In the past I always thought that spending more than $6.00 on foundation or makeup was absurd.
However when my cousin, who also happens to be my best friend began working in Macy's I noticed that the girl was even more beautiful looking than I'd ever seen her look before. Granted she's a gorgeous girl...I noticed she had done something different.
She was wearing MAC Cosmetics. I myself have never used MAC, only because I thought that $25.00 for any makeup was straight up insane. However after seeing her wearing MAC, price seemed to be no object. She was stunning to look at! Flawless, perfect, and hot damn, I had to have some.
I of course being new to MAC at the time asked her what exact products she was wearing. She went down the list, but the one product that grabbed my attention was MAC Studio Fix Foundation, which I learned was a pressed powder compact.
Looking at her results, I never in a million years would of thought that a pressed powder could work such magic. I used to use pressed powders simply to conceal shine on my forehead. As far as coverage went, I never got anything that looked as vibrant and flawless as her face did.
"Come on!? A pressed powder!? You've gotta be kidding me!"
She convinced me, swore up and down... all that good stuff.
My first experience with MAC Studio Fix Foundation came shortly afterward. The rest has been history. I have been in LOVE with MAC Studio Fix Foundation.
My favorite color shade for the winter time is NW25 which is meant for those with medium light skin tones. It gives flawless coverage, and goes on with ease. The results are simply amazing. It was as if my skin took on a whole new healthy glow, and I was in love with how natural it looked.
During the summer, I go a shade or two darker to blend in naturally with my summer time tan.
Packaging:
MAC packs MAC Studio Fix Foundation in their official logo cardboard box, which is nice, because you can put it back in for safe storing. $25.00 on this stuff, you want to make sure it's stored safely!
The pressed powder comes in a circular compact, that contains a mirror on the inside. There are 2 compartments in the compact. At the top you have your powder, and mirror. If you lift up though, right below that hides a circular application sponge.
This is probably the only con. The sponge itself is awesome, but the chamber where it resides has holes in the bottom. So if you chuck this into your purse, you could end up getting the sponge filthy because particles of dirt can easily enter the chamber.
Overall though MAC Studio Fix Foundation had simply been the best powdered foundation I have ever used, Period!
It is totally worth the $25.00 price tag.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
M.A.C Select Foundation SPF15 Moistureblend
I've had a love for MAC Cosmetics for quite some time now. I never really paid much mind to their liquid concealers though, because I always found them to be way overpriced. My favorite products were their pressed powder Studio Fix Concealers.
However after finding that I was buying foundation after foundation from lower end liquid foundations, I figured I may as well go ahead and splurge on MAC. I figured I'd already wasted a good $60 on foundation that sucked...why not try a $30.00 MAC Foundation that will likely work like a charm?
I had quite a few different foundations to pick through, but I decided to go with MAC Foundation, Select SPF 15, simply because it contained SPF 15, which means my face will be protected from the suns UV's. Any facial freak, knows damn well that UV ='s WRINKLES!!! Any young lady who gives a damn about their health, and appearance tries to savor that flawless skin for as long as possible.
(Trust me, I have a girlfriend who is only 21 years old, and her skin already resembles an old woman's skin type. That's what years of daily trips to the tanning salon will do to yah hunny!!! Tee-hee! Yeah, believe it or not, all that damage you inflict onto your skin in your teen years WILL eventually make a come back for Karma)
Anyhow...
I choose shade NW25 which has been one of my favorite shades from MAC. NW25 looks slightly lighter on the MAC website, because the color is actually a medium light color, that has a slight burnt orange tint to it. The tint is subtle, but it is definitely not recommended to those with pale skin.
MAC seriously needs to update their coloring charts on the site, because EVERYTHING is OFF by about 4 shades.
I recommend it to those with slight medium light skin, or to those with a subtle summer tan. Otherwise this shade is just going to look stupid on yah.
My Use:
MAC recommends that you apply with a foundation brush! UGH! I tried this, and it only makes the foundation look over done. I recommend you simply flip the glass container over, and dab some foundation to your finger. It looks best that way.
After you apply with your finger, you can than (if you want) use an application disc to blend the foundation in better. Its not necessary, but it is a hell of a lot cleaner to do it this way than with your nose pickin' finger.
Too many folks moan that MAC causes break outs... but this is because they fail to actually think about how they are applying it. FINGERS=DIRTY...and DIRTY=PIMPLES! The math is simple really.
I have never experienced any break outs from MAC Foundation, Select SPF 15. It slides onto my face effortlessly, and gives me a flawless matte finish that I simply adore.
I usually suffer from combination oily skin, and end up with a shiny forehead at the end of the day. MAC though has been awesome when it comes to ridding my face of shine.
For a full shine free flawless matte finish I recommend you use this liquid foundation (MAC Foundation, Select SPF 15) in your appropriate shade, and then add a small layer of STUDIO FIX POWDER to really leave your face looking naturally stunning.
I cannot recommend Foundation, Select SPF 15 more. It has been by far, one of my favorite liquid foundations.
I do however wish that it came with a pump release at the top, and not a screw off lid.
However after finding that I was buying foundation after foundation from lower end liquid foundations, I figured I may as well go ahead and splurge on MAC. I figured I'd already wasted a good $60 on foundation that sucked...why not try a $30.00 MAC Foundation that will likely work like a charm?
I had quite a few different foundations to pick through, but I decided to go with MAC Foundation, Select SPF 15, simply because it contained SPF 15, which means my face will be protected from the suns UV's. Any facial freak, knows damn well that UV ='s WRINKLES!!! Any young lady who gives a damn about their health, and appearance tries to savor that flawless skin for as long as possible.
(Trust me, I have a girlfriend who is only 21 years old, and her skin already resembles an old woman's skin type. That's what years of daily trips to the tanning salon will do to yah hunny!!! Tee-hee! Yeah, believe it or not, all that damage you inflict onto your skin in your teen years WILL eventually make a come back for Karma)
Anyhow...
I choose shade NW25 which has been one of my favorite shades from MAC. NW25 looks slightly lighter on the MAC website, because the color is actually a medium light color, that has a slight burnt orange tint to it. The tint is subtle, but it is definitely not recommended to those with pale skin.
MAC seriously needs to update their coloring charts on the site, because EVERYTHING is OFF by about 4 shades.
I recommend it to those with slight medium light skin, or to those with a subtle summer tan. Otherwise this shade is just going to look stupid on yah.
My Use:
MAC recommends that you apply with a foundation brush! UGH! I tried this, and it only makes the foundation look over done. I recommend you simply flip the glass container over, and dab some foundation to your finger. It looks best that way.
After you apply with your finger, you can than (if you want) use an application disc to blend the foundation in better. Its not necessary, but it is a hell of a lot cleaner to do it this way than with your nose pickin' finger.
Too many folks moan that MAC causes break outs... but this is because they fail to actually think about how they are applying it. FINGERS=DIRTY...and DIRTY=PIMPLES! The math is simple really.
I have never experienced any break outs from MAC Foundation, Select SPF 15. It slides onto my face effortlessly, and gives me a flawless matte finish that I simply adore.
I usually suffer from combination oily skin, and end up with a shiny forehead at the end of the day. MAC though has been awesome when it comes to ridding my face of shine.
For a full shine free flawless matte finish I recommend you use this liquid foundation (MAC Foundation, Select SPF 15) in your appropriate shade, and then add a small layer of STUDIO FIX POWDER to really leave your face looking naturally stunning.
I cannot recommend Foundation, Select SPF 15 more. It has been by far, one of my favorite liquid foundations.
I do however wish that it came with a pump release at the top, and not a screw off lid.
MAC Blot Powder Loose, Medium
I've been in love with nearly everything I have ever purchased from MAC Cosmetics...once a blue rare moon though I will come across a product that just downright sucks...and unfortunately my latest $21.00 MAC purchase downright sucks.
The Product:
MAC Blot Powder Loose, Medium.
It is meant to allow you to do fast touch ups on your makeup. It is light, airy, and easy to wear... however I bought it in a medium shade, so while expecting this blotter powder to not only cover up shine... I also expected it to give my skin a slight tint of color. Nearly every other blotter powder I have used easily has the power to do so... so why not MAC? Besides, what would be the point in calling the shade medium, if in fact the shade is frigging translucent.
Yep, MAC Blot Powder Loose, Medium, is in fact translucent. Which sucks; however it would not of been so awful if MAC Blot Powder Loose, Medium would have at LEAST covered any shine that my face were to give off during the day.
I applied a blot here and there to my forehead, and the shine was still VERY MUCH present. MAC Blot Powder Loose, Medium, did not a damn thing.
My list of aggravation's goes on though, the above is not all.
Packaging:
The new blotting powder comes in a much smaller sifter pot that the loose powder once came in. It now comes in a small plastic pot, but attached to the pot is a screw off lid, with a sponger blotter attached to it.
I was convinced by the sales girl that buying the powder in this pot was better, because it was mess free.
Stupid me, I buy it thinking convenience.
The sifter pot where the sponge lies is too big to even allow any of the powder to really make it's way onto it. So constantly I had to dip the sponge, screw on the lid, shake like a mofo, and hope that SOME powder stuck to the sponge. Repeating this over and over again is bothersome.
Overall:
This will be the very first MAC product I have ever returned. It does nothing, the container is very annoying, and it was way too much money for what it did...which was nothing...it did however give me a headache.
The Product:
MAC Blot Powder Loose, Medium.
It is meant to allow you to do fast touch ups on your makeup. It is light, airy, and easy to wear... however I bought it in a medium shade, so while expecting this blotter powder to not only cover up shine... I also expected it to give my skin a slight tint of color. Nearly every other blotter powder I have used easily has the power to do so... so why not MAC? Besides, what would be the point in calling the shade medium, if in fact the shade is frigging translucent.
Yep, MAC Blot Powder Loose, Medium, is in fact translucent. Which sucks; however it would not of been so awful if MAC Blot Powder Loose, Medium would have at LEAST covered any shine that my face were to give off during the day.
I applied a blot here and there to my forehead, and the shine was still VERY MUCH present. MAC Blot Powder Loose, Medium, did not a damn thing.
My list of aggravation's goes on though, the above is not all.
Packaging:
The new blotting powder comes in a much smaller sifter pot that the loose powder once came in. It now comes in a small plastic pot, but attached to the pot is a screw off lid, with a sponger blotter attached to it.
I was convinced by the sales girl that buying the powder in this pot was better, because it was mess free.
Stupid me, I buy it thinking convenience.
The sifter pot where the sponge lies is too big to even allow any of the powder to really make it's way onto it. So constantly I had to dip the sponge, screw on the lid, shake like a mofo, and hope that SOME powder stuck to the sponge. Repeating this over and over again is bothersome.
Overall:
This will be the very first MAC product I have ever returned. It does nothing, the container is very annoying, and it was way too much money for what it did...which was nothing...it did however give me a headache.
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