MAC: Cinderella Collection

  

Hello my Diva beauties welcome to another edition here at Divas House. So February 26 MAC released its Cinderella collection on line and it is set to be in stores March 5th. I ordered my items the morning of the release and it was a good thing I did because by afternoon a lot of the items I purchased were sold out. Currently I am traveling so in order to bring this review to you online I had the items overnighted to me. 

Before I jump into packaging and the items let me tell you what I did not like about this line. It was a complaint that I hear from a few friends when I posted this line was coming. The biggest complaint was that it was not woman of color friendly. There were so many items in the line and if you don't know how to use the items to work with your skin tone you were not buying anything in this collection. Being a woman of color I found the lipsticks and glosses to be to light for me but realized I can pair them with other shades or lip liners that would give it an appearance that worked for me. 

 I did though find that the shadows appeared to be something I could work with. I didn't buy things like the eye glosses because I didn't find the shades anything I could use and reviews I read said that they may have been sticky. 

Another thing I didn't like and it has nothing to do with packaging it has to do with the site as a whole. So prior to this release you could sign up to get text and emails about the release. Now I am already signed up so I was just waiting for the notifications. I happened to be reading another beauty blog that had the dates posted for the release so I knew when they were coming out. The morning of  I just happened to awake before the release(8:30 a.m) and decided to check the site. Everything was already up and ready to be sold. So like I said I jumped on it before I missed out. Even in while picking items I lost out on one of the lipsticks only to find out it was a glitch after I had checked out. Another thing was the brushes. I had seen what they looked like on Pinterest but the site had the regular black brushes pictured so I won't know if they match the collection until I go in to a store to see if I can purchase the other lipstick and matching brushes ( a blending brush 217 and a angled brush).

On to what I did like about this collection. I absolutely love the packaging of this collection. The colors of the packaging are just like her ice blue dress she wears to the ball. If you are a makeup collector then this is a set that you would like to have even if it is just one or two pieces.  Like I said I got four items out of this collection. There was so much to pick from. What was in the collection just in case you haven't seen it our know the full details where two lipsticks, two lip glasses, two pigments, two eye glosses, a  6 shadow palette, a glitter, two pressed powders, two brushes and 3 nail polishes.

The items I got where the 6 shadow palette called Stroke of Midnight,the pressed powder in Coupe D' Chic, lipstick in royal ball and lip glass in happily ever after. My first impression of this is I love the packaging. The colors in the palette I can work with. The lipstick and glass I would have to use with something else to get a good look for myself otherwise don't thing these would be for me by itself. The pressed powder does have a nice shimmer where I can see myself using it as a highlighter being that it is a irreidescent powder. All in in all I like this collection but wish it had more for women of color even if Cinderella wasn't a woman of color. I am sure every woman especially one who is. Mac junkie wants to feel and look like a princess. Any way my fabulous Divas stay tuned for my review on my yt channel DivasHouse. In the mean time stay fabulous because your girl is always.

Holiday Haul Part 1

Seasons Greetings my fabolous makeup junkie Divas. I absolutely love the holiday's, but never knew I would love makeup shopping during the holiday's. Omg did I get some great deals. This stuff just so you guys know is pre thanksgiving and pre Black Friday. I will have a separate blog report and video for my Black Friday haul. Let's dive in

So we start with my fav cosmetic company MAC! This is their heirloom collection. When I saw it online I just knew I had to have it and be able to get a piece of this holiday collection. In the box is a makeup bag, mascara, eyeliner and a eyeshadow duo. It's called the plum eye bag. It was $39.50. I believe you can still get this set on the website or even in a MAC store. I also got two lipsticks, a creamesheen and the nude/coral lipgloss set.

The first lipstick is like a dark burgundy color called tribalist(I swatched this in my video). Next to it is a color not new to this collection, it's rebel. Underneath those two is the creamesheen courting chic. It looks like a dark red that gives off purple/blue tones. To the right is the nude/coral set that includes 3 creamesheens and one dazzle glass. The lipsticks were $16 each, creamesheen $22 I believe and the lip set was $35  I absolutely love the colors that I got. Thinking of grabbing more from this collection before it is gone. The creamesheen glosses feel creamy and not sticky. Nice to compliment any holiday look.

Now this was not a holiday item. This palette had been out for a while and I just couldn't get it in store while I was home in NY. Just look at the packaging. It is beautiful and rich. This is the Tamanna dress your face palette from Anastasia of Beverly Hills.

Look at these beautiful colors. So pretty for the fall into winter. I can't wait to try this palette. It is so rich. It is going to be fun. This palette comes with a mirror and a double sided brush.

Of course I had to order from BhCosmetics. This wasn't a holiday sale and none of this is holiday but they had a really good sale. I wish I could have brought this video earlier but by time I got this stuff the sale was over anyway. It had to be one of their really good deals sales. I have to say follow them either on IG or go to the website and sign up for emails. They always have great deals, I got the new forever nude contour, highlight and blush palette, the wild child palette, a 15 piece brush set that came in that beautiful brown and bronze brush fold and I got the 10 piece contour brush set. I have to take them out of the plastic pouch they came in cause it smells horrible but the brushes are great. Nice and soft also.

 These are amazing. I got them from colourpop. Now you are probably saying "colourpop who?" Yes Divas! I first heard about this company on YouTube of course. I saw one of platinum_d's videos showing these and liked them so much after I watched I went on to there site and ordered. These have a great color payoff and they are only $5 each. Yes I said it $5 plus they gave me a coupon code just for signing up for emails.

 Here are the swatches of the colors that I received. From left to right; leather, feminist, creature and flawless. You do not have to use the pencils with their corresponding lippie stick but they are definitely great with their corresponding color. I love these and the price can't beat it.

 So this is a holiday item. I hope many of you caught the video but if you didn't go to TARGET.com now and order this beautiful brush set. I missed the 15 year anniversary set so I was not missing these. I went to target before they put them out and didn't see them. Lol figured they either weren't getting them or they went that fast. So went online and ordered them but went to target again another day for something else and they had them....smh but I digress. The end result is I got my brushes and they are fabulous.

 Now this is the last of the haul. These are not holiday. These came out a while ago but I couldn't find them in store. I didn't want to order them but you can if you can't find at your local beauty supply store from ikatehouse.com. There were 12 new colors and I got 7 of them.......

Here are the swatches of the lip paints. As you can see they are well pigmented. From left to right tempt, darling, seduce, whimsical, whisper, peony and gleam. These do not dry matte so if that is your preference these are not for you. At $2.99 a piece they are great if you like a non traditional lipstick. Just toss in your bag and go. Anyway my fab Divas. I hope you enjoyed my haul lol or atleast part one of it. Stay tuned for part 2. In the mean time stay fab.

http://youtu.be/Uw_3jss52Jw