MAC Face and Body Foundation (N1 and C1)

Hello! Haven't seen people for a while.

How are we? Good? Good. 

On Thursday, I ventured out to Kingston as it's the only place with a MAC counter near me. I was looking for the shade N1, but they were out of stock. I then tried C1, and it wasn't bad so I bought the 50ml version for £21.50. I was glad, because it made me look slightly jaundiced. And so on Saturday I went to Kingston again with my new pay, and got the 120ml version (which will last me foreeeeeever, might I add) in N1 for £27. I have swatches of them both below. Also, my correct shade is N1, and I've passed C1 over to my sister and it matches her perfectly, so nothing is going to waste in this household!

N1 out of the bottle

N1 blended slightly

N1 blended fully

C1 out of the bottle

C1 blended slightly

C1 blended fully

Both out of the bottle
(C1 on left, N1 on right)

Both blended slightly
C1 on left, N1 on right

                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

Both blended fully
C1 on left, N1 on right 

So there we have it. I hope this helps anybody stuck between whether to choose N1 or C1. C1 is definitely more golden toned, whereas N1 is pink but not too pink, as I'm pretty neutral and it matches me better than C1.

Hope you enjoyed!

Anna

Surgery on a Blusher!

Hi all,


Today my cousin and her boyfriend came from Spain for late Christmas/New Year! They're currently out for a walk so this is the only opportunity I have to blog now.

A few days ago I ordered the Baylis & Harding 'Wild Rose and Raspberry Leaf' box set from Amazon as a late Christmas present for my mum and dad (yes, my dad, he enjoys his baths.) as they only got one present (a wine tasting), and it came this morning! I was very pleased with the delivery as it took only two days, which is fantastic really.

In yesterday's post I talked about my new Sleek blush in 'Rose Gold'. I trialled it yesterday for a few gruelling hours as I cleaned and bought bananas, and I liked it apart from the cracks around the edges and the middle. I went to put my makeup on this morning, and I dropped it.

*Insert slow round of applause*

Yes, I dropped it. It now was everywhere in the pan so I couldn't shift it too much otherwise it would go all over my lovely white carpet. So, I had to fix this.

I got the blush compact, the anti-bac foam and a plastic spoon, and I was good to go.

This is a good tip that I learned from various websites. You can use rubbing alcohol, vinegar (which, I, personally wouldn't recommend) or even hand sanitizer.

The blush's before state

So I opened the compact and crushed the blush into a powder using the spoon. I then took the anti-bac and squirted a bit onto the spoon, dolloping it onto the blush. This wasn't enough, so I continued until the blush had a very thick layer of foam covering it.

I then left it for five minutes, which after I removed the foam and pressed down on the newly-moist (good word, moist) blush to create a layer that would completely fill the pan.

I gave it a blast with the hairdryer, left it to airdry for an hour, and... voila!

The blush's after state

It looks really nice, as if the original thing. There are a few bits that are uneven but hey, no cracked blush!

I cleaned up the edges of the compact a bit and did a swatch. The colour seems to be the same as yesterday, with the same pigmentation.

I'll leave you with a final swatch of the newly remade blush, before signing off. 

Anna. 

A tiny drugstore haul!

Hello everyone!

Today was a very lazy day, which included the short bus trip down to the local Boots and Superdrug. 

Now, since watching the Zoella video (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N4VbgRD95IY) I have had my eye on two of the products mentioned in the video.

For one, the Sleek blush in 'Rose Gold' which I have heard the hype about and seen the reviews, blah-di-blah...

And the other, the Barry M lip gloss in 'No.11' (also called 'Coral'), which looks nothing like the 'swatch' on the

Boots website. 

The blush is a gorgeous peachy pink with finely milled gold running through it. This is such a gorgeous blush, I'm

currently wearing it right now. It is a very subtle effect (which I love due to it being my first ever blush - WHAT?)

however its is greatly pigmented so the 8g pan will last you FOREVER (slightly exaggerating). I actually got the

last compact in the shop, but when I got on the bus home I slipped it out of the plastic sleeve (which, may I say,

enables people to open the actual product in store - I demand an upgrade, Sleek. My blush could have been

touched before purchase!) was slightly broken, as if it had been dropped! However, this could have been my fault,

so I won't complain. It's not that bad, though, so it is still usable in pan (Hallelujah!)

The lip gloss smells and tastes of pineapple sweets. Just throwing that out. It tastes and smells of sugar. Big plus

in my book, really. The colour is a pinky-coral (which seems to be a recurring theme today) which is just gorgeous

and goes perfectly with the aforementioned blush. There's not much I can say, really, apart from the fact that it

provides a sheer coverage that would be perfect day-to-day and for school.

What are your thoughts on these products?

Anna.

Christmas Day

13:26

Merry Christmas! Typing on the new keyboard case (which is very snazzy, by the way).

Clara got me a ticket to go shopping to Westfield, to see Catching Fire and then a meal on the fourth. So excited! I want to go to Kiko and get the stick foundation because the Bourjois Healthy Mix clings to dry patches, which I'm not that pleased about as as it says 'Radiance Reveal' you'd expect it to b good for dry skin, right? Especially since I paid £9.99 for it. The Kiko stick is only £4. That's insane! It's down by £8.90 though, with the full price £12.90. So I might as well jump at the offer because for less than a fiver, you can't go wrong.

22:48

Earlier on in the day, I was having a snoop around the Kiko website earlier (naughty girl!) and I stumbled across the eyeshadows. Some reviews say they have better pigmentation than MAC eyeshadows! I have to see the actual shade range that they have in the Westfield store, but I have my eye on some of the pinky-beigy-goldy shades and I can't wait to see them!

I am also on the hunt for a soft off-white eyeliner to go on my waterline. I'll also have a look in Kiko to see if thy have anything that satisfies my needs, however, I've seen that the Rimmel Scandaleyes kohl pencil is very good, wonder if it lives up to the claims of it being long-lasting, and with great pigmentation? We will have to see (if I think the Kiko ones are crappy.)

Have had Christmas dinner, played charades and eaten a truck load of chocolate. Conor got a Raspberry Pi computer (which he can't get the internet to work on, by the way) and a flying UFO from Clara (which is now lying mournfully on the first floor landing.)

Andrea also got an iPad case (not as cool as mine, mind you) which she really likes from Clara. It's baby pink with white polka-dots and is one of the turn-y ones which you rotate to use it portrait or landscape. Me, I'm lying back with my three packs of cleansing wipes (thanks Clara), silver earrings, iPad case and 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'.

Hoping to nip out to the sales tomorrow.

Season's greetings,

Anna.