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MAC’s blue lip pencil?!

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MAC Vibe Tribe Collection is inspired by art, outdoor music festivals and the colours of the desert yet definitely has caused some controversy with media as it is sort of clear it’s tribal inspired.

As soon as I opened the MAC Vibe Tribe patent lip pencil in desert evening I thought I would never wear such an odd colour. What the heck was that blue colour to be used for?

MAC-Tribe-LipMAC Patentpolish Lip Pencil in Desert Evening.

You have to admit, it almost looks bizarre putting a hypothermia looking colour onto the lips. But guess what? It’s not too bad at all and went on almost like a clear gloss. If you’re familiar with the Lancôme Juicy Shakers (see my review), you’ll know that they too came out with a blue lip colour.

But blue is a naturally brightening colour, and it will make your teeth appear whiter than what they are. Right? It’s what everyone loves in a cool-toned red lipstick, the brightening of the teeth. Okay, I know what you guys all came here for — the swatches and to see what it actually looks like on.

First, the swatch onto the back of my hand:MAC-Tribe-Lip-swatch

Doesn’t look too bad on, either right? The lip pencil could easily be layered over top of a lipstick as well.

MAC-Vibe-TribeIt’s pretty wearable and easy to use as simply a lipgloss to throw in your purse and go. Especially since it’s in the middle of the hot-hot-heat and I personally don’t want to be worrying about any lipstick wearing off or smearing in this warm weather. Lipgloss is what I gravitate towards around this time of the year!

Would you ever sport the blue lip colour? If you like it, do you think you’ll be purchasing it?

MAC Vibe Tribe is available for sale now online and in stores. 

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MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipstick

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MAC-MatteOkay, whoa nelly. MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour lipsticks are crazy pigmented. Lucky for you they’re available in 20 shades. I have a fun vibrant bright creamy red in the colour Red Jade.

The top of the liquid lipstick has the same look as their regular MAC Lipstick bullets, but of course have a clear tube towards the bottom so you can easily see the liquid lipstick colour. It also has that wonderful MAC vanilla scent to it. Now, it does go on really clean. Almost like a lightweight mouse texture. I’m impressed considering a little bit goes a long way, and they dry REALLY fast! Not saying that the Red Jade shade I had was hard to work with, because it wasn’t due to how opaque it was. Just be sure to prep your lips and apply lip balm and/or primer before hand, your lips will thank you!

What’s the wear-time? It’ll last you more than a couple of hours, but I find that it doesn’t last if you’re grabbing a meal. It will stay on quite well when drinking something, however.

MAC-Matte-LipOf course considering the fact they’re liquid matte lipsticks they will be a bit drying. Although I don’t usually go for those types of lip products since my lips can’t seem to handle any dryness, it’s nothing a bit of lip primer can’t help with! I feel like a liquid lipstick is perfect to wear on a special occasion when you don’t want to be touching up your makeup, and you want to be 100% sure that your lip product won’t wear off or get onto your teeth.

Love the finish of these retro matte liquid lipstick. But as I mentioned it is a matte *duh* lipstick, my lips just aren’t used to such a dry formula. Ideally I’d be wearing this every day. Perhaps I just need to pick up a lip primer. Do you guys have any recommendations?

I can’t compare these matte liquid lipsticks to anything else, as I’ve never tried the popular Kat Von D, Anastasia, or ColourPop.

Ok! I’m sure you’d like to see what it looks like on my lips, so less talk, more viewing hey?

MAC-retro-matteMAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour — Red Jade.

MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour ($20 US /$24 CDN) is now available at all MAC locations.

Disclaimer: MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour was sent for review.

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Smarter ways to exfoliate your skin

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100Pure-Skin-Brightening100% Pure is a brand I stand behind due to the fact that everything they sell, is organic beauty products, cosmetics, skincare/bath, etc. Everything is free from harmful toxins, free of artificial colours and 100% cruelty free.

So whenever I use their skincare, I know I’m taking the best care of my skin that I can. While I do still have favourite skin care items from other brands that I’m sure you guys all I know I love (philosophy hope in a jar, and the bobbi brown extra eye repair cream). I do still use those, but I also like incorporating more organic, healthy skincare into my regimen too.

Did you know that they’re based out of San Jose, just like me? Random, but they were first founded in Napa, but are now based here in the same city I’m in. That’s how I found them, at first. When I attended an event at Santana Row my first summer here!

It’s been a while since I’ve talked about them on the blog, but I still use a lot of their products (including their super highly pigmented cocoa bronzer which is insane and I love it). But I wanted to bring it to the fore-front again and talk about their $35 brightening scrub + mask. I exfoliate my body on a weekly basis to prep my skin for self tanner, but I tend to exfoliate my face more on the side of twice a week.

I have to ask you guys. Have you ever used a scrub that actually gave you minor scratches? I used a Newfoundland based product on my skin last week, while exfoliating for my tanner, and I noticed it scratched my lower-calf area and made it bleed! I wasn’t happy with it, and I immediately threw it in the garbage since I thought it was a bit too abrasive for my clearly tender skin lol.

I haven’t used the 100% Pure mask on anything but my face, but it’s gentle yet exfoliating enough to sloth off those gross dead skin cells from the week.

Here’s what I use before/during/after a face-mask time.100PercentPure-and-No7

Cleaning my face using Botanics All Bright Cleansing Face Wipes $6.99Boots-No7-Makeup-Wipes

Here’s what the brightening scrub + mask looks like on! And once you’re ready to wash it off, it gently exfoliates your skin. Love!Mask-on

Wash it off, then spritz your face with some No7 Hydrating Mineral Water Spray $8.39.Boots-No7-Spray

Exfoliating benefits + tips:

  • Exfoliating will give you a brighter complexion.
  • This might be a no-brainer but remove your makeup prior to exfoliating. If not, the exfoliant won’t be able to give you a deep clean.
  • Careful which exfoliants you choose, as some granules are more rough than others, which can damage your skin.
  • Exfoliating helps your makeup go on smoother! Try it if your foundation makes your skin look dry/cakey/rough.
  • The benefits of exfoliating are endless, considering it removes dead skin, reduces skin discolouration and pigmentation.

How often do you exfoliate? If you do, which product/brand do you use?

Keep an eye out for the 100% Pure online sales! They have them pretty frequently where you can get so much money off an item if you spend a certain amount!

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