Hmm… Clubbing used to be a lot less complicated.

The last time I went clubbing, let alone wore MAC Club Eyeshadow ($15) out to a club, was at least a year ago. and it’s funny — I used to be able to just roll out of the house around 10, get to the club by 11, and then dance until the wee hours in 4-inch heels, no problem. Sometimes, we’d even go out for fries afterward.

ANNONSE

Now, though? whole different story.

It seems like best around the time I hit 30, the prep work involved in staying out past 10 doubled.

Now, on those rare occasions when I do go out dancing, I try to carbo load the night before, take a power nap in the afternoon, slip some inserts into my heels (so my arches won’t hurt), and throw a Lara bar into my purse to eat on the way home (since my tum can’t deal with late-night greasy food like it used to).

ANNONSE

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But one thing that hasn’t changed is my mad love for MAC Club…although nowadays I’m wearing it to the films and grocery stores, and not out to clubs to go dancing (at least not often).

Club was one of the first colors I fell in love with at MAC, and I’m so pleased we met. If I’d judged this nondescript reddish gray-brown book by its cover — by the way it looks in its pan — I might have never given it a chance.

And that would have been a shame.

On skin, I think MAC Club looks downright multidimensional, as if someone had pressed all of the colors of a peacock’s feather into a single eyeshadow. One minute, it’s a gunmetal gray with teal highlights; the next, a bluish chocolate brown with an iridescent green glow.

And beyond Club’s dynamic personality, it also loves layers. I like that I can coax different things out of it, like green, by wearing it atop green pencils or cream shadows, and teal, by wearing it with — you guessed it! – blågrønn.

Easy to dress up or down, in some cases I’ll layer it on top of black liner for a quick smokey eye, or, for a twist on a conventional cat eye, I’ll wet an angled brush like the MAC 266 with some Fix+, sweep it across the pan, and apply Club wet along my upper lash lines.

But my favorite way to work it? By applying Club either wet or dry to my lids and following it up with a matte brown or shimmery golden bronze, like Soba, Soft brown or Woodwinked, swept in the crease.

It’s just a basic daytime eye look, but with a little green and teal peeking through.

Going beyond the grandpa sweater with a few outfit ideas

This feature by Bloomingdales has some great fashion food for thought.

I’m liking that skinny jeans, tees and tan sandals combo… It says, “Yes, I’m casual, but I’m not sloppy.”

ANNONSE

I think I’ll try to see if I can find something similar for less at Marshall’s or Old Navy (hopefully, with clothes I can device wash).

Din vennlige nabolag sjarmavhengig,

Karen.

The MAC Unsung Heroes series features some of my favorite products from MAC’s permanent collection

Mac Unsung Heroes: Club Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Uniform Technakohl Liner

Mac Unsung Heroes: Mac Red Lipstick

MAC Unsung Heroes: tempting Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Phloof Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Crème i din kaffe leppestift

Mac Unsung Heroes: Paramount Lipstick

Mac Unsung Heroes: Mocha Blush

MAC Unsung Heroes: Oh baby Lipglass

Mac Unsung Heroes: Mac Mulch Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Cremestick-liners

Mac Unsung Heroes: Sable Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Myk Ocher Paint Pot

Mac Unsung Heroes: RicePaper Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Dette cremeen glasset er et veritabelt deelight

Mac Unsung Heroes: Lipglass på tross

Mac Unsung Heroes: Forlenget leppestift (og vannmelon)

Mac Unsung Heroes: Denne leppen blyant er synkronisert

Mac Unsung Heroes: Soba Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Bombshell Lipstick

Mac Unsung Heroes: Sunbasque Sheertone Shimmer Blush

MAC Unsung Heroes: clear Lipglass

MAC Unsung Heroes: humid Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Naked Lunch Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Russisk Rød Lipglass

Mac Unsung Heroes: Sirup leppestift

Mac Unsung Heroes: Mac Blushbaby Blush

MAC Unsung Heroes: sweet complete satisfaction pro Longwear Eyeshadow

MAC Unsung Heroes: lady danger Lipstick

Mac Unsung Heroes: Ruby Woo Lipstick

Mac Unsung Heroes: Retrospeck Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Twig Lipstick

MAC Unsung Heroes: party Line Lipstick

Mac Unsung Heroes: Melon Pigment

Mac Unsung Heroes: Sumptuous Olive Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Heroes: Mac Vex Eyeshadow

MAC Unsung Heroes: Costa chic Lipstick

MAC Unsung Heroes: fast reaction Eye Cream

Mac Unsung Heroes: Strobe Cream

Mac Unsung Heroes: Blot Powder / Presset

Mac Unsung Heroes: Subculture Lip Pencil

Mac Unsung Heroes: Soft Brown Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Hero: Woodwinked Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Hero: PowerSurge Eye Kohl

MAC Unsung Heroes: All That Glitters Eyeshadow Is Not just another Gold

MAC Unsung Heroes: The TechnaKohl liners

Mac Unsung Hero: Groundwork Paint Pot

Mac Unsung Hero: Nymphette Lipglass

Mac Unsung Heroes: Viva Glam V

Mac Unsung Hero: BlackTrack Fluidline

Mac Unsung Heroes: Lychee Luxe Lipglass

Mac Unsung Hero: Beautiful Gold Eyeshadow

Mac Unsung Hero: Patina Eyeshadow