Autumn Favourites

Firstly, I'd like to apologize for my lack of updates. Right now it feels like the world is falling down around my ears and I'm quite stressed just trying to keep things running. Anyways, here are some of the products and colours I just love to use in the fall. Autumn is my favourite season by far and it really shows when you look at where my shade preferences are seen. Hope you enjoy!

• Spa Ritual polish in Howl (a black-brown with bronze shimmer)
• Mac Mega Metal eyeshadow in Spectacle of Yourself (shimmery auburn shade)
• Eyeko Indigo polish (Deep shimmery blue)
• Wet n' Wild Inferno (Bright orange with gold shimmer)
• Mac Kissable Lip Colour in Love Peck (Dark berry red)
• Revlon Just Bitten Lip Stain and Balm in Twilight and Beloved- a berry and a purple
• The Body Shop Autumn Leaves blush in Berry (Shimmery red blush)
• Mac Fluidlines in Rich Ground (Copper), Dark Diversion (Dark Red), Midnight Blues (Dark Blue) and Dark Envy (Dark green)
• Urban Decay eyeshadow in Lounge (Dark brick red with blue-green duochrome), Perversion (matte black), Twice Baked (Shimmery Dark Brown), Misdemeanor (Blackened blue-green)
• Nars eyeshadow duo in Cheyenne (Burgundy and rich orange)
• Venomous Cosmetics Lip Poison in Hypnotize (Coral almost red)
• Morgana Cryptoria Lip Stick in Rose Plum (Berry)
• Fyrinnae eyeshadow in Fire Opal (dark copper), Pumpkinfire (Black with orange shimmer), Dokkalfar (Black with green shimmer), Vodka (silver with green tinge), Damn Paladins (Taupe with green reflect)
• Morgana Cryptoria eyeshadow in Brew Haha (Dark grey with some shimmer)
• The Body Needs eyeshadow in Moonwalk (light grey)
• Eyeko Polish in Vampira (Black with red glitter)
• Venomous Cosmetics eyeshadow in Distant Planet (Dark blue-grey- very unique!)
• Stila eyeshadow in Eden (Red-based malt brown)
• Wet n' Wild Color Icon Single in Brulee (Nude shade)
• Mac eyeshadow in Sumptuous Olive (Kahki green)
• Mac Lipstick in The Faerie Glen (Nude), Slimshine Most Wanted (Bronzey-red)
• Color Club Polishes in Snakeskin (Green-grey with gold shimmers), I Always Get My Man-Darin (Neon orange with light green shimmer)
• Wet n' Wild Fast Dry in Sea Witch (Dark purple with blue shimmer)
• Nars Cream Blush in Penny Lane

Not all the things mentioned were pictured and I apologize for the craptastic photo, I ran out of daylight and was using my iphone. 

As you can tell I'm huge into sultry eyes and toned down lips or red lips and toned down eyes. I love dark jewel tones for Autumn and it's the only time of year I wear orange. I also included in the photo a pair of earrings I'm fond of especially this time of year. Here are some other quick shots of some of the items.

Top to Bottom: Mac The Faerie Glen, Mac Slimshine Most Wanted, Revlon Beloved, Revlon Twilight

L to R: Color Club I Always Get My Man-Darin, Color Club Snakeskin, Wet n' Wild Sea Witch

Spa Ritual Howl


Mac Fluidlines


Revlon Lip Stain

What are your favourite trends for Autumn?

Mac Me Over Midnight Blues Fluidline~ Review

Midnight Blues fluidline is probably the hardest of the four fluidlines in this Mac Me Over collection to find. It was the first to sell out on the American Mac website and the Canadian Mac website didn't receive any at all at their warehouse. I got really lucky and my sister stopped by a Mac store on the day of the release (and despite a sales assistant trying to sell her the WRONG product), received this gel liner. 

You can see my review for Mac Rich Ground Fluidline here, which is a fantastic product and what I'll be comparing this to, as Rich Ground really is perfection. But before I'll tell you about whether Midnight Blues lives up to the standard Rich Ground set, here's some photos of Midnight Blues.

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Mac described Midnight Blues as a Blackened Blue, but it really isn't. In some lights it looks like a navy with a faint shimmer, and in others it looks like a dark blue teal shade. Other times it can look sort of Indigo. On the lid it shows more blue but the other colour effects can show up still there. Here are the swatches:

L: 3 layers, R: 1 swipe

L: 3 layers, R: 1 swipe

Midnight Blues is a little less pigmented than what I hoped it would be, needing two swipes to show opaque on my eyes. However, like my previous fluidline it is still easy to apply and doesn't irritate my eyes. It lasts half decently on my waterline, not quite as well as Rich Ground but better than all my other liner options.
I am glad it shows up mostly blue on because I really didn't want a teal shade (nothing against teal, I've just been looking for a dark blue liner for a while now).

The shade does stain my brush after use, just thought I should mention this. As always Fluidlines cost $15 USD, or $18 CND (plus tax ends up being about $20 CND- quite expensive really. I hate that Mac keeps increasing their prices).

The trick to keeping your fluidlines creamy for long periods of time is to store them upside-down. My Rich Ground liner is still as easy to apply as when I first bought it because I always store it like this.

Overall, I do like Midnight Blues fluidline. Wish it had less green in it but it is a great gel liner and a staple I think in my stash. Plus with how little you need it will last me awhile.

Sprite Rating: 8/10- not quite what I was after in that I was hoping it would be slightly more pigmented and not have the green tinge it has, but on the lid thankfully this dies down. Still, not how it was described.

Would I Buy it Again? Compared to all the other dark blue liners on the market- I'd be tempted to try a Bobbi Brown gel liner in a dark shimmery blue if that colour was available just so I could get the true "Midnight Blue" colour (if it was a better colour match only though) but since this one does perform well I would most likely buy it again, yes.

Both Dark Envy and Dark Diversion are on their way to me so their (most likely joined) review will be when I get my hands on them. Have a great night!

New things happening at Hebridean Sprite Beauty

Hey everyone just a quick update on things here on Hebridean Sprite Beauty. I've succumbed to Twitter, so you can follow and talk to me there under HebrideanSprite. I've also added some tabs at the top. A general home tab which will take you back to the main page, a contact me one which just moved the contact information and a Desires page which are items that have caught my interest that I'll change up every once in a while and why I'm interested in them in the first place. I may or may not add a blog sale page at some point depending on my poll in the right hand column. I'll probably move the information posts up too sometime today or tomorrow.

You may also have noticed that I've widened the reading portion of the posts. This is so I can show you larger pictures, so I'm hoping this is a good change. If you like it or dislike it let me know so I can improve the blog.

Anyways, hope you all are having a great Thrusday. I should have some exciting posts coming in the next few days such as a long overdue Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy review and Mac fluidlines from the new Mac Me Over collection which releases in stores today. I should also be  getting my Haus of Gloi stuff soon. *is excited*

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