A favourite formula for many, Amplified Cremes are richly pigmented, shimmer-free and have a touch of glossy shine to them. I personally find some to be very moisturizing, while others leave my lips parched (like Blankety, which looks like frigging DEATH on me). So many great colours, though!

Love Impassioned, as seen above, for it is so bright it is nearly neon.

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And here, my friends, are the lustres. Glossy, sheer, moisturising, I find these to really be quite a lovely formula. As such, I have... a handful?

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Time for round two! My slimshines are a bit melty due to it being summery weather, and they surprised me with how gloopy they were to apply - especially since I did them straight after the satins.

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Hey there, dudes! I've been doing a mass swatch project today - my MAC lipsticks. Yes, a lot were limited edition, and I apologize for that. You'll see more to come this week (I haven't editted most of them yet, so they're still hella huge). First up, my bare lips for reference:

Ohhhh yeah. Now, if you don't like sloppy lip swatches, you'd best steer clear, as I just swatched a WHOLE LOT of lip colours in a row and didn't really care about neatness. If you're cool with a bit o' messiness, then tally ho!

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My MUFE shadow collection is small, but beloved. I have a ten pan palette with these all lovingly tucked inside, and felt I ought to share my babies with you.

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Aaaaand swatch time!

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On my last vacation I aquired 2 Urban Decay Cream Shadows in the colors Mushroom and Whipped. Mushroom is described as gunmetal with taupe shift and iridescent glitter and Whipped is described as golden peach with subtle gold microsparkle. Urban Decay Cream Shadows have a gel-based consistancy. I wore mushroom today, and I all can say is these little shadows are tricky to apply. I made the mistake of using my finger to blend and it turned into a crazy mess. I wiped it off and re-applied just using the sponge tip applicator that comes with each shadow and just blending out the harsh edges with my new Mac 226. Turned out much better the 2nd time around. Still working on a flawless technique to apply these suckers. I really like the idea of cream shadows, I'm a lazy girl most of the time and I just love to slap on one product and call it a day.

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Unfortunately, I'm sick and my allergies are all wonky. As such, you have to deal with my lack of face. Swatches it is!

I love my handful of Smashbox shadows! Here are some swatches of 3 singles, a trio, a mini-duo and a full size duo. The shade you can't really see with the trio is akin to MAC's yogurt, but smoother and a touch less pink, and Envy actually has rainbow glitter.

Hopefully my eyes are human-sized tomorrow!

Sloppy, but that's how Illamasqua's intense lipgloss "Gender" looks on lips. Frigging opaque, hey?

A couple other things I'm hooked on:

Cheek blush (my perfect peach) and Sally Hansen's Insta-dri polish in Jumping Jade - I love the colour.

I'm a bit agitated right now as an order placed during the sale showed up at my place today, with precisely HALF of the items missing in action. This displeasures me and perplexes me, as I find it difficult to understand how one could miss several items in packing something. Anyhow, hopefully I'll be less grumpy ere long.

Also, this just makes me shake my head. Am I the only one not loving the Twilight insanity!?

Orb, Vanilla, Phloof!, Sugarshot, Dazzlelight, Nylon, Crystal Avalanche, White Frost, Filament, Gesso

Here's some of the highlighty shades from MAC's perm line of eyeshadows (and Sugarshot snuck in). The other armful of highlights didn't photograph well at all, so apologies for that, as they are absent.

However, it's not like MAC's perm line is only made of highlights...

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