Hi everyone! So I am very excited about today’s blog post because it is a collaboration post with one of my good friends Kelsie. Last year, when I studied abroad in London, I met Kelsie at the orientation. We realized that we had almost every class together so ever since then we sat together in class. A few weeks into the semester I found out she makes youtube videos. Now I am a big fan of youtube. I love to watch tutorials and diy videos so when I found out she was a youtuber I was very excited! Now it’s about a year later and I still watch all her videos religiously. She has a beauty channel and what I love about her videos is that she is extremely honest about the products. She gives amazing feedback that way if you are interested in the products you can hear an honest opinion before you go out to buy them. Let’s be honest, makeup is expensive and we want to make sure we have the best products! So when I learned she was going to do a video on the new Cinderella products from Mac I thought it would be awesome to do a collaboration because I also purchased products from the Cinderella line. At the end of this blog I will leave her link for her channel and I will post the video at the bottom as well. I highly suggest you check her out because she has some incredible videos!
When I was a little girl I, like every other little girl, absolutely loved Disney movies. I took a liking to Cinderella because I loved her dress and her shoes (which I believe is the fashionista in me). When I first went to Disney World with my family and I saw the Magic Kingdom I knew Cinderella was the greatest princess, in my eyes. When I learned that they were making a live action film of Cinderella I could not express how excited I was. Then I saw Mac was going to be doing a collection and I just freaked out. Personally for me I am not a big makeup person except for when I go out because I don’t have the time in the mornings and also because I don’t want to clog my pores. This is my personal choice not everyone will agree with me but this is just my preference. However the one makeup item I wear every single day is lipstick because I am absolutely obsessed with lipstick. I have an entire makeup bag filled with lipsticks alone so I knew I had to get at least one of the Cinderella lipsticks. I actually bought this in the mall I work in because this collection is sold out online. I think now the collection might be sold out in stores because there was such a high demand for it. There were two lipstick colors in this line one was Royal Ball and the other was Free as a butterfly. Because I absolutely love nude lips I leaned more towards Free as a butterfly. When I got this I was blown away by the packaging because it was such a gorgeous periwinkle color and I just couldn’t get over how beautiful it was. After seeing just the packaging I couldn’t wait to put this on my lips. The first thing I noticed was how soft and smooth it felt on my lips which was a first to me because a lot of lipsticks are sort of hard on the lips. I was really impressed about how soft it was. However it wasn’t very pigmented at all and it was extremely very sheer on the lips. Keep in mind I am extremely fair skinned so if I am saying it’s sheer then you know some things up. I put on about four coats and I still couldn’t see the color at all. I was pretty disappointed with that. After watching Kelsie’s video she said the exact same thing! She actually tried the Royal Ball color and she also said she was disappointed with it.
When I was in the store I tried the Royal Ball color and I couldn’t agree more that it was extremely sheer. What I found to be weird was that both of these colors in the actual tube doesn’t look like it would be very sheer. It looks like a very beautiful nude and pink color. If anyone ordered this product and is still waiting for it to come in you might be a little disappointed. However the good thing about Mac is if you don’t like a product even if it is used you have 30 days to return it which I think is so smart because when you go home it is always going to look different than it did in the store. In Kelsie’s video she said her favorite product in the line is the eye shadow palette and she’s correct because the colors in it are absolutely gorgeous! Unfortunately they were sold out of this online but hopefully a store near you has it! After my experience with this collection I have to say I am a bit disappointed but it won’t stop me from buying future products from Mac because even though I was unsatisfied with this lipstick there were a lot of positives I saw with this collection. Don’t forget to check out Kelsie’s video on her perspective of these products and also check out her other videos! Talk to you soon in my next blog!
Sincerely, Sam
Kelsie's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcVKp6EW6V3N5gSqi3yZ76A
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