Hurrican Sandy & NYC

As most of you know NYC was hit very hard by Hurricane Sandy. I am a true "native New Yorker" born and raised on the UWS of Manhattan and I have never seen or experienced a natural disaster so intense. I was one of the lucky ones, I didn't lose power, but I was a block away from the evacuation zone so my whole apartment building lobby was flooding. Luckily, my super was able to stop the flooding so we didn't have to turn off the power. Words can't express how horrible I feel for everyone that has lost their homes, or a loved one in this tragic disaster. However, New Yorkers are strong and I have faith that we will rebuild this city better then before! I was able to gather pictures from different outlets and wanted to post what was happening. This is Hurricane Sandy through my eyes.

This was what 1st Avenue looked like. You could canoe down it.

A under water Subway Station

Flooding on the West Side Highway

 The flooding at the World Trade Center Build Site

All of the ambulances that were lined up outside of  NYU Hospital when their back up generator gave out.

Flooding on and around the FDR

 

Sty Town under water. I used to live here.

The East Village were one of the worst areas hit.

The carousel in DUMBO, Brooklyn

Taxi's underwater 

And then there is the power loss. All of Manhattan below 42nd St. is still out of power. They will probably be out of power until the end of the week. I was able to find some photos that captured this Erie darkness. For the city that never sleeps it looks pretty tired.

 

Soho NY

The left side is BK the right side is Manhattan

The West Village with no Power

 

Left Side: Manhattan Before Sandy Right Side: Manhattan After Sandy

 

The Flatiron District

 

Totally dark Union Square.

But there seems to be some hope for a rainbow emerged after the storm over the Gowanus Canal. 

XOXO

Miss Make Up Fairy

Below are a list of ways to help:

One way to help is by donating to the Red Cross. All donations will provide shelter, food, emotional support and other assistance to those affected by the storm. To donate, visit www.redcross.org, call 800-Red-Cross or text the word "Redcross" to 90999 to make a $10 donation. 

The Salvation Army has dozens of mobile feeding units and shelters along the East Coast that are working to serve thousands in the most heavily hit areas. Visit www.salvationarmyusa.org to donate.  

Feeding America has thousands of pounds of emergency food, water and supplies in the disaster zone that it is working to distribute to the storm's victims. To donate, visit www.feedingamerica.org or call 800-910-5524. 

AmeriCares is providing medicine and other supplies to people affected by Hurricane Sandy. To donate, visit www.americares.org.

World Vision is distributing flood clean-up kits, personal hygiene items and emergency food kits to people hit by the hurricane. To donate, visit www.worldvision.org.

 

Save the Children is also working to provide relief to families and their children. Visit www.savethechildren.org to donate. 

Samaritan's Purse is asking for volunteers to help storm victims. To volunteer, visit their website. 

The Humane Society of the United States and the American Humane Association have teams working to save the lives of animals caught in the storm.

 

MAC Marilyn Monroe Collection

A color collection that channels the legend’s lustre and sex appeal in shades and formulas meticulously Marilyn. Lipsticks in rapturous reds, gleaming Dazzleglass, a dramatic 35 Lash, False Lashes Extreme Black and Eye Shadows in shimmering metallic and diamond tones provide silver-screen allure. The finishing touch: Nail Lacquers destined to be a girl’s best friend and Beauty Powder to evoke that flawless Forever Marilyn.

MAC Marilyn Monrose Large Eye Shadow $21

• How to Marry Soft white (Veluxe Pearl)
• Preferred Blonde Pale champagne beige (Veluxe Pearl)
• Silver Screen True silver (Veluxe Pearl)
• Showgirl Dark blue grey (Veluxe Pearl)

MAC Brow Finisher $15

MAC False Lashes Extreme Black Black $20

MAC Eye Kohl $15

• Fascinating Intense matte white
• Smolder Intense black

MAC Penultimate Eyeliner $18.50

MAC Penultimate Brow Maker $18.50 

MAC Marilyn Monroe Lipstick $16.50

• Pure Zen Frosted warm nude (Cremesheen)
• Scarlet Ibis Bright orange red (Matte)
• Love Goddess Mid-tone pink red (Satin)
• Charmed I’m Sure Dark true red (Matte)
• Deeply Adored Deep scarlet (Matte)

MAC Dazzleglass $21.50

• Phiff! Sheer yellow peach (Frost)
• Little Rock Soft sheer white with pearl (Frost)

MAC Lip Pencil $16.50

• Beet Vivid reddish-pink
• Redd Clearly red
• Cherry Vivid bright bluish-red

MAC Marilyn Monroe Beauty Powder $28

• Forever Marilyn Sheer pale peach highlighter

MAC Marilyn Monroe Powder Blush $22

• Legendary Pale soft coral (Satin)
• The Perfect Cheek Neutral pink beige (Matte)

MAC Nail Lacquer $17.50

• Rich, Rich, Rich (Online Exclusive)
• Glittery gold (Pearl)
• Vintage Vamp Rich deep retro wine (Cream)
• Stage Red Dark berry red (Cream)
• Flaming Rose True Red (Cream)
• Kid Orange Coral (Cream)

MAC 35 Lash $16

Available North America at all M·A·C locations October 4, 2012, International October 2012 at select M·A·C locations, and www.maccosmetics.com 

What are your thoughts? For once, I am pretty excited about the nail polishes which is usually the least item I get excited about. Let me know what you are excited for?

Until Next Time

XOXO

Miss Make Up Fairy

 





 
  

MAC Office Hours Collection

She’s a glamorous go-getter with a real head for business and beauty who loves MAC Pro Longwear — advanced products that set the standard for enduring colour. With a base of SPf 10 foundation and concealer, Pro Longwear Blush lasts for eight hours with a weightless, bright natural finish. creamy-smooth Pro Longwear eye Shadow in new soft and dramatic colours brings superior depth and dimension, and Pro Longwear Lipglass shines from Persistent Peach to everlasting Nude.

Available September 13, 2012 (North America) and September 2012 (International) at MAC.

Pro Longwear Lipglass ($19.50 USD / $22.50 CAD)

• Everlasting Nude: Mid-tone warm nude (Cream)
• Patience Please: Light pink-blue (Cream)
• Long Love Love: Light cool pink (Cream)
• Next Fad: Mid-tone cool pink (Frost)
• Persistent Peach: Light warm peach (Cream)
• Boundlessly Beige: Light warm beige with pearl (Frost)
• Driven By Love: Red-blue with slight pearl (Cream)
• Forever Rose: Mid-tone neutral Rose (Cream)

Pro Longwear Eye Shadow ($21 USD / $25 CAD)

• Every Ivory: Pale ivory
• Bloom On: Light burnt rose
• Always Sunny: Light yellow brown
• Uninterrupted: Dark camel
• Endless Passion: Mid-tone rose
• More Amour: Mid-tone red
• Mauveless: Dark dirty mauve
• Fashion Fix: Dark cool slate grey
• Linger Softly: Light frosted grey blue

Pro Longwear Blush ($23.50 USD / $28 CAD)

• Stay By Me: Light peach coral
• Baby Don’t Go: Light cool beige
• Rosy Outlook: Light yellow pink
• Stay Pretty: Light bright blue pink
• Blush All Day: light dirty rose beige
• Whole Lotta Love: Light blue pink
• Eternal Sun: Warm brown
• Stubborn: Mid-tone rose plum

Pretty excited about all these PINKS!! Thoughts??

XOXO

Miss Make-Up Fairy

MAC & Archie Comics 2013

M·A·C Cosmetics and Archie Comics are collaborating on a full colour cosmetics collection celebrating the iconic looks of Betty and Veronica. Coming Spring 2013.

The collection will celebrate the iconic looks of Betty and Veronica!  I can’t tell you how excited I am for this- I was a huge fan of Archie Comics and grew up reading them! I can’t wait to see what the collection looks like!

We want to know who you think should win Archie’s heart. Tell MAC by texting “Betty” or “Veronica” to 898622 to support their favorite girl. Fans of the winner will be the first to hear when the collection is available online Spring 2013. Msg &Data rates may apply http://bit.ly/OCjeVK. 

I was always partial to Betty so I will be voting for her! I wonder if she wins, if the collection would be filled with golds and highlighters, maybe new MSF's? If Veronica was to win I could see the makeup having a new red lipstick for sure and possibly some new black liquid eyeliners!

M·A·C Cosmetics kicks-off the start of San Diego Comic Con with a special event at our Gaslamp store with celebrated American comic book artist and illustrator, Dan Parent of the famed Archie Comics series, which introduced the world to beloved fictional teenagers Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica!

Dan will demonstrate illustrations and provide custom sketches for fans who drop into the M·A·C Cosmetics location just steps away from the San Diego Convention Center.

A street team of Archie’s will be walking around the streets of San Diego, encouraging fans to meet Dan at M·A·C Gaslamp. You can follow them with the below handles!

@MACcosmetics
#MACArchiesGirls

Who will you vote for? I haven't really been excited for a new MAC collection in a while. I even wasn't that thrilled with the summer collection. I can't believe I will have to wait until 2013 to find out who wins! Leave a comment below and let me know who you will vote for!

Until Next Time,

XOXO

Miss Make Up Fairy

My Current Perfume Collection

I have been getting a lot of requests lately to do a post about my current perfume collection. I have been wearing perfume for as long as I can remember. A lot of these perfumes go pretty far back but below is a picture of my current favorites. I store them on a black leather tray (I think I got it at T.J. Maxx) on my dresser.

Let me start at the back row from left to right.

1) Jessica McClintock by Jessica McClintock Perfume-This perfume is a little strong for me so I very rarely wear it.

2) Cabotine by Parfums Gres-I simply adore this perfume! This is the second bottle I have owned. It used to by my signature scent and I would get TONS of compliments on it!

3) Fantasy by Britney Spears-I am probably most embarrassed to let people know I own one of her perfumes but every time I wear it, without a doubt, I get a ton of compliments on it. And to be perfectly honest it really smells awesome!

4) Giorgio Perfume by Giorgio Beverly Hills-This one is a oldie but a goodie!

5) Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely-I think my friends get more use out of this one then I do.

6) Juicy Couture Couture Couture-I am loving this perfume! Out of all the different Juicy Couture perfumes this one is far and away my favorite.

7) Chanel Cristalle-I think every woman has that one "expensive" perfume that they only wear on special occasions and this is mine.

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Third row from left to right.

8) Burberry London-I wore this perfume for a year straight. I always got people asking me what I was wearing. I only have a tiny bit left so I am saving it for a special occasion.

9) Bath and Body Works Moonlight Path-This is the only scent I really like from B&BW.

10) Vera Wang Princess-I like this but it is nothing special.

11) Kate Spade-This was her first perfume. It was sadly discounted and sells for a really high price on eBay. However, it has scents of Honeysuckle and something else that is indescribable. It is AMAZING!!

12) Juicy Couture Original and Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy minis-I like Viva better but both smell great!

13) Burberry Classic-This is the original scent. I always wear this to job interviews or work events. I feel like it is very sophisticated. It has a blend of peach, apricot, sandalwood, cedar, amber and musk.

Second row from left to right. 

14) Marc Jacobs Daisy-I had LOLA as well but didn't like it as much. This one is more my speed.

15) DIOR Miss Dior Cheri-This is my other really "expensive" perfume that I only wear on special occasions. I think this is one of the most different and interesting perfumes I have ever smelled. At first I didn't like it, but then it grew on me. 

16) Chloe-I love this scent as well! Very different from other scents I have tried.

17) Michael Kors Very Hollywood-I like this perfume but it is not one of my favorites. 

18) MAC Turquatic-This is the older version of this perfume but my favorite of all their scents. I had to get it when I thought they were going to discontinue it-little did I know they were just revamping it. Thanks god..lol

First Row from left to right

19) The next 5 perfumes are from Pacifica. I love this line. There perfumes are really affordable and smell great! The first one is Malibu Lemon Blossom, then Tuscan Blood Orange, then Indian Coconut Nectar, Tahitian Gardenia, and finally Hawaiian Ruby Guava. Tahitian Gardenia is my current everyday signature fragrance. I get compliments on it ALL the time. People tell me that they either usually don't wear perfume or can't handle the smell of it on other people but they LOVE this scent. And the whole bottle is on $22!! Can you believe it!! Such a steal!!

20) Thierry Mugler Alien-I just got this perfume and started wearing it. I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of Angel like everyone else was but, I am a HUGE fan of Alien. I love it and will start to wear it on a regular basis.

21) Fresh Strawberry Flowers-This is a good summer scent.

22) The last 3 are from Victoria Secret-Heavenly, Desire, Pink with a Splash Sweet and Flirty and Pink with a Splash of Fresh and Clean (not pictured). Out of all the VS scents Pink's Fresh and Clean is def. my fave! It's a great summer scent!

For now, that is the whole collection! Sorry it was such a long post but I hope you enjoyed it! I am sure I will be adding some more perfumes to my collection soon. I am really lemming Jo Malone's Wild Bluebell, and Dolce & Gabbana's Rose The One. Any perfumes you want to try that aren't on my list? I would love to see your perfume stash in the comments with a link below. Until next time...

XOXO

Miss Make Up Fairy

 

MAC's Hey, Sailor!! Collection

MAC will launch their annual Summer collection on May 24th, 2012 and this year’s theme is called “Hey, Sailor!” This is one of the biggest collections MAC has done! I'm so excited! The packaging itself looks amazing. The Hey, Sailor collection includes lipsticks, lipglass, Pro Longwear Lip Pencils, eye pencils, eye shadows, nail polish, bronzer, high-light powders, blushes, and more! Below are a few pictures from the collection. What is your favorite?

I am pretty excited they are also releasing a nautical bag with this collection. I missed last year's Back to the Beach-Beach Bag and I really wanted it. I was kicking myself for not getting it so, I will be sure to def. pick up the bag they are releasing with this year's summer collection! Now on to the makeup!!

The blushes are every one's favorite part of a LE collection. Let's take a look:

From left to right: Launch Away!, Crew, Fleet Fast

 

Next on to the Lipsticks:

From left to right: Salute! To Catch A Sailor, Sail La Vie, Red Racer

 

My Personal Favorite-The Bronzers

   From Left to Right:Soft Sand, Sun Dipped (Pro Longwear), Refined Golden, Nude On Board (Pro Longwear).

 Refined Golden is my everyday staple bronzer and when it comes out in a LE collection I always pick it up! However, I might have to pick up all 4 of these bronzers because I am loving them all!!

 

 The Eye shadows:

 From Left to Right: Jaunty, Barefoot, Crystal Avalanche, Feeling Fresh, Nautical 

The Lipglosses:

 From Left to Right: Cut Loose, Orange Tempera, Blessedly Rich, Riviera Life, Send Me Sailing

 

 The Lip Tints:

 From Left to Right: Abalone, Au Rose, Sea Mist 

Pigments and Nail polish:

 From Left to Right: Old Gold, Naval Blue

 

 Lip Liners and Eye Pencils

 From Left to Right: Saunter, Shore Leave, Throw Me A Line! Handforged, Emerald Sea, Blue Stripe

 

Besides the Bronzers of course the real "standout" products to me this year are

 "To Catch a Sailor" Lipstick, "Fleet Fast" Blush, "Au Rose" Lip tint, and "Orange Tempera & Blessedly Rich" Lipglosses.

 

What are some of your current "lemmings" for this new collection? Leave a comment below and let me know! Until next time...

 

XOXO

Miss Makeup Fairy

Big Thanks to Beauty Icon Blog for the pictures and info!