My collection of M.A.C. pigments (samples) with swatches!

Hey everyone!! Today I will talk to you about M.A.C. pigments. There are a ton out there so I thought I share with you the once that I have and do some swatches. I don't think there are a lot of videos about M.A.C. pigments. I have 22 pigments total and it's not even close to the half of what M.A.C. has. So lets start.

1. Acid Orange - beautiful orange pigment. Although I expected it to be very vibrant- it is not. I did use a base, when I was swatching it but I still love it. Originally I got it to do some accents in my eye makeup but it also will be great all over the lid for fun summer makeup. The powder of the pigment is finely milled. I would say it has satin to slight shimmery finish. 

2. Teal- very vibrant turquoise color. Again, I have it to do some accents or use it as a liner. The texture is the same as Acid Orange. It has beautiful satin finish. I did a look using this pigment: http://tanyavguerrero.blogspot.com/2014/06/teal-obsession.html

3. Blue brown- is one of my favourite. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it. It has a strong metallic finish. I would describe the color as iridescent brownish green. I did found a dupe for it.  Check out my post about it here : http://tanyavguerrero.blogspot.com/2014/06/wet-wild-vs-mac-dupes.html

4. Golden olive- beautiful yellowish green. The powder in it is slightly rougher but still not chunky. I love to use this pigment along with the shade Jade from my Lorac Pro 2 Palette. The finish of the pigment is more metallic than satin. 

5. Cornflower - you would think it will be yellow, but no it is beautiful blue color. You will be able to use it all over the lid as well as just do some accents. It has more shimmery that satin finish. 

6. Violet. Oh my! You know I love my purples. Couldn't pass on this one. It's milled just like blue brown, golden olive and cornflower, which is a slightly rougher powder. The finish is stunning metallic, so gorgeous. You can see it in action here: http://tanyavguerrero.blogspot.com/2014/06/evening-look-using-mac-pigments.html

7. Push the edge- another purple. The powder of this one is very finely milled. It is gorgeous dark purple with satin finish.

8. Deep purple- doesn't look like purple at all. Looks more like a brownish maroon, but still super pretty. The consistency is like blue brown and others. Satin finish.

9. Maroon- the powder is finely milled. Almost matte but more satin finish. And yes, it is a maroon color. Beautiful. 

10. Heritage rouge- so pretty. The powder is just like blue browns. Satin to metallic finish. It does look alike with Maroon. I did a tutorial on my Youtube channel using this pigment. 

11. Accent red- the consistency is again blue brown alike. It is pinkish maroon color and metallic finish. I love it!

12. Pinked mauve- again blue brown's consistency. Looks alike with accent red but this one is more pink and no brown at all. It is satin to shimmery finish. 

13. Lovely lily- beautiful lavender color. It is satin. Nicely milled powder. Very pale. You need a good eye shadow base to make it pop. 

14. Old gold. I love gold shades so much. It is very strong gold with brown undertone. Blue brown alike powder grinding. Metallic finish.

15. Gold- super stunning. Very much finely milled powder. True gold. Metallic finish. 

16. Golden lemon- beautiful golden yellow. Has a chunkier grinding. It has shimmery to metallic finish. 

17. Melon- again, chunkier grinding. Beautiful metallic every day light brown shade that will make your eyes pop. Looks stunning.

 

18. Copper sparkle- one of my favourite pigments. I did create a look using this and some other pigments : http://tanyavguerrero.blogspot.com/2014/06/evening-look-using-mac-pigments.html

It is chunky milled, looks almost like glitter, but it is not. Gorgeous metallic finish. 

19. Tan- I just did a tutorial using it. It is so stunning. Check out my YouTube channel for that. It is milled like blue brown and has a beautiful light brown metallic finish. 

20. Rose- very chunky but beautiful pigment. I have been wearing it in some of my videos. I will link them down here: 

What I got for my B-day:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=299qqWAhUq8&list=UU9-jAfmwWCkSKAFmpbKnu6Q

Empties #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZsmIl-w_L0&list=UU9-jAfmwWCkSKAFmpbKnu6Q

Gorgeous Rose color- perfect addition to Lorac Pro 2 Palette's Rose. Shimmery metallic shad. 

21. Naked- great brow bone highlight shade. Nude beige color with satin to shimmery finish. Finely milled powder, just like acid orange's. 

22. Vanilla- great brow bone color as well. It has shimmery finish, so preferably night time under brow highlight. Classic white. Has a blue brown alike grinding. See me using it here: http://tanyavguerrero.blogspot.com/2014/06/evening-look-using-mac-pigments.html

I purchased these pigments on the site The body needs minerals http://www.thebodyneeds2.com They all were farily innexpensive.I love pigments, just because I don't have to buy expensive palette for just one teal color. Definitely check this site out if you are interested. Thank you very much for checking out my blog. xoxo

Tatiana Guerrero

E.l.f. Studio Brushes. Review.

Hey guys! Today I will be doing a little review on the E.l.f. Studio brushes- exactly black ones and not white. I had them for a while now.  I have been wanted to try them for a while and when I saw that E.l.f. had 50 % off on their web site I decided to get it. With that deal my brushes were like 50c or 1.50 $ each. lt all started with the eyeshadow "C" brush because I wanted a brush that I could pack an eyeshadow on but I obviously got more than just one brush. 

First of all I got mascara wands. I really wanted them because I had nothing to brush my eyebrows with and I was using a little funky brush on a pencil cap, so I got these. They are really handy. It's probably not the best idea to use it for eye brows because the wand is fat but I use it and I like it. There are 12 wands in the packaging. 

The eyeshadow "C" brush. I expected it to be flat eye shadow brush but it was really fat what kind of disappointed me. It still works great for packing an eye shadow on the lid with some eyeshadow brands. It totally sucks for Urban Decay Naked Palette. 

A small precision brush and a small smudge brush almost have no difference. The bristles of a precision brush are a little longer than of a smudge brush. I was using both for putting eye shadow in the inner corner of my eye and for the bottom lash line but they are not the most comfortable. They have hard inflexible bristles that don't really work good with eye shadow. Recently I have heard that a small precision brush is for lips. I probably should use it for that. I will see how I like it. 

I liked the eyeliner brushes at first but now I find it hard to work with. I got two of them- one is an angled eyeliner brush and the other one is a small angled brush. I still like angled eyeliner brush because it's very very thin and I use it to smooth out the liner of I drew it all crooked. But the handle itself is fat and it takes some practice to get used to it. Small angled brush....I don't even know.... I liked it with my Wet & Wild gel liner that was very dry and not the best but this brush is awful with L'Oreal Infallible gel eye liner. I have to play with it more to figure it out.  

I use this contour brush to apply eye shadow into my crease area. Its neither fluffy nor soft so it doesn't really works for blending out the product but I use it to pack the color in that area. So far I like it and use it whenever I want the crease area be very defined. 

Angled contour brush is awful!! Maybe not in quality but in its shape, inaccurate bristle cut and hugeness. It is definitely not for your eyeshadow simply because you won't be able to work with it on the eyes because it is too big. It might be used for contouring nose. I think for those who want to make their nose look smaller can find use for that brush. I am so disappointed I got it. 

Moving on to the face brushes. Originally I wanted a powder brush as well. I honestly do not need it but it would have been way better if I got it instead of an angled contour brush. Anyway, the next brush is an angled blush brush. I have talked about it in one of my favourites video. I still like it but I do not like it for every brand of blush. I only like this brush with inexpensive brands that I have such as Essence and NYX. I think it puts the blush on beautifully because those blushes are not really intense and it's a little harder to make them stand out. As fas as brush goes it's not the softest brush so I have been trying to fluff it out a little bit but its still well shaped so you won't be able to blend with it. 

For a highlighting I got a fan brush. I know people are complaining about Sedona Lace fan brush because it is so huge but this one is tiny that's why I got it. It's still not the best because the bristles are hard and don't pick up a lot of product. So I think it will be good for really pigmented and intense highlighters because then you won't look like a disco ball. 

I honestly did not need this mineral powder brush. I thought I get it because I was planning on getting something mineral but I don't like loose powder products so I don't think I will be getting a mineral foundation any time soon. You would think I have no use for this brush but I use it to apply my regular liquid foundation and I like it. It is almost as good as Eco Tools face brush. 

I got a small tapered brush for applying a powder underneath my eyes and for highlighting. I like it to highlight with inexpensive products like my physicians formula shimmer strips eye shadows because they are not highly pigmented and it's hard to over do your face. I like that brush.

Overall, if I knew how these brushes are I wouldn't have wasted money on it and rather saved up on the better quality brushes but if I have to pick between what I have I would pick face brushes and ditch eye brushes. Eye brushes are totally not doing anything for me. I have to add that these brushes do not shed at all. 

Thank you for your time.xoxo

Tatiana Guerrero.