MAC Ice Parade: Snowglobe Eyeshadows in Warm

MAC released their holiday sets collection last Thursday, called Ice Parade. Ice Parade will see the release of three eyeshadow palettes. Each palette includes six eyeshadow shades and a mini 213SE brush. The Warm palette includes the following shades: Winterscape, Magical Mist, Patina, Buckwheat, Gaelic Gold, and Midnight Flurry. Each palette includes a total of 6 grams of product, comes in a limited edition glossy white compact featuring a silver reflective "snowglobe" on the cover and a mirror on the inside, and retails for $45.50.

Winterscape, Magical Mist, Patina, Buckwheat, Gaelic Gold, and Midnight Flurry

Winterscape is a shimmery creamy white in a Lustre finish. It is a new and limited edition shade. It goes on rather chunky and powdery with quite a bit of fall out. The colour pay-off is also sheer, so a lot of layering is required to get it near pan colour. It is warmer than Forgery, and warmer and lighter than Filament.

Magical Mist is a shimmery medium taupe-brown in a Lustre finish. It is limited edition and a re-promoted shade from last year's Tartan Tale collection. It goes on smoothly and doesn't have the grittiness of most other Lustre eyeshadows, so there is little to no fall out. The pigmentation is good and has opaque colour pay-off. It is slightly darker and more grey than Era.

Patina is a light-medium taupe-brown with gold shimmer and sheen in a Frost finish. It is a permanent shade. It has a smooth, soft texture, with good pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off.

Buckwheat is a medium-dark reddish brown in a Frost finish. It is limited edition and a re-promoted shade from 2009's Naked Honey collection. It has a smooth, soft texture, with good pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It's less red and shimmery version of Swiss Chocolate.

Gaelic Gold is a rich medium-dark antique gold in a Veluxe Pearl finish. It is limited edition and a re-promoted shade from last year's Tartan Tale collection. It has a smooth, soft, almost buttery texture. It has fantastic pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It's similar to Goldmine, though smoother and less yellow.

Midnight Flurry is a dark blackened brown in a Matte finish. It is a new and limited edition shade. It's a little on the drier, stiffer side, so it goes on a little unevenly. The pigmentation is mediocre, but it can build up easily to achieve opaque colour pay-off. This shade, like Carbon, works better on the eye than in a swatch. It is more brown than Smut, darker than Mystery, and warmer than Brun.

MAC's holiday palettes are always great for those who are new to MAC or are new to wearing eyeshadow. Other than Winterscape, which has very poor pigmentation and has a gritty texture that results in unevenness, the Warm Snowglobe palette has very wearable and workable shades. Four of the six shades go on smooth and pigmented with good colour pay-off. It's a nice palette to have, assuming you didn't get last year's warm holiday palette, of which two of the shades are re-promoted here. There's a good range of colours and textures that make for an ideal introductory palette, and the Warm palette tends to be the most flattering across all skintones.