Dynasty at Dusk // MAC Cremesheen + Pearl

I walked into MAC on my lunch break, eager to see if the new Office Hours collection was out. Hurrah, success, but the Cremesheen & Pearl collection also caught my eye. I ended up choosing one piece from each collection, and so far this gloss has garnered the most love.

 Dynasty at Dusk is a Cremesheen Glass from the new Asia-inspired collection, and though I originally dove towards the lipsticks from the range, the golden frosty shimmer in this shade stole my heart.

 This is the sort of shade I can apply without a mirror, and so this has gained a permanent place in my handbag for quick touchups. I love the way the frosted golden sheen makes my lips appear fuller, goodness knows I need it! I haven't been able to get a good lip swatch of this, I do apologise.

 

Dynasty at Dusk is a limited edition product, so hop to it if you are interested!

What are your thoughts on the latest MAC collections?

Have you picked anything up from MAC recently?

 

 

 

Missha Haul // Nails, Cheeks, Lips and Face!

I ventured out last weekend to have lunch with some other beauty bloggers, and afterwards my first trip to Missha was made a reality! With a whole bunch of beauty loving ladies in tow there was no way I could walk out empty handed, so here are the spoils of my day.

I wasn't intending on throwing this many items into my basket, but going shopping with beauty bloggers is a peer-pressure type environment and I had never tried Missha before!

 The ladies there are great at doling out samples, so I walked out with sachets of the BB cream as well as the BB cream base. I'll give these a go and they might feature in a 'trialling this week' post if you are interested.

The beautiful Vita took me over to the polish section and helped me pick out a gorgeous purple shade full of golden shimmer, and a shimmery mint green shade (of which a NOTD is imminent) The makeup remover was too cheap to pass up and I have been looking for a new one to try, I'm not very impressed with the Garnier one I'm using at the moment.

A haul just wouldn't be a haul for me without cheek products, and my obsession with cream blushes took hold when I saw that this duo in 02 was 50% off! A bright set of colours that I will be using as blushes, I'm really happy to add some cheery shades to my collection!

The packaging of this Magenta Pink powder blush is so pretty, a sturdy clear plastic creation with a nice design embedded into it. I see this shade as one that I could use all the time now that my NYX Peach is on the way out.

This was a complete 'lemming off a cliff' reaction to seeing this pretty colour SPK101 in Vita's basket, I threw it in without a thought. The packaging is very out there, but I love the geometric shaped lipstick bullet!

Magenta Pink, cream blush duo 02, SPK101 lipstick

 

Have you tried anything from Missha?

Are you ever given samples when out shopping?

I find Kit Cosmetics is great for samples, and YSL as well!