As foretold in our previous post, the release of the MAC Alluring Aquatic collection meant that our bank balances once again became endangered.
After frantically running to Charlotte's house with visa in hand, I ordered Aphrodite's shell extra dimension bronzer and fathoms deep extra dimension eyeshadow.
My parcel arrived today, a day later than Charlotte's...? But ah well. Aphrodite's shell bronzer is a natural warm golden shade that will work best on light to medium skin tones. The powder is extremely finely milled and almost feels like a cream to the touch.
Fathoms deep appears to be a navy blue on the MAC website but in person it's more of a dark charcoal grey with a blue undertone. This eyeshadow is beautifully pigmented and provided an opaque swatch with one swipe. I really look forward to using this all over the lid for a dramatic smokey eye.
On a final note, yes it was most definitely the packaging which attracted me to this collection with the metallic blue and raised water droplets. I think this is one of my favourite packaging designs MAC has produced.
Grace xx
Look what arrived! I am in LOVE. The packaging is to die for, the bubbles you see are 3D and the metallic blue is so reflective in real life.
So the shades I have are Extra Dimension Aphrodites Shell and Refined Golden Bronzer. Refined Golden is much deeper and more orange in tone, this might sound scary but it works amazing for faking a tan as a real tan tends to be reddy orange. It also has a gold shimmer to add glow, this product looks amazing on the tops of cheekbones. Worth mentioning that the mirror is really great in this compact.
Aphrodites Shell is slightly lighter and gives a perfect amount of warmth to the face. As you can see it has a beautiful pattern on top which makes no difference to the product but is a nice addition.
Both of these products are beautifully creamy and blend like a dream. Probably not necessary to have both but I regret nothing. They're GORGINA. If you were umming and arring let me just convince you to buy.
Buy them.
-Charlotte
We're both obsessed with the beach and anything water related or tropical. (I mean look at the banner). When we saw that this collection had dropped, Grace ran round with debit card in hand and we both HAD to make a purchase... or two... If we're being honest the purchases we made were 100% swayed by the jaw dropping packaging. Those water droplets you see are not a stylistic choice for the photo shoot but are actually on the packaging! Also, the aqua metallic colour absolutely screams summer. This packaging is probably the best we have ever seen MAC produce and the whole collection is truly gorgeous in terms of the actual products inside. Some bits have already sold out online such as the lipsticks but it will of course be in store soon if you missed out, we recommend ringing up your local counter and asking when it'll be in. We've done this many a time and although you might be on hold for a while followed by an awkward interaction it is worth it so that you don't miss out!
Keep an eye out for reviews and swatches when Mr Postman drops off our goodies!
-Charlotte+ Grace
At 5:45 (I know!) on Friday morning, we awoke to get ready for an action packed day in the capital. Despite the early start we were super excited to be exploring a new city on our own and boarded the train without a hitch. Doing winged eyeliner on a train is not easy as we found out, especially with some unfortunate child throwing up in the row in front.
Being the cheap and cheerful duo that we are, we decided to spend as little money as possible on things such as food and transport, in order to buy more makeup. Makes sense right? It was for this reason that I spent the entire day carting around a Malteasers Easter egg in a carrier bag, definitely not as good as Cadburys but we struggled on. Our thrify nature, or just our irresponsible financial priorities also meant that we refused to pay for the tube like sensible tourists and so we ended up walking a grand total of 11 miles.
We were well and truly exhausted after visiting Covent Garden, Oxford street, China town and Picadilly circus as well as some other areas we stumbled upon when lost but hey, at least we burnt off that Easter egg.
We made three main discoveries whilst in London. Number one, why did no one tell us about five guys fries! (The biology 'test for fat' lesson comes back to us...) Number two, Christina Perri thousand years is a very good song to sing on the train at 11PM. Finally the third discovery, we learnt to avoid strange men in metallic paint after being chased by a supposed 'living statue' through Covent Garden... yes, screaming.
Stay tuned to see what we bought on our travels!
Grace xx
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