MAC MACnificent Me!: MACnificent Me! Eye Shadow x 9 Palette

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Today, MAC released a new collection called MACnificent Me!, which is inspired by MAC customers and their individuality. MAC held a contest last year, and from the thousands of applicants, "found six people who are truly 100% MACnificent, transforming them into the faces of [MAC's] epic Fall colour collection. Now, be inspired and motivated to celebrate your own style, heart, and soul with MACnificent Me." MACnificent Me! sees the launch of one new and limited edition Eye Shadow x 9 Palette, and is described as "a well-edited palette featuring a colour wave of neutral hues." Each Eye Shadow x 9 Palette comes in a square clear-lidded compact, contains a total of 7.2 grams of product (0.8 g per shade), and retails for $48. 

MACnificent Me!, Quiet Type, and Dance in the Dark

MACnificent Me! is a light warm peachy beige in a Frost finish. This is a new and limited edition shade, and is exclusive to this palette. The texture is soft and silky, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is darker than Naked Lunch, and darker and less frosted than Jest.
Quiet Type is a medium-dark golden bronze in a Frost finish. This is a new and limited edition shade, and is exclusive to this palette. The texture is soft and buttery, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and less golden than Bronze, and darker and warmer than Woodwinked.
Dance in the Dark is a deep dark cool-toned brown in a Matte finish. This is a permanent shade in the Warm Neutral 15-Pan Palette only. The texture is soft and silky, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is darker than Brun, and cooler than Mystery.

Fabulous DNA, Pleasing to the Eye, and Sable

Fabulous DNA is a light pinked beige in a Frost finish. This is a new and limited edition shade, and is exclusive to this palette. The texture is soft and silky, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is slightly more frosted than Orb, and darker and more pinked than Vanilla.
Pleasing to the Eye is a medium warm rosy brown in a Matte finish. This is a new and limited edition shade, and is exclusive to this palette. The texture is soft and silky, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is more pink than Soft Brown, and darker and more brown than Malt.
Sable is a medium-dark warm plum bronze in a Frost finish. This is a permanent shade. The texture is soft and buttery, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and less red than Mulch, lighter and much warmer than Satin Taupe.

Frankly Frosty, In My Element, and Cool Complement

Frankly Frosty is a light-medium cool taupe in a Matte finish. This is a new and limited edition shade, and is exclusive to this palette. The texture is slightly drier and firmer, but goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and warmer than Omega, and lighter and more grey than Malt.
In My Element is a light-medium warm silver with copper sparkle in a Lustre finish. This is a new and limited edition shade, and is exclusive to this palette. The texture is slightly gritty, but goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It is darker and warmer than Filament, and cooler than Honesty.
Cool Complement is a medium-dark cool dirty brown in a Matte finish. This is a new and limited edition shade, and is exclusive to this palette. The texture is soft and silky, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is cooler than Cork, and lighter than Espresso.

MAC launched their Eye Shadow x 9 Palettes earlier this year in February, so this marks the release of the first limited edition nine-pan palette. These palettes are great for people who want a variety of shades in different finishes in a smaller size, whether it's for portability, or because you never get through a regular-sized pan of eyeshadow, or you want to experiment with different looks without investing in a full-size palette. The MACnificent Me! palette, oddly enough, is my favourite colour wave out of all of the nine-pan palettes in existence (there are four colour waves in the permanent range), because I think it mixes a really good combination of neutrals from cool to warm, which makes the palette as a whole much more wearable and widely flattering. The permanent nine-pan palettes are all in specific colour waves (Amber, Navy, Burgundy, and Purple), which makes this one the only true neutral x 9 Palette. The nine shades in this palette go on smoothly and have decent to great colour pay-off, plus they're easy to pack on and blend out, so they're foolproof to use. This is actually a really fantastic everyday, workhorse palette for anyone and it's not too expensive, so if you're on the market for neutrals in a range of finishes that will take you from day to night, natural to smoky, this is definitely one to look at.
3 comments on "MAC MACnificent Me!: MACnificent Me! Eye Shadow x 9 Palette"
  1. Ooh, other swatches I've seen made this look way too pink, but it looks much more neutral here! I always have problems trying to find a peachy shimmery shade - they're either too pink, too frosty, too something. These look like they could be it!

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    1. Also, I really want to read through your recent food posts, but I've been so busy lately T_T I'm saving them!

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    2. Did you check out this palette? It's sold out in a lot of locations here, so hopefully you at least got to swatch it! And while I can see maybe one or two shades leaning slightly pink, it's definitely a very neutral palette, so it's a very wearable range overall. :)

      Haha, take your time. ;) Hopefully you don't get too hungry when you read them, lol!

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