MAC Divine Night: Lipsticks

Last week, MAC released a new collection called Divine Night, which is the main colour collection and first part of MAC's Holiday 2013 offerings. Divine Night was inspired by "what happens at night... the moment when flashing lights illuminate a flair for finery and limitless luxury that can only be described as divine." The design of the powders and the colour combinations were inspired by the elegance and geometric designs of 1920s Art Deco, as well as Studio 54 and the lavish lifestyles of the era. Divine Night consists of 32 products, and sees the release of five new and limited edition shades of lipstick. It is housed in special edition matte black packaging with yellow gold detailing and matching secondary cardstock packaging. Each lipstick contains 3 grams of product, and retails for $20. Due to the special edition packaging, these are not applicable for the Back to MAC recycling program.
You've Got It, Flair for Finery, Exclusive Event, Private Party, and Prepare for Pleasure
You've Got It, Flair for Finery, Exclusive Event, Private Party, and Prepare for Pleasure

You've Got It is a pale pinked beige with gold iridescent shimmer in a Frost finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy, but due to the shimmery finish, it does go on a bit patchy and emphasize lip lines. It has low pigmentation and sheer to semi-sheer buildable colour pay-off. It is lighter and more beige than Frou, and sheerer and more pinked than Tanarama.

Flair for Finery is a light-medium slightly cool-toned fleshy pink in a Lustre finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is cooler and less pink than Angel and Creme Cup, and more pink than Hue.

Exclusive Event is a medium cool-toned taupe-brown with grey undertones in a Satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is darker and much more grey than Taupe, and darker and less pinked than Till Tomorrow Pro Longwear Lipcreme.

Private Party is a medium-dark pinked plum in a Satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is darker and more plum than Craving, and slightly lighter and more pink than Captive. 

Prepare for Pleasure is a medium brightened cool-toned pinked red in a Cremesheen finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is slightly lighter and more pink than Everyday Diva Mineralize Rich Lipstick, and slightly more pink than New Temptation Sheen Supreme Lipstick.

I'm not a huge fan of frosted lipsticks in general, but I do find that You've Got It is more shimmery than metallic so it's generally more subtle than many Frost finish lipsticks. However, since it's such a sheer shade, it would work much better as a layering lipstick than on its own, which tends to emphasize lip texture. Flair for Finery is a nice pink-toned nude shade for fair to medium complexions, but there are a lot of dupes within MAC's permanent range. Exclusive Event is a very good dupe for those who wanted Nude from RiRi ♥ MAC Fall, though it isn't matte. It's a love it or hate it shade, though, since the grey undertones make it harder to wear for most skintones (read: it makes you look dead and/or corpse-like... which is something you might want as Halloween is coming around). Private Party is a gorgeous plum shade for fall/winter and is actually very wearable and flattering across all skintones and undertones. However, Captive is almost an exact dupe for it, so you may want to save yourself the extra $2 for the special edition packaging. Prepare for Pleasure is actually surprisingly unique within MAC's red lipstick range (which is really quite extensive), as it's very much a pink-red rather than a true red. It's actually really similar to Love Goddess from last year's Marilyn Monroe collection, so if you missed out on that one, you might want to check this one out.