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Swatches: MAC Electroflash, Sonic Chic and New View

Swatches: MAC Electroflash, Sonic Chic and New View

I played "Crazy Lady in the Nordie's Cosmetics Department" again! Take a look and read through the jump for more...

For other coverage of this collection, check here.

MAC Heatherette swatches & review

Just for you, my swatches of Heatherette...

Not enough? Need more? Want to hear my opinions of the collection? Keep reading...

What MAC Strawbaby looks like on my lips (poorly applied).

For you, Lilan: Fafi for MAC "Cult Fave" swatch comparisons

I dedicate this song to Lilan at The Daily Cookie. Not only is she my friend, but I suspect we're somehow twins, at least in the way we think about food and makeup. :) I recently posted images of Fafi for MAC's Cult Fave lipgloss, and suspected Lilan (and others) would want to see some comparison swatches - and here they are! But you have to keep reading after the jump.

This is Cash Flow on my eye (pardon - it's otherwise naked)

Of all of the Fafi for MAC products, I think Cash Flow interested me the most. I finally got one, and now I'm fairly unimpressed. Sigh...

I had swatched it with the rest of the collection and still wanted it, but now that it's on my eye I'm sad.

Oh, Lordy I look old with no makeup on. But anyway, do you see the problem with Cash Flow? It's hardly there, and I'm an NW15 (at most). That's not cool. Oh well, it looks fabulous under greens and does help amp their color a bit, so I'll keep it (besides, it was a very thoughtful birthday gift). But I'm disappointed in this one and very happy with Perky, which I didn't originally expect to like. Go figure!

Fafi Quad 1 look

This was: Armani Designer Shaping Foundation and Fashion Frenzy blush. Eyes were Fafi Eyes 1, and lips were High Top lipstick and Plum liner (all MAC unless otherwise noted).

These are my lips on MAC Fafi's Totally It!

I tried my best to get these pictures to really show you what irked me about this lipglass. I don't know if I was successful or not. Can you tell that the color has separated on my lips? It's like a sheer pink has taken over the lips and the pink frost has slid to the edges. It reminded me of some kind of Cool Aid residue - and that's not cute.

Now, in full disclosure, I had just tested La Mer's The Lip Balm so maybe that is responsible for this tragedy - I'll try again tomorrow and let you know. For now, this one gets a very disappointed thumbs down. :(

These are my lips on Fafi's Cult Fave!

I love this gloss. Is it special? Meaning: if you have a light pink, do you need this? I don't know, but I haven't been giving enough love to my soft pink glosses lately so I'm really feeling this one. (I am expecting a comment from Lilan asking for me to swatch this against my other soft pinks, like Dreamy, so I'll get right on that in the morning!)

REVIEW: FACE atelier - eyeshadows

I recently had the opportunity to test some FACE atelier product, and boy did I have fun! I have posted the review of the Ultra Foundations, and now it's time for the eyeshadows. YAY! I love eyeshadows!

The sort of crazy eye look posted above was done with a great palette of FACE atelier shadows that was sent to me. I really loved testing them! Keep reading to find out more, and how they compare to MAC shadows...

Side-by-side swatches - MAC's VG VI LE lipglass vs. VG VI lipglass vs. Nico Now

For all of you who live in my area, I was the crazy lady in the grocery store parking lot taking pictures of her arm! It occurred to me on the way home to swatch the new Limited Edition Viva Glam VI lipglass against Nico Now and Viva Glam VI (the original) lipglass.  What a great idea, I thought, however the sun was going down and the lighting at home isn't great for swatching. So, since I had the shades in question in my over-stuffed cosmetics bag, I decided to swatch it where I was: the parking lot of the Food Lion. Odd, but effective! Anyway, the swatches are below.

You see that VG VI (the original) is more of a deep neutral pink with lots of visible but fine multicolor glitter-shimmer. VG VI LE is softer mauvey-pink, with a sheen rather than a glitter, and it's definitely a cool color. Nico Now is more pinky-mauve with a multi-color glitter-shimmer, and it's a cool color. I also swatched Luminary for no reason other than I mentioned the opalescence in it was similar to that of VG VI LE - though the colors are clearly not similar. 

Next up, Viva Glam VI LE on the lips:

vs. Nico Now on the lips: