The Makeup Anarchist

After having a little time to play with them, I wanted to do an update from the last blog on the Love That Look MAC shadows I purchased and the MAKE UP FOR EVER Star Powder I got.

I love the colors…  That hasn’t changed… The gorgeous shades outweigh any problems…

Now onto the cons, because I’m not going to pretend everything is perfect if it isn’t… I want to be as informative as I can about any products I talk about.

The four MAC shadows I got (I can only say this for the ones I got, and not all of the ones in the collection) have a smell… a weird smell… I can’t say it’s bad necessarily, but it isn’t pleasant… And none of my other Mac shadows smell like this or anywhere near this strongly…. and as far as I know, you can only smell it if you take the shadow up to your nose… it’s not like wearing this is going to make you stink…. just an odd smell for the Starflash shadows… especially One Off and Rated R… the colors are gorgeous though.

Actually, now that I think about it, the shadows remind me of the scent of my Too Faced Shadow Insurance… not exactly the same, but similar…

The MAKE UP FOR EVER Star Powder in Iridescent Fuschia stains the skin.  I used a base so it really wasn’t too horribly noticeable… but it was there if you knew where to look…  I don’t know if the other ones stain, I’ve heard the really pigmented ones do, but I can’t say that for sure since I haven’t tried them.  This will not stop me from using this or buying more in the future, because the color is too fabulous not to, and I can always cover it up with my Full Cover concealer of the same brand… no biggie…. I also have very light skin (MAC liquid NW15 foundations are actually darker than my skin) so I might be a high-risk for staining shadows anyway.

Not a huge update, but something I thought I should share since I did praise them so much in the last blog.  They’re still fabulous products in my opinion, and I know the Iridescent Fuschia Star Powder is right up there as one of my favorites of all time.