Musings of a City Girl

Seriously Hip (Limited Edition – Style Black Collection)

Description: Black with gold particle pearl

Finish: Frost

One Coat (no base coat or top coat)

Two Coats (no base coat or top coat)

Seriously Hip gives your nails that old gold look. The pearlized color in this nail lacquer  is more apparent when applied to the nails than in Baby Goth Girl. Gold is more of a contrast to black than purple.  

One coat  was a little streaky. Two coats gave me perfect coverage. MAC has definitely stepped it up in their Nail Lacquer department. The no more than two coats needed didn’t stop after the Jin Soon Choi for MAC Fall 2009 Collection. 

I plan on glitzing up this polish with some gold accessories. Looks like I won’t be wearing plain black nail polish this season.

Glossy Kissez,

DRBrooklyn730

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I was on Twitter today and found out that one of my favorite sites to stalk MAC Collections, Temptalia, posted several  blog entries today on upcoming MAC Holiday/Winter 2009 Collections. Check out my thoughts below and click on the names of the collection for more details (list of products and images when available) over at Temptalia.

Holiday 2009 Collections:

Magic, Mirth, & Mischief Colour Collection – This collection has so many lip and eye products to choose from. I’m excited for the Cremesheen Glass repromotes. I have Ever So Rich. Although they have little color pay-off,  I love the vanilla aroma without the stickiness, and even after the gloss wears off my lips still feel moisturized. The collection contains some new Mineralize Eye Shadow Duos and Mineralize Blush for those mineralize fans out there. There will also be 3 new Dazzleglasses. Release Date: October 15th, 2009

Magic, Mirth, & Mischief Eye/Lip Kits – This portion of the massive holiday collection contains 8 mini palettes for the lips, eyes, and face. Mini palettes tend to collect dust in my drawers but are great gifts for makeup junkies always on the road.  Release Date: October 15th, 2009

Magic, Mirth, & Mischief Lip/Eye Bags – The lip bags sound cute with a coordinating lipstick, dazzleglass and lip pencil in each set. The eye bags contain a fluidline, pigment, mascara, and an eyeliner brush. This portion also contains the brush sets that I constantly warn people about. Do not expect the same quality you get from a full size brush. The brushes are mass produced. The bristles are not cut the same and do not feel as gentle on the face. I got an angle brush last year in a set that was to rough even on my brows. There are some MAC holiday brush set defenders out there that did not agree with my comments in the past and to them I say this is my opinion and that you have obviously not tried their full size counterparts to make that assertion. If you have experienced a MAC full size  brush you will consider the holiday sets a downgrade. The brushes may be cute but are good for touch-ups at best. Some of the brushes are decent (168SE and 190SE for example) but the collective are a lesson in you get what you pay for. Save the $49.50 and buy a full size brush or two. Release Date: October 15th, 2009

Exclusive Holiday Kits/Sets – MAC will also be releasing 2 kits, one of which will be exclusive to Nordstrom and the other to MAC Stores. Available everywhere will be a Viva Glam Lip Kit and their Kids Helping Kids collection to help their HIV/AIDS initiatives. Release Date: October 15th, 2009

Mischief Makers Collection - This collection features sets of miniature liplasses/lustreglasses and pigments/glitters. Magnetique lipglass, one of the lip colors I was obsessed with this year, will be repromoted in one of the sets. The understated Instant Gold lustreglass is also a personal favorite that will be included in the same set. Release Date: November 5th, 2009

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The products used to create this look are:

Face

• Make Up For Ever Face & Body Liquid Make-Up – 32
• Make Up For Ever HD Concealer – 340
• Make Up For Ever HD Powder
• NARS Bronzer – Laguna

Eyes

• MAC Eye Shadow – Woodwinked, Cork, Ricepaper
• Red Cherry Lashes – #747S
• DUO Adhesive 
• Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara – Very Black

Lips

• MAC Lipstick – Show Orchid (PRO – you do not need a PRO card to order MAC PRO products. To order call 1-800-866-6464)

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Cool Reserve (Limited Edition: Jin Soon Choi for MAC Fall 2009)

Description: Dirty grey lavender

Finish: Cream

Swatches:

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The products used to create this look are:

Face

• Make Up For Ever Face & Body Liquid Make-Up – 32
• Make Up For Ever HD Concealer – 340
• Make Up For Ever HD Powder
• NARS Bronzer – Laguna

Eyes

• MAC Eye Shadow – Omega (on brows)
• Make Up For Ever Aqua Black Waterproof Cream Shadow
• Red Cherry Lashes – #503
• DUO Adhesive 
• Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara – Very Black

Lips

• MAC Lip Pencil – Redd
• MAC Lipstick – Ruby Woo

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MAC is killing us with all of these collections! Launching this Thursday, August 27th, 2009, at MAC stores/counters is Jin Soon Choi for MAC for Fall 2009. 

Jin Soon Choi for MAC for Fall 2009 is a collection of 6 limited edition polishes:

Rich, Dark, Delicious – Rich blackened brown (Cream)

For Fun – Rich purple (Cream)

Dry Martini – Khaki olive green (Cream)

Beyond Jealous – Blackened blue green (Cream)

Cool Reserve – Mid-tone grey lavender (Cream)

Dance All Night – Brick red (Cream)

Check out swatches here.

This collection contains the trendy greens and plums that everyone will be rockin’ this season. Also in the mix are the standard red and brown we usually see this time of year. Word on the street is that the formula for these Nail Lacquers is a little different. They  are more pigmented and you don’t need a ton of coats to get good coverage like other MAC Nail Lacquers.

I’m jonesing for Beyond Jealous and Cool Reserve. Do any of these catch your eye? Vote in the poll below:

Glossy Kissez,

DRBrooklyn730

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When thinking about how to review Make Up For Ever’s Aqua Black Waterproof Cream Eye Shadow I could only think about comparing it against MAC’s Fluidline in Blacktrack. I find the two products virtually interchangeable. If you have Fluidline in Blacktrack you don’t need this in your life.

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The products used to create this look are:

Face

• Make Up For Ever HD Foundation – 155
• MAC Minrealize Skinfinish Natural – Medium
• MAC Blush – Cubic

Eyes

• Shiseido The Makeup Eyebrow Pencil – 2 Deep Brown
• MAC Eye Shadow – Yogurt, Violet Trance, Satellite Dreams
• MAC Glitter – Fuchsia (MAC Glitter is not approved for use in the eye area. Use at your own risk.)
• MAC Fix +
• Stila Kajal Eye Liner – Onyx
• Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara – Very Black

Lips

• MAC Lipstick – Creme Cup

Pictures of the final look:

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MAC Violet Trance, MUFE No. 92

I got a few comments asking if MAC’s Violet Trance eye shadow that is being rereleased with the Make-Up Art Cosmetics on August 20, 2009 (previously released in the Balloonacy collection) is similar to Make Up For Ever’s No. 92 eye shadow.

You can tell from the photo that Violet Trance has more blue pigment. No. 92 has more red pigment when compared to Violet Trance. Both eye shadows have a matte finish. In my opinion, the difference between these shadows is significant.

The Make Up For Ever empty 10 eye shadow palette is available at Sephora.

To see how to depot MUFE eye shadows check out my video:

I am not picking favorites, but if you are, which shadow do you prefer?

Glossy Kissez,

DRBrooklyn730

I went to the  MAC Make-up Art Cosmetics Collection unveiling party in Soho in NYC yesterday and picked up a few items from the collection. The collection will be officially released on August 20th, 2009 in the United States. Check out swatches below:

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