August Favourites

I don’t have many August favourites in regards to eyeshadows. Really what my focus has been on these past few months is good skincare maintenance. This has been working out really well with my Repechage Hydra Refine exfoliations, the seaweed serum I use nightly and the Hydra Refine undereye firming gel that I use at night. Even now since I have started gym no icky pimples have formed from sweating or the releasing of toxins. I am very fortunate for this, and thus do not take this lightly. However, my freckles still remain clear as ever, and now I make sure I use a sunblock before my moisturizer every morning.

Sidenote: Caribbean girls, or all girls for that matter, please ensure you use a sunblock before your makeup and moisturizer. Do not let the fact that you have gone all your life without using sunblock be your deterrent. You need it.

So yes! I’ve got one eyeshadow I’m loving, alot of mac skinfinishes, a perfume and a palette.

MAC – RETROSPECK

This is frosty colour that is very champagne like. I love wearing this on the inner corner of my eye, and my brow bone. I think I prefer or rather I feel like I look better wearing more cool toned frosts as opposed to ones that are warmer. You see, I love that J Lo glow look, I still like it, and in her latest video homegirl looks fly (um, did I just say that??) with sunkissed appearance and golden/apricot complexion. Seriously it’s so perfect and I feel like retrospeck gives me that extra oomph a little gloss on my eyes for lack of a better word to use.

MAC MINERAL SKINFINISH IN COMFORT

My friend N. had bought this for me last year in MAC’s In the Groove collection 2010. At first I found this was so brown based that it would instantly make my complexion look ruddy and dirty. I don’t really do bronzer, I can never get it to work for me no matter how hard I try. But this, this works! I use it at the edge of my face to do a little definition, and sometimes if I don’t feel to wear any blush, I wear it just behind the apples of my cheeks, it gives a nice effortless everyday glow / healthy appeal without looking overly brown.

MAC MINERAL SKINFINISH IN ROSE QUARTZ From the Semi Precious collection

Wow! This is a nice skinfinish, this isn’t to be compared to Stereorose, which was re-launched last year. Stereorose is alot more coral where as Rose Quartz is alot more pink based with silver tones in the middle. Bubblegarm has an excellent post on it here. Anyway, you don’t even need to use highlighter when this is on ladies, swirl all the colours together, or swipe around and then use the middle above your apples, whichever way you choose works well. I think this would work so amazingly on a darker complexion for a flushed appearance.

MAC MINERAL SKINFINISH CRYSTAL PINK from the Semi Precious collection

A really nice highlighter that I would describe as apricot and silver. It isn’t overly cool or overly warm in it’s appearance so I think this would therefore work nicely on different complexions. I like using this above for e.g. Nars Orgasm blush. I don’t have alot of words to say about this one. It is JUST NICE!!!

Tarte Palette

Seen in my previous post, I’ve been using this almost daily. I love the almost slate like colour as it works great for giving your eyes some definition right above the crease. You can easily see which of the colours I’ve been using more of. Told you, I’ve always been a shimmer kinda girl!

CLINIQUE HAPPY – HEART

One of my most favourite fragrances ever, it just I know I know, it really makes me happy when I wear it. I think it’s the notes of mandarin in it that really make me swoon. I love that it’s fresh, a little playful and makes you feel a bit more lively.

What have been your August favourites? Comment and tell me!

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