This Weeks New Make Up

As I mentioned in my Friday ramble, despite not visiting the shops as planned, I did get a few new bits delivered this week. In a moment of MAC limited edition weakness I ordered Petticoat Mineralised Skin Finish and Hang Loose mineralised blush.

I'm sure you have seen millions of pictures of Petticoat and Hang Loose already but I thought it would be remiss of me not to include a shot! Petticoat is pictured above. It's a metallic pink and as you will see in the swatch at the end it's quite a warm, peachy pink. In fact it's a lot warmer than I was expecting. I gave Stereo Rose a miss as I thought the coral colour wouldn't suit me.

Hang Loose is pictured above. After years of avoiding pinks I seem to be rather drawn to them at the moment. The pink side of this blush is quite similar to Well Dressed which is no bad thing. I think I need a bit of practise at mixing the lilac and pink together, the level of shimmer certainly makes me nervous! Overall I'm pleased with these. I was extremely worried that after buying them on impulse I might regret it.

Here's another photo of the OPI Dulce de Leche that got in a swap. Please do excuse the big nail chip. Though it is proof absolute of my rubbish peeling nails. I'm so pleased with this colour, it's almost mannequin nail but is a touch more pink than beige. It looks lovely against a light tan. I shall take some swatch pictures when I reapply. It looks so much better than the Suzi says Feng Shui that I swapped it for!

I ordered this Guerlain Loose Kohl in Oriental Metal from Slapiton Beauty and Salon Products. I actually ordered it a couple of weeks ago and was starting to panic as I'd heard nothing. I'm pleased to report that I wasn't charged until the item was despatched, it would have been nice to know there was going to be a delay though. I did get a nice perfume sample which I think is always a nice touch. I have Get Lippie and Lady of the Lane to thank for this purchase. Every time I saw another mention of it I became more tempted and with good reason as it is a truly beautiful colour. I've not quite got the hang of applying it just yet but will keep practising. I would describe the colour as a smoky taupe with touches of silver. It adds lovely definition without being quite as harsh as black can be.

Here are the swatches. From left to right; Oriental metal, Lilac from Hang Loose, Pink from Hang Loose and Petticoat MSF. I think you can see from the swatch that the lilac side of Hang Loose is very frosty! It appears almost silver here. I think you can also see that Petticoat leans a little peach when compared to the pink of Hang Loose. I certainly see this when applied and as I mentioned already, it's a lot warmer than I had expected from other swatches and how it appears in the pan. I suppose this is related to the level of veining which does very from pan to pan.

I hope this was helpful and I hope I didn't bore you too much with more In The Groove swatches!
Jane x