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MAC Me Over Haul + Dupes + Swatches= AWSOME!

Hey Guys and Dolls! So I jumped the gun and uploaded the video for this post before writing it out, and now I’m sitting here with bleach on my head…not well planned out. Here’s some awesome product pictures, swatches, and dupes!

Curvaceous LipGlass, Oh Oh Oh Luster Lipstick

Curvaceous Milky Dusty pink. It slightly settles into lines but in person it’s not even noticeable. I’ve seen this look good on NC15-NW45 skintones!

Oh Oh Oh Lipstick Sheer Berry/Plum with golden/Copper shimmer. Luster lipsticks are thin in texture, and are typically pretty sheer. They are also pretty moisturizing feeling and the sheerness makes them very attractive. This is like a little-sister to MAC’s “O” lipstick in the regular line.

Stunner Blush and Avenue Fluidline

Stunner is a light coral-pink thinking blue thoughts. It warm enough to work on many skintones, but it might be too light for very deep tones. I’d consider it Mocha and Fleur Power’s light-skinned baby.

Avenue is a very dark brown with lots of small glitter- more glitter than Blitz and Glitz Fluidline from the regular line.

 

Clockwise from the top: Outre, Mythical, Carbonized, Creamy Bisque, and Moleskin

From L-R Creamy Bisque, Moleskin, Outre, Mythical, Satin Taupe, Carbonized

Creamy Bisque is a soft off-white Frost eyeshadow with a almost pink sheen. It’s not very intense which is why is makes a fantastic highlight color for beauty makeup. It’s the Piner version of MAC’s Shroom eyeshadow in the regular line.

Moleskin is a must-have light to medium matte brown. It’s the just-right balance of gray, pink and yellow tinted tan and though you many use it different ways, it can work for anyone, as a lid color, crease color or highlight. It’s very similar to Wedge Eyeshadow from Mac’s regular line, but Moleskin has a better texture and color payoff, and is just a hair pinker.

Outre is a mustard-caramel, which sounds really nasty, but as an eyeshadow color it’s fabulous. To my eye this color is identical to the mustard-caramel in the Double Feature 4 duo (Side by side swatch below). This color is great as a crease or transitional color on people with a golden or olive skintones, though it can also work for deeper skintones. The closest thing in the regular line is Soba, though Soba is much browner, and has a slight shimmer.

Mythical is a metallic pink-copper,a nd as far as I’m concerned is a “better-than” dupe for MAC’s Mythology from the regular line.

Satin Taupe is a metallic silver brown taupe. It’s incredibly versatile and works on virtually every skin-tone though the effect changes (on me it’s very brown, but on a deeper skintone it looks a bit more silver. MAC Repromotes this thing like crazy, and while that’s a bit annoying, I don’t mind as long as it’s not a  quad where I’d want it but I already have it.

Carbonized is a shimmery chocolate black-brown. in the pan and swatched is seems to be a metallic warm chocolate brown but in use it tends to loose some of the shimmer and shifts to a cooler grey-brown. Incredibly usefula dn easy to blend.  there are no direct dupes, but if you want a shimmery warm brown in the regular line try Mulch.

Comparisons:

Wedge, Moleskin

Soba, Outre, Double Feature 4

 

Center Stage, Carbonized, Mulch

 

Thanks for stopping by!

-Cora

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MILANI PAINT PALETTE & HIGH SPEED FAST DRY Nail Lacquer Review, Swatches

Hi Guys and Dolls! Milani is dropping a bomb on us this month- limited edition goodies that are worth tracking down (or just buying on their website). These were sent to me for review, but I’ve been stalking every CVS in the area trying to find them so I could pick some up to giveaway, but I haven’t found any part of this “collection” anywhere! I know it’s only at Select CVS’ but Damn! I’ve been to 6 CVS stores: zip, nada, zilch. My suggestion is to buy these off the Milani Website. Paying for shipping sucks- I know, but these are pretty darn awesome especially for the price-point! Read the rest of this entry

Bottled Jealousy ~Tutorial~

Hi Guys and Dolls! I don’t have much to say about the look except that I love Green, love Temptalia, like the eyeshadow she created and am having a bit of a Renaissance with winged liner (we broke up last fall). There is one thing I want to mention, and it’s something you were likely to notice anyway: Some of the pictures have false lashes and crystals, and some do not. To tell the truth I simply couldn’t decide if I liked the false lashes or not. They are the type with a thick band and fake hair and that type never seems to agree with me, it’s too stiff or something (that’s what she said). Read the rest of this entry

Win Jealousy Wakes Eyeshadow!

The Giveaway is now closed ^_^ the winner is:

Judeobsessionmakeup

The winner has 48 hours (Until 8pm PST, July 15th ) to contact me though Youtube’s messaging system, or I will have to pick another winner :)

thank you to everyone who entered- more giveaways coming up!

Congrats!

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Sunset On Jupiter

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Bare, Dare & Flare: New Sigma Palettes First Impression!

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Here Comes the Sun!

Hi Guys and Dolls!

Today I’m sharing a fun and sexy makeup look inspired by Sunshine! The weather has been pretty great lately, and you can just feel that summer is right around the corner-not to mention summer break for some of you lucky-duckys! I was listening to the Beatles the other day and I got the idea to do a look that was inspired by sunshine but not in an obvious way- more like if you were outside, enjoying the sun though your closed eyelids :) A weird concept maybe, but that’s how art it.

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FaceFront Ouro Fino: Show and Tell

Hi Guys and Dolls!

Does anyone remember a company called FaceFront? A few years ago they were quite popular with the YouTube Beauty community, and though I never tried them out, it was “on my list”. Then they seemed to just go away, I think I heard that they went out of business.  Anyway, fast forward to the here and now: The brand is back and has been taken over by a new comapny. You can read all about it here if you’re interested. Read the rest of this entry

Lime Juice & Raspberries 2.0

Hi Guys and Dolls!

It’s no secret that I haven’t had a full tutorial in a while (we’re talking mid-March people!). April was an insane month for me, tons of highs and lows, but it’s over now so I’m looking forward to making MAY an amazing month! There are a few great product launches at the end of the month that I’m excited about, and of course as summer is just around the corner I have an excuse to reignite my love affair with color (like I need an excuse). Also I’m going to keep up with my Ask Cora Series, product reviews, etc.-I’m back!

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