FACE & BODY Fair!!!

This fair is held at San Jose McEnery Convention Center. There will be lots of vendors/exhibitioner for skin and body product. I will have a update after this weekend about all products!!

Stay Tuned!!

MAC Colour Craft Collection: Launch 7/9/09 (USA)

Hi Beauties!

Are you ready for MAC's newest "Colour Craft" collection? I am and I'm very excited about this one.

Click here for product photos and information.

Let me know what you're lemming. :-)

XOXO,
Awlda

Hang Out With Me On Twitter! :-)

Hi Beauties!

I just opened a twitter account! Come join me and say Hello! :-)

http://twitter.com/MakeupRepublic

XOXO,
Awilda

FOTD: I Love MAC Pigments! :-)

Hi Beauties!

I hope you all had a great 4th of July Weekend! What did you do?

I was at my Brother's house enjoying some great BBQ and enjoying the great weather! If you live around the Eastern USA, you'll know how exactly what I mean when I say I was REALLY enjoying the good weather. Finally! :-)

Here's the look I wore using MAC Pigments (which I adore)!

FACE:
MAC Strobe Liquid Lotion
Chanel Teinte Innocense Foundation - Natural (this matches better)
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish - Medium Plus
Bobbi brown concealer - Natural (not a great match)

CHEEKS:
Nars Dolce Vita

LIPS:
My favorite combo!
MAC Pink Plaid Lipstick
MAC Velvetella Lipliner
MAC Sweet Strawberry Lipgloss (LE - Hello Kitty)

EYES:
MAC Bare Canvas Paint
MAC Melon Pigment + FIX+ on inner lid
MAC Pinked Mauve Pigment in the crease
MAC Sketch ES to bottom Lashes and most outer corner
MAC Smolder to waterline

I hope you like this! I think it's a great dressed up summer face!
XOXO,
Awilda

MAC Haul

As mentioned in an earlier post I ordered some MAC products last week. I just got them today at work and I was so excited to swatch them and play around, I put the package under my desk but kept peeking at it all the time. I got the following items: Sun Rush Lustre Drops, Medium Natural Mineralize SkinFinish, Paint Pot in Rubenesque, Solar Bits in Scatterays and Impassioned, Lipstick in Hue, Select Cover Up Concealer in NC20 and Omega eyeshadow.

As soon as I saw Omega, I could tell it was the perfect cool brown for me...can't wait to use it! The Solar Bits look amazing and the pigmentation is fab. As people have commented before, they seem very messy but I can deal with that.

Hue is the perfect nude shade for me, it's so soft and flattering. The surprise was the paint pot. It is a different colour from what I thought but luckily, I love it! MAC need to sort out the colour swatches on their website so they better reflect the shade. Otherwise you can get something completely different from what you expect. Even with the colour descriptions, it isn't always clear what it will look like. It would help for people like me who don't have easy access to a MAC counter where swatches can be made!

Rubenesque is a gorgeous metallic peach shade with pink and gold through it. I am so excited to use it tomorrow. It's got a lovely sheen to it! I have posted a swatch below and also what it looks like on the skin. Expect some FOTD's coming up using these products!