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Hi everyone, I'm looking for a Hello Kitty purse mirror that came out awhile ago from MAC. I'm trying to get one for my friend as a christmas gift. I've found some on eBay but I'm a bit skeptical so I was wondering if any of you ladies could post pictures of yours and/or the front & back of the box that it came with? Thanks in advance and sorry for the text only!

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I was fired from a job I hated about three months ago. At the same time, my grandmother died, and I received a rather large gift as a result. I feel that the omens (If you've read The Alchemist, you'll know what I mean!) have pointed me down a new destiny, and that is to actively pursue my passions.

I've been shooting parties in Los Angeles for a year now, but have yet to aggressively pursue pay. I really love doing it because I love beautiful things and I love taking photos of people.

So I've decided to up the ante, and ordered myself some AlienBee lights, along with the rest of equipment needed for a mobile photobooth. The plan is to pitch my services to clubs, wherein I would photograph for the night, host their images, and include their logo on the photos. When people post the photos to their Facebooks, etc, it is free advertising for the club. I've seen this business model in action, but hope to take a more genuine, more streamlined approach for a much more modest price. I've already established some healthy networking connections as a result of my previous work, but I know I will have to hustle.

Have any of you any advice for the photographer setting out on her own this way?

Anyway, for Thanksgiving, I brought my kit along to my parents' house, and shot my family (Heeheee). I am still figuring out how to get the hairlight to do what I want - obviously, it's not bright enough in some of these. I was using the silver side of an umbrella and reflecting the light from behind at an angle with the light at about 1/8th power. I don't know if the reflector is the way to go, but I did another test shoot without it and the light was too bright at 1/8th and spilling too much onto the backdrop. I'll have to keep experimenting. I do love how the key light came out...I was shooting full power through a shoot-through umbrella for diffusion in the "butterfly lighting" set up.

I went in a did a little editing with Photoshop, mainly just upping the contrast a bit, adding some dither and a slight vignette. Most of them are cropped to a square shape to mimic the medium format, which is how I want to go with my final set up.

Anyone have advice regarding faking a square format while shooting? Can I put tape on the viewfinder or something? In film school when we wanted to fake a letterbox, we put tape on the camera LCD so we could plan our shots accordingly and then added the bars in post. Can you do something similar with a still camera?

Additionally, you will notice some banding of the black backdrop that occurred after Photoshop - how can I prevent this? What causes it? I wasn't shooting RAW - is that why? I suspect that once set up, most of my output will be to web, where it really won't matter, but my parents would like to print some of these. Is there anyway to get the camera to shoot in a greater resolution than 72dpi? (I've looked this up, and I don't think I really understand dpi and printing as well as I should.)

If you have any questions regarding my set up, I'd be happy to answer them in the comments.

And now, without further ado....

( Shot with my Canon Rebel XT with a 28-90mm zoom lens...though I stayed in 28mm )

Thanks for looking and for any answers/advice you can provide!

I'm a little OCD about my MAC collection and I like to keep lists of what I own and what I still need. The problem is that over the past few years I've had a couple of long periods out of the MAC loop and I know I missed out on some stuff. Since going back through every single collection page on Specktra is very tedious, I was wondering if any of you happened to have complete lists of every shade ever released of the following products:

MSFs
mineralize e/s
mineralize blush
beauty powder blush
trip/travel face & eye palettes
e/s quads

Sorry for the text only! Thanks in advance.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough © Albert Einstein

I use HD foundation. What's a good loose powder I can use on top of it? MAC or any other brand.
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any tips for using the eyeliner mixing medium? thanks

Hi everyone,

I went there today and I took a few pics of what they had (MAC and BB), just in case anyone is interested. I apologize for the upside down pic, my computer will not upload them right no matter how I rotate them :(.
(Pics Here)
Hope this helps :).

ISO any fafi products, must ship to canada. :)

I have some stuff I'd like to get rid of. US Shipping will be $3.00 for the first item and $.50 for each additional item, contact me for international rates. Paypal only. I am not responsible for items once they are shipped. Haggle away if purchasing more than one item .$10.00 minimum before shipping please.First comment gets the item. No PMs please. Pictures can be provided. feedback on Specktra as ikielove and MUA as geronimooooo.








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It's over here.

Hey, everyone. I'm clearing out a ton of MAC that I don't use as well as a few other non-MAC things. I'm not interested in swapping at this time since the whole point of doing this was to clear things out, not find shiny new replacements. :D I have taken pictures, of course, but since this sale is so big I'm not taking individual close up shots unless you require one from me.

Shipping will be a mere $3 in the US that will include bubble wrap and delivery confirmation. International shipping will be decided on a case-by-case basis. Chat me up. If you buy a lot from me I might be willing to reduce a few prices. :)

My feedback can be found here. I've not been active here or there for a while since going back to school but I've never had anything go awry. :D

Here's the list:

MAC single eyeshadows BNIB, each $14
- Moon's Reflection
- Lustreleaf
- Lavender Sky
- Pink Papillon
- Sleepy

MAC single eyeshadows swiped once, each $12
- Rummy
- Oceanique
- Romantique
- Electro Sky

MAC single eyeshadows used a few times, each $10
- Shimmermoss (this is a pro pan)
- Overgrown
- Phase
- Light Ray
- Chillblue

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadows, used a few times, each $10
- Tres Teal
- Whim
- Noble

MAC Quads all used a few times, each $28
- 4 Beau
- 4 Sweetie Cakes
- Chromezone 1
- Chromezone 3
- Free To Be Eyes
- Colourscheme 3


( It's murder on the dancefloor but you better not kill the groove )

I'm on MUA under the name beslap. I'm new to make up selling/swapping but I've been swapping, selling and buying things since the last three years and I've had no problems. I'm on ebay with about 15 positive feedback, beslap again. I also have 17 positive feedback here. I'll be shipping from Turkey. Shipping is included in the price. Paypal only please. Reasonable haggling is welcome. :)


MAC Face and Body foundation, %75 full, $20
MAC 168 brush, used 3-4 times on powder product, washed only once with gentle shampoo before usage. I covered the lettering with clear nailpolish. $20

If you live in Canada and don't get all of the Black Friday sales, will you be eligible for the online deals on black friday or are they only for customers in the states
thanks