My Sister's Prom

Hello Beautiful people,

           What an evening it was waiting almost 3 hours for my sister to come home so I can do her makeup only for her to come and leave only about 15 minutes to do her full makeup. While some would say that was enough time, for me it wasn't especially since she had an eye brow that needed assistance. Nevertheless I did what I could do in  a short amount of time and she turned out beautiful. I used all MAC on her because that was her request and utilized the silver pigment from the Surf Baby line. In hindsight I would've done something a little more subdued for my sis since I feel like she doesn't do makeup so I don't feel like she carried it in terms of posing but hey it still worked. She is the lady in red.  I also took pictures of "standout" dresses. My personal feeling is that I feel most of the ladies either tried to hard or didn't try at all. I liked "most" of the dresses but felt like it was normal club wear. Nothing stood out to me. My favorite other than my sister was the young girl in the golden dress though I would've made it just a tad bit longer and the cups on the breast more constructed she was one dip away from falling out which is because she wore no support nor did the dress have built in. Then there was the wedding dress... I didn't like it. And the zebra print was a good attempt but I drowned in the ruffles uggh when you're a thick girl ruffles are not your friend. Then there was the young lady whom tried to bring lingerie to the prom failed attempt at sexy. I hated the makeup I hated the dress but what hurt more was that she wore black undergarments and how do I know well because I saw it right through the dress patterns and all. One day they might look back and see the errors of their ways I hope lol. 

Live, Laugh, Love and Learn

Miss Merli

Hauling that MAC

Hello Beautiful People,

                  Oops I did it again! Originally I went into MAC to purchase just an empty palette to put my extra colors that I had depot-ted but then I made a sad mistake of "browsing" who told me to browse?Who told me to swatch?  Welp like the beauty addict that I am I left with a whole haul worth of stuff check them out below.

The whole kit and caboodle :)

 

Trying out the MAC Opulash

The Mineralize Shadow Duos ( I'm addicted to these things)

Left to right: Pretty & Prim, Safe & Wisdom and Thunder & Rain

Surf, Baby collection Skinsheen Bronzer Stick in Gilty Bronze

It blends well and gives a healthy glow on my skin as if the Sun just kissed me :)

Me and my addiction to crayons has turned into having all the shadows of the rainbow. Also from the Surf, Baby collection  (left to right) Swell Baby, Surf Baby, Sun Blonde and Saffron

This just with one swipe the colors are nicely pigmented and great for building color on. Great for beginners and light makeup users

And then there were.... This fabulous pigment set that I decided on because it was just made me so sick like the sea. The sparkle and even better when on they give the illusion of foiled eyeshadow would look like.  (click the link for a how to)
This set is called Surf the Ocean (left to right) Aquamarine, Titanium, Bronze and Graphite

And then I messed around and said oh let me check out some other shadows. What was I thinking I never leave without a full palette. Dang it MAC Dang You!!!! (other four slots for eye shadows I de-potted that was waiting for a home) If you're interested in the name of the colors left me know I'll update with the colors soon.

Live, Laugh, Love and Learn

Miss Merli

MAC Surf Baby

 After a whirlwind weekend of The Makeup Show being around a host of infamous makeup artists and bloggers whom inspired me beyond inspiration, it was bitter sweet for me to have to return back to work as a semi glamorous youth advocate in the Bronx. I say semi glamourous because while I'm able to express my creativity and personality through my makeup, I've been banned from wearing my extravegant earrings because of so called safety....hmm I find that questionable since I'm often not in the field and stuck in the office but I'm slowly challenging that rule posed on me since its not in the manual and policy of the agency whom I won't reveal just yet. Stay tuned as I fight for the right to express myself in a whole and not partially. Well after work I decided I would get off the train downtown Brooklyn in order to find products for my newly cut natural hair. I went to Ricky's only to find that the usual suspects might not work for my really coiled coif. At the advice of a sales associate I will be taking my search to You Tube and to the blogs of my natural sisters. After not finding anything and feeling bummed I went to get a cupcake which was not so great at all boo! Ah so would make a girl like me feel better? And then the clouds parted and as I walked towards the MAC on Montague Street in Brooklyn I look to see that there was a crowd of people inside. What? Can this be true? Yes you've guessed it a launch event for the Surf Baby Line. I quickly asked if I could join the festivities and they obliged. Yay! So introducing the MAC Surf Baby line debuting on May 26, 2011 but for my readers you'll get a first look.

 

Yes I am the human palette. I find putting a lot of colors at once gives you a great idea of how colors will mesh together  the shadow colors are as follows from fist to ankle.  blonde, saffron, swell baby, short shorts, surf usa. The two thinnest lines are Gilded and blue moon.

 

here are the lipstick colors naturally eccentric, hibiscus, satin mocha, bust out. My favorite is bust out the other three I'm afraid would not work on me but fear not I can see the colors on many.

 

These lipgloss colors are quite the neutral palette that will glide on well and fit most skin tones

Girl on board, strange potion, krazy kahuna and good lovin. My favorite would be krazy kahuna. Strange Potion is very similar to the Strange Potion that came out with the Disney Villian's line so skip that if you have it.

 

Billionaire bronze, tan tint, gilty bronze 

The bronzer sticks, sheer glosses and face powders

And here are the newly introduced MAC stick bronzers debuted with this line. Blended these colors would be great highlighters for some, a way to contour for others, and a lovely way to just had all over great skin color for some. Blends well and looks great. I purchased gilty bronze.

 

I wasn't a huge fan of  summer stash colors since I have most of the colors but I must say these pigments are not like MAC's current pigments the fallout is almost 0% and glides on like a dream. These colors would be great great for highlighting or a great wash of color over the entire lid.

 

 

Surf the ocean 

Wow I love Iove I love. While I will admit I have shadows that are similar to these colors, these pigments look almost foiled without having to add water to the mix. You know of course I had to buy this stack of pigments.