Brilliant butterflies, flashy florals and gorgeously geometric graphics…A colourful collaboration
between M·A·C and the artist known worldwide as Vera, who merged fine arts with linens, murals,
textiles and silk scarves in her punchy, painted patterns. Now in shades plucked straight from her
most lavish prints, M·A·C Vera embraces the luxe, lighter-than-air spirit that delivers the kind
of startling, look-at-me statement that defines what it means to be an instant classic. Limited Edition.

CRUSHED METALLIC PIGMENT X4

ALOHA

Lantern Light Metallic gold/bronze

Campfire Rich copper (frost)

Shifting Sands Metallic Champagne (frost)

Aloha Dirt cocoa brown (frost)

STRAWBERRY PATCH

Star Crystal Pink Champagne (frost)

Rose Light Metallic Yellow Pink (frost)

Strawberry Patch Light blue pink (frost)

Moon Rose Bright Dark Pink (frost)

BUTTERFLY PARTY

Butterfly Party Bright Lilac (frost)

Desert Cloud Deep blue purple (frost)

Rain Drop Metallic teal (frost)

Moss Garden Metallic silver green (frost)

(EUR ~38.00)

NAIL LACQUER

Midsummer’s Dream Pale pink lilac (creme)

Play Day Pale milky coral (creme)

(EUR ~14.00)

PEARLGLIDE INTENSE EYE LINER

Lord It Up Bronze with pearl

Industrial Periwinkle grey

Designer Purple Iridescent violet

Undercurrent Teal with pearl

Petrol Blue Deep navy with pearl

Black Swan Black with pearl

Black Line Black with gold pearl

(EUR ~17.00)

PEARLMATTE FACE POWDER

Sunday Afternoon Clean bright pink/bright clean

fuchsia/soft pale pink with white pearl

Flower Fantasy Pale coral with slight gold

pearl/slightly blue pale pink/soft pale salmon

(EUR ~28.00)

PLUSHGLASS

Fashion Fanatic Creamy pale pink

Pretty Plush Extra soft pink with white pearl

Confetti Bright orange coral with soft pearl

On A Holiday Bright pink with blue pearl

Butterfly Dream Mid-tone violet with blue pearl

(EUR ~ 23.00)

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Whii, colors! Pigments! Pearl Glide liners! Can't wait for Industrial and Designer Purple Pearl Glide liners (I have Undercurrent, Black Line and Petrol Blue already), and can't decide which of the Crushed Metal pigment stacks is the coolest! :D

What's your favorite from this collection ?

PS. Beth Ditto will introduce her limited collection in collaboration with MAC in June 2012!

Some of you may have gotten mail from Illamasqua, about the Sophie-I technique, which is sorta related to Illamasqua's pencil technique, skin sketching.
Anyway, this look is made to support S.O.P.H.I.E. Lancaster Foundation (if you're not familiar with it yet, go check it out. I think it's worth watching) and the look is created by the amazing Alex Box, and it actually comes with a picture tutorial!
I wanted to redo the look, so I took some tips from the tutorial, and did some things to make it more mine, but I included both my and Illamasqua's pics for you.

Here we go:

I started with priming my eye (I used Benefit Stay, Don't Stray):

Then I applied Illamasqua Cream Pigment Dab on whole lid:

This is what Illamasqua says about the first steps:

Then I shaped the line with black (sharp) pencil:

I took a bit of black shadow (Illamasqua Zeitgeist) and smudged the line to be thicker:

 Next we blend, blend, blend:

Then the liner:

 I then added some shimmer to lid with Illamasqua Pure Pigment Breathe:

 

As falsies I chose Marlliss #157 lashes:

I don't often watch makeup tutorials, but I happened to stumble across Lisa Eldridge's Marilyn Monroe tutorial, and I wanted to try and recreate it. I made a Marilyn tutorial at some point too, but compared to Lisa Eldrige's tutorial, my Marilyn tutorial looked like a five-year-old did it :D 

So check the link if you want to do a really good Marilyn look!

I used mainly 88 neutral palette, and MAC #34 lashes.

I used less bright lipstick (this was my LOTD), and my wig is from Hell, but I think I did quite well :D

And last but not least, pic with heavy photoshopping around the whole lip-area. I tried to smile like Marilyn, so that my teeth were showing, but my face just doesn't work like hers did. I always looked like I was heavily drunk or something, so I took a large portion of photoshop and created a new smile for me :D