Fresh Faced with BB Powder & Chanel Frivole

Lately, Melbourne has been struggling through a heat wave of recrod preportions. Sweltering nights spend tossing and turning are backed onto days at university with insufficient air conditioning and long walks with rays beating down on my back. Honestly, some of the nicest days of late have been spent at work in the cool air of the shop floor. We were lucky enough to have a cooler day (around 25C) a while back and I relished in pulling on my jeans and throwing on a light jumper to spend the day with Mumma Bovary doing errands and having rice paper rolls for lunch. As I often do, a mix of new release products were mixed with old favourites to get my face presentable!

I’ve been trialling the new Rimmel Match Perfection foundation* and so far I am enjoying the light-medium coverage and natural finish. I still prefer the cream-gel version in the pot (which I fear may be discontinued!) but the packaging is definitely nicer, a heavy glass bottle with handy pump opening. I’ve been setting it with my L’Oreal Nude Magique BB Powder* which is one of the exciting new BB/CC type products that the brand have recently launched. Cheeks were of course dusted with my new Chanel acquisition, the limited edition powder blush in 76 Frivole.

As always I used MAC Coquette to add some definition to my brows, it is seriously one of the most versatile eye shadows I’ve come across from MAC. I love it swept through the crease with a soft angled crease brush, but for this look I left it on the brows and used the essence duo to cover my lids and line my lower lashline as well. I finished the simple eye look off with generous coats of my new favourite mascara, the Covergirl Clump Crusher. Absolutely loving the volume and length it gives my lashes, not to mention the compliments I’ve been receiving from coworkers, family and friends.

Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation SPF 18 in 010 Light Porcelain*

L'Oreal Nude Magique BB Powder for light skin*

Essence 50s Girls Reloaded palette in 03 Come on Board Captain

Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara in Black

Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara in black brown

MAC Cremesheen Glass in Dynasty at Dusk

Mac Coquette for brows

Sportsgirl Shady Lady in Prom Night for highlight

What do you think of my fresh faced look? What are your best tips on escpaing this horrendous heat?

*Marked items were provided for consideration. Honesty, always.

Tawny Lover at Dusk // A Makeup Look

The beauty of having a larger than average cosmetic collection is that I have the ability to try new products and new combinations regularly. I have been using my Laura Mercier Lingerie palette non-stop since I bought it, as I’m sure you’re sick of me mentioning. One of the shades, however, wasn’t as loved as the others and a while ago I made an effort to try it out, and see if I could make it work.

Tawny Apricot is a rosey apricot sort of shade (swatch here), and I was worried that it wouldn’t flatter my pale complexion, but I popped some Rich Cocoa into the crease and outer third which tied it together well. A bit of my essence gel liner in Midnight in Paris also helped things along, I think that even the brightest shadows can be made wearable with the help of some liner.

I brought (quite a bit of) colour to my cheeks with Illamasqua’s Lover and one of my most recent gloss purchases, MAC’s Dynasty at Dusk. If I were to try this combination out again I would probably throw Rich Cocoa along the lower lashline as well, and ease up on Lover just a tad as well. That being said, I had a lot of fun playing with these products and would wear this again.

How often do you play with unloved items in your makeup collection? Do you tend to go for the same looks all the time, or wear a new look every day?

 

 

*All items were bought by me, except the palette which was a gift from Chris. Honesty, always.

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?