MAC A Tartan Tale Chapter One Preview

Along with the A Tartan Tale colour collection, M.A.C. had come out with its annual collection of holiday gifts. And this year they're all about the tartan (squee!)! This is no preppy plaid, this is vibrant tartan packaging inspired by Scotland and rock & roll.

This post will preview the eye, lip and face sets as well as the bagged brush sets of A Tartan Tale. Call this Chapter One! Chapter Two can be found here and the A Tartan Tale colour collection can be found here. A Tartan Tale holiday exclusives can be found here. 

Peekaboo! Poking a little fun at the kinky part of the kilt, these incorrigible kits for Lips, Eyes and Face have some flasher fun with mirrored compacts, but remain dignified with proper M∙A∙C family crests. New giftables that prove to be seductive, cheeky, good fun, including 6 Dashing Lassie Eye Shadows,

6 Beauties Play It Cool Eye Shadows, 6 Twists of Tartan Eye Shadows, 6 Reelers & Rockers Eye Shadows, Happily Ever After and A Fabulous Fantasy Lip Kits, plus A Triumphant Blush and Hark The Heraldry Face Kits.

Dashing Lassie eyeshadow set ($43.50 CDN/$36 US)
Once Upon a Time - Metallic vanilla (veluxe pearl)
Bronze - Copper penny (frost)
Buckwheat - Frosty medium brown (frost)
A Dashing Lassie - Metallic milk (frost)
Magical Mist - Metallic taupe (lustre)
Showstopper - Dark brown (matte)

Beauties Play It Cool eyeshadow set ($43.50 CDN/$36 US)
Heather Belles - Dark charcoal/carbon (satin)
To the Ball - Dusty lavender (satin)
Hold My Gaze - Medium grey (frost)
Magic Moor - Purple grape (veluxe pearl)
Altered State - Blackened plum (veluxe pearl)
Silverwear - Metallic lavender (frost)

Reelers & Rockers eyeshadow kit ($43.50 CDN/$36 US)
Carbon - Dark carbon (matte)
White Rabbit - Shimmer white (frost)
Melt My Heart - Metallic silver (veluxe pearl)
Gaelic Gold - Metallic gold (veluxe pearl)
Crown & Sceptre - Metallic copper (veluxe pearl)
Family Treasures - Metallic bronze (veluxe pearl)

Twists of Tartan eyeshadow kit ($43.50 CDN/$36 US)
Vainglorious - Metallic maroon (frost)
Rolled Gold - Gold (lustre)
Lady's Prance - Clay (matte)
High Spirits - Shimmer avocado (frost)
Bows & Curtseys - Metallic hunter green (satin)
Set To Dance - Dark royal blue (matte)

A Fabulous Fantasy lip kit ($27 CDN/$22.50 US)
Storybook Ending - Raisin (lustre)
Imagine This - Pinky beige (amplified)
Heroic Tale - Sparkle flesh tone (gloss)

Happily Ever After lip kit ($27 CDN/$22.50 US)
Cheers All Around - Bright candy pink (frost)
To Joy - Medium pink (frost)
Endless Fun - Sheer frosty pink (gloss)

A Triumphant Blush face kit ($45.50 CDN/$38 US)
Melba - Soft coral peach (powder blush)
Peachtwist - Golden peach (sheertone shimmer)
Smooth Harmony - Neutral mid tan (beauty powder)

Hark the Heraldry face kit ($45.50 CDN/$38 US)
Dame - Sophisticated blue/pink (powder blush)
Plum Foolery - Faint dusty plum (sheertone shimmer)
Oh So Fair - Pale pink (beauty powder)

Once upon a time a bonny lass was in a Scottish ska band. She couldn’t just pick one look – punk or princess? So she chose them all...fancy that! Her loot: Dazzle the Lads Lip Bag, with Baron’s Rose Lipstick, Draw Me Close Lip Pencil and Moth to Flame Dazzleglass; Vain & Glorious Lip Bag, with Mellow Mood Lipstick, In Synch Lip Pencil and Baby Sparks Dazzleglass; Noble Knights Lash & Line Eye Bag with Teal Pigment, Blitz & Glitz Fluidline and Zoomblack Zoom Lash mascara; and finally, Violet My Love Lash & Line Kit, replete with Violet Pigment, Macroviolet Fluidline and Zoomblack Zoom Lash mascara.

Dazzle the Lads lip bag ($43.50 CDN/$36 US)
Creemesheen Lipstick in Timeless - Medium rose
Dazzleglass in Moth to Flame - Sheer neutral beige
Lip Pencil in In Synch - Light pink

Vain and Glorious lip bag ($43.50 CDN/$36 US)
Lustre Lipstick in Mellow Mood - Sheer pink
Dazzleglass in Baby Sparks - Sparkle baby pink
Lip Pencil in In Synch - Light pink

Noble Knights lash & line kit ($43.50 CDN/$36 US)
Fluidline in Blitz & Glitz - Black
Pigment in Teal - Bright metallic teal
Zoomblack
209 Brush

Violet My Love lash & line kit ($43.50 CDN/$36 US)
Fluidline in Macroviolet - Dark grape
Pigment in Violet - Bright metallic purple
Zoomblack
209 Brush

A drawbridge lowers, an electric-guitar wails... and a Princess makes an entrance – with her bag of tricks! New M∙A∙C Brush Bags are here for every girl who wants to arrive at the ball in flawless fashion, with everything she needs in these nifty, handsome, heathery tartan modern mash-ups, trimmed in shiny patent: A Lady & Her Tricks Buff & Line Brush Collection with 168SE, 187SE, 209SE, 219SE and 252SE; Sweep Me Off My Feet Sweep & Define Brush Collection,

with 129SE, 190SE, 212SE, 227SE and 275SE; She’s Got It All Apply, Define & Line Brush Collection, with 194SE, 204SE, 224SE, 266SE and 275SE. Throw on your favourite Vivienne Westwood tartan frock (knickers optional) and off you go, perfectly ready to raise a ruckus!

A Lady & Her Tricks Buff & Line brush collection ($58 CDN/$49.50 US)

168SE, 187SE, 209SE, 219SE, 252SE

She's Got It All - Apply, Define and Line brush collection ($58 CDN/$49.50 US)
194SE, 204SE, 224SE, 266SE, 275SE

Sweep Me Off My Feet - Sweep & Define brush collection ($58 CDN/$49.50 US)

129SE, 190SE, 212SE, 227SE, 275SE

I'm in love with the little tartan bags!


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