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Going Bollywood with MAC's "Mickey Contractor"

January 10, 2011 8:56 am · Posted by oldergirlbeauty

MAC's lastest collection is a collaboration with Bollywood makeup artist, and MAC's Director of Makeup Artistry for India, Mickey Contractor. This collection is really geared towards the darker & more olive complextions than, say, the "Cham Pale" collection.

My favorite things from this collection have definitely got to be the Fluidlines - "Ivy" - a Bright Green and "Siahi" - a Deep Turquoise Blue. These colors are good for any skintone & for anyone comfortable enough to wear such bright colored eyeliners. Of course, with most of the emphasis on the bright, colorful eyes this collection has several nudeish lippies - my fav being "Mehr" - a dirty blue pink, which went on quite matte, but didn't feel drying.

Have you got the more olive-hued skin that this collection is great for? Or are you one to favor bright colors on your eyes no matter what? Let me know what, if anything, you are going to pick up from this collection, as I'm certain I'm not the only one who likes bright colors for eyeliner.

*Disclaimer: I received these products from their PR for editorial consideration.

Filed under: Video, Review Tagged with: Mac, eyeshadow, Marvel, fluidline, ivy, Mickey Contractor, Siahi
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Draw attention with MAC's "Stylishly Yours"

January 9, 2011 4:43 pm · Posted by oldergirlbeauty

MAC recently released a bold color collection called, "Stylishly Yours". When I say "bold" I mean bright, vivid, pigmented colors. There is a product called "Cream Colour Base" that is a multi-use cream that can be used as a lip color or a blush, but tread oh so lightly in that case because the pigmentation can cause a blush "incident" that is really hard to come back from. It's true - start super light and build up, not what you think you want to begin with, because you can't take it back. (*The pigment is so true, there can be a bit of staining which makes it really last on lips, but can be an issue in a blush screw up).

But, my favorite of this collection is the Fluidline "Dark Diversion" that they describe it as a "blackened plum". I'm telling you, I am constantly on the hunt for the HG plum eyeliner and this one is definitely in the running. (*I'm of a mind that plums really make my blue eyes stand out.). There is also a new Zoom Lash in "Blackened Burgundy" that should be pretty complementary to the Fluidline, so, we'll see how that works together.

Have you checked out this collection? Have you gotten any of the Cream Colour Bases & rocked'em? I'd love to hear how you make them work, so def let me know!

*Disclaimer: I received these products from their PR for editorial consideration.

Filed under: Video, Review Tagged with: Mac, fluidline, zoom lash, Stylishly Yours, Colour Cream Base, Dark Diversion, Blackened Plum, Blackened Burgundy
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Shake your tailfeathers - MAC "Peacocky"

January 7, 2011 12:49 pm · Posted by oldergirlbeauty

MAC has just released a new collection inspired by the extreme beauty of the lovely peacock, called "Peacocky" (*yes, not so creative with the name, right?). While it may be considered 'small' by only having two products - a new lipstick/lipgloss combo called "Kissable Lipcolour"and new shadows called "Mega Metal Shadow" - the number of colors in each of them is big and varied - there are 12 lippies and 15 shadows.

I gotta say I like the feel of the lipcolours, but I was more drawn to the shadows. I like the kind of irridescent quality they have, and they feel very silky, imo.

What do you think about the colors? Anything pop out to you? Lemme know what, if anything you pick up - I wanna know if any of you are adventureous enough to get the blue lippie & make it work!

*Disclaimer: I received these products from their PR for editorial consideration.

Filed under: Video, Review Tagged with: video, Mac, review, eyeshadow, lipstick, collection, Lipgloss, Peacocky, kissable lipcolours, mega metal shadow
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Pop the bubbly! MAC "Cham Pale" collection

January 6, 2011 1:51 pm · Posted by oldergirlbeauty

Just after Christmas 2010 MAC released its winter collection "Cham Pale". This collection is a fairly neutral collection, but warmed up with gold accenting. Plus, they have some new skincare products in it, like the Complete Comfort Cream that I am trying out to help redness.

Take a look at what I have to say about it and let me know what you think. Have you picked up any of the pieces yet?

*Disclaimer: I received these products from their PR for editorial consideration.

Filed under: Video, reviews Tagged with: Mac, collection, Cham Pale, complete comfort cream
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Beauty bloggers helping "Doctors Without Borders"

December 20, 2010 8:52 am · Posted by oldergirlbeauty

This past Friday, the lovely Karla, from KarlaSugar.net, and I were interviewed by the local OKC Fox Affliate, KOKH Fox 25, about Karla's charity brainchild - BeautyBloggers.org

beautybloggers.org logo

(*You can check out our video HERE. As they uploaded it as a flash file, I can't embed it here.)

Here is the official "About" info on the auction/idea:

BeautyBloggers.org is the collaboration of almost 50 different beauty bloggers and brands. In the spirit of the holidays, we wanted to make a meaningful contribution to charity — knowing that the most effective donation to any charity is cash.

So we’re putting our makeup on the auction block. Winning bids will be donated directly to Doctors Without Borders.

We’re raising money for Doctors Without Borders because women are always disproportionately affected in any disaster. This organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people in crisis, regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation. They treat rape victims in Papua New Guinea; they make sure women don’t die in childbirth in Pakistan; they helped flood victims in Mexico and earthquake victims in Haiti. They work in 65 countries around the world, and your donation will make an immediate impact. Click here to learn more about MSF

Mally Beauty Rise and Shine collection

I'll just say that I am excited to be a part of this auction & that I was able to be interviewed, along with Karla, to help bring awareness to this great idea. So you know, I donated a Mally Beauty "Rise and Shine 9-piece Long Wear Brightening Collection" that I paid for myself. It's no longer available on QVC, so this would be a great way to get started with Mally products, if I haven't already convinced you before now. ;)

BUT!! *TODAY* is the LAST day of the auction - it ends at *5PM CST*. Now, I know most of you are auction snipers, waiting till the last bit to snatch up that great deal, so this post comes at the right time for you. Get over there and get to bidding! Seriously - you won't believe the hard to find/cult/LE/Europe only pieces that are available in this thing! And, after you win - come back and tell me what you got!! :)

*I also want to make sure you know who else I am lucky enough to be a part of this with, too:

Afrobella, A Girl's Gotta Spa!, AlyWalansky.com, Armani Beauty, Bay Area Style File, Beauté Cosmetics, Beauty Alchemist, The Beauty Look Book, Bobbi Brown, Cafe Makeup, Cargo, China Glaze, EnKore, Estee Lauder, For the Love of Beauty, Givenchy, Gloss Menagerie, Gouldylox Reviews, Grace Gold for AOL StyleList, KarlaSugar, KraseyBeauty, Lancome, Leonor Greyl, The Makeup Girl, Miss Whoever You Are, Musings of a Muse, My Lips But Better, Nadine Jolie, The Non-Blonde, Older Girl Beauty, OPI, Out in a Pout, Pink Sith, Prime Beauty, Product Girl, Pursebuzz, Renee Rouleau, Sasquatch Swatch, Sicka Than Average, Spoiled Pretty, Talika, Three Custom Color Specialists, and Votre Vu

Filed under: event Tagged with: charity, video, Interview, auction, doctors without borders, karla, mally beauty, Mally, okc, beautybloggers.org, Karla Sugar, karlasugar.net, Fox 25, KOKH
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Stupid *may* be too harsh of a word...

June 10, 2009 11:21 am · Posted by oldergirlbeauty
...but "poorly designed" is just too nice to say. Not even going to beat around the bush on this one - I don't care for the new Maybelline New York Pulse Perfection™ by Define-A-Lash® Vibrating Mascara. And it all has to do with the design of the off/on button.
As you can see from the picture, the button is on the end of the cap. The button does not turn on and stay on, you have to continue to hold it down for it to pulse. Unfortunately, to do that, you have to use the tips of your fingers to hold the cap, and press down the button at the same time. This makes it unwieldy to hold and apply the mascara, in my opinion. In fact, I think a demonstration might be in order. I was so disturbed by this product that I felt it deserved a video. Yes, yes I did:

So, yeah, I can't even comment on the actual mascara part, as I was too distracted by the application. It may be really good. *shrug*. It is supposed to be released nationwide in July, '09, but it looks like Wal-Mart is doing a soft launch of it now for $12.50.
Tagged with: video, mascara, walmart, maybelline
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