MAC's Liberty Of London Haul + Reivew.

Give Me Liberty of London.

What I got:
Eyeshadows:

• Give Me Liberty Of London (Matte)
• Dame's Desire (Frost)
• Birds & Berries (Veluxe Peral)

Blush:

• Prim & Proper (Satin)
  

Lipstick:

•  Ever Hip (Cremesheen)

Lipglass:

• Perennial High Style
• English Accents
  

Nail Polish:

• Blue India

Eyeshadows-

L-R: Give Me Liberty of London, Dame's Desire, Birds & Berries

Birds & Berries is a very creamy and pigmented shadow. When swatching them, this one was by far the easiest to apply. It was one swipe and it was on all shimmery and lovely. Cant wait to play around with this on a black or dark base. I think it'll look really nice.

Give Me Liberty of London is a very nice flat, light pink color. On my hand it was really just blending into my skintone for some reason and that scared me... so honestly, I only bought it cause it was the only one with the cute little yellow flower on it. I just used it yesterday as an all over lid color though and it looked lovely! Great to pair with shimmery shades like Birds & Berries.

Dame's Desire is shimmery/satiny lilac color. Nothing really *special* about it at all. But it's nice! Pigmented, easy to apply, all that jazz.

My camera is being repaired right now so I haven't been able to swatch these.
Here are some true to color swatches from Krasey Beauty:

L-R: Birds & Berries, Give Me Liberty of London, Dame's Desire, 
and Free To Be and Bough Grey (Which I didn't purchase.)


Blush-

Prim & Proper

Prim & Proper is a nice bronze-y blush. I feel that sometimes it can get a little 'dirty' looking on my fair NC25 complexion... I don't know if it's something I'm doing or if you just have to apply it sparingly. Advice on how you'd apply this would be wonderful.

True to color swatch from Karla Sugar's Blog or The Next Best Thing To Going Shopping Yourself:

Nail Polish-


Blue India

Blue India is a lot more matte then I thought I'd be. It's a teal, dirty blue, gray color. Not sure if I'm as crazy about this as I thought or would have liked to have been. I think this was maybe a little too over hyped?

True to color swatch from Karla Sugar's Blog or The Next Best Thing To Going Shopping Yourself:



Lips-

I'm trying to partake in the "Gloss Out" trend going on in the makeup community. A little like Project 10 Pan, (I think Lolipop26 made up "Gloss Out", too) you can't buy any lipglosses in 2010. 

Some girls are changing the rules up a bit like, "for every 10 I use, I can buy 2" or "I'm only going to buy mini lipglosses that I know I will use up quickly" or "I'm only going to buy LE or really special lipglosses."

I love lip gloss, they might be my favorite out of all cosmetic products- it makes up at least 35-40% of my kit! So I have way too many and would not be able to stand it if they all went to waste, so I'm limiting myself to only buy LE lip glosses and can buy a 'regular' one once 5 are used all the way up.

So I ended up getting 2/4 lipglosses from the Liberty of London Collection, but I wont open or use them until 5 of my others are used up. I just dont want them to go rotten as it does, ironically, take me forever to go through a lipgloss.

Here are true to color swatches from Karla Sugar's Blog or The Next Best Thing To Going Shopping Yourself:

Urban Decay Show Pony Review + Swatches.

Urban Decay Show Pony Shadow Box

Urban Decay has once again come out with a palette with the darned cutest packaging that includes highly pigmented and smooth shadows, a soft, pigmented and long lasting liner and their popular Primer Potion that really does help keep the shadows on your lids throughout the day. I'd really recommend this one. And I believe it came out some time around the holidays so who knows how long it'll stick around. I'd say go out and get yours before you're sorry you didn't!

5/5 Rating

Urban Decay Show Pony Shadow Box- $30.00 US

Urban Decay: http://www.urbandecay.com/categories/ShowPonyShadowBox.cfm

Sephora: http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P247365&shouldPaginate=true&categoryId=3806

Ulta: http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?skuId=2211453&productId=xlsImpprod1500696&navAction=push&navCount=1&categoryId=cat80045%20cat940003%20cat1090001


Palette includes a Mini UD 24/7 Liner in Zero as well as a Mini UD Primer Potion.


L-R: Snatch, Mildew, Flash, Pain Killer, Smog, Toasted.

Neutrals and Dupes.

1 & 2. L'Oreal HiP duo in Playful
3. Almay Pure Blends Shadow in Petal
4. Almay Pure Blends Shadow in Cocoa
5. Victoria's Secret Very Sexy Eyeshadow in Provocateur
6. Smashbox Micro Soft Lights in Tint
7. Smashbox Matte Eyeshadow in Smashing Etch



Been digging neutral brown and corals and thought I'd share some swatches and dupes.

The L'Oreal HiP duos are excellent; pigmented, smooth, and easy to blend. If you're okay with L'Oreal as a brand testing on animals, I'd say go for it. I'm just trying really hard to use up and get rid of products from companies that do test on animals and do my best to not buy from them again. But the HiP duos are really good. I just think you could find something else?

Almay Pure Blend Eyeshadows are not pigmented AT ALL. I was really disapointed because, on the outside, these shadows are perfect. 98% Natural and Hypoallergenic, the colors are soft, and pretty and girly and the packaging is cute and sweet and compact enough. I've really tried my best to work with these, but it's just not worth it to have them around.

This is my only Victoria's Secret Makeup product- other than their Beauty Rush Lipglosses. Cant say I'm dissapointed, but I cant say I reach for this all the time. I prefer the Smashbox one over it.

The Smashbox Eyeshadows (although, is #6 even an eyeshadow?) are my favorite! They are so creamy and so pigmented. Cant wait to get more of these. Cant wait.