Mac R.E.D Dupes ...

Mac R.E.D Lipstick - £15

I bought this lipstick on a whim, I just fancied a Mac red lipstick and chose this one but now I've been through my collection I have three other lipsticks which are pretty much identical colours. 

Anyway, I really love this colour and Mac is by far the best quality but if you fancy trying out this colour before you buy the expensive one, here are a few dupes! 

Top left going clock wise:

Mac R.E.D

 ELF Fearless

 17 Showbiz

Revlon Cherry Blossom.

17 Showbiz. 

 ELF Fearless.

Revlon Cherry Blossom.

Mac R.E.D

Although the textures are slightly different varying between each one, the colours are pretty much identical, but ELF's Fearless is a little bit more orange than pink. 

Gotta love a Mac dupe!

Jess xo

Mac Copper Sparkle Pigment - Review

Mac Pigment in Copper Sparkle - £17

I saw a video by Shaaanxo where she was doing the perfect palette tag (Link Here), she was wearing an absolutely stunning eye look and after a (very) little amount of investigating I found out she was actually wearing this and it was love at first sight! This began my love affair with Mac's pigments and glitters, it's just incredible! If I'm honest I did think the price was a little hefty at first but when I was justifying it to myself I thought about the amount you get and the amount you actually use per wear and thought I'd probably never actually need to repurchase it, so I went for it. I've mentioned before that I did buy the eye shadow Coppering at the same because I didn't know how opaque it would be, but both together and separately they look amazing on. 

Definitely don't go for this if you don't want to attract any attention, it's so eye catchingly beautiful on. It can be really easily pressed onto the lid over or without eye shadow but I would recommend putting something on underneath, just so it has something to cling to. I literally cannot say a bad word about this beauty, but I will be getting a mixing medium just to use with it, to make the colour really pop! 

I will definitely be trying some other pigments from Mac now, I've got a sample of Tan which is also stunning but I'll talk about that at a later date. 

  

Jess xo

Wishlist #26 - Making An Effort...

wishlist #26 - Making an effort... by jesscotton featuring genuine leather handbags

Missguided black velvet dress / Black velvet coat, £38 / Black high heel boots / Topshop genuine leather handbag, £41 / CC SKYE spike jewelry, £110 / Multi layer necklace, £9.00 / NARS Cosmetics evening eye makeup, £27 / Topshop nail polish, £6.55

Mac Coppering Eye Shadow - Review

Mac Coppering Eye Shadow - £10

I am one of the worst impulse buyers, I just enjoy shopping so much that I get caught up in the moment, this was definitely one of those moments.

I really love warm toned browns, I think they compliment my brown eyes the most but I fancied something slightly different and experimenting. I was drawn to this because of my newly found love of the Mac Pigment in Copper Sparkle and thought this would look really lovely underneath to intensify the look. On the Mac website it's described as a Orange copper, but I think it has really pretty goldy orange shimmer running through it which makes it looks really beautiful when it catches the light. It's definitely one of those shadows where it looks the same in the pan as it does on the lid, none of the pigmentation or shimmer is lost. 

As with all Mac eye shadows, I'm very impressed, it's a really lovely colour and think it would suit all eye colour but I think it would especially make green eyes look incredible and really bring out the colour. 

I would recommend everyone to try this out, it's such a beautiful colour however, I would be wary of it making your eyes looks like a sore colour which I sometimes feel like it does. 

Jess xo

 

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Up Coming Beauty Reviews...

Thought I'd give away a few details of up coming beauty reviews I've got in the pipe lines! I'm sorry to those who don't like Mac but quite a few of them are Mac products because I've been going a bit crazy in there lately!

If you have any thoughts on these products I'd love to know!

Jess xo

L'Oréal Glam Shine Stain Splash in Juliet 300 - Review

L'Oréal Glam Shine Stain Splash in Juliet 300 - £7.99

I bought this on a complete whim, I hadn't heard anything about it or even seen anyone review it, I just thought the colour was really pretty. 

It is rather expensive for how much you get, but I actually got it on an offer which they often have, so it wasn't too bad really. 

It's one of those liquid lipsticks, gloss to lipstick thingy majiggy. You apply it like a lipstick and it fills really glossy but after a few minutes it feels a lot thicker when you rub your lips together and then throughout the day as it wheres off it leave a really lovely stain effect. You can build this up with a couple of layer and it can become really vibrant without looking cakey or clinging to the dry patches of your lips. 

Overall, I really like this product, it doesn't smudge or move around throughout the day, it's really pretty without being too much maintence, I've been wearing this throughout the day when I fancy a brighter lip but don't have the time to keep checking and reapplying every 5 minutes. 

I'm definitely going to get some different shades of these and might try some nudes to see if they fair as well as this bright colour. L'oreal you've done me proud! 

Jess xo