because they seem like tinted moisturizers, which I LOVE. The lip balms also sound fabulous! The collection of Studio Moisture Tint treatments are chock full of SPF and healing emollients to give your skin a healthy glow and rescue it from future damage.



Studio Moisture Tint SPF15 ($29.50 U.S. / $38.00 CDN)

Light Soft: Pale beige
Medium: Warm beige
Medium Dark: Caramel beige
Dark: Deep caramel
Deep: Dark Rich golden bronze


Suntints SPF20 Liquid Lip Balm ($14.50 U.S. / $17.50 CDN)

Just A Smidge: Soft, pastel yellow with multi-coloured pearl
Lilt of Lily: Soft, creamy pale pink
Pink Tinge: Clean bright yellow-pink with gold pearl
Full of Grace: Soft, sheer rose
Moist Plum: Light lilac with very fine pearl

*ALL PHOTOS & INFO from Temptalia.com.