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| left: Dangerous cuvee paint pot, middle: I get no kick eye kohl, right:vintage selection paint pot | | |
Happy 2011 everyone! What better way to start off the New Year like a small haul :D When I first heard about MACs Champale selection, I'm going to be honest, I wasn't exactly excited... but that was before I checked out the preview and swatches on
Temptalia. As soon as I saw the photos for the collection I knew I had to make my way down to my nearest Mac counter store!! Not only are the promotion photos beautiful, the products, in my opinion are :) I really wanted everything! But unfortunately my bank balance would not agree with that... I in particular loved the look of the paint pots and lip gelees... but, I already had the 'resort life' lip gelee from the MAC Venomous Villains collections, which apparently is almost identical to 'Bubblelounge' lip gelee from this collection, so with
a lot of self-will I decided to pass on them. I ended getting two of the four available paint pots and an eye kohl.
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| vintage selection paint pot (photo with flash) |
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In pictures it looked beautiful, in the store it looked beautiful... i had to have it.. simples. In my opinion it is a shimmery brown, rose gold, and unlike anything in my collection. I know many people have criticised the paint pots in this collection, being too shimmery and not enough colour pay-off, but I have to disagree. Yes, they aren't the most pigmented paint pots ever released, and yes, they are shimmery... but that is the desired
effect of the collection in my opinion. I love the not so 'in ya face' pigmentation, as it's subtle, and you can build upon the paint pot with more eyeshadow etc. So I can't express enough love for this, it's
so much prettier in real life too, and it really compliments and works with my skin tone and shade (warm, golden undertones, about an nc20-ish.. sorry about not being precise!)
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| Dangerous Cuvee (photo with flash) |
I originally wasn't drawn to dangerous cuvee, but in the store it was just
beautiful... i couldn't resist! Then I realised how unique a product it is, because correct me if I'm wrong, but Mac just doesn't do grey paint pots. In the photo with flash, it looks a bit lighter and also cooler, yet in real life even though it has silver shimmer in it, it doesn't come across as cool. It's a beautiful grey, but it's not
just grey, it's a beautiful taupey type shade... and I'm so glad i picked it up.
There was two other paint pots, I liked the look of the champagne coloured one... I think it's called 'Chilled on ice'.. however, the other paint pot, seeing it in real life, I wasn't drawn to it... it's a more warm coppery colour called 'Let me pop'.
My last purchase was after much umming and aahing...
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| I get no kick eye kohl pencil |
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After watching
fleur de force and
missglamorazzi and their
joint video on their Mac haul, they described it as 'bare study paint pot but in pencil form'. Now, i thought hmm that's interesting, but I guess I could always use a champagney coloured eyeshadow on my waterline to create the same effect... so that was that. However, in the store i swatched it.... then swatched it again... and stared at it some more, and I just
loved how it caught the light... I mentioned my surprise that it wasn't sold out to the s.a. ... only for her to tell me how there were only two left. Soooo i thought aah what the heck I'll get it... and I'm
so so so glad I did! When I applied it to my waterline it seemed really subtle... and i couldn't help being a bit underwhelmed... but as soon as you step out into daylight (or perhaps just generally better lighting than my bedroom!) it looks so beautiful... and really gives your eyes that little extra something. I reckon this may have to be the stand out product of the collection.
Hope you enjoyed! Definitely check out the collection if you haven't done so already.. (I think i'm a little late if anything!)
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