RiRi Hearts MAC Fall: Nude Lipstick

Hey guys! I'm gonna go right ahead and show y'all the third out of four lipsticks that Rihanna created for MAC this Fall. I have today Nude, a mid-tone brown nude with a matte finish. After road testing RiRi Woo yesterday which is a Retro Matte, this normal matte formula felt like a walk in the park to work with!!

Nude

I've gotta admit, when I first tried Nude I looked like I had poop lips. Yep, poop lips. However, when I had my full makeup on, with fairly dark eye makeup, it made Nude look pretty good! It just needed something to counterbalance itself, as it is quite deep on my skintone. Here is the look I created with it, and I think it's quite vampy on me! 

 I was going to show you Talk That Talk next, but my lips felt like they needed a rest from all the Retro Matte business!! I also have the complete MAC Retro Matte lipstick collection to show you soon, eek! I shall be begging for a gloss to review after all them!!

RiRi Hearts MAC Fall: RiRi Woo lipstick

Hi guys, happy hump day! Of course, when you work in a bar, there is no such thing as a hump day, because you're usually working all weekend. 

Work gripes aside, I have the lovely RiRi Woo lipstick to show you today. I shall keep this short and sweet, because unless you have been living under a make-up free rock for all this year, you no doubt will have already seen RiRi Woo about a gazillion times on various blogs and social media platforms. 

RiRi Woo is a cool, blue based red with a Retro Matte finish. Retro Matte is a much drier formula than a regular MAC matte lipstick, so lip prep is essential. I heartily recommend any of the Maybelline Baby Lips for this task. I usually exfoliate with a warm, damp flannel in the morning to make sure my lips are flake free, as the Retro Mattes are highly unforgiving when it comes to rough lips!

Even though Retro Mattes are dry, they last for hours on the lips. I also love the velvety look that they give. They really are a true matte lipstick, with great opacity (generally speaking, but I will touch on this in a later post!)

RiRi Woo

I shall be reviewing the other Retro Matte in the RiRi Hearts MAC Fall collection tomorrow. Talk That Talk is a deep dark purple- perfect for for Autumn!!

Have you guys tried RiRi Woo yet? 

RiRi Hearts MAC Fall: Who's That Chick Lipstick

Following on from yesterday's review of Her Cocoa eyeshadow quad, I have one of the four RiRi lipsticks up for review today!

Who's That Chick is a brightened orange lipstick with a frost finish. When I first heard the words 'orange frost', I thought we had gone back in a timewarp to the 80's! However, I gave Who's That Chick a chance, and holy sheep, I LOVE IT. (I loved the 80's anyways!)

Who's That Chick 

I thought I was all oranged out this year, with MAC releasing the Hayley Williams and All About Orange collection within months of one another, but quite clearly I'm not. Who's That Chick is unique to my lipstick stash. 

I prepped my lips with Maybelline's Baby Lips, as I find the MAC frost finishes to be quite drying. (Not as drying as Retro Mattes however!) Who's That Chick lasted around 2-3 hours, with visible fading into the third hour. It does leave a faint sparkle on your lips once worn off!

I paired Who's That Chick with a brown smokey eye, using MAC Eclair Paint Pot, UD Naked eyeshadow, and MAC Damson Pressed Pigment- all the things that I'm wearing pretty much day in, day out! 

Who's That Chick is love. I'm so glad I had the good sense to back it up when MAC online did a collection restock! Did you decide to buy this lipstick, or did the frostiness put you off? Did you buy any of the other RiRi lipsticks? Let me know!

RiRi Hearts MAC Fall: Her Cocoa Quad Pictures and Review

Did you get swept up in he RiRi craze last week. Are you still alive if you did? I had a relatively peaceful experience in collecting my goodies! I arrived at Selfridges Birmingham at 10:15, fifteen minutes after they had opened, expecting long @$$ queues. There were only two people in front of me! A MAC SA asked what I'd like while I was still queuing, and I was paid up and gone within ten minutes. Smooth.

I then visited the MAC store in the city centre. Again, not many people around, although they had already sold out of Talk That Talk lipliner and Diamonds Cream Colour Blush. This was about 10:30 am. However, I managed to get my backup Talk That Talk lipstick, and I was tempted by the SA into buying Her Cocoa eyeshadow quad.

More pictures after the jump!

MAC Pink Pepper and Summer Honey Pressed Pigments

Hey guys!

After a long hiatus, I'm finally back to my beauty writing and it feels great to be able to do it again! I've recently swapped job roles within the pub that I work, which means I can now wear make and nail polish again. Happy days!

Today I'm showing you all a look I created with MAC's 2013 pressed pigments collection. Some of this collection was limited edition, however a handful were added to the existing range that was introduced in the summer of last year. I have used Pink Pepper and Summer Honey in my look today, which are both LE shades, however at the time of me writing this, both of these shades were available on Selfridges' website. So run, don't walk, and order these if you like them!!

Pink Pepper

Summer Honey

These two shades make such a pretty combination together! I used an Estee Lauder eyeshadow pencil as an adhesive base so that the pigments had something to adhere to. I then used Pink Pepper all over the lid, and blended any harsh lines out with Summer Honey. I then used a Stila waterproof liquid liner to line underneath my eyes and create a flick. On my inner rim is Illamasqua colouring pencil in Elate. The lashes are Make Up Academy Flair lash. 

Have you tried any of the MAC Pressed Pigments yet? Please feel free to share any tips or looks in the comments below!

Models Own Velvet Goth Collection

Yippee! A new Models Own collection!

Honestly, I am becoming a serial Models Own hoarder. When a new collection is launched, I just can't seem to help myself; those bottles of prettiness just call my name (and my bank card!)

I received an e mail from Models Own today, and the details also went up on their Facebook page of their new collection: VELVET GOTH. Yep.

My first thought was 'how can a polish dry down to a velvet finish on its own?' On closer inspection, these aren't actually a velvet finish product, but matte glitters. Here's what Models Own have to say about their new collection:

'Five intensely inky pigmented colours each with an extraordinary 2D finish. Matte yet sparkly at the same time, each shade applies glossy and dries down giving a multi-faceted effect that can be seen but not felt. Quick-drying, and formulated with the finest glitter shapes and sizes, to achieve the ultra smooth sprinkling of sparkle and velvety finish. Topped off with funky limited edition, colour-matched fuzzy velvet caps!'

So the only velvet here is the bottle cap! Personally, I'm quite pleased about that. I love me a good glitter, and these polishes not only look super pretty in the pic above, but the jewel colours make them perfect for Autumn. 

The five polishes in the collection are (L-R):-

Valerian – A rich bottle blue

Amethyst – A royal purple

Obsidian – A deep charcoal grey

Sardonyx – A blood scarlet red

Absinthe – A burst of deep emerald green

The Velvet Goth collection will be released in the Models Own Bottleshops exclusively on August 24th, online on the Models Own website on September 2nd, then in Boots from September 4th. 

Which Velvet Goth polish do you have your eye on? What has been your favourite Models Own collection so far? 

Maybelline Master Drama Chromatics Kohl Pencils

Hey guys, ready for some color?

Maybelline are seriously starting to make y wallet hurt this year! In recent times they've releases Color Tattoos, Vivid Sensational lipsticks, Baby Lips (FINALLY in the UK, YASS!), and Color Tattoo Pigments (not in the UK yet, boo.) However, these four pencils have not gathered as much interest and hype as these other products, and I'm here to change that, 'cos these pencils have jazzed up my makeup kit!

L-R clockwise: Purple Light, Magic Magenta, Vibrant Gold, Turquoise Vibe

These pencils are super creamy and insanely pigmented! The gold is the sheerest of the four, but all the other three are pretty much opaque in one sweep across my lids. With the look I created, I did build them up slightly, but if I was just wearing these as a simple line, one sweep would do!

I think these jewel colored eyeliners are perfect for creating sumptuous looks! Perfect for Fall, in my humble opinion. And for £4.49, these are a great, affordable way to update your makeup bag for the coming months. These pencils are available in both Boots and Superdrug. It doesn't say whether they are limited edition- if they are, I'm grabbing back ups!

Happy Weekend everyone!