MAC Glitter & Ice: Technakohl Liners

MAC released the first part of their holiday launch today, called Glitter & Ice. The collection promotional display features Olympic figure skater, Johnny Weir. Glitter & Ice will see the release of 34 products. There are six new and limited edition shades of Technakohl Liner being released. Technakohl Liners are soft, smooth, creamy eye liner pencils in a plastic mechanical applicator with a rich, intense colour pay-off. They blend easily upon application but sets quickly to a long-wear, non-smudge finish. They are water-resistant, and are safe for use on the waterline. Each eye liner contains 0.35 grams of product, comes in limited edition glossy white packaging, and retails for $19.

Silver Skates, Going For Gold, Seasonally Spicy, Fancy Moves, Smooth Manoeuvre, and Practice Makes Perfect

Silver Skates, Going For Gold, Seasonally Spicy, Fancy Moves, Smooth Manoeuvre, and Practice Makes Perfect

Silver Skates is a light pearlized silver with silver micro-shimmer. It goes on soft and smooth, but has poor pigmentation; you'll have to put on four or five layers before getting full colour pay-off. It doesn't show up on the waterline, though. There is nothing similar to this in MAC's permanent range.

Going For Gold is a medium pearlized yellow gold with gold micro-shimmer. It goes on soft and smooth, but the pigmentation isn't fully opaque; you'll have to put on two to three layers before getting full colour pay-off. It barely shows up on the waterline, though. There's nothing really similar to this in MAC's permanent range; Powersurge Eye Kohl is darker and far more bronze, whereas Pure Show Superslick Liquid Eye Liner is way brighter and more yellow (and liquid!).

Seasonally Spicy is a medium-dark warm chocolate brown with subtle burgundy-brown micro-shimmer. It goes on soft and smooth, and great pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It's similar to Brownborder, but with subtle shimmer.

Fancy Moves is a medium-dark eggplant purple with soft silver micro-shimmer. It goes on soft and smooth, with semi-opaque pigmentation. You will need two or three layers to get full colour pay-off. It's like Purple Dash, but with subtle shimmer.

Smooth Manoeuvre is a pure black with soft silver micro-shimmer. It goes on soft and smooth, with great pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It's like Graphblack, but with subtle shimmer.

Practice Makes Perfect is a medium-dark teal blue with soft silver micro-shimmer. It goes on soft and smooth, with great pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It's like Auto-de-Blu, but with subtle shimmer.

I read some reviews on these pencils, reading that they were dry and stiff, but every single one I got was soft, smooth, and creamy. The two metallic shades, Silver Skates and Go For Gold, were the only two that had slight pigmentation problems, but they can both get to full opaque colour pay-off in a few passes. However, those two do not show up well on the waterline (Silver Skates doesn't show up at all), so I wouldn't get them for that purpose. I do wish that they had released the Pearlglide Liners instead of these, seeing as the difference in these Technakohls and the permanent ones are the pearlized finish. But the Pearlglides were better at showing that pearlized finish, whereas these Technakohls show the pearl in a more subtle way. These are pretty, absolutely, but perhaps not worth the extra $1 difference for the packaging unless you're looking for a Technakohl with subtle shimmer.