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Medgal07

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so glad to see this is active after being started 2 years ago.
i would love to join in!!
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Unraveling. Welcome! So happy to have you!
 

Medgal07

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Hah, my work is done (and Calla's, and everybody else's!)! What else did you get Med?

Also, a big hug for you - I'm so sorry for your loss. Sounds like she was a very special lady!
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I'm in the process of doing my MU, will report back later!
That was funny Anneri. I think I heard a villainous laugh with that too.
 

Medgal07

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Unraveling, Jump right in!

Medgal, your look sounds fabulous and that link is tempting me to stop by Nordstrom to check out that highlighter it looks divine!

Anneri , your look is right up my alley, outfit too. I love that taupe,green and purple combo and I really love Revlon Shameless!

Dominique, That swatch has me drooling !

About to do my face and will report back my bright lippie for the day!

Hope everyone is having a great morning!
I'm just hoping it's not a dupe or repackaging of 'Tease,' a very pretty pink EL gelee with the exact same design. I hope it arrives today---if it does I'll post pics.
 

Dominique33

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Awww Petal Power----a MAC oldie but goodie. Love it!

Wow!!! What a gorgeous color!!!
In fact I purchased it not so long ago, part of " A Fantasy of Flowers ", I also have Azalea in the Afternoon, love both ! They brighten my face ( I wanted to skip but I caved and well very glad I did !)
Thank you, yes the Bourjois Velvet Edition are great, I hope you will get them in the US, worth purchasing really. Compared to Dior fluid sticks, they are matte but they wear quite long even after a meal, they are impressive ( drying though, sometimes very drying depending on the lips ).
Thank you Medgal !
 

Medgal07

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That sounds gorgeous. I'm also lusting over the Guerlain lippie. I have a little list I plan to take with me when I'll be at the airport next time - those Guerlain prices are a bit too steep for me when they're not duty free! The prices are steep but oh what a formula. I think the cost is attributable to the ridiculously heavy packaging and double mirrors. It's heavier than Hub's swiss army knife.
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Hi Dominique! Thank you!
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If I had known that earlier! I sold my MM a few weeks ago to a very sweet lady here on Specktra. But of course you'd have had first dibs! (Btw, if you want to try those e/s, I've still some samples. Shoot me a PM if you're interested! Their formula is awesome.) That's so sweet of you. I think 3 MMs in one's lifetime is plenty. I have to force myself to use my other highlighters
​though because reaching for the Els, especially MM is a no brainer for me---they just work!

Yeah, EL. I worked in their German HQ. It was an experience and fun while it lasted, but I was happy when I left too. I left with bags full of MU though!
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What an awesome, fun job--to
be surrounded by beautiful items to which you're addicted

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Whoa. That's an awesome red.
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Thank you Calla!
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Looking forward to hearing about your look with Shameless then!
Revlon is no longer available over here, so I got incredibly lucky when a friend of mine gave me hers she didn't like after all after getting it in the US.



I can totally relate to that. I'm not big on the 'only empasize one area of the face' look. Whenever I do that, I feel like I'm wearing not a finished look. I remember when I tried the Iris Apfel lippies in store, the best MUA I ever met was bored and decided to make me up with the lippies as the focal point. He explained to me that whenever I wear them, I'm to wear a blush in the same cololur family and paired Frankly Scarlett with a mix of Pink Pigean and Scarlet Ibis. I was terrified at first, but it looked really great. Of course you don't want clown cheeks either, but a well-balanced application. But it works. I hesitated to use Tom Ford's Narcissist blush with yesterday's bright lippie, but it just worked---very small amt, well blended of course
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I wish I was young enough/had perfect skin to rock these red lips and mascara looks, but sadly, I can't. It just doesn't look right.


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And thank you! S&TO was one of the best regular e/s Mac came out with in a long time IMO!
 

Medgal07

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Thank you, I use very simple combos, IRL I use 2 or 3 makeup products to the maximum, that's why lol.
I'm going to focus on that approach for the summer Dominique. I have way to much product to sustain that w/o major guilt but I'm trying it for really hot days.
 

Dominique33

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Unraveling, Jump right in!

Medgal, your look sounds fabulous and that link is tempting me to stop by Nordstrom to check out that highlighter it looks divine!

Anneri , your look is right up my alley, outfit too. I love that taupe,green and purple combo and I really love Revlon Shameless!

Dominique, That swatch has me drooling !

About to do my face and will report back my bright lippie for the day!

Hope everyone is having a great morning!
Thank you Calla, here it is again just to show you. It's sooo bright. But I tried to apply another one and it applied very unevenly for some reason. The texture is awesome but really very dry.

 

Dominique33

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YES---OMG. Talk about blasts from the past! I think I wore AITA during our purple week.

I'm going to focus on that approach for the summer Dominique. I have way to much product to sustain that w/o major guilt but I'm trying it for really hot days.
My approach is low makeup, euh very low in fact. Using many products ( concealer, powder etc.. ) leads to beautiful makeups, mine are far from being perfect but the challenge ( Bright colours ) is really great thus I can swatch my lipsticks :)
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and most of all share !
 

meka72

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Oh no Medgal! I'm so sorry to hear of your family's loss. Your family was really blessed to have had someone like that in your lives.
[COLOR=0000FF]I'm struggling to post today's look, and I just can't bring myself to do it right now   We received news that a woman we employed as a live-in[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]caregiver for my mother-in-law died May 14.  We ADORE this woman and kept in touch with her over the years, even after my MIL's death.  [/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]We had just talked with her May 12.  She was not ill at that time.  We laughed and chatted as we always have.  Her son contacted us Monday[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]evening to inform us of her death.  It was so sudden & unexpected that they hadn't contacted everyone.  Her birthday was May 31 so we had[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]commissioned an artist to make a really special birthday card for her.  When her son read the card he says, "it tore him to pieces because it[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]was so loving."   My husband had written the message in the card and it really was lovely.  You know how you meet someone really special and [/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]they impact your life in ways you could never imagine----well that was this woman.  She took such good care of my MIL and became a[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]member of our family in the process.[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]It was that card that made her son remember to contact us.  We had been trying to reach her for a few days.  Her family held her memorial service[/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]on her birthday.  Needless to say we're in shock and trying to regroup from this.  Thanks for listening!  I'll post two looks tomorrow.[/COLOR]
 

Calla88

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Tried to capture the brightness of this lipstick/lip gloss combo but I couldn't capture it. Maybe I will do a hand swatch later. Here's my look today
 

Calla88

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Thanks so much Naomi! You are very sweet.

Illamasqua's Underworld lipstick with YSL golden gloss 47 , White gold topaze on top with Mac's Heroine lip liner!
 

Medgal07

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My approach is low makeup, euh very low in fact. Using many products ( concealer, powder etc.. ) leads to beautiful makeups, mine are far from being perfect but the challenge ( Bright colours ) is really great thus I can swatch my lipsticks :)
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and most of all share !
You're a doll Dominique! Always so helpful!!! Thank you!!!!
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