All That Glitters || MAC Monday

  Another Mac Monday means time to share another Mac shadow from my palette and this week it's All That Glitters. This shadow is another one that seems to be quite popular in the make-up world and I can certainly see why because it's a very pretty neutral shade that isn't really similar to any others.

 The finish of the eyeshadow has a 'veluxe pearl' finish which gives a subtle shimmer but still has that pigmentation there. The colour itself is almost a peachy, beige champagne shade. It's very pretty and it looks really nice for a natural, neutral eye by itself if you're wanting to go a little more wild on the lips so I personally really love this if I'm doing a deep red or purple lip. However, it also goes really well with lots of other colours - golds, browns, peaches, it even goes lovely with the pinky tones in my Naked 3 palette. As the finish of the eyeshadow is so creamy and smooth there is no fall out either and it's also very easy to blend so great for eyeshadow newbies. It's also a fabulous one if you wake up and want to look more awake/like you haven't just rolled out of bed ten minutes before but don't really have time because it's so light it really opens up the eyes and brightens them. It's also very quick to swipe over your eyelids because it doesn't require much blending work.

 Even more so than Amber Lights (which I reviewed last week), I think All That Glitters would make a very pretty highlighter because of it's champagne shimmer it gives a nice sheen to the skin quite similar to what Benefits Watts Up  highlighter does. It also has similarities to Mac's mineralized skin finish in Soft and Gentle which I equally love. If you were going on holiday or away the weekend I'm more than positive that this treasure could do both the jobs of highlighter and eyeshadow.

Have you tried Mac All That Glitters? What's your favourite eyeshadow from Mac?

Lots of Love,

♥

Haul || Mac Monday

Bit of a different MAC Monday for you all today! I recently had a little splurge on the MAC website because I really wanted a new eyeshadow but couldn't make my mind up on which palette to go for. In the end I decided why not make my own MAC custom palette because then I can chose exactly what shades I want and build my own 'dream' palette.

 This is something I've wanted to do for many years but it is a very expensive thing to do so I always told myself it was something I didn't need...which of course I still don't but since I was planning to get a new eyeshadow palette anyway it ended up worth it!

 To build your own MAC palette you first need to buy the empty palette itself... I went for a large single palette which is the same price as the large duo palette but I just feel like the single one looks a lot nicer. Plus if I had a palette with room for 30 eyeshadows in it I more than certainly would want to fill it up so it looked pretty which would cost a lot more! You also then have to buy an insert for the palette... MAC sure know how to force people to spend money!! I do find it a little bit cheeky that if you charge £14 for an empty palette and £10 per eyeshadow to go in it that you should ask people to pay an additional £2.50 for an insert but hey maybe that's just me!

 This is what the palette looks like once the insert is put inside it. It has magnets in it and so do the eyeshadows to prevent them from falling willy nilly out of the palette.

 The first eyeshadow I chose for my palette was Amber Lights because I've read and seen in many a place that it's a great colour for making blue eyes pop and I have blue eyes so it was a must have colour! It also strikes me as being very Autumnal and I've been loving Trick and Chopper from the Naked 2 and the Naked 3 and this looks like it will be a very similar shade.

 The second shade I chose is Bronze because I've also heard that that is a good shade for people with blue eyes so I thought that was a good one to go for!

 Obviously I had to go for the classic All That Glitters because it seems that everyone with a MAC palette has this shade in there so it must be a good'un. It also looks a very neutral shade that will go with everything so definitely a good one to have in my palette.

 The last shade I went for was Woodwinked, yet another MAC classic and it is a truly gorgeous neutral shade.

Large Single Palette - £14
15x shadow insert - £2.50
Individual pan eyeshadows - £10

 It's worth noting that all these products have to be bought either from a MAC pro store or online!

 Lots of Love,

♥