MAC Give Me Liberty of London pre-launch tomorrow!

Wow, I haven't posted in ages! I've been hauling like crazy, but haven't had the time to find a camera and post pictures. I'm so lazy :( I don't know how you guys do it. Maybe I'm just doing it all wrong, but it seriously takes me forever to make a new post! I've also been super busy with school, but I just wanted to quickly share with you all how excited I am for tomorrow night.

Earlier in February, I received an invitation in the mail to the Liberty of London pre-launch event at the Armitage Pro store here in Chicago. Hopefully, I will get to lurk around on Armitage before the event. There are some wonderful stores in that area of Lincoln Park like BCBG, Benefit (It's soo cute and pink!), Anthropologie, LUSH, Kiehl's, and some really great smaller designer boutiques. And yes, I'm talking about the infamous OPI Lincoln Park :)



Look at how gorgeous the card invite looks! It makes me even more excited to see what the product packaging looks like. I don't think they will be sticker designs. At least they better not be, or else I'm going to be pretty upset! lol. I was laughing at how cheesy the writing was!

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Even the envelope was scanner-worthy! Haha.



Unfortunately, I do not have a working camera at the moment. I'm really hoping that I can borrow one for tomorrow so I can put up some swatches for you guys. *Crosses fingers*

I'm especially looking forward to checking out Bough Grey eyeshadow (greyish green) and Ever Hip lipstick (light creamy coral). Plus, cocktails and canapes sound EXCELLENT too! :)

Are any of you guys going to the pre-launch event? What items are you looking forward to when the collection releases?

Got my hands on a MAC Chroma Green Garter!!

The MAC Snake Eyes Collection came out in 2000, before all the LE craze there is today. Back then, my cousin was working for MAC in Korea and gave my sister a bunch of their products. When I got older, my sister passed some onto me. I had a Chroma Purple Python eyeshadow for a few years and always thought how pretty it was to look at but never realized (until about a year or two ago) just how rare it was.

Chroma Purple Python is a matte burgundy purple shade with a blue-purple duochrome overspray and a really cool snake skin imprint. The 4 eyeshadows from this collection were:

-Chroma Green Garter
-Chroma Purple Python
-Chroma Sinful Serpent
-Chroma Copper Cobra

The one thing that I hate about these is that the beautiful duochrome shimmer on top is only an overspray top layer. Personally, I'm not that into the LE craze. I'm going to buy a product if I'm going to use it. I'm not going to keep it around, untouched, and see how much the value goes up. But hey, that's just me!

This past summer I thought about how I never used Purple Python soooo..... I decided to swap it. Ugh, big mistake. I miss it now :(

Luckily, I was able to swap for Chroma Green Garter. I just wish I had both, since that would be 2 out of the 4! I like this color a lot more than the Purple Python. Its a dark greyish green, very unique and very "smokey" looking if you know what I mean. I don't have anything quite like it. The shadow itself was in very good condition. The duochrome overspray only remains along the outside edges but the snake imprints are all there. Yes, I will be using this shadow as I would any other shadow but I hate ruining the lovely snake pattern! :(

Here is a picture of the shadow itself. I love the size of these Chroma shadows. They are much larger than a normal MAC eyeshadow but a bit smaller than a blush pan.



In this look, I used the bright green from my Cargo Hands of Hope palette on the lid with Chroma Green Garter in the crease. Its a lot more pigmented/vibrant in person.



Just a heads up... if you happen to have a chance to swap for one of these or find one on eBay, take the opportunity. These are gorgeous and extremely hard to find.

Do you guys own any rare, discontinued, or old school MAC products?? Comment and let me know!

Also, I probably won't be blogging as often after this post. My break ends after the weekend and I go back to locking myself in my room and studying as of next week...... :(