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The M.A.C. We've Been Waiting For….

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Oh yes, here it is. Smoke Signals. The collection fully dedicated to the ultra fabulous smoky eye and nude lip. This is a look that isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s a timeless look, so you need these colors!!! I’m actually stressing that you purchase these collections. Here’s the rundown.

The Gentle Fume Eyes (pictured left) includes Rondelle (a matte light silver with white pearl), Carbon ( a matte intense black), Gentle Fume (a velvet cool midtone grey with silver sparkle) and Waft (a matte deep blue grey). The Smoking Eyes (pictured right) quad includes Next to Nothing (a frosty creamy white with pink pearl), Smoking (a velvet black with gold), Showstopper (a matte light muted grey) and Satin Taupe (a frost taupe brown with silvery bronze shimmer). Good Lord, thank you!!! These are EXCELLENT investments, and I promise you that you will run back to these quads time and time again! Even the Ablaze blush is a gorgeous raisin-ish blush, described as a deep dirty coraly rose. Absolutely gorgeous on Caramel and Brown skin. On to the pigments, Smoke Signal pigment is the ultimate sista friendly Fall color. It will be on my eyes, lips and cheeks for sure! It’s so deep and mysterious, to sexy for words.

Let’s get on to the nude lip. Each of these colors is a winner. Every lipstick and every lipglass is wearable for us!!! All you need is the right lip liner (80%, Velvetella, etc.) and you are set to go. Two of the ‘glass (Illicit and Bare Truth) are creamy soft browns, perfect to throw on and go. There is also Bazaarish, the deep burgundy that needs to be in every sista’s handbag. Lastly, pick up a Soft & Slow, the creamy pink that works with virtually any liner.


Next up, there’s Blue Storm. I’ll be buying all of these too. In this collection, there is Blue Storm (a frosty cool royal blue with blue and silver pearl), Stormwatch (a matte deep teal), Thunder (a frosty rich blue with purple pearl), Cumulus (a frosty creamy gray with silver pearl), and Cloudburst (a velvet black with blue pearl). These are colors that have punch and much color definition, so wear them over a creamy base, like a Cream Color Base (which should be placed over a paint, to keep it from creasing). The colors are sure to pop this way!!! Also, the Kohl Power pencils are undeniably the most intense liners to date. All four of them are must haves. The glosses for this collection might be the most unique I have seen in awhile. Lull (pink lilac), Atmospheric (rich grape) and Lightning (whitish silver) are equally as beautiful, and none of them should be left in the counters.

Ladies and Gents, I can’t stress the importance of these two collections. I gasped over and over again as I swatched the colors onto my hand. Do not miss out on these collections! By doubles of the items if you can, I surely intend to. Just think about how many smoky eyes you can get out of these! When they are all sold out and you didn’t get them, don’t say I didn’t warn you!! If you don’t know how to do a smoky eye, ask for ideas! Feel free to e-mail me or leave a comment in the thread, whichever makes you the most comfortable. Also, feel free to ask a makeup artist in the store. After they show you the deal, buy what you want (which will be everything)!!!

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The M.A.C. We’ve Been Waiting For….

Oh yes, here it is. Smoke Signals. The collection fully dedicated to the ultra fabulous smoky eye and nude lip. This is a look that isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s a timeless look, so you need these colors!!! I’m actually stressing that you purchase these collections. Here’s the rundown.

The Gentle Fume Eyes (pictured left) includes Rondelle (a matte light silver with white pearl), Carbon ( a matte intense black), Gentle Fume (a velvet cool midtone grey with silver sparkle) and Waft (a matte deep blue grey). The Smoking Eyes (pictured right) quad includes Next to Nothing (a frosty creamy white with pink pearl), Smoking (a velvet black with gold), Showstopper (a matte light muted grey) and Satin Taupe (a frost taupe brown with silvery bronze shimmer). Good Lord, thank you!!! These are EXCELLENT investments, and I promise you that you will run back to these quads time and time again! Even the Ablaze blush is a gorgeous raisin-ish blush, described as a deep dirty coraly rose. Absolutely gorgeous on Caramel and Brown skin. On to the pigments, Smoke Signal pigment is the ultimate sista friendly Fall color. It will be on my eyes, lips and cheeks for sure! It’s so deep and mysterious, to sexy for words.

Let’s get on to the nude lip. Each of these colors is a winner. Every lipstick and every lipglass is wearable for us!!! All you need is the right lip liner (80%, Velvetella, etc.) and you are set to go. Two of the ‘glass (Illicit and Bare Truth) are creamy soft browns, perfect to throw on and go. There is also Bazaarish, the deep burgundy that needs to be in every sista’s handbag. Lastly, pick up a Soft & Slow, the creamy pink that works with virtually any liner.


Next up, there’s Blue Storm. I’ll be buying all of these too. In this collection, there is Blue Storm (a frosty cool royal blue with blue and silver pearl), Stormwatch (a matte deep teal), Thunder (a frosty rich blue with purple pearl), Cumulus (a frosty creamy gray with silver pearl), and Cloudburst (a velvet black with blue pearl). These are colors that have punch and much color definition, so wear them over a creamy base, like a Cream Color Base (which should be placed over a paint, to keep it from creasing). The colors are sure to pop this way!!! Also, the Kohl Power pencils are undeniably the most intense liners to date. All four of them are must haves. The glosses for this collection might be the most unique I have seen in awhile. Lull (pink lilac), Atmospheric (rich grape) and Lightning (whitish silver) are equally as beautiful, and none of them should be left in the counters.

Ladies and Gents, I can’t stress the importance of these two collections. I gasped over and over again as I swatched the colors onto my hand. Do not miss out on these collections! By doubles of the items if you can, I surely intend to. Just think about how many smoky eyes you can get out of these! When they are all sold out and you didn’t get them, don’t say I didn’t warn you!! If you don’t know how to do a smoky eye, ask for ideas! Feel free to e-mail me or leave a comment in the thread, whichever makes you the most comfortable. Also, feel free to ask a makeup artist in the store. After they show you the deal, buy what you want (which will be everything)!!!

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My Nars Adventure!

You know what I wonder? Why is it that we go to the mall when we know we are part of Kanyee’s fraternity Broke Phi Broke? We “browse” or “window shop”. That’s all BS. Today I was wasting time and happened to glance at the Nars counter display in Neiman Marcus (Tyson’s Corner, VA). All of a sudden, a bubbly makeup artist asked me if I needed any help. Her name is Kerry McAlpine, a Nars artist of 4 years. She really knows her stuff y’all. This delightful lock’ed beauty took advantage of my Neiman’s charge! She made everything dazzle, so I ended up with five items. Here is the run down of what I bought…


Cream Eye Shadow Duo in Pink Panther, which is a golden pink and soft silver set, perfect for lids, cheeks and lips, in my opinion. I would have to wear it over my MAC Paint of course. It’s the only way that my cream shadows don’t crease. Well, the paint is the only way my cream and powder shadows now that I think about it.


Exhibit A Blush is the cheek color that has Women of Color in a tizzy! It’s a matte burnt orange that wakes up cheeks no matter what complexion you are. It only takes the slightest bit on your blush brush to make a statement. Just to let you know, you will need Taj Mahal too. You can’t have one and not the other! Yes, they are both orange, but look NOTHING like each other.


Lip Gloss in Boogie Nights, which they describe as a metallic raspberry. Excellent description. Fiya! (That’s how my girl Kishelle from the Virgin Islands says “Fire!”) It’s the PERFECT gloss to wear all alone for a berry lip, or over a vivacious hot pink lipstick like Funny Face and a deep burgundy liner. Ugh, it’s too hot for words. Seriously. The gloss is so rich and isn’t sticky or tacky at all. It feels like nothing on my lips!


Lip Laquer in Capucine is that soft shimmery golden tangerine that goes with everything. You can throw it on with green shadow, blue liner or nothing at all. It’ll be perfect. I’m telling you…orange is our color!


Blush in Albatross is described as “sheer light golden sheen”. Now let me explain how much Kerry stressed the importance of this color. She put it on me and my hand maybe 4 times. But when she put it on herself, right along the top of her cheekbone to the outer part of her eye, my mouth dropped. It was so soft and added such a monumental highlight. It was a definite show stopper. Her whole face had this glow, it brought attention to every part of the face that it touched. I’ll be using it as a face highlight, and will dab a bit of it over any shadow that I wear for that pop. It’s effective yet subtle enough to wear everyday.

My haul is absolutely amazing. I have always loved Nars, and it’s one of my favorite beauty lines. The colors are pigmented beyond belief. I just love it, I re-discover more and more everytime I go!

Kerry McAlpine was SO helpful, she opened my eyes to products I would have otherwise overlooked. She really, really knows her stuff. Feel free to contact her at FlawlessbyKerimac@yahoo.com. Give her some information about your complexion and the look that you want, and after she recommends some products to you, you can order them and she can send them to you from Neiman’s! If you would like her store number and extension shoot me(or better yet, her) an e-mail!

Part 2 of my Nars Adventure continues tomorrow when I review all of the other colors and hot combinations that she suggested to me!!! You won’t want to miss it!

All swatches courtesy of Nars at Sephora

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