MAC Glitter & Ice: Nail Lacquers

MAC released the first part of their holiday launch yesterday, called Glitter & Ice. The collection promotional display features Olympic figure skater, Johnny Weir. Glitter & Ice will see the release of 34 products. There are three shades of Nail Lacquer being released, of which I will be featuring two. Each Nail Lacquer contains 10 ml of product, comes in limited edition glossy white packaging, and retails for $19.

Festive Finery

Festive Finery is a dark greyed purple in a Cream finish. It applied smoothly and evenly, and went opaque in two coats. This is one of the better shades MAC has come out with recently, as MAC's nail polishes tend to streak and need at least three coats to achieve opacity. It's like a cream version of Chanel's Paradoxal.

Unconditionally Fabulous (layered over Festive Finery)

Unconditionally Fabulous is a clear base with multi-coloured circular and hexagonal glitter. It's a thinner consistency, so it would probably require three or four coats for opacity, but I find this type of glitter is meant to be layered on top of another colour. It is very similar to China Glaze's Snow Globe.

Both shades are really lovely for the holidays. Festive Finery covers the dark nail trend for fall and winter, whereas Unconditionally Fabulous covers the glitter trend (and it's just so damn pretty!). I would personally layer Unconditionally Fabulous over cooler colours like blue or green, because the glitter seems to have predominantly cooler colours (even though it's multi-coloured). But the glitter has this iridescent pastel-ish kind of look to it, which reminds me of snow or snow globes; very appropriate for the holidays! I would say both are unique enough to be worth buying.