NARS

my favorite blush by mac cosmetics, flirt & tease, was finally all used up and i went to buy more of it--then come to find it has been discontinied. i decided to for the first time try out a nars blush. i've heard pretty good things about their blush, so i searched for a few reviews of their most popular shades. i decided to go with 'sin.' it is a berry shade with gold shimmer. i was very scared about getting this because i knew it wouldn't be the same as 'flirt & teast,' and also because i ordered in online through sephora (instead of checking out the shades in store). i do love it! i have pale skin (i wear a nc15) and i have black hair. i think this is a really nice shade for that combination. i've also read really good things about nars blush in 'orgasm,' perhaps i'll have to switch to that one for the summer. what is your favorite blush? 

m.a.c. style sessions: spot on trend

last night i attended a m.a.c. cosmetics style session; it was a lot of fun! it was my first time attending one! to reserve my spot at the session, all i had to do was buy a $50 gift card that we could redeem for products at the end of the session. the session i attended was "spot on trend." the m.a.c. artists showed us three looks; they were "the everyday celebrity," "the academy awards," and "the grammy look." i was lucky to be a model for the grammy look (the face chart for this look ca be seen in the image above).

they gave each of us a welcome packet that had a notebook with face charts, the looks for the evening, and lots of space for notes to be jotted down during the session.

after the session i began to shop around! i got myself a pro color palette, studio moisture fix, and sheertone blush in peaches. 

studio moisture fix

pro color palette

for the look they had me model, i loved the eyes, but the bright lips were a bit much for me (so i took it off). here is a little snapshot i got of the makeup look on my phone (sorry for the low quality image). 

i hope to attend another one of these sometime!