A one-step powder and foundation that gives skin a smooth and even ultra-matte finish with medium-to-full buildable coverage, with a velvety texture that allows skin to breathe. M∙A∙C Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation is long-wearing, colour-true, non-caking, non-streaking and non-settling – all for 12 hours. This pressed powder.
It's a full coverage powder so it gives a nice flawless look to the skin. It's good for the 'natural' days where you don't want to go full glam but still want that 'your skin but better' look. Alyson aka MAC ADDICT for life!♥️ from Henderson NV. The only product I swear! Literally it's the one piece of make up I can't go. I did my first custom palette with Mac cosmetics and included all powder kiss matte eye shadows, they are amazing i tried them Already on my clients and they turned out very pretty blend-able and highly pigmented, i love it! Beautiful eye shadow!! ThatgalAR89 from New York, New York. I'm very impressed with the new eye shadow formula! Highlight, sculpt or bronze with MAC face powder makeup. Available in a range of finishes, textures and shades to complement all skin tones.
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Hello my loves!!! It has been a while. After taking an entire year off from blogging, and honestly thinking I wouldn't come back… I've realized how much I missed it. I wanted to apologize for my absence to those of you who genuinely loved this blog.
I've done a lot of soul searching.
A lot has changed in my life. And I realized just how much I was doing certain things because other people thought I should be doing them rather than because I genuinely wanted to. If any of you have found yourself in a similar place you know that simply ends up with you being miserable.
Creating a life the way YOU dream & envision it is so very important.
Fast forward to now ↬ I am in a much better place mentally. My business has grown, my relationship is incredible, and my family and I are healthy. Not much more you can ask for, right? I am focused once again and excited to be back to reviewing products - back to my roots. I've missed you all and thank you to those of you who stay in contact with me via my Instagram. You guys are truly the best.
So enough rambling! Here are a couple of my current favorite makeup products. Short but sweet; I haven't been able to put these down!!
Call it a quarter-life crisis, I've barely worn makeup for the past couple months. I fell out of love with makeup for a while there.
Although this product is not new, I fell in love with MAC's Studio Fix pressed powder (Shade NC15). I love applying it with my Real Techniques Brush Crush brush (say that 5 times fast) 301 - it's a flat, dense brush and I either buff the powder in for a lighter coverage or dab/press it on for maximum coverage.
This powder is intense. It can become a full coverage powder real quick. But I love how versatile it is! I have been wearing this - and only this - as my base (and concealer) for the past month or so. It's easy. When I'm lazy, I slap this on and it covers what I need it to cover but I can keep it lightweight in other areas that don't need the coverage.
I'd recommend a primer underneath, either a mattifying/oil control or a hydrating primer depending on your skin type to help with longevity. I definitely wouldn't wear this for a full 12 hour day, it breaks down too much on my skin. But for most days, this does the trick.
theBalm's Take Home the Bronze bronzer in Oskar…. As you can see, he's very loved, and dirty. I'm so close to hitting pan!
** These bronzers have been renamed! This shade is now Oliver **
I'm pretty pale. So it's hard for me to find bronzers that aren't too orange or dark. This one is perfect. It contours and bronzes, not too warm and not too cool. I try to use others in my collection and always, always end up adding some of this over top because nothing compares! It blends beautifully, builds up well and lasts all day.
In this photo, I am wearing theBalm's bronzer as well as one of the blushes that I'll talk about next!
bareMinerals Gen Nude blushes in That Peach Tho and You Had Me At Merlot.
I love these blushes. I found them at TJMaxx, girrrrrl!!! That was a good shopping day!
I can't say enough about these. They are gorgeous, pigmented, sooo creamy and blendable, they last all day. They are just so good. The Merlot shade is the blush I am wearing in the photo above. It's definitely made for much darker skin tones than I have, and I have to use the lightest hand ever, but it was such a pretty shade! I couldn't pass it up.
I'll be picking up more shades, that is for sure.
I love Buxom's glosses. I've said this countless of times but they are truly my favorite. This shade is impossible to photograph and I wish I could post a little boomerang video here to show you just how multidimensional this shade truly is… But you'll just have to take my word for it. Buxom's Holographic Full-On Lip Polish in Savannah is my absolute favorite lip topper ever right now. It is holographic, without a doubt. It shifts from the shade above to a gorgeous pink that I could not get to photograph for the life of me. It leaves the lips looking so juicy.
If you are unfamiliar with Buxom's glosses, they do have a 'plumping' formula that feels very cooling on the lips that some people may dislike but I enjoy (my boyfriend hates it lol) and it does have a slight scent. I definitely haven't ever noticed plumping from any of Buxom's products but I love them nonetheless. They just make good lippies. That's all I can say!
That's it for my current favorites! I hope you guys enjoyed and I hope that you're as excited as I am that the blog is officially back!!! Please leave your favorites down in the comments below and leave any post recommendations that you'd like to see as well!
Love you all to the moon and back! xoxo.
Some of these products were sent to me by the company in PR. I am not being paid to talk about any of these products. Some links are affiliate links.
MAC should just make these Powder Kiss Matte Eyeshadows permanent already. Come on, MAC! Dooo it! Make our lives a little easier. 😂
If you like ultra-blended, blurred and blown-out eyeshadow as much as I do, the Powder Kisses will get you there without drama. They're highly pigmented, for one thing. Two, they apply in the thinnest, smoothest layers imaginable, so they look and feel featherweight on your lids. At the same time, they're super saturated, which is kinda crazy!
Even though you don't have to use very much, if you do, they still won't look chunky. It's FASCINATING. MAC must've assigned the 'A' team to these when they cooked them up in the lab.
Many matte powder shadows look thick and cakey on my lids (got some fine line action!), especially when I build up layers, but not these. The Powder Kisses definitely don't emphasize my fine lines.
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There are some crazy colors, of course, because it's MAC, after all, but as far as everyday workhorse colors, I've been loving What Clout, a matte mid-toned warm brown that looks like a cross between Soft Brown and Soba with maybe a hint of Kid. I also dig Warm beige Best of Me. I think it's a lovely lid shade, or along the brow bone as a subtle highlight. Also, Dark chocolate brown Give A Glam is a little bit like Brun.
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As for other notable shades, don't be terrified of Devoted to Chili (I was!) because it looks so reddish and orangey brown. Keep an open mind about it because it's surprisingly wearable on lids.
MAC is selling them in packaging for $20 each, and as bare pans sans the packaging for nine bucks(!).
MAC doesn't normally offer both options for every LE eyeshadow launch, so 'Cosmetics Conspiracy Theory Karen' is thinking, 'That's gotta be a sign they're coming to the permanent line!'
I hope so because the neutrals, in particular, are fan-frickin'-tastic, especially if you're a fan of matte eyeshadows, which you know I am.
Fingers and toes crossed they go permanent. Hey, if it can happen to the Paint Pots (remember them from Fafi, OLD SCHOOL?!) and the In Extra Dimensions from Alluring Aquatic, I think it can happen for these bad gals.
Let us will it into being and manifest that right now! 🤗
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
