Your Personal Makeup Artist Make Up Tips, Tricks, and Techniques from Professional Make Up Artists

MAC is an incredibly popular cosmetics brands, and for good reason. They offer you a huge variety of choices in high quality colors, which is perfect for any expert makeup application.

Furthermore, this brand offers a large range of choices, so it is ideal for any diva who loves makeup, or someone who just wants some high-quality choices in a color selection. MAC does have a celebrity following, including Fergie and even Pamela Anderson. Obviously, this gives them some street cred, making them a brand to watch out for.

If you are looking for some very interesting color choices to take you off of the beaten path, then I would recommend looking at the eye colors available through this brand. Many women stick to neutrals, like pinks, browns, and creams because they are flattering to the complexion. Still, if you have a fun night out coming up, or even if you just want to rock a different look, then it is best to explore what MAC has to offer in their eye collections.

When you immediately enter their website, you are going to see some very wild pictures of extreme makeup, but don't be frightened. These are just examples of beautiful fashionable styles available through their product line, but you can definitely tone it down for your everyday wear. Personally, I would recommend to select one area of your face to focus on in new color combinations, which is why we are going to start with the eyes. Otherwise, you can play down the rest of your makeup look, making it less intimidating overall. Yes, MAC has very bold choices available in the media and in the photography on their website, but if you take just one aspect of what they are offering, then you can have a very unique look for your everyday life.

The first choice that I would recommend you to check out is the Mineralized Eye Shadow Quad in Assemblage, which retails for $19.50. This is going to give you a pinwheel of four different colors to try out in your makeup collection, and it is utterly convenient because it is all in one container. It will give you a shimmery finish, and the reason that I like the Assemblage colors is because when you take a look at them, they look like something straight out of Africa. This is perfect for the summertime, and it will allow you to bring out your wild streak in whatever kind of animal you want to be, a zebra, a giraffe, or even a panther. I am not talking about costume makeup; the colors that this Quad offers are yellow gold, deep grey, silver white, and black with silver glitter. For any ladies who want to master the smoky eye, then this eye shadow collection would be perfect for you. The black with silver glitter shadow will allow you to have an expert smoky eye application, and you can blend into your browbone with the silver white shadow. On the flipside, if you are looking for a lighter smoky eye choice, you can even use the deep grey that they have within the palette for a lighter and smokier effect.

Like I said, if you are going to do a dramatic and stunning eye with these colors, then you need a light lip color to complete the rest of your look and still look subtle. Personally, I would recommend to you the Chai color in their Tinted Lipglass for $14. This is described as a soft beige-taupe, and I cannot tell you how perfect it will look with the eye colors that I mentioned above. If you are channeling a color combination straight from Africa, then you need this soft neutral brown color to complete your lip look. It does have a glossy finish, and they do recommend that you wear it over lipstick. But again, if you have a very dramatic eye application, then you may want to only wear it as a gloss. It will give you pigmented shine, and MAC also advertises that there is jojoba oil within this product to keep your lips hydrated and protected. This is exactly what you need for a long wear lip color because I am sure that you hate it as much as I do when your lip color cracks and looks chapped.

This is just the tip of the MAC iceberg in expert makeup applications, so make like a kid in a candy store, and see which colors are right for you!