The MAC A novel romance collection for fall 2014
Normally I wouldn’t have struggled to carry the bags of cat food, but I was wearing 5-inch stiletto heels that day. Not exactly farm-friendly footwear.
“Oh, fudge,” I said, to no one in particular. one of the bags of kibble slipped from my grasp. It spilled open on the ground, and cats came running from all over the farm.
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“Need some help with that?”
I spun around. There was a man walking toward me from the barn. He was shirtless, in blue jeans, and had a wry smile. sun and perspiration glistened on his bulging biceps and muscled body.
“Uh…” I said, preoccupied by his rippling abs, which looked like they had never seen a carb before.
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“I’m Kyle,” he said, removing his leather work gloves. “And you need to be Karen.”
“Uh…” I said again. I was still not completely lucid. I mean, those shoulders, though. They were huge!
“That’s a lot of cat food,” he said. “Are you one of those crazy cat ladies?” He winked, and I literally saw a twinkle in his eye.
“If you only knew,” I said. “Yeah, I come out here to feed the feral cats a few times a week. Mr. Hargrove likes to keep them around, you know, to catch the rats. plus they’re cute.”
“I see,” he said. “Do the cats like it when you wear high heels?” He gestured toward my feet.
“Well, no,” I said. “But I was planning to go to a MAC store after this because they have a new collection out. It’s about romance novels. You know, heaving bosoms, long-haired naughty pirates, that kind of thing.”
“Naughty pirates?” он спросил.
“Obviously,” I said, “you can’t have a romance novel without naughty pirates.”
“Interesting,” he said. “Справедливо.”
Cats swarmed around my ankles devouring the kibble. Kyle was the new farm hand I’d heard about. Mr. Hargrove pointed out hiring him, but I hadn’t seen him before today. He looked a little like Alcide from true Blood. part of me hoped he wasn’t a werewolf. part of me hoped he was.
“Well my work here is done,” I said, checking out the kibble. “I think these cats are sufficiently fed.”
Kyle took a step toward me, and the hairs on the back of my arms stood up. “Тебе нужно идти?” он спросил.
The MAC store was already open, and I wanted to get there soon, but Kyle sure looked good in those jeans. I made a decision that A novel romance would have to wait.
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Or is it the beginning?
Here I’m wearing the Quad in An Amorous Adventure, Powder blush in fun Ending, Cremesheen Lipstick in yield to love and Fluidline Eye Pencil in Black Brilliance
A novel romance has some the most memorable fall campaign art I’ve seen considering that MAC amazing Felines. first of all, homeboy in the photo below looks like Khal Drogo. I wonder if that was on purpose…
Second, the whole idea just makes me smile. It’s cheesy, but still feminine and pretty. I mean, I get it, even though it’s been years considering that I’ve read a romance novel.
What we have here is very seductive makeup, but there’s also a softness to it that I like, especially around the eyes. There’s a lot of shimmer, and nothing too hard edged.
Fluidline Eye Pencils (left to right) in Atomic Ore, earth Sign, Deep Blue Sea, Metropolis, Water Willow, Evil twin and Black Brilliance
I may or may not have breathed a lusty sigh when I saw the new Fluidline Eye Pencils. I’m never without my pot of Blacktrack, and I love me some Fluidline in the pots, so I ’twas intrigued.
I used one of the shades yesterday, Black Brilliance, the basic black. It’s a pencil gel liner, which a lot of brands have, but these pencils have a very fine point. Finer than normal for products like these, and I think it makes them terrific for getting liner down between each lash at the base…because it seems like I spend half my day trying to get eyeliner between the roots of my lashes.
Fluidline Eye Pencils in Atomic Ore, earth Sign, Deep Blue, Metropolis, Water Willow, Evil twin and Black Brilliance
They’re highly pigmented and glide along the skin, but if you want to smudge them at all, you have to work quickly, because once they set, they don’t move. I wore Black Brilliance on my lash and water lines yesterday and had it on for about six hours before removing it, and it looked terrific the whole time…on my upper water lines and lash lines, that is.
It was a different story on my lower water lines. The color was still intense, but the coverage had broken up in places.
I will say that the formula didn’t irritate my eyes, though, which is something….
Regarding the electric amazing Eyeshadows in the release, maybe it’s because I’m coming off a Chanel new Moon high, but I’m very ecstatic about these. They have the same spongey, soft texture as the Chanel illusion D’Ombres, which I love.
Electric amazing Eye shadow in Pure Flash
Electric amazing Eye shadow in love Power
Electric amazing Eye shadow in Superwatt
Electric amazing Eye shadow in Coil
Electric amazing Eye shadow in Gilded Thrill
Electric amazing Eye shadow in switch to Blue
Electric amazing Eye shadow in highly Charged
Electric amazing Eye shadow in Blacklit
Electric amazing Eye shadows in Pure Flash, love Power, Superwatt and Coil
Electric amazing Eye shadows in Gilded Thrill, switch to Blue, highly Charged and Blacklit
I’ll be taking a closer look at them a little later, but for now, I see a lot of potential for quick eye looks using just a finger and one of these pots.
As for paws/claws, I’m still in summer nail mode, so I’m thinking brights, brights, brights! Веселье, веселье, веселье! So at first I didn’t have any interest in the six studio nail Lacquers in the collection ($12 U.S./$14 CAD) because they seemed kind of dark and dreary.
Studio nail Lacquer in before Dawn
Studio nail Lacquer in Midnight Storm
Studio nail Lacquer in Sunset Sky
Studio nail Lacquer in Midnight Strata
Studio nail Lacquer in Midnight Ocean
Studio nail Lacquer in Midnight Sky
Or so I thought. They may look a little dull in their bottles, but they absolutely look much brighter on my nails.
Not like neon bright or anything, but livelier.
Nail Swatches from the left: Sunset Sky, Midnight storm and before Dawn
Nail Swatches from the left: Midnight Strata, Midnight ocean and Midnight Sky
Before Dawn, the green shade, is the one that moves me the most. It has elements of that baby poo polish Chanel did a few years ago for fall (Khaki Vert), but I think it’s prettier than that shade because it has a minor pearl, so it’s not completely flat. It has a lot more dimension.
I see it being my pedi polish this fall, and you know what goes well with green, don’t you?
How about hot pink lips?
OK, a lot more like a hot fuchsia. good Kisser is one of the six Lipsticks ($16 U.S./$18 CAD) in the release, but when you go to the counter, you’re only going to see five of them. yield to Love, the rosy shade, is an online exclusive.
Matte Lipstick in good Kisser
Грабная помада в себе
Cremesheen Lipstick in A novel Romance
Матовая помада в сердцах Aflame
Матовая помада в затяжении поцелуя
MAC Cremesheen Lipstick yield to love (online exclusive)
From the left: Lustre Lipstick in Myself, Cremesheen Lipstick in A novel Romance, Matte Lipstick in good Kisser, Matte Lipstick in Hearts Aflame, Matte Lipstick in Lingering Kiss and Cremeshee Lipstick yield to love (online exclusive)
Good Kisser — I love that name. The color reminds me of MAC Impassioned, except slightly bluer.
So, for the eye quads, there are three of them ($40 U.S./$48 CAD), and while none of them really make me want to tear off my corset, I’m still turned on by the color combinations. These are the kinds of palettes I like to use for smokey eyes because the colors lend themselves easily to gradients; the steps between the shades in each quad aren’t that extreme. The violet and pink tones in the A Passionate Quest Quad, for example, are a lot more like first cousins than third cousins twice removed.
I notice that the colors in the quads normally lean neutral and cool, too. Not a lot of warmth there, but I meant that’s not a big surprise, considering that they’re part of a fall collection.
In all of these face pics I’m wearing An Amorous adventure (more pics and articles to follow, BTW) and used it to do a sort of hazy, golden plummy brown eye look.
An Amorous adventure Quad
An Amorous adventure Quad
I was going to use A novel romance for my first foray into these new quads to explore Rising Passions, the khaki color (because khaki and I are like this), but I made a decision to save that one for later.
A novel romance Quad
A novel romance Quad
Same goes for A Passionate Quest, the third quad, which is all about purple. I have to be careful often with purples because some make my left eye water (just the left eye; it’s the weirdest thing), so I’m going to see what I can do with that quad in an upcoming post.
A Passionate Quest Quad
A Passionate Quest Quad
The collection also includes two Powder Blushes ($22 U.S./$26 CAD), one Haute & Naughty too Black Lash Mascara ($22 U.S./$26 CAD) and three Eye Brushes (213 Fluff Brush, $24 U.S./$28.50 CAD; 224 Tapered Blending Brush, $32 U.S./$38.50 CAD; and the 242 Shader, $25 U.S./$30 CAD).
Why only two Blushes? Кому ты рассказываешь. I wish there had been more. БОЛЕЕ!
Powder blush in fun Ending
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Fun Ending (left) and animal Instincts (right)
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I mean, I’m amazing with soft neutral peach fun Ending. In fact, it’s the blush I’m wearing in these pics.
Lipglass in Bared for You
Lipglass in Reckless Desires
Lipglass in Pure Fiction
Lipglass in wanting More
Lipglass in Talk Sexy
Lipglasses in Bared for You, Reckless Desires, Pure Fiction, wanting a lot more and Talk Sexy
The MAC A novel romance Collection includes…
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6 помада, $ 16 U.S./$18 CAD
Грубная помада в себе – мягкое мерцание обнаженное бежевое
Crimesheen помада в романе романтики – светлый удивительный пыльный розовый
Матовая помада в хорошем поцелуи – средняя тона фуксия
Матовая помада в сердцах Aflame – середина тона кирпича красный
Матовая помада в затяжении поцелуя – Глубокий цветной красный
Кременная помада уступает для любви (онлайн эксклюзивный) – средняя роза
5 губных оasses, $ 15 U.S./$18 CAD
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Липбаки в желании гораздо больше – вымытая лаванда
Липбаки в разговоре сексуальны – темно-фиолетовый
2 порошка краснетки, $ 22 U.S./$26 CAD
Атласный порошок краснеет в веселье – мягкий нейтральный персик
Морозное порошок румяна в инстинксах животных – мерцание сливы
3 Eye Shadow Quads, $ 40 U.S./$48 CAD
Новый романский квадроцикл – Veluxe Pearl Hee Shadow в моей фантазии (бледная нейтральная оливка), морозная тень для очарования осенью в жажде (средний тон, удивительный сероватый маврой), матовая тень для век в танцах в темноте (темно-чернокосный коричневый) и бархатная тень для глаз в восходящих страстях
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Карандаш для глазной жидкости в воде ивы – Грин Хэки
Цикрический карандаш в злой двум – голубоватый фиолетовый
Карандаш для глазной линии в черном блеске – черный
8 Электрические удивительные тени для век, 21 $ U.S./$25 CAD
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Электрическая удивительная тень для век в позолоченном ощущении – морозное золото
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6 студийных лаков для ногтей, $ 12 U.S./$14 CAD
Студия ногтей лак до рассвета – зеленовато-серый
Studio Nail Backquer в Midnight Storm – глубокая пурпурная
Studio Nail Lacquer в закате неба – кролинок в середине тона
Лак студии ногтей в полночь слоя – темный фиолетовый
Studio Nail Lackquer в полуночном океане – темно-королевский синий
Лак студии ногтей в полуночном небе – глубокий уголь
1 Haute & Naughty Too Black Blash Mascara, $ 22 U.S./$26 CAD
3 Щетки для глаз (213 щетка для пух, $ 24 U.S./$28.50 CAD; 224 коническая смешанная щетка, $ 32 U.S./$38.50 CAD; и 242 шейдеров, $ 25 U.S./$30 CAD)
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