Thursday 20 October 2011

MAC "Styledriven" and "Fall with MAC" exclusive private showing 2011

Last night I attended an exclusive showing at my local MAC store of their 3 new collections: Posh Paradise, MAC Fall Colour and Styledriven. The Posh Paradise collection has already been out for a few days now but the other 2 collections are not released until September 29 2011. However, the Styledriven collection is a permenant collection at MAC. I recieved this invitaion from  one of the employees on my recent visit to the MAC store. I did purchase 3 items from these collections: 2 from the Fall with MAC collection and 1 from the Styledriven collection.

The first collection I looked at was the Posh Paradise collection. In this collection there was:
                         -10 Mattene lipsticks
                         -8 paint pots
                         -2 nail lacquers
What I noticed in this collection was that there were alot of deep, rich and royal colours. The lipstick majority were shades of deep reds and plums with a few nude and pink shades as well. In my opinion there was a good range of colours for these lipsticks but this collection was ideal for people interested in deeper darker shades. The paint pots in this collection were a majority of purple and blue shades. There was 2 nude shades of the paint pots but I didn't feel like they were very unique in comparison to the paint pots available in the permenant line. If you are looking for a dark paint pot or a more coloured paint pot I would recommend taking a look at this collection. Lastly the 2 nail lacquers are very pretty and I believe somewhat unique. There is only the 2 colours (a dark metallic blue and a gold) so if you are looking for these specific shades I would reccomend checking out these colours.

The next collection I looked at was the Styledriven collection. This collection was quite large I felt and there was a nice mix of lip and eye products available. In this collection there was :
                                         -16 pro longwear eyeshadows
                                         -12 pro longwear lip cremes
                                         -9 pro longwear lip glasses
                                         -10 pro longwear lip pencils
                                         - the 239 eye shader brush
Throughout this collection I thought there was a nice range of shades available in all of the products. The eyeshadows ranged anywhere from nude highlight colours to dark liner and crease colours with a few bright colour options thrown in. These eyeshadows are double in size compared to the regular MAC shadows and so do cost more but are a better deal price wise considering how much product you get. The pro longwear lip cremes also had a nice range of shades but I did notice that most of them had a slight brown undertone and most were darker then expected from looking at the swatches online. With the lipglasses however there was a nice range of pinks, nudes, a few reds and even some purples. These lipglasses were also very pigmented and didn't require alot of product to get a good colour payoff. With the lip pencils there was a nice range as well of pinks and reds. I don't use lip pencils alot but if you are looking for one I would definetly reccomend this collection. This collection was my favourite out of all of the ones that were on display last night mainly because there was a big range of colour choices for anyone looking for more neutral shades, darker shades or even a bright colour.

Lastly was the MAC Fall Colour collection. This collection was also really large but instead had alot of bright shades with a few neutral shades thrown in. In this collection there was:
                                              - 1 new fluidline
                                              - 8 pigments
                                              - 2 eyeshadow quads
                                              - 5 eyeshadows
                                              - 4 lipsticks
                                              - 4 lipglasses
                                              - 1 mascara
                                              - 1 eyebrow pencil
                                             - 1 jumbo eyeliner pen
                                             - 1 kohl power eyepencil
                                             - 4 chromographic pencils
                                             - 2 mineralized skinfinishes
                                             - 1 set of eyelashes
                                             - the 168 brush
This collection had a really nice range of products. There wasn't just eyeshadows and lip colours in it but were some liners and face products as well. I liked alot of this collection even though I usually go for the more neutral shades. There was a broad spectrum of colours in this collection and there seemed to be a little something for everyone. I would definetly reccomend this collection for people who are just starting out with MAC products and want to try a little of everything. I have also heard great things about the kohl power pencil that was released and I may be going back for it before this collection disappears.

So, the purchases I made from these collections were:
                      - Pro longwear eyeshadow from the Style Driven collection in "Keep your Cool"
                      - Lipglass in "Good Times" from the MAC Fall Colour collection
                      - Pigment in "Tan" from the MAC Fall Colour collection
So far I am really enjoying them and I reccomend them all :)



Not meaning to end on a sad note but I have recently lost my lipglass in "Good Times" (I think I dropped it at the airport when I was flying home) but I have dropped some not so subtle hints to my mom and will hopefully be getting it(again! :P) for christmas.

So that is just a brief overview of my thoughts on the newest MAC Collections. If you have any questions please leave them below and I will be sure to answer them as soon as I can. Have a great day! :D

PS- I know I am uploading this really late but I thought better late than never ! 

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