MAC Faerie Whispers: Foiled Shadow in Fairy Land, Enchanted Forest, Joy Toy, and Faerie Fayre

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

A few weeks ago, MAC launched their Boxing Day collection called Faerie Whispers, inspired by — you guessed it — fairies: "Let your innocence roam free. Transcend seasons with charmed hues inspired by the secret, wondrous world of fairies." There is a total of 24 products, of which 17 are new and limited edition, four are re-promotes, two are permanent, and one is new and will be added to the permanent range. Faerie Whispers sees the launch of eight new and limited edition shades of Foiled Shadow, which is described as "a luminous, lightweight, wet/dry eye shadow with highly pigmented colour pay-off." They are housed in regular black clear-lidded compacts, and feature a debossed design in the powder. Each Foiled Shadow contains 3 grams of product, and retails for $24. 

Fairy Land, Enchanted Forest, Joy Toy, and Faerie Fayre

Fairy Land, Enchanted Forest, Joy Toy, and Faerie Fayre

Fairy Land is a light warm champagne beige in a sparkly, metallic finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled 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 lighter and more gold than Honey Lust, warmer than Retrospeck, and lighter than Day Gleam Pressed Pigment.
Enchanted Forest is a medium warm golden bronze in a sparkly, metallic finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled 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 lighter and more sparkly than Bronze, warmer and more sparkly than Woodwinked, and lighter and warmer than Havana Extra Dimension Eyeshadow.
Joy Toy is a light-medium muted warm peachy bronze in a sparkly, metallic finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled 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 sparkly than All That Glitters, more brown and more sparkly than Sweet Heat, and similar to Tan Pigment.
Faerie Fayre is a medium-dark warm rosy copper in a sparkly, metallic finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled 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 much lighter and more muted than Antiqued, darker and more brown than Mythology, and lighter and more brown than Amorous Alloy Extra Dimension Eyeshadow.

Imagine an eyeshadow that has the smooth, lightweight texture, metallic finish, and instant opaque colour pay-off of the Extra Dimension Eyeshadows, but with the high sparkle content of the Pressed Pigments, and the wet/dry usage of Mineralize Eyeshadows. That is MAC's new Foiled Shadow. Each and every shade is stunning, totally mesmerizing, every magpie's dream. It is equal parts ethereal fairy (making the debut of these in a collection called Faerie Whispers entirely appropriate) and disco queen. Whether used wet or dry, over primer or not, these have phenomenal pigmentation, but also layer up and blend out beautifully. Regardless of which shades tickle your fancy, these are must-haves for anyone who loves shimmery eyeshadow, and I can only hope that MAC makes these permanent one day (and comes out with more shades while they're at it!).
4 comments on "MAC Faerie Whispers: Foiled Shadow in Fairy Land, Enchanted Forest, Joy Toy, and Faerie Fayre"
  1. Ah, these are gorgeous neutrals! I was thinking of ordering one, but then several bloggers mentioned that they were just too shimmery in person, and I have been not too keen on super shimmery shadows lately, so I passed. But they are gorgeous!

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    1. Lol, these are definitely shimmery. I don't know what these bloggers mean by "too shimmery in person" means, because THEY ARE SHIMMERY EYESHADOWS and are marketed as such. Like, what do they expect from a product called Foiled Shadow from a collection called Faerie Whispers?! I personally would never say they're "too shimmery in person," 'cause that's definitely subjective and relative to what you think is shimmery to begin with. But if you're not keen on super shimmery shadows, then it makes sense to pass.

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    2. I couldn't find that many swatches, so it was hard to tell, lol! I like subtle shimmer, but I was thinking about Stila's Kitten and how that sometimes went a bit over the top for me (even though I used up a pan of it back in the day when I owned maybe three shadows! LOL). I wasn't sure if people meant that there were like, chunks of shimmer, or if it was more metallic, or what, so I just gave up, lol. Makeup should not be this much work :P

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    3. Lol, yeah, these are definitely not subtle shimmer -- they're pretty DISCO QUEEN, lol! I wouldn't say they're chunks of shimmer, but they're definitely metallic with sparkle (imagine an Extra Dimension Shadow meets a Mineralize Shadow). From the sounds of it, though, these would be too sparkly for you. :P

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