Since I was young, I've always been interested in make up and beauty bits, but I think that was probably because I suffered with pretty bad skin! So I guess, anything skincare/beauty related was of interest to me as I was always looking for ways to improve it. After my skin grew out of it's teenage state, it's only been during the past couple of years that I've actually ventured into other areas of the beauty world and so far I've reeeeeeally enjoyed it! You'd think, by doing a sociology degree I'd be more aware of the fact that we now live in a consumer culture, and that advertisements are there to encourage this... but it doesn't seem to have affected my spending/buying habits, unfortunately haha! Sometimes, it can be seen as a bit "shallow" to spend a lot of money on beauty products, but for me, money that some people spend on going out drinking or other activities, is spent on shopping for little things that I've been lusting after! sad as that may seem? haha : ) Anyway... so I guess some people may ask... why mac?
For me, mac is a really nice "in-between" from drugstore and high-end make up. The shop itself is really nicely laid out which makes it so exciting to go in! And, for any fellow YouTube viewers out there, I find it really helpful to watch make up tutorials so I can copy them if I'm going somewhere special... most of which, are based around a lot of mac products : ) Also, in regards to their eye shadows, aside from the fact they have cute little names, they are really easy to blend and seem to be lasting longer than I thought considering their size!
In this blogpost I will share the beginnings of my little collection of mac eye shadows, and highlight which ones I particularly love to use! There isn't very many right now, but I think collecting them is part of the fun... hopefully santa will bring me some more! : ) So far, I have two palettes, one of which for everyday and one to fill with some 'special' ones. I think palettes are a really nice way of storing eye shadows as it's easy to clearly see them all and which ones look nice together. Also, they're slightly cheaper to buy in the pan without the single cases!
These 5 colours are the ones I have so far in my big palette... all of which I've been so so pleased with! My favourite combination so far as been plumage to line my lash line (less harsh alternative to black, which I've found is really nice for blue eyes) with brule all over my eyelid and mulch in the crease. I realise that might be hard to follow as I haven't photographed a step by step tutorial but I think the colours are really nice together, however you use them : ) Satin taupe is probably my favourite colour of the bunch, and again that looks really nice with sketch in the crease... especially for anyone else out there with purple hair!? haha ...
This is my everyday palette, and just to quickly point out that I tried my best to get the right lighting so that they show up true to colour, but naked lunch is much more shimmery in real life! I can only describe it as a champagne pink colour, that's pretty pale with a bit of shimmer... in other words... gorgeous! I think I love all of these equally, especially for Autumn time! My most used eye shadow in this palette, is blanc type as I use it all over my eye lid just about every day as it's great for a really "fresh" "awake" look!
Now for a couple of quick extras...
These are the brushes I like to use to apply the eye shadows, the reel techniques ones came in a pack for around £20 which I think is really handy...
This is a very recent discovery! I seen mac's pro-long wear collection and in that, were paint pots which are little pots of creamy eye shadow that are often used as a base to make the make up stay put... this colour is "painterly" which is basically a nude. I have quite pale skin but it matches mine almost exactly, so I use it to erase all the little purple veins on my eye lid and to keep my powder eye shadows in place... it really works too! : )
So I hope that little insight into my eye shadow collection helped anyone who was looking for some new colours, or gave anyone inspiration to start up their own palette! If anyone has any recommendations I'd love to hear them : )
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