Lancome My French Palette

After going through Sephora, Hudson's Bay and Holt and Renfrew and looking for spring collections of different makeup brands, my eyes landed on this beauty. How adorable and romantic Lancome My French Palette is ($68CAD)?

From the first look at it, I loved how compact it was. It is a great travel palette, as it takes little space and has wearable shades that are suitable  for every day.

Another thing about the palette that appealed to me was how aesthetically beautiful it was. The design of packaging is inspired by Parisian street style. We see a scene that looks like a street in a Paris park. In the inside of the palette we have an instructions of how to use the shades and are given two looks, for the day and the night.

Lancome My French Palette Shades

We have six neutral and three color shades in the palette: three soft pink matte shades and darker pink copper shimmer shades. Then, under the little door, we find three shimmer intense shades of blue-green range

The first one of the trio is an insanely beautiful shade of sea-green color and the one that struck me the first.

Then you have a shade that in the palette looks just dark blue, but on the skin is medium to dark greenish.

And the last color is something between black and grey and is perfect for the eyeliner.

It’s also evident that shades are of high quality as they apply very smooth and bend well. They are also rather pigmented which is a bonus.

Disadvantages:

Shades, especially the green ones don’t hold very long and after 3-4 hours they start fading, even with eyeshadow primer.

Overall, it’s great that there are some color shades that give more life and energy to the look .So, if you are tired from using only nudes and want to have a more spring and lively makeup, Lancome French Palette is a good addition.

MAC: Mineralized Eyeshadows and Lipgloss

Today I'd like to tell you guys about new MAC purchases. What actually caught my eyes was a duo Mineralize Eye Shadow , called Joy and Laughter and a lipglass called Love Alert.

The eyeshadow has two colors: pale pink in cool tone and metallic purple.

Both of them are pearly and not pigmented too much.

This is why when you apply them on your eyes, they create a light, romantic look, especially if you wear them with eyeliner.

Drawbacks:

·      They fall out a little bit, thats' why it's important to be more careful while applying these eyeshadows.

·      They don't hold for a long time and after some time the eyeshadows fade away, even with the eyeshadow primer.

The lipglass name, Love Alert($23), is from the new MAC collection Red Red Red. It is shiny, bright and shimmering respberry with pink undertone. It smells really sweet and adds volume and glamour to the lips.

I apply them on the lipstick, as the top coat. If you apply only the lipgalss, it's not very easy because its brush is quite hard. But, at the same time , because the brush is not smooth, you can apply it into all corners of your mouth.

The lipglass is also very sticky and holds on the lips for many hours. So, if you are OK with stickiness, it's not going to be a drawback.

I apply it on the red lipstick and it makes my lips look glamorous. While wearing it over pink lipstick, it accentuates lips, make them stand out.

Drawbacks:

·      The lipglass is sticky

·      The brush is not soft at all, which makes it difficult to put on only lipglass