MAC Rocky Horror Picture Show: Riff-Raff Eyeshadow Palette

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Two weeks ago, MAC launched a new collection in collaboration with The Rocky Horror Picture Show, "the cult classic musical tribute to horror and sci-fi movies," in celebration of its 40th anniversary, "featuring an outrageous collection of hues and products specially designed to recreate the looks of your favourite characters from the film." This collection sees the launch of 21 products, six of which are new and limited edition, six of which are re-promotes, and nine of which are permanent (two are PRO products). Rocky Horror Picture Show includes the release of one new and limited edition eyeshadow palette, which includes six shades of powder eyeshadow. Each palette comes in special edition glossy black packaging with the Rocky Horror Picture Show logo on the lid, and matching secondary cardstock packaging (the inside of which features a black and white graphic collage of the movie's characters). It contains a total of 7.2 grams of product, and retails for $53.

From top (left to right): Oh, Rocky!, Crystal, Blackberry, Graphic Style, Heavy, Black and Pendulous, and Carbon

Oh, Rocky!, Crystal, Blackberry, Graphic Style, Heavy, Black and Pendulous, and Carbon

Oh, Rocky! is a light neutral white-beige with a soft shimmer-sheen in a Frost finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer than Shroom, more muted than Dazzlelight, and less yellow than Ricepaper.
Crystal is a light-medium cool-toned lavender with pink duochrome in a Frost finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more pinked and more shimmery than Digit, lighter and more pink than Beautiful Iris, and less silver and less glittery than Idol Eyes. 
Blackberry is a medium-dark reddened plum-brown in a Matte finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more reddened than Haux, lighter and more plum than Embark, and warmer and more reddened than Quarry. 
Graphic Style is a medium-dark cool-toned gunmetal grey in a Veluxe Pearl finish. It is a re-promoted shade from last year's Antonio Lopez collection, and is limited edition. It has a soft, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker than Silver Ring, lighter than Knight Divine, and more frosted than Scene. 
Heavy, Black and Pendulous is a medium-dark muted grey-toned blue in a Frost finish. It is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more grey than Freshwater, more muted and more grey than Deep Truth, and lighter and more grey than Blue Flame Mineralize Eyeshadow. 
Carbon is a muted soft black in a Matte finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a drier, stiffer texture, and can go on patchy and unevenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered easily, but can be difficult to blend out well. It is less blue-toned than Nehru, less sparkly than Black Tied, and less pigmented than Typographic.

This palette perfectly captures Dr. Frank-N-Furter's various eye looks in the actual movie (in case you wanted to re-create one for Halloween or whatever other occasion calls for "costume make-up"), but is perfectly wearable for those of us not wanting to look like a transvestite. I love that they included Blackberry, which is one of my favourite permanent shades to work with (and one that I wear with great frequency). It adds a nice warmth to an otherwise very cool-toned palette. I'm kind of bummed that we see the return of Carbon again here; black is such an essential shade in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's eye make-up that I wish they'd re-formulate to make it a true pitch black rather than a soft black that has such a poor texture. Carbon aside, it's actually a really nice palette with soft, smooth textures that blend out beautifully, and I can see it being a go-to palette for many to create a smoky eye (Rocky Horror-inspired or not). That having been said, three of the six shades in this palette are permanent, so you'll have to see if the other three shades are worth getting.
6 comments on "MAC Rocky Horror Picture Show: Riff-Raff Eyeshadow Palette"
  1. I have no love for Rocky Horror so again didn't pay attention to this collection, but seeing Blackberry, Graphic Style and HBaP together is like !!!

    And it's seriously baffling why this Carbon issue is still ongoing, lol.

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    1. LOL, RIGHT? God, it's time to re-formulate Carbon. It works well enough to darken colours but when I want a PITCH BLACK, Carbon just doesn't do it. But yeah, the other shades in this palette are SO DAMN NICE, it just makes me sad that they couldn't put Typographic or Nehru in there instead. :(

      Also I find it hilarious that they named that blue shade "Heavy, Black and Pendulous" LOL.

      I'm not a diehard Rocky Horror fan (I won't dress up and go to midnight viewings), but I love it enough. I still have it on VHS, lol.

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  2. LOL same with Liz about Carbon. WHY?

    Also, fun fact: S was once Frankenfurter for Halloween, long before I met him. I am told it was a pretty outrageous (college days, of course) outfit. I've seen pictures and it makes me giggle. So that's really all I can think about when I think about Rocky Horror now, LOL.

    I love the shades in this palette but I think everything looks fabulous on your arm, LOL LOL.

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    1. LOLOLOL It's always outrageous when people dress up as Frank-N-Furter because that character just has such ridiculous make-up and outfits. AHHH SO GOOD. This collection makes me wanna do something Rocky Horror-themed for Halloween. Maybe that was the point. :P

      LOL thanks, I think my arm's a pretty reliable canvas. ;)

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  3. can i echo everyone about carbon? ....
    seriously now..

    and Heavy Black and Petulous with a short name but in a full sized pan. please and thank you.

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    1. Lol, I actually find the names they come up with to be rather funny. Keeps it interesting instead of like, "Blue #104" or something. But agree, they should make it full-sized and permanent!

      I think it's only a matter of time that they come out with a new black eyeshadow. Hopefully one in a Matte2 finish and that's actually carbon black.

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