I was seriously lacking some sober, neutral shades in my eyeshadow department so I thought of getting a Freedom Palette (1200/-) of 3 eyeshadows from Inglot. A BIG THANK YOU TO KIKI! Their matte shades collection is definitely not at par with Mac; but their palettes are more affordable. I personally like Inglot palettes better than the Mac ones. They are sleeker and classier.I could easily choose two shades but had to struggle a bit to find the third one. In the pic, you can see that the first Inglot shadow is satiny while the other two are matte. I haven’t used the eyeshadows on my eyes as yet but their texture is at par with the Mac shadows. They are just as silky and pigmented and very smooth to blend on the skin. My friend and her mother had accompanied me and they got a beautiful lipstick palette for themselves. Sorry, no pics of that!
After purchasing my Inglot palette, I headed to Mac to get my 217 brush. As usual, it was out of stock (fresh stock coming in the first week of September at this particular store). Feeling disappointed, I decided to get myself a MAC blush as a consolation gift. Got MAC Melba blush . MAC Melba blush is a matte finish I think. It’s my first pinkish blush shade. ALL THANKS TO RASHMI FOR HELPING ME BUY MY FIRST MAC BLUSH! The blush cost me 1150/-.
I must say that the staff at Promenade’s Mac is extremely, extremely cute! Not only are they drop dead gorgeous (including the handsome guy!), but they’re keen and friendly as well. They asked me whether it was my first time visiting that particular store as they had never seen me before. They also complimented my curly-wurly hair and asked me to definitely visit them soon. It was totally a feel good experience! My friend and her mother got themselves a MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner in Fuchsia. Sorry, no pics of that as well!
Both of the things I purchased today are my Rakhi gifts. My father was getting sms updates whenever my card was being swiped at the stores and he had a mini heart attack! He didn’t know makeup comes this expensive. LOL!
So, I hope you enjoyed my two little purchases. They’ve truly made me the happiest girl in the world. 🙂 MWAHS to all!
😀 total yayness!
you know the mac and colorbar blush packaging is I D E N T I C A L !
the size, shape and even the little holes at the back are totally similar!
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You know I think I have that shimmery shade from the Inglot palette. What shade number is that?
Love both the things. Now my next mission is to get the inglot palette. 😛
Enjoy!! :-* :-*
i don’t know the shade numbers 🙁 how do i check them? i didn’t even see how she put in all the pans in the palette.
by the way i just posted a comment, dunno where it went. maybe i forgot to press enter again?
anyway, now i’ve forgotten what i said. 😛
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oh!! in that case you wouldn’t know the number.
lol!! you forgot to press enter. That’s awesome! :rotfl:
the extreme right one is a good dupe of MAC soft brown e/s.
yaad aya!!! i said-
mac and colorbar blush packaging is EXACTLY the same, right from the size to the shape to the tiny little holes at the back.
how do the pans come out of the palette? any idea?
glad i got a dupe unknowingly 😛
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I have no idea. 😛 May be just flip the palette upside down ….on the bed. 😛 Ask Ki maybe lolllzzz!!
Yeah colorbar thoda cheater types brand hai na. 😛
yeah but they’re delivering quality so i don’t mind 😀
i think no one does!
somehow the copying seems nice, not cheapish.
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I’d agree to that. 🙂
It comes off with a bit of struggle at least for me it did.
and somehow the refill kind of fits loosely now 😐
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i would rather not touch the palette myself then!
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They didn’t give you the brush along with the palette? I can see the space there?
yeah that’s what i am wondering now? where’s my brush?
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heyy those are some nice Rakhi gifts !!!
BTW I can see the colors different in both the pics….the shades are all brown in the upper pic but grey n black n the lower one ?:-) ?:-) is it coz of flash or something or problem with my laptop??
Hd you must understand that she was trying to flaunt her photography skills- one with flash and one without. :giggle: :giggle:
haha HD, the pic with flash shows the true colours of the shadows. i put in the one without flash just like that. habit ho gai hai, one with flash and the other without.
rati, bang on 😀
how do you understand me so well? 🙂
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:D:D
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Rati reads minds 🙂
That was a cute Rakhi gift Rima..Can I borrow your brother for a while.. 😎
PLease do swatch the blush..Im sure it would look gorgeous on your skin.
i would have gladly sent the swatches today itself but then i want to enjoy the pristine condition of the pans for a few more hours. will definitely use all this stuff to create a look. 🙂
send a rakhi to my brother next time and i’m sure he would love to be borrowed 😀
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Oh yeah..I understand the need for maintaining the newness 🙂 hehe
Will wait. Btw, Iam more than happy to send a Rakhi..maybe an exclusive handmade one?? Hope that makes me his fave sis..lol. And yeah do tell him that I love MAC, Bobbi Brown,Inglot etc too
sure sure i will 😛
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The blue palette is gorgeous.
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oh sonia, the shades are browns basically. the two pics show the same products. one is wish flash and the other is without. 🙂
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that is a gorgeous palette dear:) me too wanna indulge in that:) and hey how come i didnt said MELBA yest:( aww i would have felt more proud:)hahaha but i know i am still happy with ur first PINK one 🙂 and do share ur pic ASAP , wanna see it dear:) and e/s are tooo good … now i want inglot to come to mumbai 🙂
rashmi you gave me the right advice! i told you na that i was going to pick up fleur power but it looked way too bright on me and this melba seemed like a softer form of that colour so i picked up this. i’ll post pics soon and hope inglot reaches mumbai too! it’s a beautiful brand!
Kitni saari smileys. She is super happy. :rotfl:
yeah i bet even reading the word MAC gets her super excited!
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Rima- those palettes are absolutely delish!
The blush looks gorgeous too! I think Rashmi’s spurred some sort of MAC revolution here!
Promenade is the mall next to Emporim right? I feel kinda dumb for not going to their MAC store now! 😛
devika, i’ve always loved mac for their shade selection, quality as well as packaging. you can’t get more variety of blushes anywhere else!! promenade is right next to emporio, yes. another mall called ambience has opened up there too now. it has shoppers stop and a pvr gold class is opening up there too.
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Emporium*
the blush looks gorgeous !!
it really is beautiful insiya!!!
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Can’t wait to see melba on your cheeks. Not getting any idea about how the shade would look.
will send you pics whenever i wear it
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okz. 🙂
Drooling on the palette! i have to ask inglot for shipping now! its not in mumbai or pune Grrr
I used to love “peach melba” icecreams way back :p
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oh i just hope they open a store there 🙂
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how much is the tinted lip conditioner for?
the tinted lip conditioner came for about 500 i think ?:-)
Rs 870 .:)