MAC Cosmetics - Matte Squared (Matte2)

Pure pigment finely milled into a pressed powder. This is MAC Cosmetics Matte Squared ( Matte2 ). These shadows just arrived at your MAC Counter and at maccosmetics.com, of course. 

 

So glad that matte is back, and that these shadows are going to become part of MAC's permanent line. I will watching as the collection grows and grows. Matte Squared shadows are long-wearing, silky smooth, and glide on like a dream.

Right now there are the 16 shades pictured above, and each one retails for $14.00 

Get In Line for this Cat Eye Kit!

Have you seen or heard about this amazing Get In Line Kit by Beth Bender Beauty yet?

 
 

This Get In Line kit is a stencil kit, which contains two sets of stencils - one to get the ultimate cat eye and the other to get the ultimate smoky eye. Along with the stencils is a great double-sided brush and three eyeshadow colors.

The kis comes in two shade selections, a light palette and a dark palette. It retails for $36 at her site and is the must have product to get your cat eye look such as Hilary Duffs', Ashlee Simpsons', or the smoky eye like Debra Messing.

Backstage with MAC Cosmetics.

MAC makeup artists have been running around backstage at New York Fashion Week pretty feverishly. While they have been working hard, they have been nice enough to send me information on the makeup trends we will be seeing next Spring.

One of my favorite looks so far is that from the Luca Luca show, just on the runway yesterday.

MAC artist Tom  Pecheu was going for the seventies supermodel look. His inspiration? A young Jerry Hall.

Tom used bright Parrot blue eyeshadow on the eyelids, then covered the creases with a shimmery dark grey to give what he called "true sophistication."

There was an obvious lack of cheek color, which I personally think needed just a quick swipe of a nude pink.

To finish the look, model mouths were dabbed with N3 Lipstick - a putty-ish pink nude. 

The effect? A grown up in the eyes - and a tender young girl in the mouth.

 

Beautiful, and very wearable!