Canada Day was quite some time ago, but the Canadian Beauty Blogger theme of the month, Canadian Brands, applies all month long! Keeping with the theme, I wanted to introduce you to a brand that I discovered not so long ago, Sudsatorium. They are a bath and cosmetics company similar to Lush, producing shampoo, conditioner, hard soap, and more. I’ve tried a few things that I’ve been very happy with and would like to introduce you to the brand.
*Purchased
With having more time to blog, I’ve been looking for inspiration. The blog network I’m apart of, the Canadian Beauty Bloggers, has a featured brand each month and I thought that this would be perfect! For the month of May, the featured brand is MAC. I have a VERY small MAC collection but I thought I would give an overview of the products I have picked up over the years.
I have 2 MAC lipsticks. The first one I got was Viva Glam Nicki. The fact that Viva Glam lipsticks go straight to the MAC AIDS fund was actually a huge factor for me. I still remember buying this one. I stumbled into a stand alone MAC store feeling extremely self-conscious. After trying a few colours I just couldn’t get away from this one. This was also the first bright lipstick I bought. It’s hard to tell from the swatch, but it’s a blue toned pink. Usually I hate blue toned pinks, but there is just something about this colour! In all the lipstick swatches I’ve seen, I don’t think I’ve seen a true dupe for this.
My other lipstick is Lustering. Funny story behind this one. I was looking for a MAC lipstick to ask for Christmas and I had one in mind. I went into a MAC store to do a swatch but it wasn’t quite what I expected. Then the sales associate suggested Lustering. I am SO glad she did. This is one of my most used lipsticks. I LOVE it. The formula is moisturizing and you can layer up coverage. If I just want a slight pink hue or a full on magenta lip, I can do both. I highly recommend this one!
After I started to really get into YouTube beauty videos, Naked Lunch was definitely a popular shade. I definitely think it deserves the hype. I think it’s easily dupe-able, but it’s a pretty shade either way! I’ve used this for both an all-over-shade colour and highlight.
I bought this lip liner (Trust in Red) for my Wet N Wild lipsticks. I find that they bleed a LOT when I am wearing them for a long time but I love them. So much. It kind of defeats the point of buying a super cheap lipstick and then lining it with a very expensive liner. Haha. Oh well. It’s super long wearing for sure and I think worth it. Even when I was trying to remove the swatch from my arm in the picture above I had to SCRUB it off!
A small but humble collection. I’ve been looking to get more MAC lipsticks eventually. I bought my friend Syrup for her birthday and I think that one will be on my list next!
Thanks very much for reading I hope you are having a great day!
