Totally Obsessed is a light warm beige in a Creamy Matte finish. This is a new and permanent 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 more matte than Brule, more beige and more matte than Ricepaper, and more yellow than Orb.
Bossing It is a medium-dark warm golden bronze with a golden sheen in a Satin Shine finish. This is a new and permanent 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 bronze than Amber Lights, more golden than Bronze, and warmer than Woodwinked.
Bling Mistress is a medium warm muted golden beige in a Creamy Matte finish. This is a new and permanent 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 similar but more matte than Era, lighter than Wedge, and lighter and warmer than Cork.
Money Mad is a light-medium warm peachy beige with a soft sheen in a Smooth Pearl finish. This is a new and permanent 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 than Naked Lunch, similar but more pearlized than Grain, and lighter and more beige than Arena.
How to Trot is a light cool greyed beige with a soft silver sheen in a Satin Shine finish. This is a new and permanent 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 less sparkly than Retrospeck, darker and cooler than Shroom, and warmer than French Clay (Cool Neutral x 15).
Winsome Lose Some is a medium-dark warm bronze with silver sparkle in a Foiled finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. Due to the finish, it can be layered easily but difficult to blend out. It is slightly darker and cooler than Bronze, lighter and more sparkly than Tempting, and cooler and more silvered than Mulch.
Something's Fishy is a medium warm muted yellow gold with gold sparkle in a Foiled finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. Due to the finish, it can be layered easily but difficult to blend out. It is lighter and more muted than Goldmine, warmer and more yellow than Woodwinked, and darker and more sparkly than Ricepaper.
Dangerously Elegant is a medium-dark neutral-cool brown with a soft khaki-olive sheen in a Satin Shine finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker than Patina, darker and more brown than Sumptuous Olive, and lighter and more shimmery than Charcoal Brown.
Gimme That! (Highlighter) is a light neutral-warm yellow gold with a silvery gold reflective sheen in an Opalescent finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is darker and more yellow than Double-Gleam, darker and more yellow than Let It Rock (Rockin' Rebel), and lighter and cooler than Oh, Darling!.
The MAC Girls palettes mark a very different direction for MAC in terms of aesthetic and curation. For the first time ever, MAC has released cardboard mirrored compacts instead of heavier plastic ones with clear lids, and the shadows come in two different sizes and are placed randomly in the palette rather than in grid formation. This isn't necessarily a bad thing because I do think that these palettes include some fun colour combinations and look very striking, but it is obvious in the much slimmer packaging that they are trying harder to compete with many other bestselling palettes out there, including ones by Urban Decay and Anastasia Beverly Hills. My only pet peeve with the packaging is that the names of the shades aren't actually printed on the palette — they're on a separate clear plastic sheet that sits on top of the shades. Not a deal breaker, but kind of annoying because the shades aren't printed anywhere else on the palette so you have to keep that flimsy clear sheet if you want to know the shade names. But at $48, these also offer more value ($190) than any other palette MAC has released before. And unlike those other brands, MAC released six very different palettes at the same time so that there's something for everyone.
All these palettes feature four new eyeshadow finishes (which are described in the first paragraph) and are all pretty self-explanatory. To be honest, the Foiled eyeshadows disappointed me the most; the finish is absolutely gorgeous, but the colour pay-off is inconsistent and requires effort to build up and layer out on the lids. They work best with fingers rather than brushes (I tried using them with both synthetic and real hair brushes, and both dry and wet, and they go on patchy because the bristles just don't want to pick up the sparkle), and I definitely recommend using a good eye base that has a tackier texture to help with adhesion if you're looking for a high-sparkle, high-metallic finish. On that note, I am very impressed with the Smooth Pearl and Creamy Matte textures, both of which are super-silky and ultra-smooth with high pigmentation. They blend out effortlessly and have minimal fall out, too. My only complaint is that these palettes need a medium transition shade and at least one more matte to create more well-rounded, dimensional looks. As for the new Opalescent finish highlighters, the texture is smooth and silky, but they have a softer pearlized sheen, so don't be expecting that bright, ultra-reflective finish that their Extra Dimension or Mineralize Skinfinishes have.
Just as Prissy Princess is a safe option for those who like cool neutrals, Power Hungry is for those who like warm neutrals. Again, it's good for everyday, wearable, office-friendly looks. Power Hungry is easy to use and there aren't any wild card shades in here, so it's also great for people that are new to makeup or aren't comfortable with applying makeup. My biggest complaint with this palette, however, is that the darkest shades are medium-dark shimmery browns, so they can become muddy-looking when blended into other shades from this palette. I really wish there was a dark matte shade to help build dimension or to darken an eye look for evening (or for people that like to use powder shadows as liners). That having been said, none of the shades in Power Hungry are particularly new or unique, and those who have MAC's Amber x 9 Palette or Warm Neutral x 15 Palette will find a ton of overlap here — and to be honest, those two have more varied, better curated shades than in this one — so I would compare options before making a final decision.
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