Have you met my friend Casper?

Have you ever experienced anything like the pictures above? Your face goes from a nice bronzed look to something more resembling Casper the friendly ghost or like you have perhaps had a bit to much of the naughty naughty cocaine in the bathroom at the latest party?

Pink, Yellow, Olive, Green, Blue? Which Undertone am I?

There is always a lot of controversy on which undertone people are and lots of old-wives tales of how to find out your undertone. I did a post the other day on MAC undertones (which you can find here http://mattsmakeupmad.blogspot.co.nz/2014/08/why-are-undertones-in-mac-foundations.html) and explaining them but that isn't really helpful unless you know your own undertone.

Why are the undertones in MAC foundations reversed?

A very very common question I get and have seen floating around the internet is "Why in MAC is NC yellow toned when C means cool and NW is pink toned when W means warm"

Now there is a very nice technical explanation for this that I will now give. Once you get it it actually isn't that complicated and basically boils down to the fact that MAC likes to be different compared to everyone!

HELP ME I'M A DISCO BALL!!!!!

I'm sure that we all at one point or another, after spending many hours perfecting our face, making sure everything is on point, has looked in the mirror and been horrified by the shiny and oily mess that closely resembles a human disco ball. There are a few things that cause this and a few other steps we can take to make sure it doesn't happen or at least minimize the amount of shine we get.