MAC Passion in Red 2008

A reindeer loofah my sis got me, MAC Warm Eyes palette, 2x handphone covers

I big heart the reindeer loofah, mine was a little worn and I heart scrubbing myself in the bath. I never feel clean if I don't do it and getting a reindeer one was a big bonus. How cute is that? I heart reindeers! The two handphone covers was on offer, it was buy one free one and since I have two handphones, it's perfect! I've just recently added some diamante to one of my handphone covers and the previous plastic cover no longer fits because of the bulge so the handphone cover would help me keep them from being scratch and losing the diamantes. Yay!

MAC Warm Eyes

The palette was all I got for the Passion in Red Collection. Gonna wait for the Little Darlings that will be out on December. Lipgloss of Pigments? Mmm, decisions decisions...

6 colours for RM170; Sweet Joy(f), Warm Suede (vp), Well Spiced(s), Gentle Heat(s), Real Drama(s) and Grand Entrance(s)

I headed over to the MAC counter after work since I had my eyes on this palette and wanted to test the actual colours on my eyes. The MUA seems busy and after managing to get hold of one of them, I told them that I wanted to test the colours, they ushered me off to another area to try the colours on. There I was attended by this 'make-up artist'. I couldn't help but ask her some questions and found out that she wasn't from MAC but a freelance make up artist and then proceed to try on the colours on my eyes. I specifically requested for something that will suit me as I wasn't sure how and what technique to use. I wanted to see if there's any other way/technique I could learn to fully utilize this palette and what I got was a little frustrating.

First, she wanted to test the colours on my eyes without even taking off what I already had on. Worst I had on smokey black/grey eyes today. How on earth was I to see the colours properly without her taking any of my eye shadow off?


Then she used 2 colours out of the entire 6 colours and I do admit that the technique she used was not bad, she was either being stingy by applying very little and I could hardly see anything. It didn't strike me as anything great and truth be told, if I never had any interest in the palette she would have turned me right off. I wouldn't not have gotten the palette because of her! She failed to show me how gorgeous the colours really is and it didn't make me look any better.

She did a different technique / colour combo on the other eye and by then, I was half screaming. My frustration level was rising as she doesn't even seem to know what the hell she was doing. The colours weren't striking in anyway and it looked boring. The technique she used on both eyes are extremely different yet I could hardly tell the difference between the two eyes. If I had walked off with two different coloured eyes, no one would have noticed.

I told her I wanted the give me a face chart so I can duplicate her technique and while she was busy, I wiped off the eye make up and did my own. I did mine in less that one minute despite the frustration and simple slapped on what colour I thought could mix.

It really makes me wonder, how on earth can this people even call themselves make up artist anyway? I realized that what E says is oh-so-true, what makes a make up artist good is not counted by how many certs the person has but how much effort and talent they have to begin with. In the end of the day, I'm left shaking my head wondering how could have MAC even hired someone like her, she is born with the special ability of turning gold into dust!

Her saving grace, she was 'somewhat' nice.

What she did for me, two different techniques and colours used. What colour she used? Don't ask me, I don't know, she never wrote down for me

Got pissy and did my own, it's done without base