MAC Give Me Liberty of London + Viva Glam Cyndi

hello pretty!!
i hope you're having a fine weekend right now :)


let's start with the things from the give me liberty of london collection, i got me the shell pearl beauty powder and ever hip lipstick.. arr another lipstick from mac.. heehee.. 

it's my first time to try a beauty powder from mac given that i'm just a newbie addict :) at first i was torn between the shell pearl or nars albatross because i'm really lemming for a powder highlighter.. well now we all know who won heehee.. shell pearl won my heart because it has a hint of peach, and i looooove peach on my cheeks :) 

the texture is pretty smooth! i love it ^__^ oh at first i also thought it won't show up on my nc40-42 skintone but it did! gorgeous highlighter! its not very obvious on the picture but its really pretty in actual :)

the ever hip lipstick is a creamy light coral shade from the cremesheen family. i am definitely wearing ever hip more this summer! it looks fresh and light, absolutely my official summer lipstick :)

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i also got the viva glam cyndi lipstick, its a light reddish coral shade from the lustre family, you know what im starting to love the lustre type of lippies! heehee, im loving the glossiness they bring :) the viva glam cyndi is my type of red, its not shocking, its subtle enough to be worn during daytime (at least for me heehee, im not fond of wearing shocking red lippies) 

im loving the signature design on the tube of the lipstick, kawaii! 

i would love to get viva glam gaga too but i really think the shade is not for me :( however the shade of viva glam gaga is also pretty! so i encourage you to try on the viva glam lippies cause its really worth it for the reason that every purchase of the viva glams goes out to the AIDS fund :)


thanks for stopping by pretty!!
xoxo,

oOchaOo

MAC Shy Girl and Creme In Your Coffee

hello!

today i'll share the swatches of mac shy girl and creme in your coffee lipsticks.

shy girl is described by mac as a creamy neutral coral beige shade. it belongs to the cremesheen family, and it gives a good amount of creaminess and coverage :) the shade is not heavy so it gives a pretty neutral look on my lips.

creme in your coffee is also from the cremesheen family. it is described by mac as a creamy mid-tone pink brown shade. i've said on previous post that the shade is quite similar to laugh a lot, dang! im wrong hahaha. creme in your coffee is darker while laugh a lot contains more pink tones. the shade of this lippy is more on the dark side but i think it compliments my skintone just right :)

i love both of the lippies! good coverage and they're not drying my lips. yey!  ^__^ 

i have like three or four more mac posts, 
*hint: viva glam cyndi, liberty of london, mineralize foundation*
so i hope you won't get bored reading my tiny blog heehee...

thanks again for stopping by!!
xoxo,
oOchaOo

its a NARS post!

hello pretty!

today i'll be reviewing my new nars blushes and my sheer glow foundation. i got my sheer glow last december but i haven't reviewed it yet... errrr its march already haha. sorry for the super late review. ^_^

lets start with the blushes, i soooo sooo love nars blushes. they really make my cheeks feel pretty,flushed, and glowy. i can't get enough of them haha. that's why i got 2 more, i purchased madly and deepthroat.

madly is a neutral shade blush. it gives my cheeks a pretty color that looks so natural yet it still gives the 'glow' :) 

deepthroat on the other hand is a peach blush with shimmers. i love the color of peach on my cheeks! i think peach is the HG shade for my chubby cheeks heehee. im so loving this shade

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now ill share my thoughts about the nars sheer glow foundation. im mac nc40-42 and i got the shade of barcelona, its a perfect match for me :) 

love: it moisturizes my dry skin, luminous/glowy finish, it stays on for hours, its very easy to apply and blend. it looks natural on my face.

hate: the packaging sucks, i wish it came with a pump. sometimes it can be cakey around the nose area, maybe im just putting too much heehee.

it doesn't provide full coverage so i still need a concealer for the dark spots on my forehead..  i just cover it with my kryolan tv paintstick and top it with mac msf natural and im good to go :)




overall i love this foundation! it still makes my face look natural and it doesn't make me look like im wearing a mask :) i suggest you try it too!! its expensive but its definitely a worth it product :)


as for the blushes, im loving both of the shades too! i just want to get oasis and the douceur blush from the fall collection and im done with my nars blush lemmings *hopefully* haha :)




thanks for stopping by pretty!!
xoxo,

oOchaOo

MAC Spring Colour Forecast Lippies :)

hello everyone!!

oh my, i haven't posted anything for almost a month :c lots of things came up and im busy arranging my apprenticeship this summer. turns out i'll do my apprenticeship in boracay!! im soo excited to stay there for 2 months!! wish me luck hehe..


sooo anyway im still on mac lipstick phase right now :) 
i grabbed 3 lipsticks from the spring colour forecast: fresh salmon, radicchio, and laugh a lot.

all of the 3 lippies are from the lustre family. im quite worried about it cause it doesn't provide  full coverage like the amplified/cremesheen ones. what i like about the lustre type is that it gives  a glossy finish and it doesn't dry out my lips. 

laugh a lot -- when i saw the swatches of the spring colour lippies from temptalia, laugh a lot is the first one that caught my heart hehe. it is described by mac as a mauve pink shade. 
i have to say the shade is quite similar to creme in your coffee. its a pretty everyday l/s for me.

fresh salmon -- described as sheer bright pink orange. this one i really like! it makes my lips look so juicy hehe. the golden shimmers are so cute, they're not huge chunks of shimmers :)

radicchio - sheer midtone blue mauve. i also like this one. at first i thought i can't pull off a plummy lipstick but when i tried it, i was surprised on how wearable it is!! :)

overall, im happy with the 3 lippies i got from the collection :)
i also got other lipsticks from the permanent line that i'll review soon..


see you around pretty!
xoxo,
oOchaOo

Sigma Brushes :) :)

i really want to invest on good makeup brushes. i would love to hoard on mac's brushes BUT UNFORTUNATELY they're so damn expensive. :( it will burn my poor wallet LOL.
 maybe i'll splurge on mac brushes when i have a job already hehe. ^_^ 


sooo anyway, good thing there is sigma. they have dupes of mac brushes with just a fraction of its price :) i've read good, bad, and worst reviews about sigma's brushes. some of the reviews i've read have their brushes shed and bleed like there's no tomorrow while there's one that the brush itself totally broke. so at first, i was a bit hesitant if i should get ask my aunt to get one for me. ^_^


well..... i couldn't help it haha. so i asked her to get me the complete set without the brush roll and a ss188 individual brush. i think i should have gotten the brush roll too. haha now i don't know where i'll place them if ever i go travel.

i don't own any mac brush so i can't compare the two brands :)

the complete set includes:

powder brush - SS150
foundation brush - SS190
duo fiber brush - SS187
large angled contour brush - SS168
concealer brush - SS194
medium angled shading brush - SS275
small angled brush - SS266
large shader brush - SS252
pencil brush - SS219
tapered blending brush - SS224
eyeliner brush - SS209
eyeshading brush - SS239

loves: i soooo love the brushes that i got. they're from a good batch! still super soft after washing. the brushes does their job quite well! well just a minor shedding for the SS187 and SS150. just around 2-4 hairs :) i think i've washed them for 4x already. i recommend sigma if you want nice quality brushes for a lesser price :) but ofcourse a real mac brush would be better!! HAHA


nah: i wish all of the brushes came with a brush guard :) aside from the minor shedding, the SS187 did bleed a little.

pictures:

 

freebie!

oh, they also included a single e/s as a freebie but i forgot to take a picture of it ^_^


i love love my new brushes and i hope you can try them out too! :)

wow its already MARCH this monday! 
i can already hear summer calling my name LOL. have a nice weekend pretty!


xoxo,

oOchaOo

Urban Decay Palettes+ Something for Sale :)

i got two urban decay palettes from my loot last last week. they're actually my first eye shadows from urban decay. i've read lots of raves about their eye shadows!! im not really a fan of putting eye make up but i really want to have some eye shadows on my stash :)


loves: the pigmentation is really really nice! the texture is very smooth and velvety that's why its really easy to blend :) they stay on my lids for a long time especially with UDPP.  i also love the fact that the 2 palettes that i got have a beautiful selection of colors. and oh, the packaging is so cute :)

hate: i find maui wowie and polyester bride to shimmery for me. :( 

swatches:

deluxe shadow box

 ransom - vibrant iridescent purple

honey - glistening gold

fishnet - iridescent purple

peace - shimmering turquoise

zero - smoking black

graffiti - bright green

underground - taupe brown shimmer

shag - tan shimmer

scratch - shimmering silver pink

ammo eye palette

 oil slick - black with rainbow glitter

mildew - shimmery metallic green

smog - deep coppery bronze

maui wowie - sandy colored sheen

chopper - shimmering fawn with sparkles

last call - iridescent plumy-purple

griffter - sparkling pale purple

polyester bride - sheer white shimmer

shattered - bright iridescent aquamarine

sin - light shimmering champagne

faves: my favorites as of now are chopper, smog, scratch, and shag :) 

overall im impressed with urban decay's eyeshadows.for me, its a good investment and worth buying.ill definitely grab the next book of shadows!! heehee :)

selling: SOLD ALREADY :)

have a blessed Sunday pretty!

xoxo,

oOchaOo