MAC Wonder Woman – some preliminary photos & swatches

Here are some real-life photos and swatches of the MAC Wonder Woman collection due to be released in February.Official information of this collection can be found here.  These photos were taken from the UrCosme Facebook Group; you can see the rest of them here.

Lady Justice Quad

Marquise D’ and Russian Red lipsticks

Secret Identity and Wonder Woman Lipglasses

Some swatches of the four lip products:

Personally I’ve never had a thing for Wonder Woman, AND I’m not really getting the inflated prices ($23.50CAD for a lipglass instead of the usual $17.50). The duo blushes look pretty, especially Mighty Aphrodite, but I don’t know if I want to plunk down $29 for a MAC blush. I’d rather save up a little more and get Dior or Guerlain.

What are your thoughts of this collection?

I Love Guerlain Gillian… possible dupe?

Ever since I saw Temptalia’s swatches of Guerlain Rouge G in 14 Gillian, I have been in LOVE. It looks like the perfect pink nude for me, although it look brown in the tube when I went to check it out in the store.

I went to the MAC counter today to check out the latest holiday collection, Tartan Tale, as well as the new MAC Viva Glam lip set. I was able to try it on and I saw surprised at how similar Gillian looked to the new Viva Glam when the gloss was worn on top of the lipstick. It is a gorgeous mauve-nude with a hint of brown with gold shimmer.

Sorry for the shitty lip swatch, photo by Blackberry and lack of sleep causes a lot of problems to show up in photos >___> And no I am not wearing any makeup other than the lip stuff.

The only problem is this lip set costs about $50 in Canada after tax (ugh compared to $36 in the US!) so its almost the price of the Guerlain, so might as well buy the Guerlain. But the entire selling price (before tax) goes to charity, so that is a huge dilemma for me. Any thoughts?

FOTD with MAC Venomous Villains Bite of an Apple Blush

So I took these photos before I realized I had forgotten to put on lip gloss (I had planned to do a full VV face that day, so my gloss of choice was of course, Strange Potion). But by the time I realized, I was already running late so I quickly swiped on some gloss and ran for it.

And yes my eyes look a little swollen, I haven’t been sleeping well lately.

Face:

• Jill Stuart Moist Silk Powder Foundation – Foundation and base
• MAC Oh So Fair beauty powder (Venomous Villains Collection) – all-over powder

Eyes:

• Lunasol Skin Modelling Eyes in 01 Beige Beige
• Anna Sui Lengthening mascara

Cheeks:

• MAC Bite of an Apple Blush (Venomous Villains Collection) – on apples of cheeks then sweeped up

Bite of an Apple Blush is VERY pigmented. I mean it when I say a little goes a long way. When I swatched it on my arm for the first time, it didn’t seem that bad, but when I applied it with a regular blush brush, it really made my cheeks look red. The flash in my camera definitely washed out some of the colour in the picture, but I would still recommend using a duo fibre brush.

One thing I did notice though, if it is used sparingly and blended out, it looks very much like my natural cheek colour when I blush. Apparently that is the colour that is most flattering to you, so I guess I should be thankful I grabbed this before it sold out everywhere…

Lip Swatch of MAC Venomous Villains Lipglass in Strange Potion

Here is the lip swatch of Strange Potion Lip Glass from the MAC Venomous Villains collection. I have really pigmented lips, so lip products tend to look darker and more muted on my lips (so sad…). Strange Potion looks like a light pink-coral in the tube but looks more orange-coral on my lips. I still love it, and it is definitely one of the prettier coral lip products I’ve tried.

If its not sold out, I definitely recommend you getting one!

The swatch on my arm for reference/comparison

And my bare lips for comparison

MAC Venomous Villains: Purchases, Photos, Swatches

My MAC Venomous Villains order promptly came in today. I ordered them on Tuesday night, which means they shipped on Wednesday (yesterday) via UPS and arrived today to my apartment.

My purchases:

See more photos & swatches!