Archive for Long Wearing

MAC Styledriven Collection Swatches

The new MAC Styledriven Collection includes large number of new items that will be part of the MAC Pro Longwear Permanent Collection. All items are highly pigmented and are designed for long wear, hence the Pro Longwear name.

MAC Styledriven Collection Swatches

I posted my indoor photos of swatches from the collection on Beauty and Fashion Tech. I usually tend to feel that the indoor pictures are more true to color, or at least more true to color for most situations and products, but the outdoor photos of this bunch came out pretty true as well. I suppose the more pigment there is, the more similar the colors will be in different light. Only the eye shadows swatches seemed a bit washed out from the sunlight in these photos.

MAC Styledriven LipCreme Swatches

I adore MAC Pro Longwear lipcreme. The lipsticks provide a good moisturizing texture and fells and the color lasts and lasts. I like to pair them with the lip pencils. These are heavy duty shades with a lot of gloss to them. Below are lipcreme swatches of the shades Endless Drama, Soft Sell, Dress It Up, and So Very Good.

MAC Styledriven LipCreme Swatches

 

MAC Styledriven Lip Pencil Swatches

The Pro Longear Lip Pencils do indeed give long wear. You can use these alone by filling in your lips and covering with a light gloss, for a sheer look, or cover then with a lipcreme or longwear lipglass for some serious staying power.   Below are swatches of the shades Nice N’ Spicy, Staunchly Stylish, What a Blast!, Absolutely It, Morning Coffee.

MAC styledriven lip pencil swatches

MAC Styledriven Lipglass Swatches

The Pro Longwear lipglasses also are high on pigment, but I tend to also find them to be on the sticky side. Here are swatches of the following shades: Ready or Not, Driven by Love, Whoops!, Dark As Night, and Infinitely Likeable.

MAC Styledriven lipglass swatches

 

MAC Styledriven Eye Shadow Swatches

The eye shadow in the MAC Styledriven collection holds up quite nicely. The amount of pigment is very high, as one would expect, and the shades really pop. Below are outdoor swatches of the following shades. From left to right: Styledriven, One To Watch, Hot Paprika, Thru the Night, and Legendary Black.

MAC Styledriven Eye Shadow Swatches

MAC Styledriven will hit the counters September 22, 2011.

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Smashbox Softbox Lip Gloss Set

Want a nice selection of glosses at a good price? The Smashbox Softbox Set might be for you. The set includes four enhancing glosses and two long wearing glosses.

smashbox softbox set

Smashbox Softbox Lipgloss Set

Smashbox suggests using lip pencil under the gloss for extra long wear, which is a great tip. I like to use stain under gloss too for longer wearing lip color.

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MAC Cham Pale Lip Gelee Swatches

The MAC iconCham Pale Collection has lots of sparkly goodness for the new year. I am particularly a sucker for MAC’s lip gelees, and love the pale shimmer of the ones that MAC included in the Cham Pale Collection. There are also four shimmery lipstick shades.

MAC Champale Lipstick and Gelee

Below are swatches of two of the shades, Bubble Lounge (sparkly pink peach frost) and Straight to the Head (sparkly bronze brown frost).

MAC Cham Pale Lip Gelee Swatch

The lip gelees tend to wear pretty well and are long lasting. In fact, I tend to have a hard time washing them off after swatching them!

I also have swatches of the MAC Cham Pale eye shadow quad and one of the paint pots on Beauty and Fashion Tech. You can view those here: MAC Cham Pale Collection Swatches.

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