Dalliance: This color is amazing. It will be awesome all over the eye or as a highlight (just go easy because this thing is pigmented). You will never run out of these shadows because it takes so little to have it show up. It's so hard to describe, IMO because you can play with it in the light. It's a kind of white/gold and definitely metallic.
It's more vibrant than Maui Wowie by Urban Decay and the big plus for me is that it doesn't have the glittery fallout of MW.
Centre Stage: True, deep, chocolate brown. This is the brown I've been looking for. It's not red and not dull at all and it's a color I want to wear all over my lid. I've lways wanted to do a brown smokey eye and now it's possible. I just haven't found another brown like this.
Let me tell you that you need at least one of these lip colours in your life. Pick any one of them, but get one. They are the creamiest, most weightless products that has ever crossed my lips.
Exxxhibitionist: Not as opaque as I expected. It takes maybe 2 go arounds to get the coverage I want. The color is bright without being jarring. It's a bit more orange than Viva Cyndi, but it's quite close. I do prefer Cyndi, but this is just like have a Cyndi backup which is what I was going to buy anyway.
Flaunting It: It's really a grey/mauve. It's a dark mauve that looks very natural on. I don't own a color like this. It looks less like Up the Amp in person as opposed to in swatches I have seen. Maybe that's my pigmented lips at work. Just like Exxhibitionist, I didn't find this to be totally opaque. That's fine, though.
Vanity Fair: I was torn over whether or not to buy this because of a review calling it streaky. I didn't find it streaky at all. It a lighter, brighter and obviously creamier Pink Nouveau. If you love colors like that on yourself then get VF.
Super: The nude I was hoping it would be!!! So nice and natural on my lips. First, I thought it would be to yellow/beige, but it's perfect. It doesn't make me look dead either. NC45/50 girls with pigmented lips, this is one nude for you.
and now for my absolute favorite...PEACOCKY!
I cannot tell you how much I love this damn thing! I am buying 2 more for myself and 1 for a friend who really wants it, but can't afford it right now. This thing is spectacular. I can't believe I even let it creep in my mind that maybe I can't pull it off. It's not like the swatches I've seen. Again, I think it's due to my darker lips. This is not sky blue, it is not streaky and I cannot see red pearl. What I do see is a gorgeous deep blue on my lips. It seems like blue mixed with the smallest bit of black to make it wearable. I don't know the fancy names of different kinds of blues, but it's definitely darker than sky blue but not as dark or possibly dull as navy. It's not jarring or shocking, but mildly surprising b/c, of course, you don't see people with blue lips every day. Girls, I am telling you that if you are even remotely interested, give it a try. This is the perfect blue, in my opinion. I tried it straight out of the tube and it worked. On lighter girls, it will most likely be not as dark, but I think it will still work. For me, the color is true to the tube and not what I have seen on lighter girls.
I am over the moon about what I got. My fave, of course, is Pecocky when it comes to the lippies. The shadows, I can't even choose. From my Mickey stuff, I love Saffron the most. So happy that nothing has to go back. Still, this isn't my personal favorite Mac collection. For my own reasons I love Make Up Arts, To The Beach and Venomous Villains. Still, this is an A+ collection for quality. Even though I have tons of shadows, I think I will buy one or two more from this one because of the quality. It'll be hard for Mac to top this one this year. And yeah, I will be rocking Peacocky on my birthday in a couple of weeks!
