holiday break

Happy belated Birthday America! I had a warm, relaxing and bbq filled weekend, how was yours?

First off, I would like to apologize with the lack of posts and my typical, usual posting of look collages and magazine/fashion photoshoots. I've been dealing with lots of personal issues during the month of June (i.e. my photoshop program is out of whack and it's been one year after my grandmother's passing, I miss her) and I will not be able to post for a while because I will be in Taiwan till mid-August... so please wait for me because I'm excited to check out the all the Asian makeup brands that I hear so much about and I will definitely show some of my touristy photos for you all.

Until then... I'm excited about these future makeup happenings,

MAC's Fabulous Felines collection: a three part collection coming out this August. Cats are cute and I wanna look like one... haha j/k, I like the look of the promo shots for this one. I'm waiting for Docile lipglass since it was featured on Carolina Herrera's models in her Fall 2011 New York Fashion week collection as seen here (My Dark Magic mineralize eyeshadow seen on her eyes is coming out with the Disney collection)

image from nymag.com

Here are some promo shots for the collection

images from specktra.net

MAC's Venomous Villians collection: out in September for US. Also far away but I'm anticipating the colors even though I'm not excited about the packaging and the fact they didn't choose the bad ass Ursula to be included. Some swatches of some of the colors can be seen on specktra.net. On the Carolina Herrera model picture above, My Dark Magic mineralize eyeshadow from this collection will debut in this collection.

image from specktra.net

MAC's In the Groove collection: available at counters and store on July 8th. My favorites so far are the repromote of Stereo Rose mineralize skinfinish (it's been a coveted item way before I got into the whole makeup scene so I can't tell you why exactly until I see it), Happy Together mineralize blush, Making It Easy mineralize eyeshadow, and Jazzed cremesheen lipstick because of this site (Snowkei is a talented makeup artist and it looks so gorgeous on her, I can't read Chinese so I don't know what it says), and Togetherness mineralize eyeshadow because I like the color combo.

Stereo Rose

Happy Together

Making It Easy

Togetherness

MAC images from temptalia.com, check out her site for more and other product shots from this collection

Deborah Lippmann Fall 2010 collection: Across the Universe and Bad Romance... which is available for pre-sale at Nordstrom.com and on the deborahlippman.com site in August

both images from alllacqueredup.com

MAC alice + olivia

Debuting on July 8th in the USA, Japan, and Korea. I must admit that I am a lover of purples, teals, and gunmetal grays. The bold items are on my "want it" list... I might as well, made them all bold lol

Dazzleglass Creme
Sparklicious- creamy pale pinky white with soft multi dimensional pearlized pigments
If it's Pink- hot pink with soft multi dimensional pearlized pigments
I.Want.Candy- hot yellow with soft multi dimensional pearlized pigments

Pigments
Later- black with transforming purple pearlized pigments
If it Sparkles- white with transforming pink pearlized pigments
Partylicious- turquoise with silver pearlized pigments

Nail Lacquer
Morning After- creamy turquoise
So Rich So Pretty- bright purple with pearlized pigments
Military- black matte with silver suede pearl

p.s. there are swatches of the actual product on specktra.net

image from nitrolicious.com and info from specktra.net

bd's March 2010 Look Collage

(it's clickable)... tank & jacket image from hm.com, model image from style.com, shoes from shopstyle.com, lipstick from temptalia.com, and OPI's Jade is the New Black from alllacqueredup.com

To me, March is synonymous to St. Patrick's Day (even though I'm not Irish) and spring flowers (even lately, it's been cloudy/raining and sunny off and on in my area).

This year H&M is going to debut their Garden Collection on March 25, the flower tank and jacket are from that collection, check out their site for more from this flower garden filled collection.

M.A.C. also just release their Give Me Liberty of London collection today in stores. This collection is actually out online on their own site and on the typical counters ones like Nordstorms and Macys. I talked about some of the products that I wanted to get before in another entry and I actually got to see them earlier this week, but unfortunately I don't have swatches. I do, however, have a list of my favorites that I think will sell out fast...

- Ever Hip lipstick: a coral cremesheen texture that is perfect for that spring look (it's the lipstick featured on my collage)

- Blue India nail polish: a dusty blue creme nail polish that is unlike any other blues I've seen before, check out alllacqueredup.com to see her swatch comparisons.

- Shell Pearl beauty powder: a peach/pink highlight that has the right amount of shimmer that doesn't look too over the top... it's been out in other collections before but if you haven't gotten it, maybe you should... ahahaha

I also liked...

- Frankly Fresh lipglass: a neutral peach color that has a bit of shimmer to give a little oomph to lips

- English Accents lipglass: a pastel pink with a bit of blue, I usually don't like how this color looks on my lips but it was pretty enough to not wash me out

... that's about the sum of my favorites. Of course, this is just my opinion since I'm not a makeup artist but a makeup fiend. I hope this helped and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

p.s. Sorry about the delay with the fashion week stuff. Paris Fashion Week is still in the works and so I'm gonna do a post about the sum of the fall looks that is coming up, so be sure to be on a look out :D

bd's Wishlist for MAC's Upcoming Spring 2010 Collection

I've been paying close attention to all of the pictures and information that are coming out for their Spring Forecast and Give Me Liberty of London collection, slated to be released in the US on Feb 11 and March 11 respectively. All my info was found on the temptalia.com site. I can't help but lem for some products and write out a wish list of everything I want (but of course that may not happen since I'm very picky when it comes to seeing everything in real life). I also enjoy looking at pictures too and thus I created this post to help me keep track of everything I want just for now :D.

Spring Forecast

Eyeshadow Quad - Colour 3... $36 USD

- Black Tulip = frosted dark grape (frost) - LE

- Bruised Plum = frosted mid-tone dirty mauve (veluxe pearl) - LE

- Jungle Moon = blackened deep eggplant (matte) - LE

- Mink Pink = neutral soft pink (veluxe) - LE repromote

actual product, review, and skin swatches seen by blogger too much blush seen here

Eyeshadow Quad - Colour 4... $36 USD

- Aztec Brick = frosted true copper (veluxe pearl) - LE

- Creole Beauty = frosted dark golden brown (frost) - LE

- Flip = bronze gold (frost) - LE

- Manila Paper = pale frosted white gold (veluxe pearl) - LE

actual product, review, and skin swatches by blogger too much blush seen here

Give Me Liberty of London... even though the bird's facial expression doesn't look attractive, I find the rest of the packaging is just too cute to pass up

Lipsticks... $14 USD

- Ever Hip = creamy light coral (cremesheen) - LE

- Petals & Peacocks = creamy bright magenta pink (amplified) - LE

- Peachstock = neutral peach (satin) - Pro

Lipglass... $14 USD

- Frankly Fresh = neutral pink beige with soft pearl - LE

- Perennial High Style = creamy bright pink coral - LE

- English Accents = creamy mid-tone pink - LE

Nail Polish... $12 USD

- Blue India = dark green blue with pearl (cream) - LE

...there are other lipglass, lipstick, and nail polish colors that I did not list because they just didn't sound pretty to me

Did anything catch your attention from these collections or any other upcoming spring collections? I love spring collections because of the colors of pinks and purples... I can't wait.