Quick tip: over expired Mac lip products

Ola beauty lovers! It is Saturday and usually Saturdays are my filming days for my youtube channel. But since it was nice out today for once here in Toronto I decided to skip the filming and lay out side in the sun. Yes I wore sun screen for those of you who are wondering. So I spent a couple hours outside to get my bronzey glow on because girl you know how it is when you are getting glamed up in the summer time, the tan is a must.

Anyways so I come back into my room before I head into the shower and I glance randomly at my lipgloss drawer and said hmmm that drawer is looking a bit too full. Maybe it's time I go through it and see what lip glosses are bad for me to throw out. I know, I know, products you bought and some point now your gonna throw them away?!

Well yes. Hate to break it to ya but lip glosses have a life span and I had some Mac glosses that have been around for ages so I knew I had a couple that must have gone ratchet. How can you tell when a Mac lipgloss goes bad you ask? Well it's simple, you know how Mac lip products usually smell like vanilla sweet scent? That's when you have the green light that they are still ok to use. But when your lippies from Mac begin to smell like play dough that's how you know it's time to get rid of them! You definately don't want to put that on your lips when it smells like that! Yuck!

So how many glosses did I throw out you may be curious to know? Good news is I only had to throw out two of the handful and a half that I own :)

Go through your stash of Mac lippies and test them out, if you are smelling play dough instead of that sweet vanilla smell then you know it's time to get rid of them.

I put the two bad glosses in my back to Mac bag so that once I have six empties I am bringing them back for a free gloss or lipstick :)


Until next time beauty lovers ❤️
MacGirl25

MAC Blacktrack Gel Fluidliner Quick Review

Ola beauty lovers. Everyone knows how huge of a fan I am of MAC Cosmetics. I mean my blog nickname should explain it all. BUT There are items that I am just not thrilled with from MAC. Today I am talking about the famous MAC's Black track Gel Liner that every YouTube Guru and Cosmetologist has in their collection. This item is so well known all over the beauty world, but for some reason I find that it is known for only it's brand name.

Are you ready for my opinion on this product? I think this gel liner is average. Yes I said, average for a MAC product. Why? you may ask. Well, the pigmentation on the product is average, if you want deep pigmentation you need to apply more then one coat. Most of the time I apply this gel liner on top of my graphic black eye liner from MAC to get that deeper effect. This gel liner is not water proof. It does have the ability to run and smudge if you don't set it with shadow in the warmer months or if your eye water a lot.

Would I repurchase this product again? No, because I have seen out in the blogger and YouTube beauty community so many other gel liners out there had have a better ability to not smudge, run, and are a lot more pigmented then this product.

If you don't have this liner gel, don't get it. Not worth the money it's valued at $16 US and of course it is a few dollars more in Canada. There are other drug store brand gel liners that are much better quality then this one at half the price.
If you have this product in your stash, I would say this gel liner is decent enough to use as an every day liner until you finish it or until it dries out. But for special occasions I would say this liner is not a great one to work with especially if you plan on dancing up a storm out on the dance floor.

Hope you all enjoy my quick review on this Gel liner! Thank you so much for reading. xo

Until next time beauty lovers <3
MacGirl25

Update Makeout 2014

Ola Beauty Lovers! OK so back in September I posted a exercise I am going to follow for the new year. Makeout 2014 is going to be the ultimate tester for me. I have so many beauty products that I do not need anymore. So this coming year I am giving myself a budget of only 20 items to splurge on. Only those 20 spots are what I am allowed to purchase makeup through the entire year. I need to be very careful on what I use those 20 items on, because once they are done, there if no going back until 2015.

I was going to start this exercise in September 2013 but who am I kidding? I knew Christmas would come and I would splurge with the Christmas Money I would get from the few but dear family that still think of me during this time of year. So that is why this exercise is going to begin on the 1st of January 2014.

Below are the update rules: my witness of this journey is going to be my lovely girlfriend of over 10+ years, Miss Vanessa. She will be sigining my witness section and ensure that I follow this exercise to a T.

Wish me luck!

Until next time beauty lovers!
MacGirl25 <3

Happy Holidays!

Make Out 2014
I will allow myself 20 makeup purchases for the year 2014. This includes: all color cosmetics, eye shadow/pigments, palettes,  blush, bronzer, highlighters, lipstick, lip liner, eyeliner, eye primers, foundation, powder, mascara, color nail polish, and repurchases of any items I finish. 

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*Excluding: nail polish remover, topcoat, base coat, back 2 MAC, hair care (including hair dye, conditioner, shampoo, hair masks), skin care (face washes, body and face creams, serums, exfoliates and natural skincare ingredients (natural oils, clays, toners, etc), toothpaste/toothbrushes and redemptions of my Shoppers Optimum points.

 

 

 

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Witness Signature below:

 

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The hard part is maintaining not over purchasing, discipline is necessary to maintain a more suitable savings account.  Make Out 2014 is boot camp for me, a yearlong training period to retrain my mind, strengthen my weaknesses and give my lifestyle a makeover.
This is a test I must pass.

 

 

 

Back to MAC Program & MAC ProPallette Review

I have a bit of an obsession to Make Up. But I am a girl and I love to get all glammed up. What girl doesnt? Last week I strolled into the MAC Store at my local mall with the intention of doing the Back to MAC Program. Basically the program, if you dont already know what it is, is you bring 6 MAC empty containers to the MAC Store, or your local MAC Counter and you get 1 Free Lipstick, or Lipglass, Or eyeshadow. Well I have been saving my empties for a while and I had 30 empties! So I was able to Score 5 free MAC products mentioned above.

Here is what I got for free:
1. Amplified Lipstick- "Half 'N Half"
2. Matte Lipstick- "Please Me"
3. Matte Lipstick- "Honey Love"
4. Matte Eyeshadow- "Brown Script"
5. Matte Eyeshadow- "Rule"

Ok so you would think wow, 5 free products damn woman you hit the jack pot. BUT No I ended up coming out of there with a whole new 15 Shadow Pro Pallette I filled on my own with my own dollar bills. Now to tell you all these Shadows names, I would if I could get them out of the pallette without destroying them, but I cant so, what I suggest is if you are insterested in these colors go to your local MAC Counter/Store with a snap shot of my pics and show them, I can tell you that the girls who work there (well the ones near me) know what they are talking about and can identify any color without a name in a snap of a finger! Amazing.

So my review on these items, the Lipsticks are phenomenal and because they are neutral colors they are great for everyday at the office!
The Eyeshadows are great too. They feel like butter when you apply them to your lid and they are very easy to work with and blend with. Cant Complain there. Thier selection of Shades is great and if you are a neutral shadow girl like me, you will love these colors!

If you are a MAC lover like I am and havent tried the back to MAC program I strongly suggest you do! You Benefit in the end and your recycling at the same time! What more could you ask for? 

I would love to know your favorite Shadow shades or Lipstick colors. Leave a comment below!