Mac Nutcracker Sweet (Christmas 2016)

Mac Nutcracker Sweet (Christmas 2016)

This year’s Mac Christmas collection comes with a pink, purple, and gold theme.  The 5 lipsticks, 6 eyeshadows, 2 pigments, 3 eye liners, and 2 blushes come in packaging that reflects this theme.  The contents of this collection also follow the theme.  This collection is really a pink lover’s dream, most of the lipsticks and eyeshadows are pink.

The lipsticks are $18, the eyeshadows are $19, the pigments are $22, the eyeliner are $17, and blushes are $28.

MEET THE LIPSTICKS

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 Kingdom of Sweets

KINGDOM OF SWEETS (cremesheen)

This beautiful pink shade is incredibly white based.  It’s probably going to be too light for pale skin tones and look too shocking on any other skin tone.  This is the kind of lipstick that’s going to either need a lip liner or needs to be mixed in with another shade.

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Flamboyish

FLAMBOYISH (matte)

This hot pink shade reminds me of a magenta type shade, like the matte magenta in the Maybelline collection.

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Saucy Little Darling

SAUCY LITTLE DARLING (amplified creme)

This is a deep coral-red shade.  This shade will probably appear to be a Salmon-type shade.  It reminds me of one of the lipsticks that came out in the recent Maybelline Bolds collection.  The Maybelline shade may be a bit lighter.

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So Good for You

SO GOOD FOR YOU (matte)

This is a cooler red shade.  I’m not a fan of reds, to me all reds are the same.  When I do wear red, I prefer a more crimson shade.  This is not crimson.  So, in summary, it’s too light for me.

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Leap of Delight

LEAP OF DELIGHT (matte)

This is a deep plum purple.  I typically like these shades, but I already have two dark purple Mac shades that are basically the same.  They came out with a similar shade last Christmas.  I can’t imagine this shade is going to be different.

OTHER

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Rose

ROSE (pigment)

These shade is interesting, though not for me.  I like that it has a sort of duochrome effect.  It is a pink shade with copper shimmer thrown in the mix.

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Yum Yum Yum

YUM YUM YUM (blush)

This blush follows the theme of the makeup with it’s pink color and gold shimmer.  I personally don’t like blushes with shimmer, but I do love the packaging.

This Nutcracker collection is so cute and sweet.  I don’t think this is Mac’s greatest collection but I’ll definitely be picking up at least one of the lipsticks, probably Kingdom of Sweets.