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What Are the Numbers Behind MAC Tabloid Beauty?

March 9th, 2010 by Crystal

Don’t you hate it when beauty brands make exaggerated claims that never seem to have enough proof and do what they say? How big would your lashes look if they were volumized by 400% anyway? In my opinion, that would be too much!

Not all companies cushion their advertisements beyond belief though. Take MAC Cosmetics for example, their new Tabloid Beauty Collection doesn’t seem too outrageous. In fact, the numbers seems downright reasonable!

MAC Prep + Prime Skin Refined Zone ($19.50 US): Primers nowadays aren’t just for smoothing your skin to prep it for foundation. For example, this one has mattifying properties and helps disguise pores by 37%.

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Yay or Nay? MAC Studio Fix Lash Mascara

March 4th, 2010 by Crystal

I don’t know about you, but within my family tree the men seem to have lusher eyelashes than the women. But of course, this is why mascara and “medieval torture devices” (a.k.a. eyelash curlers) were invented, to help us ladies enhance/fake what we’ve got.

In my case, I’m pretty satisfied with my natural lashes, but I am on a continual search for the ultimate curling and lengthening mascara that won’t break the bank. This year, I’m glad to say that I’ve started out on the right foot with MAC Studio Fix Lash Mascara ($13 US).

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Are You a Cyndi? Or a Gaga? MAC Viva Glam “From Our Lips” Helps You Decide

February 25th, 2010 by Lilan

I’m totally a Cyndi.

Well, I want to be her anyway. She’s old school, timeless, yet still contemporary, and oh-so-sassy!

From the “From Our Lips” Collection and one of two new limited edition Viva Glam lipsticks benefiting the MAC AIDS Fund to support the fight against HIV/AIDS, Viva Glam Cyndi ($14 US) is a reddish coral that’s surprising wearable despite the bold red exterior.

If you’re a sucker for MAC’s limited edition items, you’ll want to get your hands on these.

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Today’s FOTD: Purple Sparkles from Stila

February 24th, 2010 by Lilan

I felt a little spunky this morning and decided to play with my Stila Jewel Shadow Palette ($32 US) from the latest spring collection.

Featuring four glittering shades of shadow, Rose Quartz, Amethyst, Black Diamond, and Golden Topaz, these shades appear to be very chunky but actually wear a little sheerer with a slightly wet-looking finish.

They’re quite unique and I adore Amethyst, the gray mauve shade.

For today’s Face of the Day, I applied Amethyst to the outer two thirds of my lids in sort of a reverse V (the tip of the V starts from the middle of the lid as opposed to the outer corner working in).

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