Daily Makeup Tray

Hello Glammies!

7 years ago, I spent an entire summer in the US. When back, I had nearly a suitcase of drugstore makeup.
As years went by, I bought high end products (Chanel, Guerlain etc.) but being on a budget meant I had fewer and fewer makeup items. Fast forward to 2 years ago and my makeup "collection" was:
Liquid Foundation - Concealer - Powder - Single Eyeshadow - Blush. All items were MAC and I had exactly one of each (except the powder because I had a backup). In 5 years, I went through the extremes!
Now, I like to think of myself as being in a happy middle: I have a healthy makeup collection and I grow it by being very data-based and doing a lot of research on every product. Yet, I have slightly more than I would use everyday. I no longer have a single eyeshadow (it was MAC's Smut if you were wondering), I now own lipsticks in few different hues etc.
While I love playing and experimenting with different products on my time off, I truly have no time to rummage through all my products every morning when I'm running late to work (ya I'm not a morning person..)
The solution? The daily makeup tray/station.
This can be a little storage unit, a dedicated mini drawer, a tray, cake stand, what have you!
The idea is simple: you put your daily "face" in it so that at any given time if you have to do your makeup while the clock is ticking, you know you have all your most reached/current must-use items in one place readily accessible.

Note: we all have seen our fair share of makeup collection videos where the vloggers go like: " this is my foundation section, this is where i keep all concealers, this is all highlighters etc." but gurl, you don't want to open each drawer and pick one item from each section every-single-morning.

I still don't have the much coveted Muji acrylic storage - though very tempted to get one from one of my trips and lug it back home- so I used what I have and stashed as many as my everyday products in this acrylic unit:

My daily makeup storage - Acrylic

What is on my daily makeup unit?

• My MAC mixing Palette -- because Ouga scared of germs..
• A MAC quad I made which has: "Pure Orange" skin corrector - brow filler - brow highlight and a color I pick each week
• MAC Studio Fix Powder in NC45
• MAC paintpot in "Indianwood" -- just my favorite thing everrr
• MAC fluidline in "Blitz & Glitz"
• Yves Rocher "Pure Light" liquid foundation -- I got this in a Bloomingbox
• MAC prolongwear concealer in NW40
• MAC Zoom Lash mascara -- a mini size I got in a holiday set
• 2 Revlon Lip Butters -- I love these, I plan on stocking up on them!!
• 4 MAC lipsticks in everyday wearable colors

Wow that's a mouthful! it's almost unvelievable that pretty much everything I need fits in that one small unit..I couldn't fit a blush in there though :(

I will still be on the hunt for more acrylic items. 

The one in the picture was from Alpha 55, I went to get another one and they have been out of stock for so many months! I ended up buying a heart shape one but it is not as practical...

Meanwhile if you'd like to see my current makeup collection, here you go:

Stay Glamorous;
Love
Ouga

Prix des Produits MAC au Maroc: Produits Yeux

Hello les Glammies !!

Comme vous le savez je suis une fidèle utilisatrice des produits MAC

Quand la boutique MAC a ouvert ses portes au Morocco Mall de Casablanca, j’ai cherché sur le net les prix des différents produits mais je n’ai rien trouvé sur les prix au Maroc.

Donc j’ai décidé de compiler une liste des prix MAC au Maroc dans une série de posts.

Aujourd’hui, voici les prix des produits pour yeux :

·         Fard à Paupières individuel : 190 dhs

·         Fard à paupière recharge : 140 dhs

·         Palette vide 2 fards à paupière: Je ne sais pas encore

·         Palette vide 4 fards à paupière:  70 dhs

·         Palette vide 15 fards à paupière : 150 dhs

(Si tu comptes acheter plusieurs fàp de chez MAC ; c’est intéressant d’acheter les palette vides et de les remplir avec des fards à paupières en recharge car on économise 40dhs à chaque fois !)

·         Les correcteurs/cache cernes sont à 190 dhs (le mineralize est à 220 Dhs)

·         Pigments et Glitters : 240 dhs

·         Les mascaras sont entre 220 dhs et 250 dhs

·         Fluidline (Gel eyeliner) : 200 dhs

·         Paintpot (base crème pour fards à paupières) : 190 dhs

·         Crayon Khol : 160 dhs

·         Crayon Sourcils : 160 dhs

·         Crayon chromagraphic (à mine tendre) : 170 dhs

·         Faux Cils : 140 dhs

·         Colle pour faux cils : 110 dhs

Voilà, maintenant vous avez la liste des prix des produits MAC authentiques* en vente dans la seule boutique officielle MAC au Maroc.

 *attention ! plusieurs parfumeries vendent des produits estampillés MAC (ou même pas) qui sont des contrefaçons. Ces produits sous-standards sont fabriqués dans je ne sais quelles conditions

Review: MAC Zoom Lash Mascara

Hey bunnies!
My trusty MAC X mascara finally dried out and so I looked in my backup mascara stash and found a small one by MAC called Zoom Lash mascara.
I put it in my work makeup bag but only used it at work when I was in a hurry for a meeting.

MAC Zoom Lash

Après plusieurs mois d'utilisation (oui je sais, mais je ne jette pas mon mascara tant qu'il est bon), mon mascara X de chez MAC s'est désseché. En général, j'ai un petit panier avec les produits de secours, donc j'ai sorti mon petit Zoom Lash de chez MAC et je l'ai mis dans ma trousse maquillage boulot.

Zoom Lash mascara wand

At first, I hated it, didn't like how the wand was depositing too much product. But few seconds later, I saw that it was building up my lashes!
My lashes looked fuller and longer, and the best part is that I could add layers to build up the volume I want.
The skinny long wand also worked for my lower lashes which never happens with other mascaras as they smudge.

Zoom Lash mascara

A premier abord, je n'ai pas aimé ce produit, je trouvais que la brosse déposait trop de produits sur mes cils.. mais quelques secondes après j'ai vu que l'effet était très beau! En plus, je pouvais avoir plus de volume en ajoutant une autre couche de mascara.

Cette brosse est fine et longue, donc j'ai pu l'utiliser sur mes cils inférieurs sans soucis. 

I am happy with this mascara and will be using it for the next weeks.

Verdict: Je continue à utiliser ce mascara les prochaines semaines :) 

No Mascara