IMATS Sydney Haul 2012 | Darcie's Edition

This year Brooke and I were lucky enough to go to our first ever IMATS !! We attended IMATS Sydney and had a full on but fun day, flying to Sydney and back in 24 hours! We had so much fun looking around, swatching products and of course purchasing!  This post is going to be my (Darcie's) edition of our IMATS hauls! Hope you enjoy !

MAKE UP FOREVER 

Makeup Forever '5 camouflage Palette Cream' in 'No.1'

Makeup Forever 'Aqua Cream' (Pot)  in 'No.16' and ' Aqua Shadow' (Pencil) in '20E
The Swatch on the top of my hand is the 'Aqua Stick' and below it is a swatch of the 'Aqua Cream' '

Makeup Forever 'Smokey Lash Extra Black Mascara'

INGLOT

Inglot 4 Palette - Clockwise: 420, 397, 402, 30
(Picture in top right is also in the same placement as each eye shadow in the palette)

Clockwise: 420, 397, 402, 30

HAKUHODO

Hakuhodo Eye shadow Brush in 'J5523'

CROWN BRUSHES

Assortment of Brushes from Crown Brushes  

SCOTTY'S. BEN NYE, BEAUTY POD & KUU KONJAC

VICTORIA'S SECRET

At the Sydney Airport on the way home we stopped by Victoria's Secret. Victoria's Secret is really hard to find in Australia, the only one I have found is the one at Sydney Airport. Brooke and I booth purchased a Body Splash. 

Body Splash in 'Honeysuckle & Jasmine' 

SOME PHOTOS!

Brooke and I in front of the IMATS sign!

Brooke and I with a view of Sydney IMATS in the background

Sydney IMATS Ticket Wristband

M.A.C Favourites : Eyeshadows

Today I'm going to do a post about some of my favourite MAC Eyeshadows!! I love all of my MAC Eyeshadows but the three that I wear most are All That Glitters, Follow your Fantasy and Cloudburst. These colours are very wearable and blendable colours, with Follow Your Fantasy and All That Glitters been a great colour for the lid and Cloudburst the Perfect glittery colour for the crease.

L-R Follow Your Fantasy, All That Glitters and Cloudburst

L-R Follow Your Fantasy, All That Glitters and Cloudburst

Follow Your Fantasy

Follow Your Fantasy is a shimmery, golden, nude, peachy colour, that was part of The A Tartan Tale Collection by Mac. This colour is perfect for the lid, the pigmentation is not fantastic but it is buildable and once finished it looks incredible. I love the shimmery finish of Follow Your Fantasy!!

All That Glitters

All That Glitters would have to be my favourite eyeshadow! I LOVE this eyeshadow, the golden, shimmery, champagne colour is perfect for the lid and inner corner of the eye. The finish is amazing, i love the pearly, shimmery finish All That Glitters has! If I could recommend one eyeshadow, it would definitely be All That Glitters. It is perfect for every occasion and has great colour payoff! 

Cloudburst

Cloudburst is my go-to crease colour! I love how cloudburst has a tiny bit of glitter, making it different from your average black eyeshadow! The pigmentation is fantastic and it works with every lid colour! 

L-R All That Glitters, Cloudburst, Follow Your Fantasy

L-R All That Glitters, Cloudburst, Follow Your Fantasy

 Love Dx

Nails: Butter London, Knackered

Recently I have really being liking Butter London Polishes, so when i made an order on Adore Beauty I new I couldn't checkout without a Butter London Polish in my cart! I decided to chose the color called knackered, FleurDeForce mentioned this on her blog a while back I thought it was the most amazingly gorgeous color!  Knackered is a duo-chrome, holographic polish with hints of glitter! Depending on the light the polish can either look a lavender color or a greeny color! 

Although once applied this polish is gorgeous, it does take a lot of coats and hence a long drying time as the polish is incredibly sheer. The polish applies smooth and I experienced no Streaking!  I used the Revlon Quick Dry Base coat as a base coat and the as a top coat I used Sally Hansens Insta-Dri Top coat.  By using this top coat it does help quicken the drying time and creates a clean. glossy finish! I would definitively recommend trying out knackered, even though the drying time isn't the quickest, the amazing, unique color that you get in the end is totally worth the wait!  Love D! x

MAC Casual Color: Lip and Cheek Color in Relaxation

 I recently made a MAC purchase online and of course I purchased the product I'd been craving since the Casual Color Collection was released: The Casual Color Lip and Cheek Color in Relaxation!! I love this product ! It is a really pretty dusty pink / cool mauve color, which looks great on both the lip and cheek! It really looks natural and 'casual' when wearing it on both the lip and cheek. I really love wearing Relaxation as a blush as it looks very natural, it just gives you that  light and natural flush of color! When wearing it on the lips it is the perfect light pink, it is not to dark or light and goes really well with my skin tone. 

The formulation is really creamy and when wearing it on the lips it keeps them moisturized and soft. I was worried that when wearing Relaxation as a blush it would leave my cheeks looking shiny/oily, but that wasn't the case at all! I stayed really well on my cheeks and just left a natural look with no shine!! I just can't get over how natural and light this product feels! I can definitely see my self just wearing Relaxation as a blush and lip color, with a tad of mascara, I'll be good to go! I would definitely recommend buying a Casual Lip and Cheek Color, I really want to pick up some more!  It is definitely a perfect product for those 'Casual' days! 

 LOVE D xox