Mini Mac Lipstick Haul!

I'm so excited to be writing this blog post, after all it's not everyday I treat myself to a Mac lipstick let alone two of them. But my reasoning behind getting two of them will be come clear very shortly.

I have been eyeing up these two colours for a while now, particularly one of them and it was about time I picked them up. Mac lipsticks for me are a real treat purchase, I have like a little mini wishlist of the colours I would like to pick up and I say to myself that if they have been on my wishlist for at least 6 months to a year then I will pick it up, because I am one of those people who goes through phases of things and will maybe love something for a month or two then after a while will go off it. So I want to make sure i'm spending my money on them wisely, especially when it comes to Mac products as they are on the expensive side.

 

 My reasons for finally picking these up was because Debenhams had £10 off beauty products if you buy two beauty products, but one of them had to be an Award Winner (a list of the winners was announced on their website) and Mac lipsticks happened to be one of the winners (no surprises there!) and so with doing the quick maths in my head I could get two Mac lipsticks for £20, which would work out a tenner each which is pretty cool.

 

Also to make it even more impossible for me to resist, I had £5.00 to spend on my Debenhams beauty card and I also had a £20 gift voucher which I had not spent yet! So technically I got these two for free! And I kept £5.00 on my gift card, so it all worked out very well for me. *happy dance*.

 

 The two shades that I picked up were Syrup which is a Lustre finish which means its more sheer and glossy. And the second one is Peach Blossom which is a cremesheen formula which means its pretty opaque colour pay off and it's nice and creamy on the lips.

 

Now i've been eyeing up Syrup ever since essiebutton mentioned it in her Top 5 Mac lipsticks video ,last year I think. It's a gorgeous pinky plum sort of colour, with a bit of mauve in it too, it's just gorgeous! Probably more suited to autumn and winter time, but I just had to get it now as i've been lusting after it for so long.

 

Peach Blossom is a colour I didn't expect to get as I haven't been wanting it that long, but every time I go to Mac I always pick up this colour and swatch it and think it looks nice and so I got it. It's not that popular of a colour really, but I think it's a lovely natural peach colour that's not very in your face, you could easily wear it for work or just for a natural makeup look - I love it!

 

So that is my mini Mac Lipstick haul. I have so many other colours in my wishlist such as Plumful, Chatterbox and Patiserie just to name three. But I think i'll wait until my birthday in September until I get another one or two...or three...or more! :)


MAC Lipsticks - £15.00

 

 

What Mac lipsticks are on your wishlist?

 

 

Love

Amy

xxx

 

 

 

 

 

***DISCLAIMER***

All views/opinions are my own,

products bought with giftcard

Mac Creme Cup Lipstick

 

Mac Creme Cup Lipstick - £15.00

 

First of all, apologies for the fact this lipstick has clearly been used, and the writing on the side of the packaging has started to wear off but i've had it for over a year and I have used it a lot and it's almost finished. But I wanted to blog about it before I used it all up. So I hope we can move past that girls :)

 

As you know i'm a fan of Mac lipsticks, everything from their formulas to their colours I just love. Apart from the £15.00 price tag, that is not something I love. However if I really love the colour or I want one as a treat or for a special occassion I will treat myself to one.

 

The latter is the reason for the purchase of this very lipstick. I graduated in July 2012 and I wanted a nice everyday simple colour to wear for the big day and I decided on Creme Cup after much debate between that and Angel. I went for Creme Cup purely because it was in a cremesheen formula, I wanted a nice moisturising lipstick and I was unsure of the frost finish that Angel provides. So this one came home with me.

 

 

If you like your baby pinks then Creme Cup is one that you definitely need in your collection, it's a lovely colour and as it is a cremesheen formula like I said, it is moisturising on the lips and it last a long time too. Can't fault the formula at all.

 

Unfortunately when my Graduation Day came, I ended up wearing a different colour as when I tried Creme Cup on it just looked too pale on my lips. This colour washes me out quite a bit, depending on what lighting i'm in. I have to say this isn't my favourite of the Mac lipsticks I own, but I have worn it a lot just to try and make use of it. I'm not going to spend £15.00 on a lipstick and then never use it and have it sitting around in my make-up collection. I've come to realise that baby pink colours like this one or anything similar, really doesn't work for me, which is a shame as I really like baby pinks they look so good on so many people. Unfortunately I am not one of them.

 

So for me I wouldn't purchase this colour again, but formula wise and just Mac lipsticks in general I will definitely purchase more in the future.

 

Any questions/comments please leave below.

 

Love

Amy

xxx

 

 

 

***DISCLAIMER***

All views/opinions are my own, product bought myself.

Dear Santa . . .

December has officially begun so it's time to start thinking of what we would like for Christmas, now I don't know about all of you but i've been thinking about it as soon as November started.

 

This is one of the big things I miss now being an adult, the whole writing a Christmas list to Santa was always so much fun. My sister and I used to have get an Argos catalogue and sit there and cut out pictures of things we wanted and stick them on an A4 piece of card with a prit stick.

Oh they were the days! :D

 

Did anyone else do something like that? :)

 

Anyway, now being a proper grown up at the lovely age of 23, I have noticed I barely ask for many presents anymore, when my friends and family ask me what i'd like, I always struggle to think of ideas for them.

 

I've thought about it long and hard and I thought i'd write down my top 5 presents I would like this year, although i'd honestly be happy with just one of these.

 

After all, Christmas is not all about the presents :)

 

 

1.) iPod Nano (7th Gen) Blue - £129.00

Okay, a long shot but I had to put it on there. My old iPod has officially died and I could do with a new one. I am being a bit cheeky here because I do have an iPhone but I can't put all my music on it as it would take up so much memory, so it would be amazing to have an iPod that could hold everything. But equally this is not an essential Christmas present for me, it's a wishful thinking kind of present.

 

 

2.) LUSH It's Raining Men Shower Gel - Range from £4.50 - £15.45

My favourite shower gel, ever! And i've asked about 3 different people for this for Christmas, in the hope that i'd get one, no matter which size one. I just love it!

 

 

3.) Doctor Who - The Day of the Doctor DVD - £9.25

I suspect most of us ask for a DVD/Blu-ray of some form at Christmas, it's also a very easy present to get for someone. This year i'd love the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode on DVD, it was brilliant after all!

 

 

4.) Yankee Candles - Range from £1.20 - £19.99

I'm a big Yankee Candle addict (as is my best friend) and we're buying eachother Yankee Candles for Christmas this year. The Cherries on Snow fragrance (pictured) would be amazing, but it has recently been discontinued so it's a nightmare to get hold of, but nice to dream right? :)

 

 

5.) Mac Lipsticks - £15.00

This one is really clutching at straws, £30 for two lipsticks is a bit insane to be paying (we are in a recession after all!) but I would really like the colours Plumful and Syrup. Please excuse the sizes of the two pictures of the lipsticks, one is wider than the other, but that's just my dodgey work with Paint.

 

 

What is on your Christmas Wishlist this year?

 

Love

Amy

xxx

 

 

 

***DISCLAIMER***

All views/opinions are my own.

Mac Viva Glam Nicki Lipstick

 

Mac Viva Glam Nicki Lipstick - £15.00

 

I made a sneaky Mac lipstick purchase this week, what with having to order a Christmas present online through Debenhams for one of my friends, and there was a 10% off all beauty I thought i'd treat myself to an early Christmas present.

 

 

I am a massive fan of Mac Lipsticks, their formula is amazing, they last a long time and their colour range is simply the best that i've come across. Everyone raves about them and quite rightly so. This Viva Glam Nicki is a Satin formula, which if i'm lead to believe is the next step up from a matte, so it gives that matte look but with a bit more moisture. This is the first satin formula lipstick i've had from Mac and I like it a lot.

I was never one hundred percent sure on this colour, every time i've swatched it in store I always thought it was too bright. Then I look at people's swatches on blogs and on youtube and sometimes it still looked very bright and then other times it doesn't, so I was always torn. But my favourite type of lipstick is the kind of pink based corals, so when I found out this lipstick was only going to be avaliable until February 2014, and considering Christmas is coming up and also all the proceeds to the Viva Glam lipstick go to the Mac Aids Fund charity aswell, I finally decided to bite the bullet and just go for it.

 

And now seeing it at home in person and trying it on, I absolutely love it! Some people describe this colour as a bubblegum pink, I totally disagree with that. Its a bright pink with definite coral undertones. It's not exactly the right time of year for this colour of lipstick, I prefer darker more berry and red lipsticks in winter, but nonetheless this will be the perfect summer lipstick in my opinion.

 

I'm so glad I decided to get this lipstick, it's so gorgeous! And if you're thinking about it yourself, then i'd urge you to get it now while you still can.

 

Any questions/comments please leave in the comments.

 

Love

Amy

xxx

 

 

 

***DISCLAIMER***

All views/opinions are my own, product bought myself.