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.

August Haul/Favs

Holla my beautiful Divas.....so this month has been a great month of products purchased. A lot of this stuff I purchased to try and others because I had heard great things and had to have them in my collection. A few things in this months hauls I found in store and was so glad I didn't have to order. Most of this I purchased in SC and boy when I got home to New York I hit the ground running and found what I thought I would have to order. So let's dive right in and take a look at this months haul/ faves. Yes honey's I had some faves in the haul.

So this is everything in a nutshell. I have items from MAC, BhCosmetics, Ulta, Walgreens, Target and beauty supply stores.

I got these from BhCosmetics during one of their many sales. Ladies I love ordering from BhCosmetics. They always have great sales.  The after hours palette was on sale for $9.95 and the glamorous blush palette was a great deal at $7.95. I love the colors is the after hours palette, especially the diamond shades. You have got everything from mattes and shimmers in this palette. You can create day or night looks. The blush palette has 10 amazing shades of blush. I am still playing with the blush palette because I never really use to wear blush but I am still experimenting and trying new products. I am not paid to say any of this just giving you the opinion of a makeup junkie. I am telling you if you are looking for great products and great deals check out BhCosmetics.

 Now these finds right here! Honey....let me tell you. I had been interested in trying  L.A Girl pro concealer but I could never find them in stores or local beauty supply stores. The lip paints I would find in stores like kmart until one day I went into one of the local beauty supply's while I was living in Beaufort, SC. I found the different shades but not the one I needed. I was going to order from ikatehouse.com and the price was reasonable but I didn't want to do it for 1 or 2 and pay shipping. So I waited till I came to New York. I figured if I didn't find the shade I wanted (fawn) I would just order a few, well I came home to NY and went to one of my most frequented beauty supply stores I go to when I am here. Well Divas they had the shade and on top of that it was $1 less than ikatehouse or the beauty supply stores in Beaufort. So I picked up two of the fawn. 

               Now I have talked about the lip paints before and I love them. Nicely pigmented and glossy. You have got the best of both worlds with these. The price isn't bad and the colors like I said amazing. I found them at kmart and beauty supply stores, but if you can't find them check out ikatehouse.com. The pice for for the concealer may be $2.99 some places and on the site. Sometimes you can get on sale for $1.99 online or for that price in beauty supply stores. I use it for highlighting.

Here are the swatches of the lip paints I got. The top shade is blushing and the bottom one is hot mess.

               

             Here was another great beauty supply purchase. Now I had seen other youtubers use this eyeshadow primer so I figured A. you can never have to much primer and B. it's a great price. This primer potion is by Ruby Kisses. You can find in beauty supply stores. I found this it one in Beaufort but while I have been home in NY I have seen it here. It works well to me like the high end ones. My shadow didn't crease and it was great. 

             The lip pencil is in a purple shade. I use it with some of my purple shades from MAC. The price was great $1.99 I would recommend this brand if you are looking for inexpensive makeup to either get you started on your new journey into makeup or if you are on a budget.

 I picked up these from walgreens before I left. I had one already and I liked it so I wanted to try other shades. These I have not tried on yet but I am sure I will soon. While I am here I plan on picking up some more colors. I like the brand and the packaging of this product. They were $3.99 a piece. I will come back with a update about the shades I have and let you know what I really think of them.

                

Now everyone knows I am a serious MAC junkie. It is honestly I think the first company I ever got lipstick from once I started wearing it. Now don't get me wrong I've used beauty supply ones when I was into wearing black or blue lol blue is my fav color, but when I got serious about it MAC was my first serious brand. 

             I had a $10 off coupon from Belk so I had been looking at these shades on MAC.com and Belk had them.....yay! So I ordered Show Orchid(on the left) which is a apart of the MAC pro lipstick collection. I love this bright vivid shade. Then along with that color I got Up the Amp (on the right). I have used it more than once since I got it. Love it! Such a cute purple........here I am wearing it this past weekend 

 I wore it with nightmoth lip liner from MAC. I love this shade point, blank and the period lol. Each shade is $16.00. I have not found dupes yet for the lower end products but when I do you know I will let you know.

 These last products are a combo of target and Ulta. The ELF lip exfoliator I got from target for $3.04. You can get it at ELF.com for $3. This is definitely a major fav and I will continue to get this product. It gets a major thumbs up. My lips felt smoother after use. I applied my lip conditioner after use and my lips felt great. It is easy to apply. It looks like a lipstick and you can just glide it on. I would suggest this to anyone especially if you wear lipstick or if you feel like you need to get rid of dry chapped lips so you can moisturize.

                      Now last months haul had the NYX hd setting powder which was white. I love that too especially during this hot weather. It is light and is sheer when it goes on so works for any complexion. I had been looking for the "set it and for get it" powder and I found it of course at target. It is $9.99 but I like it a lot. It is light like the hd power and sets my makeup very well. 

                       My last purchase was the beauty blender that I got from ulta for $5.99. Now don't get me wrong I like the one I got in my last haul or so and have used it but I wanted to get ones like the pros use so I got this one. 

Now this piece right here I found right before the movers came to pack us up. This is another clearly cube acrylic drawer unit. It is 6 drawers that are deeper than my other ones. This is all one unit....yes you read right all one. It was $39.99 at tjmaxx. I was so excited to find this. It is packed up and in storage right now but had to show you guys this. I did see a video on YouTube showing the individual drawers with the dividers. If I find them I will post. From what I saw they are by the same company and each single drawer is $19.99. I plan on looking while I am here to see if I find them. 

Well that's all for this month Divas. I got a lot of great stuff this month which many of them are my faves. I hope this has inspired you guys to look at and try some of these. Stay fab!

P.S stay tuned for my review of the Simpsons collection from MAC<3<3<3

********************************************Disclaimer*********************************************************************

All of the products in my haul I am not paid to talk about. I am just a girl who loves her makeup. I purchased all of these with my own money. I was not paid to say any of this. These are my own opinions based on my experience with the products.