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I never used Emerald Green before, but I like it! Definitely gotta get to using some of my pigments more… yeah yeah, I say that everytime…
Archive for the ‘Gold’ Category
Using some of these pigments…
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010Simple Old Gold Look
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Guess I’m getting on a pigment kick? 
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I don’t think the pictures do the look justice 
I love Old Gold, I have no idea why I do not use it more often! It’s been just about the only MAC product I went insane trying to get!
A different take on a sunset…
Friday, June 25th, 2010Hmm, this goes in my “I like” category.
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My foundation ran out today Hope my order comes soon!
February 11, 2010
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Eyes
I should’ve done Parrot under my lower lashes, not sure why I didn’t?! I didn’t realize Amber Lights was so orange-y, or so it appeared today. Still a neat look. Still plugging away on my journal of looks I need to try!!
Bringing out Pure Ore!
Sunday, December 27th, 2009Wow, I feel like I’ve owned Pure Ore for ages! It’s been over 2 years since it was released, and I’ve used it maybe 5 times tops, usually as a liner I was browsing specktra.net’s “Shop Your Stash” thread for ideas, and came across a look using it so I had to give it a try!
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I’m loving it!! It’s not too harsh of a look in real life (so my mom says, she often says my makeup is too dark 
). Nice and sparkly and shiny. I’ve never used Pure Ore like this, so I’m glad I tried something new! Makes me wish I had the silver product from Metal-X, or hell, all of the colors!
First Melon Look – Day Version
Friday, December 18th, 2009I’ve had Melon pigment since October sometime… just finally got around to using it! It applied as a very bright yellow gold on my lids, which kind of disappointed me since it’s a orange-y pink in the container. I won’t give up on it, though, still a nice product.
I might have two version to this look, day and night. This is the day version. I am going out with friends tonight so I’m going to freshen up my makeup and maybe make it a bit darker. So the night version will be posted in a few days when I’m back!
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Painterly applied as a base. Melon foiled all lid with 239 brush and a few squirts of Fix+. Cranberry applied in crease and outer V with 217 brush. Carbon used to darken outer V, applied with 217 brush. Vanilla used to buff out upper crease, with 275 brush. Nanogold applied as highlight with 275 brush. Zero applied on lower waterline.
So that’s the “day version.” Hopefully I can create some sort of night version out of it
Anyways, last post for a few days as I’ll be away from my computer!
Look for December 12, 2009
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Face
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Painterly applied as base. Heritage Rouge spread all over lid and up into crease with 239 brush. Old Gold applied in inner corner corners with 219 brush, and under lower lash line. Magnetic Fields applied in crease and outer Vwith 217 brush. Soft Brown used to blend out crease, 217 brush. Vanilla used to further blend, 275 brush. Shroom applied as a highlight, 275 brush.
This was my first time using Heritage Rouge, so that’s good! This reminds me of the look I did a few days ago with Old Gold, just the colors reversed.
Old Gold and Sketch
Saturday, December 5th, 2009Keeping with my touch of gold theme, so it seems…
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Painterly applied as base. Old Gold pigment applied all over lid with 242 brush. Sketch applied in crease and outer V with 217 brush. Sweet Chesnut applied over the top of Sketch with 217 brush. Vanilla used to blend out crease, 272 brush. Retrospeck applied as a highlight with 272 brush. Rockstar liner applied on outer lower lash line, and Old Gold applied under lower lash line with 219 brush.
Feeling a warm chill in the air…
Saturday, December 5th, 2009This look was for December 4, 2009. I was going out with a few friends, and it was about 20 degrees out, so quite chilly! So I figured this would be the chance to try out Warm Chill. The “Shop Your Stash” thread on specktra has really pushed me to start using stuff that I have never touched before, and Warm Chill, Bottle Green, and Goldmine were 3 products I had yet to use.
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Greenstroke applied as a base. Warm Chill applied all over lid and up past crease. Aquavert applied to outer half of lid. Bottle Green applied in outer V and crease. Carbon used to darken outer crease. Creme Royale applied as a highlight. Goldmine was applied in inner corners and over Eldorado under the lower lashes.
I think I might be getting on a gold kick with my looks…
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
A bright look! I took inspiration from specktra.net’s “Shop Your Stash Challenge” thread, and used some stuff from my stash that I haven’t used in a long time, or never!
Here’s what I came up with, and I love it! Bright, but not too over the top.
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Painterly applied as a base. Cosmic applied all over lid with 239 brush. Lotusland land applied in inner crease with 217 brush. Satellite Dreams applied on outer crease and outer V of lid with 217 brush. Indian Ink used to darken outer crease and V with 217 brush. All the purples were blended, blended, blended! Indian Ink applied as liner along upper lashes with 209 brush. Nanogold applied as a highlight with 272 brush, topped off with Ricepaper using the same brush. Cosmic applied under lower lash line with 219 brush. Zero applied to lower waterline.
Eek, full face shot! Haha… I hate posting them
I forgot how wonderful Cosmic is… applying it is like heaven, it’s so smooth and blendable. This was my first time using Indian Ink, and it can take a bit of work to get it blended in, but I really like it as a matte dark purple for smoking out a look. I’ve heard complaints that it looks black on certain skin tones, so I was please to see it remained purple on me!
Random note… but I’ve been using my MAC Green Gel Cleanser for about a week and a half now! And it seems that my skin is fine with it! Some things cause me to break out, so I was hesitant about switching to this particular cleanser. Yeah yeah, most people hate MAC’s skincare items, but I like my stuff to be from the same people. Call me a dumb snob, or whatever… it’s just my thing. I love how the tiniest dab is enough to wash my whole face, so I foresee the bottle lasting for quite awhile.
New Old Gold
Friday, October 30th, 2009My empty pans that I have coming so I can press my pigments have been out for delivery for 2 days now… it’s really starting to annoy me! I thought they were coming yesterday… no. So, ok, today! NO… Luckily I have stuff going on tonight so I wouldn’t have time to press anyway. But I swear if they don’t come tomorrow, I’m placing an angry phone call!
Face
- MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium
- MAC Studio Touch Up Stick concealer in NW20
Foundation applied with 209. Concealer applied under eyes and smoothed out with 194 brush.
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- MAC Painterly paint pot
- MAC Old Gold pigment
- MAC Humid e/s
- MAC Vanilla e/s
- MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
- Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
- MAC Brow Finisher in Clear
- Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
- Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara
Painterly applied as base. Old Gold pigment applied over lid with 239 brush. Humid worked into crease and outer V with 222 and 217 brushes. Vanilla used to blend out crease and as highlight, 272 brush. Blacktrack applied along upper lashes with 210 brush. Zero applied on lower waterline. Old Gold under lower lashline with 219 brush.
Lips
- MAC Elaborate Lipglass
I am tempted to add some of my Reflects Copper glitter a little bit over the lid as I’m going out to dinner with friends, and it’s practically Halloween. I’ll see if I get around to it. I’m still being bitter about my missing empty pans
Easter Egg?
Sunday, October 25th, 2009It’s sunny today, so I went for bright.
Face
- MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium
- MAC Studio Touch Up Stick concealer in NW20
- MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Blonde
Foundation applied with 209, MSF with 268. Concealer applied under eyes and smoothed out with 194 brush.
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- MAC Painterly paint pot
- MAC Gorgeous Gold e/s
- MAC Beautiful Iris e/s
- MAC Aquadisiac e/s
- MAC Solar White e/s
- MAC Softsparkle Eye Pencil in Peacocked
- MAC Brow Finisher in Blonde
- Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
- Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara
Painterly paint pot used as a base with flat e/s brush. Gorgeous Gold over lid with 239. Beautiful Iris applied in inner with 219 brush. Aquadisiciac in outer V and crease with 217 brush. Solar White used as a highlight with 275 brush. Peacocked lining uppe lashes.
Lips
- MAC Nice Kitty Lipglass
One Lucky Tom
Friday, February 13th, 2009First go around with my new Hello Kitty collection products, and I decided to try out the colors from the Lucky Tom palette.
Paradisco is a headache, horrible payoff. I ended up soaking my brush in Fix+ and then glopping on tons of the shadow, then applying. Yeah, yeah… don’t dip a wet brush in shadow…
Face
- MAC Mineralize loose foundation in medium (109 brush)
- MAC Studio Touch Up stick concealer in NW20 (194 brush)
- MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in Redhead (168 brush)
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- MAC Painterly paint pot as base (Sephora flat e/s brush)
- MAC Creme Royal e/s in inner corner/middle of lid, and around tear duct (Sephora medium e/s brush)
- MAC Paradisco e/s on outer half of lid, applied wet with Fix+ (139 brush)
- MAC Lucky Tom e/s just a bit on outer corners (217 brush)
- MAC Stylin’ e/s lining lower lashes (219 brush)
- MAC Shroom e/s as brow highlight (272 brush)
- MAC Brow Set in clear
- Make Up Forever Smokey Lash mascara
Lips
- MAC Nice to be Nice lipglass
I ended up liking the look, very fun. Just getting Paradisco to show up at all was painful. I try to avoid using stuff wet (unless as a liner) as much as I can…
I want to do swatches of everything that I got from this collection, I will try to get that done this weekend hopefully. Unfortunately I want to go back and buy more… like Milk pigment, and maybe that neon pink lipglass. I shall see…