MAC Improvise Mineralize Blush Review, Photos and Swatches!

MAC Improvise Mineralize Blush

MAC Improvise Mineralize Blush is a limited edition baked, mineralize blush released in the MAC Colour Craft '09 Collection. Improvise is described as a mid-tone neutral coral with light white yellow gold veining. When combined, a frosty pale, pinky-peach is created. It can be worn as a light blush, yet it's light enough to be worn as a highlight.

Although Improvise looks beautiful on it's own, I love layering it over blushes - especially peach and coral toned blushes; such as MAC Coppertone or Gingerly.

The texture of Improvise is very nice. I own a few mineralize blushes, and they are all soft and smooth, but Improvise is especially soft and easy to work with.

Grab Revlon's Life's a Peach Lipgloss before it's gone!!!

While I was at Big Lots this weekend (It's a closeout store). I noticed they had my FAVORITE LIP GLOSS!! Okay, one of my top 5 favorites. It's Revlon's Super Lustrous Lip gloss in the shade "Life's a Peach". I haven't seen it at all in months at the stores and I was just hoping that I was just having bad luck. But I suppose that it was only a limited edition shade.. and is now being distributed to discount stores. If you loved this shade too, be sure to check out the dollar stores near you!!

Out Shopping this weekend.. & an OOTD!

OOTSHey Everyone!!

I was out shopping this weekend with my mom and picked up some clothes for the winter. I was at Forever 21 and got a couple of things.. I was going to post the items directly from the website.. but everything I got is not on the website :( I also picked up a few things from Express because I had a few coupons to use up and I stopped by MAC to get a sample of their Prolongwear Foundation. I haven't tried it out yet.. but when I do, I'll be sure to post a FOTD with me wearing it and I'll let you know what I think about it.

Anyway.. I figured I'd post an Outfit of the Day since I took a couple of pictures in the fitting room. LOL Outfit of the Day posts are so much less time consuming than other posts.. let me know if you guys would like them more often.







ruffled white top from Forever21 (tucked into my jeans)
thin long sleeve black cardigan (you can't really see it) from TJMaxx
faux leather quilted shoulder jacket from Express

Betsey Johnson black leather belt with large silver flower belt buckle from TJMaxx
black skinny jeans with a light gray fade from Forever 21

Anne Klein black stretch boots from Lord & Taylor (a few yrs old now)

I didn't really wear any accessories except for a large black plastic ring from Forever 21 & a white watch that you can't see in the pictures.

and also, my Betsey Johnson handbag that's on the floor. Lol I've posted about it before. It's my favorite handbag.


Hope you all had a great weekend and a fun Halloween! I didn't dress up as anything. I haven't had a Halloween costume since I was 13. ;( I did have a nice time though with my mom in-law (okay, so it's not official.. but she will be!). We went to a casino.. played some slots and had dinner. What'd you do for Halloween? Did you dress up as anything?

Talk to you soon!!
Natty

Revlon Just Enough Buff & Smoked Peach + Wet n Wild Pink Suga Lipstick Swatches!

While I was running a quick errand last night at CVS, I took a quick stroll though the cosmetic aisle. I saw that Revlon had a new display with a bunch of new colors and right away I picked up the lipstick with the name "Smoked Peach #013". If you all don't know me by now, I love my peaches and corals :) Anyways, Revlon was buy 1 get one 50% off so I picked up "Just Enough Buff # 613". I think Just Enough Buff is a common lipstick that many people own, like Revlon Nude Attitude... but it never really appealed to me till last night. Also, I've been meaning to do a contouring tutorial which involves a very dark shade of foundation and a very light. Somehow, I lost the light concealer stick I was using before.. so I went over to Wet n Wild and grabbed a couple of concealers in the shades "Light" & "Light Medium". I also ended up getting one of their lipsticks I haven't seen before (It says new shade anyway..) called "Pink Suga #900B".








(Sorry for the not so great swatches..)

Wet n Wild Pink Suga - I don't think the name pink sugar properly suits this lipstick. I didn't find it to be very pink as I found it to be muted, warm peach. It is very pigmented & you only need a couple of swipes for full coverage. It has a matte finish. I could see it drying out my lips, so I would recommend a lip gloss in addition to the lipstick or a lip balm. If you love peaches, I'm sure you'll love this color.

Revlon Just Enough Buff - This lipstick is a little on the sheer side but you can build more coverage with more swipes. It applies smoothly.. kind of like a MAC Lustre and dries to a semi-shiny satin. The color is beautiful. It's a warm, peach pink with bright pink luster. It almost remind me of my HG MAC Shygirl. I'm sure I'll be wearing this lipstick very often. I found the formula to be somewhat dry and will most likely be using a gloss with it.

Revlon Smoked Peach - Wow this is a bright lipstick. haha It's a bright, warm pinkish coral. It is very pigmented and has a matte finish. This lipstick reminds me of a cross between MAC Vegas Volt and MAC Morange. I really like this color.. but I'm sure I'll only be wearing it once in a while. I'm not very daring with bright lipsticks ;)

I haven't tried the concealers yet, but just keep in mind.. they look much darker in the tube than they did on my skin. Light is slightly warmer than Light-medium.. both colors look almost identical.

Do you own any of these colors? What are your thoughts?