So I went to MAC...

So yesterday I took my first ever trip to a MAC store. Unfortunately we do not have the priviledge of having a MAC store in Aberdeen at the moment, I know it sucks! The closest stores are in Glasgow and Edinburgh, which are both around a two and a half car journey away - that's if you don't get lost on the way...damn theose crazy spagetti motorways!

Anyways, I had made a list of everything I wanted to look at in the store, a very very long list I may add, as I knew it would be a while before I could convince my boyfriend to drive me down to look at the products again.

I had already decided before I went down that i wanted to purchase the 15 shadow palette, a few eyeshadows and possibly a lipstick, depending on the bank funds of course.

I was swatching away happily and decided on two eyeshadows and a lipstick.

Here is my very much loved makeup palette complete with MAC's woodwinked and tempting shadows alongside my lipstick, MAC Hue.

Tempting is a medium to dark brown with shimmers, great for creating smokey brown eyes. I was a little disappointed in how little would pick up on my brush but a few swipes with the brush covers my lid, I'm just lazy and like a one swipe application but then again it could just be my shadow brush.

Woodwinked is a gold/coppery brown colour with shimmers. This colour is gorgeous, it is very richly pigmented and one swipe of the brush picks up enough colour for my whole lid! I can see this colour becoming a slight obsession...

And here are the swatches :) Woodwinked is on the top, tempting is on the bottom :)



Hue is a glaze lipstick meaning it is very glossy on the lips but not too heavily pigmented. I was undecided as to whether to purchase Hue or Creme de Nude but the boyfriend liked Hue better. It is a beautiful nude/pink/coral colour however it can be quite drying after its been on the lips for a while but a little bit of carmex before application sorts that out. Here is a pic of what it looks like on the lips.


Here is the look I created with my new shadows :) I got the idea from lollipop26's tempting eyes tutorial off of youtube :)


Sorry for the photo quality but you get the idea.

Products used : -

Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation - Shell

MAC Strobe Cream (the lady at MAC gave me a sample :)

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC woodwinked

MAC tempting

Benefit fishnets (a dark brown for the crease)

Victoria Jackson eye shadow palette (a creamy white for highlight)

Natural Collection white eyeliner in the waterline

GOSH bananas eyeliner in the tear duct

Maybelline lash stilleto

Urban Decay brow kit in brown sugar

Maybelline mineral blush in moonlight mauve

Benefit coralista

Eyeko highlighting cream on my cheek bones

MAC Hue on the lips

Anyways, I LOVE these eyeshadows and can see these turning into a very big addiction :) roll on MAC Christmas presents lol!

What's your favourite MAC products?

xx