MAC Heavenly creature discussion

[Richelle83]

Gracie, I think you should buy the other 2 MES and have all the minerals in the collection! Your swirl family is quite hypnotizing (enviably)
It is a great contour shade for me! The perfect one actually. I feel it is the ugly, "wallflower" sister of the batch but will be the most useful.
Depends on your swirls of course and there is a swatch a page back, but with less yellow, I think it looks more like Sexxxpectations (a purply pink bronze). Even with lots of gold and yellow, it is much pinker. They aren't dupes if you are wondering
Love the smell, hate the chunks it leaves in the shower. NO way would I use it on my face, the chunks will rip out flesh! It is a nice body smoother if you don't mind waiting 2-3 weeks for delivery and paying P&P (from Canada) unless there is a store near you...

Sweet!! I was beginning to think I was a tad crazy for saying that!

 

[Richelle83]

Ugh I tried to show off lol how Star Wonder and Earthshine look together but apparently my left side is better which has Light Year and CotU(can't really tell though) I

Fire Sign and Astral together. I don't have liner on, I guess that is just were my lip creases and makes it look like I have on liner. These are as good as it gets!!

 

[ILoveMakeup84]

i rarely post pictures but i've been admiring my HC haul so much I decided to post did i get some good swirls? Earthshine Stratus Supernova Center of the Universe Universal Appeal Neo Nebula Magnetic Attraction Ring of Saturn

Your Earthshine is perfect!

 

[gracie90]

Oh no Richelle, you have me craving Fire Sign and Astral like crazy now!!! So so pretty!

I wore a really simple look to go see the new Batman film today (which is AWESOME!) - CotU on my cheeks, Marquise D' l/s, and MA wet over Nubile pp with Avenue f/l on my upper lash line
I like it a lot

 

[purplerinne]

OT: who wanted the NARS blush palette? I have 2 with me that I snatched up in store...PM me if u want it. sorry for the OT

 

[liba]

Sigma sells a brush case that has elastics in it. I think it's called the dry and store system, but it's seriously amazing. I get my 226, 109 and 217 specifically, but makes all my brushes look like new again. The elastics held bind the brush hairs back to their original form. It's amaaazing!

I would caution you against using art-grade brush soap on your makeup brushes!!!! That stuff is industrial grade, meant for taking off things like turpentine residue, etc.

Heck, when I was a full-time fine artist, I rarely used special soap. A bar of plain Ivory soap is your ultimate friend!!!

 

[Naynadine]

Richelle, that lip combo looks great on you!

 

[MACerette]

I would caution you against using art-grade brush soap on your makeup brushes!!!! That stuff is industrial grade, meant for taking off things like turpentine residue, etc.

Heck, when I was a full-time fine artist, I rarely used special soap. A bar of plain Ivory soap is your ultimate friend!!!

I don't know if you know this brand in the US: da vinci. They have a brush soap that is perfect. Washes very well and leaves your brushes nice and soft. Does not disinfect though, but you can use brush cleanser for that.

 

[duckrodeo]

I would caution you against using art-grade brush soap on your makeup brushes!!!! That stuff is industrial grade, meant for taking off things like turpentine residue, etc. Heck, when I was a full-time fine artist, I rarely used special soap. A bar of plain Ivory soap is your ultimate friend!!!

That's good advice! Thank you for posting that, I didn't clarify what kind of soap I've been using lol. I use the Master's Artist brush cleaner and preserver (found here: http://www.dickblick.com/products/the-masters-brush-cleaner-and-preserver/). I did look up the ingredients on the soap and did research before I began to use it for my makeup brushes (I had a surplus from my art college courses), and it is pretty much just standard soap, typically used to clean non-chemical substances off of brushes it is environmentally friendly with no harsh chemicals or odors.

 

[Jenrbelt]

http://s1049.photobucket.com/albums/s396/Jenrbelt/?action=view&current=a7d47629.jpg&mediafilter=noflash Sorry...just signed up for photobucket and testing this out!

 

[Jenrbelt]

Okay...well I had no intention of doing it that way, but pics of my new PURPLE Estee Lauder lippie...Purple Passion Sequin Finish. And some of my swirls are in there, but I need how to learn to get the photo right in this box, cause I know the purple girls are going to want swatches of the lippie!:shock:

 

[OhSoJaded]

Okay...well I had no intention of doing it that way, but pics of my new PURPLE Estee Lauder lippie...Purple Passion Sequin Finish. And some of my swirls are in there, but I need how to learn to get the photo right in this box, cause I know the purple girls are going to want swatches of the lippie!

You can test out your img uploading here http://www.specktra.net/t/23166/specktra-faq-how-to-insert-images-into-your-post/210#post_2247598 until you figure it out, if you'd like.

Are you still uploading from your iPad?

 

[Jenrbelt]

Ugh I tried to show off lol how Star Wonder and Earthshine look together but apparently my left side is better which has Light Year and CotU(can't really tell though) I :eyelove:  Fire Sign and Astral together. I don't have liner on, I guess that is just were my lip creases and makes it look like I have on liner. These are as good as it gets!!

Your lips look to die for! :eyelove: Now I want Astral :shock:

 

[Jenrbelt]

You can test out your img uploading here http://www.specktra.net/t/23166/specktra-faq-how-to-insert-images-into-your-post/210#post_2247598 until you figure it out, if you'd like. Are you still uploading from your iPad?

Yes to the Ipad...no easy wasy to grab a photo and then insert it here due to having to switch between sites. I WILL find a way!

 

[Magenta924]

http://s1049.photobucket.com/albums/s396/Jenrbelt/?action=view&current=a7d47629.jpg&mediafilter=noflash Sorry...just signed up for photobucket and testing this out!

I love your products especially universal appeal looks beautiful.

 

[lilinah]

Quote: Originally Posted by andabri
A ruminative sort of question, but does anyone actually think anything from this collection will ever be repromoted? I'm asking because I saw in some responses about backups, better to be safe than sorry because who knows when MAC will repromote an item. But the theme for this collection is so specific, and the appearance of the powder products so distinctively like planets, I can't imagine how they would come up with a way to work a product, say lightyear, into another collection, unless they repeated the planetary theme [SNIP]


Given the names of other products i've seen re-promo'ed, MAC wouldn't need a celestial theme. However, given the specifically swirly nature of the Skin Finishes, Blushes, and Eye Shadows, i suspect it would need a collection featuring swirls to bring any of the Mineralize products back.

The lip products they could insert into just about any collection.

 

[lilinah]

Clarisonic just saved me another $20! Now I can buy a new eyeshadow!

There's always LUSH Rub Rub Rub, which is a body scrub with sea salt and mimosa. I just bought a pot a couple weeks ago (the MAC and the LUSH were right across from each other in that mall...) and i'm really enjoying it. I'm not up for putting a salt scrub on my dry sensitive facial skin, though, so i skipped the Ocean Salt.

The salt in Rub3 is finer than in Ocean Salt and it includes lemon juice and oil, and jasmine, mimosa, and orange blossom for scent, which i really like.

 

[lilinah]

Quote: Originally Posted by MacAddictNurse
So I have a huge question, I think I'm going to give in and get 3 MES but don't know which I should get. I love bright colors but don't know which of these are unique enough to add to my collection. So if you guys can only have 3 of these which 3 would you pick??


I can't pick three, but i'd say Magnetic Attraction for sure.

 

[OhSoJaded]

There's always LUSH Rub Rub Rub, which is a body scrub with sea salt and mimosa. I just bought a pot a couple weeks ago (the MAC and the LUSH were right across from each other in that mall...) and i'm really enjoying it. I'm not up for putting a salt scrub on my dry sensitive facial skin, though, so i skipped the Ocean Salt.

The salt in Rub3 is finer than in Ocean Salt and it includes lemon juice and oil, and jasmine, mimosa, and orange blossom for scent, which i really like.

LUSH Rub3 sounds lovely. I think I'll check it out today, as it's also located across from my local MAC f/s store haha.

 

[KelseeBrianaJai]

Yes to the Ipad...no easy wasy to grab a photo and then insert it here due to having to switch between sites. I WILL find a way!

How do you post pics from your iPad