That’s MAC dare to Bare Mineralize Eye shadow on my eyes ($21, from the tropical Taboo collection)
If you were wondering why I love pale, shimmery golden shadows like MAC’s dare to Bare Mineralize Eye shadow (and I don’t know why you would), lemme break it down for you.

They never make me feel bloated or sausage-y (unlike my skinny jeans). They never bite me (unlike my moody tabby cat). They never show up unannounced, seemingly out of nowhere (unlike those annoyingly stiff chin hairs that always crop up when I’m driving).

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All they want to do is love. My favorite ones, like dare to Bare, get my day started right, because they’re potent fatigue fighters, indicating that they help me look less tired.

And I sure needed the help today. My noisy new neighbors (the Finch Family) are early risers (you know, tryin’ to get that worm), and boy! — they’re loud.

I mean, I get it. Every new day is a reason to celebrate, but can’t we wait until 6:30-ish or 7? Come on, guys, cut a girl some slack.

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Thankfully, I Dared to Bare this morning. It’s from the MAC tropical Taboo collection, which arrived on counters today. There are six Mineralize Eye shadows in the release, but this one’s stunning mix of cream, violet and gold caught my eye first.

Dare to Bare Mineralize Eye Shadow, $21
I want to decorate my bedroom in these colors… I think that’d be so soothing and conducive to good sleep.

When you mix dare to Bare’s colors together with a wet brush (I use a 217 spritzed with Fix+) and buff that on lids, the colors melt together in a amazing way. On my lids, I get a shimmery, peachy pale gold with violet accents that I can see often out of the corner of my eye when I turn my head or blink.

MAC dare to Bare applied with a 217 wet with Fix+… kinda hard to see the subtle purple flash in pics, I tried though!
Really, really pretty, and I think that it’s that subtle violet that distinguishes it from similar MAC standards like Ricepaper.

Additional MAC tropical Taboo makeup worn in this look:

EYES: Feline and Orpheous Kohl Power Eye Pencils

CHEEKS: Mineralize Skinfinish in Adored

LIPS: Lip Pencil in Hip ‘N’ Happy, Mineralize rich Lipstick in Divine Choie and Cremesheen Glass in Calypso Beat

Dare to Bare’s violet side also opens the door to pairings with pale purples. Today I wore it all over my lids with MAC Shale lightly swept into the outer corner, and I think the two looked really pretty together.

I also looked considerably less tired, so woo-hoo!

PRICE: $21
AVAILABILITY: available now at MAC counters, stores and online
Makeup and Appeal Blog Rating: a

Onward to Friday!

And it couldn’t come soon enough… I’m tapped out. Pooped. Trett.

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Got any plans this weekend? It’s meant to be sweltering hot here, so I’m intending to make it to the pool. Water babies, put your hands up!

Din vennlige nabolag appellavhengige,

Karen.