Swatches:- YSL touche éclat highlighter and under eye concealer

I had a question about the Yves saint laurent touche eclat  so i'm putting up some new swatches 

Touche eclat in no1 has been a universal and iconic product for many years and has not been wrong for anyone its a creamy pinky salmon shade but its sheer and not opaque which is why every skin colour has used this pen. 

(above I have swatched shades, 1, 1.5, 2, and 3)

I would use any of these shades considering that ive used no1 for so many years however my shades of choice would be 1.5 which is yellow based and great for covering up redness and sallowness or no 3 which is close to my skin tone and a true peachy salmon shade perfect for use as an under eye highlighter concealer for my nc25-nc30 bobbi brown warm beige skin shade.

I also realised that other people may benefit from these swatches other than people of my skin colouring so ive also swatched shades 4.5 which is similar to nc30 great for nc30-nc40 foundation shade and ysl shade 5 which is great for nc40 and above there are a few more shades in the range and I love how true to natural skin tones they are.

In case you are wondering I am shade BD40 in the ysl touche eclat foundation (I was mis-sold BD50 by the SA)

YSL touche eclat available here
YSL touche eclat foundation available here 

I hope you found this useful

Raspcherry

XOXO

Review:- Mac Glamour daze holiday collection 2012

I think I did really well this past christmas and did not purchase too much from this collection 

Items purchased 

Devine desire quite coral exclusive set 

Primped out eye look bag sensual peach 

innocence frost lipstick 

in the limelight pearl nail lacquer

Small vanity blush

Easy manner blush

Mac innocence l/s -I love peachy coral lipsticks theyre so pretty to look at and also very complimentary on my skin tone

In the limelight n/p Im obsessed with minty nail polishes and have a crazy collection that i will share with you very soon 

Sensual peach kit features an eyeshadow duo in mulch which is a frosty chocolate brown with gold shimmer in a velvet finish and is macs top selling eyeshadow (last time I checked) I already had this in my mac 15 eyeshadow pro palette but I dont mind having another in this duo, since I love neutral brown beige duos.

 The other eyeshadow in this duo is dazzlelight which is a champagney light baby peach in a frost finish. I've never used these two colours together before but I like the effect it gives I use dazzlelight all over and the mulch in outer corner of the lid and on the outer v it gives a perfect day to night look. this duo reminds me of my favourite chanel duo of the moment chanel sable emouvant 37 although they are not exactly the same but you can get a similar finish.

 Opulash is an OK mascara, I already had it and was using it at the time I made this purchase its nice for volume and thickness but i did not feel it was what I need as I have voluminous, straight, short stubby lashes I need length and curve more than anything. so Ive back to mac my old one and will use this in the future.

I was glad to get stubborn brown powerpoint  eye pencil in this kit as I like the pigmentation and intensity of the powerpoint pencils I have a few in the shade feline which gives good colour and works on the waterline however these pencils do not have great staying power the colour quickly spreads down so these are best used blended out with a cotton bud or brush.

I have quite a few of the limited edition short brushes from mac but do not mind having another 275 brush as they are versatile to give colour on the lid or intensify the crease or even use as a highlight if you are starting out and looking for one mac eyeshadow brush I suggest this one or the 239 brush.

It was nice to get the bag in this collection however I do agree with Temptalia when she says that the bag should atleast fit the items that came in it.

Devine desire quite coral kit 

this kit was an exclusive edition and only available on www.maccosmetics.co.uk 

It contains 

In a heartbeat cremesheen lipstick which is a soft peachy coral shade abit more coral than shy girl which is abit more beigey peach.

Born to love blush in a frost finish this is like style blush but without the gold.

Its nice that mac put in a little 129 brush but i do feel that this brush is not as good quality as other 129 brushes that I have had in kits before but its not totally horrible by anymeans infact its very soft so nice to use on my sensitive skin, this brush works well with all powder products such as blush, bronzer, loose and pressed powder

Pure flattery is a very nice peach coral lipglass  and works perfectly with in a heartbeat and innocence lipstick.

I really like the mac technakhol liners although theyre not as pigmented and as soft as the powerpoint pencils they're great handbag items as they do not require sharpening and they also qualify for back to mac. Photogravure is described as a brown black colour and you can see in the swatches that it is darker than stubborn brown. so this is a great shade to have if your always changing from brown to black eyeliners.

The kit comes with a nice case that has a mirror and a pocket and a removeable plastic insert that holds the makeup items, I plan to use this as a jewellery box, which i may use for travel also currntly im using a chanel purse as my travel jewellery case. 

 

Products Swatched 

Born to love blush 

In a heartbeat l/s

pure flattery l/g

Photogravure e/l

Innocence l/s

dazzlelight e/s

mulch e/s

stubborn brown e/l

The first thing I grabbed from this collection were these two beautiful blushed in 

Easy manner is a pretty peachy pink but it shows up more baby pink on me similar to well dressed blush.

Small Vanity is a neutral almost plummy blush with a brown beige undertone great on medium tones and to enhance the contours of the cheeks.

Ive also swatched easy manner and small vanity next to born to love for comparison purposes.

I love these products Im getting alot of use out of these products and do not regret purchasing any of them
theres probably still some items from this collection floating about on the mac website in the goodbyes section and in the CCO's.

What did you buy from this collection ? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

Review :- Carine Roitfeld face kit and lipstick

MAC Desert Camouflage face kit  and Tropical mist lipstick

I was quite late in getting these items I spent a lot of time humming and aahing 

before I finally took the plunge and bought this. 

I do think I'm currently having a carbon overdose not only is it in my personal neutral fifteen eyeshadow pro palette but it is also in my quad that I custom made to enhance other palettes and looks. 

Now because mac has added it into about at least three palettes or kits that I own I'm abit sick of having carbon in my quads and palettes. 

I know some other wonders of this palette would have preferred a brown in this palette, personally I would accept almost anything from navy blue to baby pink!

My main reason for purchasing this kit was to keep on hand incase I wanted to do a quick touch up or add colour to an otherwise bland look.

The quad contains four shades sahara dust- a nice cream coloured highlight shade, cactus thorn a nice  olive shade for the lid which reminds me of patina, Desert a somewhat mauve brown which works beautifully in the crease , and then carbon which is a boring black.

I have swatched all four eyeshadows above in the order of 

carbon, desert, cactus thorn, sahara dust.

above the eyeshadow swatches you can see sand storm swatched which is a creme blend blush, a gorgeous perfectly natural blush shade to sculpt the cheeks. 

And above the blush you can see the lipstick in tropical mist swatched 

Ive labelled this picture to help you all to see all of the shades, can you see the lipstick

the shiny patch/line across my hand, yes, indeed that is the lipstick.

After purchasing the lipstick (online) and after trying it on and being a little confused, I decided to check out reviews online, I stumbled across temptalias review (as you do)  and she talks about how she doesn't feel that macs description of sheer matches the product and she says its more translucent to which I absolutely agree, the one thing that I felt couldn't be right is that she said it was drying, I was thinking its clear, it has no colour if its not moisturising then what is it ?

so I tried it on as my lipstick of the day, and I carried it with me everywhere I went, the school run, the mall etc and for the first time ever I found myself reapplying this lipstick without looking in the mirror and seeing colour fade it was more for moisturisation purposes because my lips felt bare dry! 

Im abit unsure as to what I should do with this lipstick as it has no colour at all so its not like other lipsticks where you can mix and match for colour effects. 

Did you buy anything from this collection? 

Any ideas for this damn lipstick?? 

BTW the packaging is very pretty and functional ! 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

FOTD:- Featuring Mac Marilyn monroe legendary and pure zen and swatches

 I never could have imagined that the mac marilyn monroe collection could be so successful.
But ofcourse I wanted my share of the collection,  unfortunately it was very late before I managed to get to my local Mac counter at my local Debenhams store. And most of the items (that I wanted, anyway) had sold out, boo hoo. but thats another story, because i'd already put in an order for the Lipstick in 'pure zen' and the blush in 'legendary' from selfridges and these are definitely two of my most worn items from the whole collection.

on my face 

Mac pro longwear foundation 'nc30'

Mac pro longwear concealer 'nc30'

Clininque double face powder 'beige'

Mac Blush 'legendary'

On my eyes

Ysl smoky eyeshadow collecter palette (white, silver, black glitter)

Mac fluidline 'blacktrack'

Mac lash primer

Mac mascara 'opulash'

Benefit brows a gogo 

On my lips 

Mac l/s 'pure zen'

Both legendary and pure zen work together in perfect harmony to create a very peachy nude look, and look equally amazing with a nude eye look or a dramatic smokey look, I have kept my look quite light and easily wearable for everyday.

Pure zen is a repromote from a previous collection and so has the only name throughout the collection that has nothing to do with the life of Marilyn Monroe. My personal thoughts for the reason for this is that the pure zen lipstick is such a similar shade to the blush as you can see in the swatches above. 

Mac Marilyn monroe pure zen lipstick swatched on the lips.

I have purchased all of the lipsticks and the two blushes as I feel that this is all that i need from the collection, I did not want to go too mad.

What did you get/miss from this collection?

Raspcherry 

XOXO

My October GlossyBox 2012

The October Glossybox just arrived about an hour ago in perfect timing for me to blog about it. 

Theres also a cute little breast cancer support sticker but none of the items specifically relate to breast cancer care or special editions. 

 Its titled 'DIY Beauty' and I was expecting alot of masks and scrubs and facial or bodycare types of items, but I dont think that theres alot of DIY products in there other than the body scrub.

Items in the box 

Anatomicals dont just clean it woman, scrub it, body scrub 

Skinetica Anti blemish

Dr.Jart + premium BB beauty balm all in one wonder spf40

Olay Regenerist 3 point treatment cream

Yves Rocher moisturising cream lipstick 106 Mauve 

The BB Cream seems quite pale its actually neutral undertoned but luckily its very sheer and sinks straight in. could work on light to medium skin tones but might look ashy on dark to deep skintones. 

It reminds me of clinique city block sheer spf25. I do wish that this item was in one of the summer glossyboxes though this would make a great on the go, or holiday bag item.

I was quite excited to see that the lipstick shade I was sent is mauve but mauve can be translated so differently from brand to brand if you consider that mac describes the shade 'snob' as 'a ladylike mauve' but I feel its a very cool light pinky shade. 

This is a deeper mauve quite neutral brown with plummy undertone, the lipstick is very creamy and I feel that the shade is perfect for this Autumn winter season I think that i will slip this lipstick straight into my handbag for on the go, although its not a wear-with-everything lipstick shade but its  a nice colour to have in addition to other shades that i'm currently carrying. 

It also reminds me of my new Chanel lipstick in Charactere.

I hope this was helpful, Do you get the glossybox, Ifso whats in your box?

Raspcherry

XOXO

Swatches :- Some revlon red lipsticks

I thought id stick up some swatches of the most popular revlon red lipsticks as theres always alot of questions in regarding how similar and different the shades are. 

Shades swatched 

- Revlon Fire and Ice 720

- Revlon Red 730

- Revlon Cherries in the Snow 440

Revlon red and fire and ice are quite similar but i think revlon is a more true red and more lustrous 

fire and ice is slightly cooler tones and slightly more matte

Cherries in the snow is an almost red super hot fuschia pink

All three lipsticks are creme formulas from the revlon super lustrous collection 

I think theres always alot of talk about red lipsticks 

it can cause alot of confusion 

my personal thoughts is to try the shade you are attracted to 

swatch it on your hand, do you still like it ? 

ifso -go for it. 

If not - try again !

Since im nt a particularlu red lipstick girl I think high street or drug store lipsticks are best for me considering a pay per wear basis!

I have some more red lipstick swatches from other high street brands to follow shortly 

Available from boots and superdrug

Do you have any of these ? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

Stila convertible colour swatches

Most people have heard about Stila convertible colour and for those who haven't, they are basically a creamy colour than can be used on both lips and cheeks. 

They come in a handy compact with a mirror which make them a great product for both handbag and travel. 

The texture is similar to the old creamy Mac Cremeblend blush .

The good thing about the packaging is that  each shade of convertible colour comes in a different shade compact similar to the product inside.

They cost £16 each which is not cheap but its not too unreasonable.

Stila is available at Boots in the UK since last year. 

I have swatched all the available colours 

-Camelia

-Peony

-Poppy

-Rose

-Gladiola

-Lillium

I believe that Lillium is the most famous however Camelia is the colour that most appealed to me s its very neutral and is best for my nc25/nc30 skin tone.

I hope you found this  useful 

Which shade do you have or want to get?

Raspcherry 

XOXO

Swatches of some Mac blushes

I really wanted to share these gorgeous mac blush shades with you all 

I think they are best suited for medium to darker Skintones

They are sheer tone shimmer blushes so the shimmer will show up on gorgeously on even deep skin shades

Mac Blush shades in 

Plum foolery

Peachtwist

Ambering Rose

Do you have these shades? 

Which is your favourite Blush shade ?

Raspcherry

XOXO

Swatches :- Some of my Mac Lipstick collection

these are in my top 10 most worn mac lipsticks 

and these are the 8 colours I usually carry with me in my purse / bag when I travel 

1 - Mac Creme d nude   cremesheen

2 - Mac dream frost   limited edition 

3 - Midimauve   lustre

4- Mac Angel   frost

5- MAc Fabby   lustre 

6- Mac Warm me up 

7- Mac Bombshell   frost

8- Mac Surprise me   

Included in this post are two of Kim kardashians favourite lipsticks angel and bombshell 

Angel is a frost version of mac creme cup cremesheen lipstick 

Lots more swatches coming soon 

XOXO

Swatches :- Smashbox lipgloss collection

Smashbox lipglosses are unscented and unflavoured 

they are similar in quality to mac lipglass 

and are in a variety of finishes 

this is my first post of smashbox lipgloss shades 

ill be updating my blog part by part and hopefully you can see all of my lipgloss collection 

L-R

- Couture

- Vintage 

- Bohemian

- Fire

- Blur

- Blaze

Fire and blaze are the most sheer formulas 

where as couture, vintage, bohemian and blur are the most opaque 

Couture has the most shimmer 

Blaze is th most versatile and one of smashbox most popular shades 

My favourite of this lot is blaze its similar to mac lipstick in cosmo or clinique lipstick in blushing nude

These colours would be especially amazing on dark skin tones especially darker indian, afro caribbean  and can be worn as a day lipgloss on darker skins or as a more dramatic look on lighter skins.

XOXO

Mac lipstick collection and swatches

Swatches are from my 8 pan mp mac lipstick palette top row

 

Mac lipstick shades swatched L - R

Mac Warm me up lipstick

Mac Bombshell lipstick

Mac Surprise me Lipstick

Mac creme d nude lipstick

                                                                     XOXO

Mac lipstick collection and swatches

Part 2
Lipsticks from top row of my 8 pan mp lipstick palette

Swatches L-R

Mac Lipstick in Dream ltd ed

Mac Lipstick in Midimauve

Mac lipstick in Angel

Mac lipstick in Fabby

You can see comparisons of mac lipsticks in dream , midimauve, angel and fabby 

neither are dupes of each other although midimauve is from the similar family to fabby on the lips 

and dream is a glaze lipstick but is frosty similar to angel 

I hope this helps 

XOXO

YSL touche eclat for medium to darker skins

I was checking out the new YSL touche eclat highlighter pens in store 

the SA was really annoying she automatically picked up YSL TE no 5 and wanted me to buy it 

but I wanted to explore the new shades 

bearing in mind that I have been using no 01 for the last many years without any problems says alot about the versatility of ysl te, it is an illuminator or a highlighter, it is sheer and gives very little coverage 

I wanted to swatch all the shades but had to get away from the SA

I did tell her that ive been using no 01 and i still have 2 YSL TE's to finish

I agree that no 5 is a good match for me foundation wise but this is not a foundation is it ??

its a couple of mls and costs about £22 so I do not want this as a foundation !

no 5 is exactly like mac nc30 shade , bobbi brown warm beige/natural

my personal opinion is that the following shades

no 1 is universal sheer opalaecent mother of pearl

no 1.5 is perfect for -nc20

no  2 is perfect nc20+

no 3 is perfect for NC30+ asian mediteranean skin tones

and no 5 is perfect nc40+ olive darker skin tones

no 6 is perfect nc/nw 50+ afro caribbean, black skintones but with less red

no 7 again above nc/nw 50+ again black skintones but possibly red based 

no 8 where available is supposed to be good for nc40 too 

Logically since i have been using no1 for so long I think I could get away with using all of the shades from no1 to no 3 

but im really looking forward to trying possibly no2 but more than likely no 3 or even both 

FYI- pics taken with iphone 4 5mp camera but in store lighting so my hand looks really ugly 

I really hope that this helps 

XOXO

Swatches:- Mac match master foundation

Im really quite excited about this new foundation 

I think I will be getting it very soon

However here are same shade swatches for light to medium skintones 

Im usually a little lighter than NC30 but the swatches are on my hands which always catch alot of sun 

so my hands are equivalent to nc40 for reference 

which always makes me look like im borrowing someone elses hands 

and I took the pics with my iphone 4 with flash on in store lighting 

funnily it always makes my hands look brown but im happy that the swatches are showing true to life 

Shades swatched from top to bottom 

7.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

Ive blended the shades together here to give you an idea of texture 

I think its quite thick and creamy but not sticky its quite smooth 

and blends in very well 

coverage is medium buildable 

Feel free to ask any questions 

Im very reader friendly 

XOXO

Some of my Mac Foundation collection with swatches

L-R

Mac studio sculpt foundation NC25

Mac Face and Body foundation C3

Mac select foundation NC30

Mac studio fix fluid foundation NC30

Mac mineralize NC40

Top to bottom 

Mac studio sculpt in nc25

Mac face and body in C3

Mac select in nc30

Mac studio fix fluid in nc30

Mac mineralize satin finish nc40

I have alot of foundations

if you are looking for a review on any please check my previous posts or feel welcome to request a review

XOXO

Review:- New Revlon Sultry Smokes Quad palette with swatches

The pigmentation of this quad is similar in quality to all of the revlon quads

The revlon sultry smokey palette is a great alternative or dupe to the maybelline Smoke quads if you are in the UK as the maybelline quads are not available here 

Swatches above 

Smokey grey is a really big look this year 

and this is a really affordable way to achieve that look 

also it is a great handbag carry around product as you wont feel too guilty if it got damaged or lost 

XOXO

Swatches:- Nails inc nude and taupe shades

Nails inc polishes swatched L-R

Nails inc Havana from the beauty collection limited edition collaboration with dove deodorant

Nails inc Heather Grey limited edition collaboration with diet coke 

Nails inc Jermyn street - Nails inc best seller nail polishes 

Comparison :- Mac Rubenesque Vs Improper copper

I know alot of people have been waiting for this 

so here it is Mac aintpot in Rubenesque and Mac cream colour base in improper copper 

both are permanent in the mac collection 

I have swatched them both side by side 

paintpots are more cream to powder where as cream colour bases are more liquidy

to the naked eye they both look similar 

but since rubenesque contains a gold pearl it shimmers more gold and improper copper shimmers more peachy toned 

I often wear improper copper as a blush applied with my fingers and it gives a nars orgam effect 

and is quite similar to the nars orgasm multiple -maybe ill do a comparison of these two next ?

and I wear rubenesque from lash line to brow with my fingers either alone for a quick look or as a base, currently ive been using this daily under my too faced natural eye palette

Eotd/ fotd to follow soon 

XOXO

Swatches:- Laura mercier original tinted moisturiser

Now Available in the UK from 2011 onwards laura mercier tinted moisturiser in 'Bisque'

Please ignore my super tanned driving hand 

It does not match my face

Swatched shades include -

Nude,  -equivalent to  Bobbi brown beige/cool beige  / Mac nc25

Bisque -equivalent to me :) , bobbi brown warm beige/natural / Mac nc30

Sand  - equivalent to Bobbi brown warm natural / Mac nc35

I have dry skin so I use the original tinted moisturiser 

and Ive had to use nude in the past as the next available shade in the UK is sand 

and sand is super orange toned on me 

so Im ok in winter but in summer i have to add darker powder bronzer but I usually skip this in summer and move on to darker foundations 

XOXO

Sleek Nude collection haul and Swatches

Products in packaging 

Products without packaging

Sleek nude collection palette with acetate cover showing eye shadow names

Eyeshadow palette, blush palette and pout polish 

Sleek nude eyeshadow palette, nude blush, nude pout polish

Swatches L - R

Pout polish -

Blush -

Eyeshadow palette in same order as in palette