So I got an invitation to attend an event at MAC Newbury in Boston last Tuesday. It was for the preview unveiling of the holiday collection by MAC, named A Tartan Tale, or should I say, it was just another excuse to buy more MAC. Yeah, like I need incentive!

So up to Boston I went, very excited since the collection does not go public until October 28th… the “event” was a bunch of MAC addicts clogging up the tiny little store, fighting for the same lipstick or at least the attention of the MUAs to get them the last lipstick before they sold out. We all had a blast! Handsome guys of ambiguous orientation passing around trays of Scottish inspired morsels, and the most delicious whiskey and lemonade cocktails I have ever had. If I wasn’t driving for two hours to get back home, I would have had a couple more… or six! Way to get us us girls in the mood to shop…

Only the first half of the collection was out (the second half comes out in November) and also the color story . I got a “few” things. Have a look!

For bigger pictures, go HERE

Eye shadows in Enviably Fun (grass green) and Semi-Precious (aubergine)

Gone Romancing (lavender with pearl) and Lightly Prancing (soft peach with sparkle) Dazzleglass Cremes.

Pearlglide Intense Eyeliner Pencils in Undercurrent (teal) and Petrol Blue (deep navy) GORGEOUS!

A Triumphant Blush Face Kit: Melba (coral peach), Peach Twist (gold peach), Smooth Harmony (neutral mid tan)

Vain & Glorious Lip Bag: Mellow Mood Lipstick (sheer pink), In Synch lip liner (light pink) and Baby Sparks dazzleglass (baby pink with sparkle)

Now, the eyeshadow palettes. I just have to say how much I love the packaging! I know, I shouldn’t be looking at the packaging, I should be concentrating on the makeup right? But they are soooo pretty! I mean, look at them! They actually have tartan on the top! well, plaid printed on soft flannel. Delicious…

Reelers & Rockers: White Rabbit, Melt My Heart, Carbon, Family Treasures, Gaelic Gold, Crown & Sceptre

Dashing Lassie: A Dashing Lassie, Once Upon a Time…, Magical Mist, Bronze, Buckwheat, Showstopper

And the last one, Beauties Play it Cool: Silverwear, Hold My Gaze, To The Ball, Altered State, Magic Moor, Heather Belles. For some reason, my camera would not take a proper picture of this one, in person it’s a lot more purple. It does show true in the swatch pic…

All in all, I’m very happy with this collection: it’s massive! so many colors to choose from… I love everything I got, of course, but I think my faves are the Pearglide Intense Eyeliners, they really pack a punch!

Where to get MAC? Any MAC freestanding store, Macy’s, Nordstroms, or maccosmetics.com.

LUST.

No, that’s the name of this palette. Lust, by no other than WetnWild.

$4.95 at Dan’s Pharmacy. I kid you not.

I wouldn’t call myself a makeup or beauty snob. You could say that I don’t discriminate against any product because of its origin. But still, I know by experience that certain things (read: eyeshadows) should not be bought at your local pharmacy, ever.

Or so I thought, up until the exact moment I opened this little unassuming palette, while cursing under my breath at my total inability to stay away from pretty colors. Had I not learnt my lesson? Had I not spent enough money through the years trying to make drugstore eyeshadows work to feed a small third world country for a year, only to find out, AGAIN, that the colors don’t show up, that they are gritty or muddy or cracked or impossible to work with? Why, oh why, do I keep doing this to myself?

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