A look With Vivacious Violet Eyes and Righteous Red, glossy Lips using the new MAC Toledo Collection

wearing the MAC Toledo collection Violetwink palette on my eyes, blush Ombre in Ripe Peach on my cheeks and the Lipstick and Lipglass in Opera on τα χείλια μου
Vivacious violet eyes and righteous red, glossy lips today because, ya know, it’s Monday. Γιατί όχι?

This is the flashiest look I’ve flaunted in a while! I’ve been kind of stuck in a neutral eye/nude lip rut, so this is my makeup version of Stella getting her groove back, except instead of me working it out on a tropical island with a hot, young thang, I’m working purple eyeshadow, red gloss and red lipstick…

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I’m wearing stuff from the new MAC Toledo collection.

Toledo as in the fashion designers, Isabel and Ruben — not “holy Toledo!” or Toledo, Ohio, in case you were wondering.

MAC is so educational!

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Honestly, I hadn’t heard of them before…but I’m also not hip at all, so there’s that.

The captivating 31-piece collection comes out next month with limited edition white, black and red packaging.

That’s Pearlglide intense in designer Purple along my lower lash lines, also from the collection
I’m a lot of interested in the three six-pan palettes, like the purple one I’m wearing here (there’s also one with green and olive shades, complete with baby-poo green eyeshadow, and I’m so not kidding about that; and another palette that’s blue).

Oh! — and there’s also a lot of red for lips. When I was checking out the packaging this morning, I thought, “Yeah, let’s do red. and purple. Why the heck not?”

The thing is, with bold eye and lip looks like these, I’m trying to strike a delicate balance between dramatic and cra-za-zy. To that end, I follow some basic guidelines…

The first is to chillax on the brows, son, because with a bright purple eye and glossy red lips, there’s already a lot going on, and full, bushy or blocky brows would just be one a lot more thing competing for attention.

Also, I like to wait until my eyes are done and I’m already wearing lipstick and/or gloss before moving on to blush. That way I can sort of gauge how much color to put on my cheeks.

Most of the time when I do looks with bold eyes and lips I don’t wear a ton of color on my cheeks, because it can easily go all-out ’80s, which is absolutely fine if that’s what you want. I mean, there’s a time to channel Tess from working Girl, but for me today wasn’t one of those times.

I am wearing blush in these pics, by the way. It’s MAC blush Ombre in Ripe Peach (the light coral) from the Toledo collection, but it doesn’t really show up to the party. On my skin tone, it’s not very noticeable, which works out fine for this look.

As for my outfit and accessories, I went with dainty jewelry and a delicate headband, instead of the oversized bling-out Kate Spade Studs I first wanted to wear (same reason as the cheeks, because I didn’t want anything to compete with the eyes and lips).

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I felt like anything too bright or shiny would have been distracting, and that’s what the bright pops of color on the lids and lips are for.

Toledo Eye shadow X 6
Eye shadow X 6 in Bellgreens
Eye shadow X 6 in Violetwink
Blush Ombre
Blush Ombre in Ripe Peach
Blush Ombre in kindergarten Red
Lipglass in in Barbeque, Opera, Oxblood and Sin
Lipstick in Opera
Pearlglide intense in Chlorafill, Petrol Blue and designer Purple
Modern twist Lash
Modern twist Lash Chlorafill (left) and Taro (right)
Eye shadow X 6 in Violetwink
Toledo Eye shadow X 6 in Bellgreens
Blush Ombre in Ripe Peach (left) and kindergarten Red (right)
Lipglasses in in Barbeque, Opera, Oxblood and Sin
Lipstick in Opera
Pearlglide intense in Chlorafill, Petrol Blue and designer Purple
Modern twist Lash Cholorafill (left) and Taro (right)

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A look With Vivacious Violet Eyes and Righteous Red, glossy Lips using the new MAC Toledo Collection

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