Last Thursday, MAC released a new collection called In Extra Dimension, featuring "MAC's modern hybrid make-up that combines the smoothness of a cream, the blendability of a liquid, and the finish of a powder with long-wearing colour and prismatic reflections." This collection sees the release of 16 products —14 of which are new and limited edition, and two of which are re-promotes. In Extra Dimension includes six new and limited edition shades of Extra Dimension Eyeshadow, which "ranges from sheer crystallized light to a highly polished metallic effect." They feature a wave design embossed on the surface with the MAC logo imprinted around it. Each Extra Dimension Eyeshadow comes in regular black packaging, contains 2 grams of product, and retails for $25.
Triple Impact is a pale iridescent cool-toned lavender with pink-lavender pearl in a frosted finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and silky, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and less sparkly than Kitschmas Pigment, and lighter and cooler than Amethyst Pressed Pigment.
Opalesse is a pale iridescent white with pink-green pearl in a frosted finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and silky, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and less silvered than Vex, and softer and less sparkly than Pink Opal Pigment.
Zestful is a pale iridescent pistachio green with soft golden-green shimmer-sheen in a frosted finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and silky, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. There are no close dupes in MAC's permanent range at this time.
Extra Silver is a pale brightened silver in a metallic finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and silky, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is smoother and more pigmented than Filament, and lighter than Electra.
Dimensional Blue is a light-medium greyed sky blue in a metallic finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and silky, and it 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 metallic than Moon's Reflection, and darker and more blue than Blue Willow Pressed Pigment.
Smoky Mauve is a medium plum-mauve in a metallic finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and silky, and it 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 plum than Sable, and much more metallic than Haux.
I've always been a fan of the Extra Dimension formula, and I'm so glad MAC decided to release new eyeshadow shades with it. It somehow has that really smooth, ultra-pigmented look of a Veluxe Pearl eyeshadow while being super-lightweight like a Mineralize eyeshadow. And you can use these both wet and dry, so you can play around with the intensity and colour pay-off. Triple Impact and Opalesse are absolutely stunning, with a beautiful prismatic effect — you can appreciate the opalescent quality much more in person than in a photo. Zestful is unlike any shade I've really seen before, at least released by MAC, and is a lovely pastel option just in time for Spring. Smoky Mauve is a great shade for those who want to wear plum shades but find that they can look too bruise-like or tired; the metallic shimmer-sheen gives it more dimension and makes it look softer than many plum shades (it's actually gorgeous when worn with Opalesse). Dimensional Blue was also surprisingly more unique than I thought — this is actually the shade I had hoped Blue Willow Pressed Pigment would be. The only skippable shade here is Extra Silver, as there are a lot of dupes for it; if you are looking for a light silver, however, this is a great option as it's very lightweight, finely-milled, and ultra-smooth.
Sadly, none of these really caught my eye when I checked them out in-store - I'm just not into the more whitish-silvery based shades on my skintone. But I'd love to try this formula one day!
ReplyDeleteHave you swatched Triple Impact or Opalesse? I swear to you, they aren't white at all. They make you look like... a fairy. I don't know how else to describe it, LOL. Go and swatch if you haven't already! They're seriously stunning. AND Smoky Mauve would look AMAZING on you, on its own, without blending it with something else. I swear.
DeleteMAC should just make Extra Dimension permanent. These shades are too pale for my liking but I wouldn't mind seeing mid-tones and dark, smokey shades in the future.
ReplyDeleteThey really should. This is one of my fave formulas, for real. Blends so well, too. They actually released a lot of darker, smokier shades last year -- there were a few really stunning ones from the last holiday collection. I'm sure they'll release more, though. Maybe in the fall, hopefully!
DeleteIronically, I don't think these are light at all. They kind of meld on the eye so that they don't look stark. I don't know how else to describe it. I've been wearing Opalesse and Triple Impact A LOT and they don't look light at all, just gorgeous and opalescent. And if you wear them with other colours, they sort of blend into them seamlessly because they reflect off the colour next to it. A very cool effect. :)