Hello everyone!
So I mentioned to a couple of people on twitter that I was thrilled yesterday to discover a CCO in Cheshire Oaks, which is a designer outlet place about a twenty minute drive away from where I live... I was very happy to see that they sold loads of past season limited edition stuff from prescripives, Estee Lauder, Bobbi Brown and MAC!
I honed in on the MAC and was really surprised to see Fafi eye palettes and beauty powders, Emanuel Ungaro eye shadows and CCB's and there were also a few bits from the Christmas collections. I was very good though (for once!) and I bought a few bits I thought I'd get the most use out of!
First up I got a spiced chocolate quad (I'm sorry, I have no idea what collection it was from, but I've heard a lot of people talking about it!). I have to admit that I doubt I would have paid full price for this, but I thought it would be a great everyday work palette - I love my brights, but they are not really suitable for work! This palette cost £19.86, which I thought was great value.
Top left - Nanogold (Lustre finish) - light and subtle - perfect for a highlight
l. Spiced Chocolate, m. Brash, r. Sweet Chestnut...The next product that caught my eye was a single shadow in the shade Submarine, which is a lovely bright blue frost finish shade... I have never actually bought a blue shadow before as I have a lingering fear of looking reminiscent of Pat Butcher (Notorious soap character famed for nasty blue shimmery eye shadow and naff earings from UK soap 'Eastenders'...), however, my recent makeover at the Body Shop event made me realise I can wear some (very carefully selected) shades of blue, and decided that I liked this one enough to give it a whirl lol... This cost me £6.85, which if memory serves me correctly is less than the price of a pro pan shadow!
I was SUPER CHUFFED to discover my next purchase lurking on the shelves - a mineralize eye shadow duo in "Fresh Green Mix" - I have seen this on the MAC website but I think it's an old LE colour and no longer available... This cost me £9.59 as opposed to the full price of £13.70!
As the swatches show, the solid colour comes out as a gorgeous golden chartreuse type of green, while the marble side is a lovely darker sage green - I am sooooo pleased with this!
I was then amazed when I was paying to see a big bowl full of discontinued pigments and glitters, which I hastily rooted through, and found a colour I've loved the sound of for a while - reflects blackened red, which is actually my first ever glitter from MAC. I am loving the sound of using this as a liner or layering over carbon to create some really dramatic looks... This was a total BARGAIN at £8.90!
Excuse the ghostly palor and rough looking skin please too by the way - it's been a loooonnnng day!
A slightly happier look!
