FOTD: plum dressing

          Contemplated naming this post.. "ignore my puffy face it's that time of the month" seriously tho' does anybody's face swell up like mine??? Argh, well besides puffy face issues I wanted to share with you the mess that i call my brows :) I had the decency to at least fill one in so it wouldn't scare anyone (ahh me sans make up)




         here's both of them filled with eyeshadow because it looks much softer & natural. I also use the MAC #208 to fill em in :) I get asked that a lottt. I always thought that filling in your eyebrows was a MUST when doing your make-up regimen because I always saw my mum do it. Now that i'm older I realized that my mom actually has no eyebrows!! She's been begging me for the last few years to take her to get them permanently done because she doesn't wanna get to the point where she's too frail to do them herself. I'm just such a procrastinator :( I know this amazing lady that does awesome permanent make up too. I have to schedule her an appointment ohhh and I can feature her on my blog !! (i love how I just babble)


          So for today's FOTD I really wanted to try the new foundation & makeup products I picked up especially the MAC shadow plum dressing. I'm really BIG on purples .. mattes & shimmers whatever I just love them. I have brown eyes so I have to make them POP.



Face products
Face Primer: Smashbox Photofinish oil-free
Foundation: MAC studio tech NC35
Concealer: MAC studio finish NW30
Powder: Prep+Prime “Transparent Finishing Powder”

Eyes
Brow: MAC swiss chocolate
Brow Bone: MAC eyeshadow rice paper
Eye lid: MAC plum dressing
outer V: MAC graphology & smoked out with MAC trax
Eyeliner: Rimmel Kajal jet black
Waterline: Rimmel Kajal jet black
Mascara: Maybelline lash stilletto

Powder
Blush: NYX Peach
Bronzer: Rimmel sun light

Lips
Pencil: NYX Natural
Lipstick: MAC snob'

          I really loved the coverage of the studio tech. Although it was very challenging to put it on. I used the MAC #130 so since the brush is smaller it took a lot longer to cover all the surface area of my face but the application was flawless and not at all streaky. I also for the first time tried a pink lippie and I really liked it. Snob wasn't super intense pink so it's a good gateway pink for me. I was a little disappointed in Plum Dressing. I expected it to be a little more intense purple and less pink. The color pink around my eyes just makes me look tired. I dunno what do you guys think??? oh && i'm super obsessed with Rimmel Kajals they have great staying power even on the waterline :)


xoxo,
eva

walks are GOOD for you

          I moved to my new place in early June and I've been getting to know my neighborhood little by little. A fellow member of that board that cannot be mentioned said that there was a place @ the puente hills mall that sold nyx. Well, I happen to live five minutes from that mall so I decided to go for a walk and check it out. The store's name is Chloe's Accessories and they sell hair bobbles, jewelry, && NYX!



nyx doll eye mascara waterproof
nyx megashine lip gloss “pink frost”
nyx coffee
nyx soft brown
nyx terra cotta
nyx peach
nyx cinnamon


          Of course I had to pop my head into MAC :) I was in the mood for a new foundation. My name is Eva & i'm a foundation whore! I have 9 in rotation right now. Well, luckily the MAC SA was super sweet. I tried the studio fix fluid & the Studio tech call me crazy but I kinda like the challenge of a "pancake" foundation. She recommended the blot powder because i brought up my oilyness. I also decided to step out of my nude lips comfort zone & I picked up snob my first pinky lippie. Finally they were back in stock of the #130 so I picked that up.
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MAC studio tech NC35
MAC blot powder medium dark
MAC plum dressing shadow (pic does not do it justice!!)
MAC snob lippie
MAC #130 brush


xoxo,
foundation whore.