FOTD: Pink Pearl Pigment Attends the Nordstrom's MAC Technique Class and Tips From The Pros!

I attended a Nordstrom's MAC Technique Class today in which emphasis was on evolving a simple day look and fine tuning it throughout the day to eventually end the night looking just as fun yet hot!

There were about 20-25 of us ladies in the house and we had two excellent MAC Artists facilitating our class, Yvette and Tiffany. They each had one lovely lady from the audience as a model and the looks that they had for each girl complimented them very well. The transformation as they took it from day to night was just an amazing thing to watch. Not to mention they each got a lovely pair of lashes to go along with their makeover!

Throughout the course, we got to see how the Makeup Artists put their brushes to use. It never occurred to me to use my MAC 187 to apply my moisturizer nor did it dawn on me to use my 217 to put on my eye cream. Sounds pretty obvious, right? Well, this definitely attests to the fact that the obvious isn't always, well... so obvious (at least to me, hah).

As they transitioned from skin prep, to eye makeup, to finishing off the face, they would do a "shop stop" in between each so that us attendees could grab what we wanted while the information was still fresh in our minds. Professionally, I say good sales tactic matey! Le Visa Debit says "arg".

But as the two hours of knowledge finally dwindled to an end, I was thankful to my MAC binge over the past 5 months because I had already accumulated more MAC products over time that visual lessons like these allow me to just pick up things here and there. Walking away with the MAC Mineralize Loose Powder, Fast Response Eye Cream, and Painterly Paint Pot, I felt good knowing that things were within reason - yay me!

So after an exceptional time in the hands of Nordstrom's and MAC's finest, here are some tips straight from the Pros:

• For those who aren't as comfortable with pops of color during the day, looks are well played with neutral eyeshadow choices. Preferably matter or satin finishes. But night-time is always a fun time, so don't be scared to play with some color within your comfort level.
  
• The use of a brown liner on the waterline (such as Brown Border Technakohl) emphasizes your eyes in a much softer way than using black.
• Lining the lower lashline also emphasizes more defined eyes. Lining eyes halfway (from the outer to the middle) allows eyes to appear more open.
  
• The lip difference between day and night can be as simple as giving lips some shine with some lipgloss and/or going a shade deeper from the day pouters.
  
• Know where you're placing your eyeshadow on your brush. Do not grind the brush into the pot as too much product will be deposited into the bristles. Blending brushes like the MAC 224 only need color on the tips in order to create precise placement.
  
• Make sure your paint pots and fluidline jars are tightly shut and stored upside down to prevent drying. I also always make sure to turn my jars upside down when I use them to make sure they're not exposed to air for long periods of time. I'm scared of my gorgeous colors drying out on me!
  
• If you use a brow setter, brush the gel in the direction against the hairs first then along the direction of growth to coat both sides and maximize staying power.
• When applying eyeshadow/base on the eyelids, hold the brush bristles down and deposit eyeshadow/base near the lashline sweeping up and blending out.
• If you wear sleeve-less shirts, you may want to consider buffing cheeks with a bronzer so as to match your face to your shoulder.
• When lining eyes, use the side of the brush starting from the middle and working outward. Once the guideline is established, line the inner part connecting to the initial line started in the middle (this is exactly what I do).

Wow! Is that a cheat sheet or what? No matter what level you are in your makeup application, it's always good to refresh, if not add to, the knowledge you already have. You can never OVER-saturate yourself with knowledge.

So you got the skinny on some notes I took for you folks. But you know I wouldn't leave you hanging without showing you how I showed up to class, right?

From the recent release of Heatherette for MAC, I welcomed one of my first MAC pigments to the collection, Pink Pearl. I paired this gorgeous duo chromatic pink with blue pearl pigment with Moon's Reflection and Hepcat eyeshadow along the lid. Using my HG Signed, Sealed from Matte2, I darkened the outer V slightly but made more emphasis with Carbon, placing it at the very corner to really create the depth.

The first set of photos was my trial run with the look while the last two photos are spruced up with some new NYX falsies I hauled and evidence of what I wore to class. What a difference lashes make, yah?

I hope your weekend is full of color folks!

Aloha,
Mrs. Lynne

FACE
Monistat Chafing Relief Powder-Gel
Studio Finish Concealer NW35 (224)
Buff'd Caramel (182)
Secret Blush Beauty Powder Blush (169)
Shadester/Lightsweep Sculpt & Shape Powder (169, 129)

BROWS
STILA Brow Set (266)

EYES
UDPP
Frisco Rose p/p with moisturizer (lid - 252)
Frisco e/s (highlight - 217)
Moon's Reflection e/s (entire lid, middle lower lashline - 239, 219)
Pink Pearl Pigment (inner lid, inner lower lashline - 239, 217, 219)
Hepcat e/s (outer lid, crease - 239, 217)
Signed, Sealed e/s (outer V, outer lower lashline - 217, 219)
Carbon e/s (outer V - 219)
Blacktrack f/l (upper lashline - 208)
Graphblack Technakohl (waterline)
Prep & Prime Lash & Covergirl Lash Blast

LIPS
NYX Pandora & Galaxy



You can hardly tell in the photos, but I used Secret Blush Beauty Powder Blush lightly just to add minor flush.





The same look using NYX #117 lashes and only NYX Pandora on the lips, no Galaxy.



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