Mac Spellbinder Shadow Review

So, this is different.  These are pigments, but they aren’t quite loose.  These pigments have been magnetized so that they stick together.  These shadows are available in eight colors, mostly darker shades.  They are mostly smokey shades perfect for fall and winter time.

Assuming these shades are consistent across the collection, than they are all long-lasting and provide little fallout.  The magnetization insures that the particles of each shade stick together.  They maintain their ‘lined’ shape in the jar no matter how many times they are used.  These will stay in place practically until you remove them.

These are $22 a piece and it’s recommended you use them with a brush.  Mac recommends their own 283 Duo Fibre Small Eye Shadow Brush.  The thing I love most about these is how they feel.  They have this amazing smooth feel to the touch.  They have an almost velvety feel to them.

Mac Spellbinder in Blue Karma

Blue Karma is a gray teal color.  You could consider this the lightest shade in this collection and my personal favorite.

Mac Spellbinder in Mysterious Influence

Mysterious Influence is a gold-green color.

Dynamically charged is a taupe bronze.

Higher power is a dark brown.

Mac Spellbinder in Gravity's Pull

Gravity’s Pull is a dark, smokey purple.

Cosmic Clash is a dark, smokey green.

Mac Spellbinder in Aphrodisiatic

Aphrodisiatic is a dark cobalt blue.

Retrograde is a dark gray black

Kat Von D MetalMatte Eyeshadow Palette Review

Kat Von D MetalMatte Eyeshadow Palette

The other day I got a chance to try the MetalMatte Eyeshadow palette from Kat Von D.  I loved it.  I always enjoy the Kat Von D eyeshadow palettes.  The formula behind these eyeshadows is probably my all time favorite.  The shadows are smooth and apply easily.  They are packed with pigment and hold up well.

Kat Von D MetalMattes Eyeshadow Palette
Ignite (blue), Tinsel (silver), and Twinkle (purple)

I swatched a few of the shades the other day.  The metal shades were my favorite.  Honestly, I always love metallic shades.  I swatched Ignite, Tinsel, and Twinkle.

Kat Von D MetalMatte Eyeshadow Palette swatches

I don’t remember which of the matte shades that I swatched, but they came out darker than I thought they would.  I was actually quite surprised at the matte shades.  I don’t have much love for matte shades, they always end up being too light or too patchy.  The matte shades in this palette are almost too much.  They could easily be overpowering.  Very pretty though.

This palette is $60 for 22 shadows.  Remember that the annual Sephora VIB twenty percent off sale is starting tomorrow and ending on the 14th.  If there’s anything you want from Sephora, now is the time to find it on sale.

Mac Mariah Carey Collection

If you love all of the glitz and the glamour check out this new collection from Mac.  This Mariah Carey collection is suppose to come out sometime between now and February.  When exactly, your guess is as good as mine, but my guess is sometime in December.  This collection contains everything from lipstick, brushes, and eyeshadow.  This sparkly makeup collection contains some beautiful collectors items.

Mac Mariah Carey lipsticks
Mcizzle, I Get So OOC, Dahhlinggg, All I Want, and Bit of Bubble

The lipsticks will be somewhere around $20.  (I really wish Mac would stop raising their prices.)  There will be five lipsticks.  These lipsticks have a nude theme.  They contain three cremesheens and two frosts.  All I Want is a sparkly (frost) champagne shade that’s being rereleased with this beautiful packaging.  All the lipsticks have these beautiful little butterflies on the product.

Mcizzle is a light peachy color and a cremesheen.

I Get So OOC is a shimmering brown frost.

Dahhlinggg is a peachy pink color and a cremesheen.

All I Want is a shimmering champagne frost.

Bit of Bubble is a pinky nude and a cremesheen.

I really like the I’m That Chic You Like palette but I must warn you about Mac shadows.  I’ve heard time and time again that the Mac palette shadows aren’t as well formulated as the regular Mac shadows.  To be honest, I don’t even think the regular Mac shadows are that great.  They are okay but I’d rather spend my money on something that I know is spectacular.  This packaging is everything though.

Mac Mariah Carey
It's Everything Eyeshadow Palette

It’s Everything

• Whenever You All - gold (Veluxe Pearl)
• Can Not Escape Me - satin gray-brown (Satin)
• Golden Petals Scattering - flickering light brown (Frost)
• How You Thrill Me - dark brown satin (Satin)

Mac Mariah Carey
I'm That Chic Like You Eyeshadow Palette

I’m That Chic You Like

• Diamond Butterfly - shimmering silver (Frost)
• I’d Give My All - sparkling gray (Luster)
• Images of Rapture - brown and burgundy velvet (Velvet)
• Twinks - black pearl (Veluxe Pearl)

Mac Mariah Carey
Check out this cute bronzer.