MAC Pro Lip Palette Preview

The preferred way for Artists to stay on trend: MAC Lip Palettes. Indispensable colours and editorial essentials are organized into five compacts, each offering a shade-wave of six tones that streamlines your kit. Customize within the same shade family or cross-polinate between palettes. Available in red, orange, pink, plum and brown. MAC Pro locations and online only. 

Available in M·A·C PRO stores only August 23, 2012 in the permanent line

Available online October 2011 in the permanent line

Pro Lip Palette in 6 Editorial Oranges
Bronze Shimmer (golden bronze with shimmer (frost))
Look at Her (metallic copper (sheen supreme))
So Chaud (intense reddish-orange (matte))
Morange (loudmouth orange (amplified creme))
Cross Wires (clean pinky orange (cremesheen))
Sandy B (light shell pink (frost))
$47.50 CDN/$40 US

Pro Lip Palette in 6 Editorial Reds
Dare You (deep brown red (cremesheen))
Ruby Woo (vivid bluish-red (retro matte))
MAC Red (vivid bright bluish-red (satin))
Russian Red (intense bluish-red (matte))
On Hold (mid-tone yellow raspberry (cremesheen))
Lady Danger (vivid bright coral-red (matte))
$47.50 CDN/$40 US

Pro Lip Palette in 6 Modern Browns
Paramount (reddish-brown (satin))
Taupe (muted reddish-taupe brown (matte))
Fresh Brew (creamed coffee (lustre))
Frenzy (pinky-peach beige with shimmer (frost))
Half 'N Half (creamy pink (amplified creme))
Peachstock (neutral peach (satin))
$47.50 CDN/$40 US

Pro Lip Palette in 6 Preferred Pinks
Violetta (bright clean violet purple (amplified creme))
Show Orchid (vivid hot pink (amplified creme))
Créme de la Femme (pink laced with gold (frost))
Lovelorn (emotive blue pink (lustre))
Please Me (muted rosy-tinted pink (matte))
Pretty Please (pale pink pearl (lustre))
$47.50 CDN/$40 US

Pro Lip Palette in 6 Select Plums
Cyber (intense blackish-plum (satin))
Hang Up (deep berry (cremesheen))
Amorous (lovestruck cranberry (satin))
Verve (muted brownish-plum (satin))
Captive (pinkish-plum (satin))
Twig (soft muted brownish-pink (satin))
$47.50 CDN/$40 US

MAC Glitter and Ice - Dazzlesphere! Preview

That's American figure skater Johnny Weir in the centre. 

Outrageously opulent ornaments to satisfy all the nice (and naughty) boys and girls on your holiday gift-giving list:

Mini kits packaged in clear, couture-future ornaments. Mini gloss kits are in coral, pink and neutral. Mini eye kits feature four stackable crushed metallics in smoky blue, plum and smoky berry. Mistletoe is mandatory with the petite nail lacquer ornament, housing four little nail lacquers.

Available in November 2011.

Dazzlesphere! Crushed Metal Pigments in Plum Ornament

Light Violet 

Grape

Seasonal Cool - sparkle taupe

Misty Pale - silver

 $28.50 CDN/$32.50 US

Dazzlesphere! Crushed Metal Pigments in Smoky Berry Ornament

Pearl

 Rose Light

Spicy Smoke - dark strawberry

Roasted Chestnut - deep chocolate with gold pearl

$38.50 CDN/$32.50 US

Dazzlesphere! Crushed Metal Pigments in Smoky Blue Ornament

White As Snow - snowy white 

Silver Sleet - medium grey

Wintersky- purple blue

Dark Moon - charcoal 

$38.50 CDN/$32.50 US

Dazzlesphere! Mini Gloss Kit in Neutral Ornament

Bare Necessity (dazzleglass)

Get Rich Quick (dazzleglass)

Boy Bait (cremesheen)

Over Indulgence (cremesheen) 

$38.50 CDN/$32.50 US

Dazzlesphere! Mini Gloss Kit in Coral Ornament

Phiff! (dazzleglass)

Eurobeat (dazzleglass)

On the Scene (cremesheen)

Richer, Lusher (cremesheen) 

$38.50 CDN/$32.50 US

Dazzlesphere! Mini Gloss Kit in Pink Ornament

Rags To Riches (dazzleglass)

Like Venus(dazzleglass)

Fashion Scoop (cremesheen)

Petite Indulgence (cremesheen)

$38.50 CDN/$32.50 US

Petite Nail Lacquer Ornament in Dark Angel

 Style Tip - soft pink nude

Much Adored - sheer white pink with pearl

 Mistletoe - pale gold 

$30 CDN/$25.50 US

To see more of the MAC Glitter and Ice Holiday 2011 collections, visit here, here and here.

C.

LUSTING: Bobbi Brown Limited Edition Chrome Palette

Really, just look at it. Bobbi Brown's Limited Edition Chrome Palette - ten eyeshadows and four lip glosses in gorgeous shades of silvery shimmer and rosy sheen. My Gunmetal and Roses FOTD? This is your palette.

Bobbi Brown is a world-renowned make-up artist whose product quality is impeccable, so you know that you're going to wear these shades over and over again. It's not a question of loving this palette, it's a question of what are you waiting for?

Also, I have to love a palette that splits the creams from the powders. I loathe palettes where a lipstick is next to an eyeshadow and the lipstick, of course, ends up getting all gritty. Stop it, beauty companies, stop it now!

It isn't cheap ($75 US) but it is gorgeous and you do get ten shadows and four glosses as well as Bobbi Brown's impeccable quality of product. Yup, I'm lusting.

LUST LUST LUST

C.

Picks and Skips: MAC's Holiday Offerings Part Two - Mineralize Kits

MAC has two Mineralize Kits out for Holiday 2009. Both kits retail at $71.50 CDN ($59.50 US) and each includes a Mineralize eyeshadow duo, a Mineralize Skinfinish (highlighter), a Mineralize blush and a mini buffing brush.

Fun In the Sun Mineralize Kit - Shimpagne Mineralize Skinfinish (soft beige-gold shimmer), Nuance Mineralize Blush (peach-gold), Play on Plums Mineralize Eye Shadow Duo (bronze, burgundy, peach, gold, pink), and the 181SE Mini Buffer. Shimpagne is a covetable shade that was released as Limited Edition (LE) so if you need a reason to pick up this kit, I've just given you one. Just check out Karla Sugar's swatch of it here. It's a beautiful champagne shimmer highlighter that anyone can use. Play on Plums is also a gorgeous eyeshadow particularly for the burgundy and the way the warmer tones compliment it.

Like all the kits, these colours would work on any skin tone but Fun In the Sun, as it sounds, has warmer shades and will work to give your skin a sun-kissed glow. Both Nuance and Shimpagne are LE's (Play on Plums is permanent) so I give this kit a PICK.

Pinkzapoppin! Mineralize Kit - Light Flush Mineralize Skinfinish (soft pink-bronze-peach shimmer), Dainty Mineralize Blush (gold pink moderate shimmer), Love Connection Mineralize Eye Shadow Duo (beige, gold, pink, rose, hint of blue) and the 181SE Mini Buffer. Like Shimpagne in the Fun In the Sun kit, Light Flush Mineralize Skinfinish is also a LE shade that beauty junkies lust over. The kit is worth buying for Light Flush alone. Because this kit is slightly cooler than Fun In the Sun, it's more for fairer skin tones or if you want a more subtle glow effect from these products. Both Dainty and Love Collection (eyeshadow) are permanent colours, so the only reason to buy this kit is if it's a gift for someone, or if you must own Light Flush. SKIP

Karla Sugar has swatches of both kits here if you want a better idea.

Happy Shopping and stay tuned for the remainder of our Picks and Skips for MAC's Holiday Collection!

For MAC's Holiday 2009 Lip, Eye and Face Kits Picks and Skips, click here.

C.