MAC has a new collection of 28 eye-popping, jaw-dropping, hyper-pigmented matte shades in every colour a girl (or guy - hey I see you male beauty aficionados!) could dream of. MAC hit up your green-haired gal and I just love when a brand "gets" me. I'm either all about bright, vivid rainbows or complete goth darkness and Colour Rocker has both sides of the spectrum covered. No matter what complexion you have, you'll find something that pops perfectly on you.

MAC makeup artist, Clanelle Burger, gave me a closer look at the collection by working her magic to give me a moody ombre lip to match my hair. I LOVED the look so much that I even did a look post that will be live soon. Forget matching your nails to your lipstick, I say match your hair to it.

I took home 5 shades that I'm very happy to add to my arsenal; Instant Icon (bright baby blue), Into The Madness (bright lime green), Frosting (neutral white), Bunnybeams (pinked lavender-purple) and Gritty Girl (light cool brown). While I was in-store I also picked up some of that heavenly MAC Mineralize Skin Hydrating Mist - so great for priming dry skin.

Matte is where it's at, no matter your lip size. There's a universal idea that glossy is great for small lips because the shine can make them appear larger but gloss comes off so quickly, so I prefer to over-line my modest lips and rather add some powdered highlight in the center to make them look their best.

The Colour Rocker lipsticks are as wonderfully creamy as you've come to expect from MAC and although I do love a matte liquid lip, I find that matte lipstick is easier to re-apply on the go because it's not as drying. The pastel shades pack a surprising punch and the darker shades are positively dreamy. I'm already excited to experiment with looks built around the colours I have. I think my favourites so far are Bunnybeams, Instant Icon and Frosting. Frosting especially excites me because a white lipstick is very handy to have in your makeup kit; you can lighten up any colour, use it as highlight for a subtle ombre lip or even use it on your brow bone to give a great contrast to your eyeshadow.

The lipsticks are priced at R240 and you can shop all shades now at https://www.maccosmetics.co.za. I've ordered with them before and they were lightning-fast with delivery.

Thanks to MAC South Africa, Kim Morton and Clanelle Burger for letting me play in the Colour Rocker world!


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While I was in LA, I did my huge Sephora shop and also stocked up on the latest drugstore beauty products. I wanted to share my favorite finds for a great night-time look. 




I've been searching for a great brow pencil for a while now but I couldn't find a good colour match, everything was either too dark or too brown, leaving me looking pretty weird. I even considered bleaching my brows, haha! I finally found my one true brow love in Anastasia Brow Wiz's Medium Ash. This brand is the best for brows and they ship to South Africa. They do a good job explaining the colours, of course it's best to test it out in-store but if you know your brows, you can order it here.




This dark circle concealer is PERFECT. It has a sponge-like applicator so it does the blending for you. Absolutely love it!




Urban Decay's Naked Palette has redefined eyeshadow for thousands of women, me included. Unfortunately the Naked 3 was sold out so I got the Basics Palette and came home to find a colour missing (bummer!). I have the colour in a previous Naked palette but that was quite a pain. Boo! 




These two products are from my main stash and they're solid. You can order Prep + Prime from M.A.C. locally like I did here, don't you love getting packages delivered to your door? As for Maybelline's Master Precise, it's a nice skinny pen which I need because thanks to childhood rough-housing with my brother, I have a scar on my left eyelid (you'll spot it later in the post), meaning that I have to apply it thinner on that lash line. I love liquid eyeliner, it's all I use up top.





My mom and I love trying out new mascaras so I bought L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly which has a great wand, it extends at the ends to coat those long outer lashes and it also works great on lower lashes as long as you work with it lightly. 

What follows is my step by step application.




Next I thought I would include an unedited as well as an edited image for comparison A.K.A. spot the pimples, haha! I think beauty posts should be beautiful but they also need to show the real results. All I've done in my edited image is add contrast to brighten the look and I also got rid of my blemishes, the same applies to the close-ups but the make up has always been left untouched so no burn tool to make lashes look better!




You might notice that for my complete look I also worked a little lip magic by using a great plumping product. I've got tiny lips and I want to do a tutorial soon to show you how amazing it is. All the lip tutorials I've seen online have girls with way better lips so I'd like to throw my hat in the ring for us small-lipped ladies. Till then, I hope you enjoyed this post!  

On Monday Wella and Scar Hair teamed up to treat a bunch of us gals to a day at the salon. We got to try out the new Wella Color ID system for soft, blended colour - no foils necessary. That's right, no space-age alien vibes in sight. Wait, this is me we're talking about...anyway I thought it was awesome because the process was much less time-consuming and you can mix the colours without them bleeding. I just let my hairdresser, Verushka, do her thing while I sipped, spilled and refilled some champagne and chatted to the girls on the rooftop. Kinda felt heaven, not gonna lie to y'all. We ended up going for a mix of subtle pastels and I love it!

Wella also gave us a goodie box that included one of my favorite recent purchases from Scar, SP LuxeOil Reconstructive Elixir. My hair is super dry and the SP LuxeOil collection is all about locking in moisture with their blend of argan, jojoba and almond oils so I'm looking forward to trying out the rest of the products. What a perfect way to start a crazy week!

I gotta say, I love being a girl. I used to be this angsty little goth kid but I graduated from overdosing on eyeliner to full-on make up obsessed. I'm a highlighting and contouring monster who has too many lipsticks to count so you can imagine the state of my cosmetics collection. It was not pretty and I like things to be hella pretty. I longed for acrylic beauty cases ever since I saw them all over Pinterest. Luckily, when I visited Leigh/lipglossgirl's blog the other day, I set my sights on this Beauty Box. I could order online and get one here?! I had to buy it. Now my mom is hounding me to order one for her as well. I also got this cute lipstick organizer, I love that these products are made to fit together.


So here's the deal, you order from The Beauty Box, get your package, twist on these darling glass crystal knobs and voila! The box has five compartments with dividers for you to remove or arrange how you see fit. The bottom drawer is larger than the rest with an 'X' divider that I quite like for bigger products and the top pops open to display taller items. Perfection. I'm about to order another, total life changer of a product and well worth every penny. Check out www.thebeautybox.co.za to see all their items.