Sex & Disco is a light lavender-toned silver with silver sparkle in a Lustre finish. It is a new and limited edition shade. It has a somewhat gritty texture due to the amount of sparkle, but it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more sparkly than Crystal, and darker and more purple than Forgery.
Colourful Life is a medium vibrant green-toned teal in a Veluxe Pearl finish. It is a new and limited edition shade. It has a slightly drier texture considering the finish, but it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. There is nothing similar to this within MAC's permanent eyeshadow range; it is lighter and much more green-leaning than Teal Pigment, and more blue-leaning than Emerald Green Pigment.
Freshwater is a medium brightened cerulean blue with a pearlized sheen in a Veluxe Pearl finish. It is a permanent shade. It has a soft, silky 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 slightly darker than Blue Calm (PRO), and darker, more muted, and less cyan than Electric Eel.
Nighttrain is a dark gunmetal grey with silver shimmer in a Lustre finish. It is a re-promoted shade from 2005's Lustrevision collection, and is limited edition. It has a soft, silky 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 less blue-toned than Knight Divine, and darker than Silver Ring.
Sketchbook is a dark warm olive brown with dirty gold sparkle in a Lustre finish. It is a new and limited edition shade. It has a dry, stiff texture, and can go on somewhat patchy and uneven. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered easily, but is difficult to blend out well. It is darker and warmer than Greensmoke, and less blackened than Gilt by Association Mineralize Eyeshadow.
Fashion Legend is a soft cool-toned black with pink and violet sparkle in a Lustre finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a somewhat dry, stiff texture, but it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is similar to Black Tied, but with pink sparkle.
This is my favourite eyeshadow palette of the three released. It doesn't have the best textures across the board like Creative Copper, but it has the most unique shades and I haven't seen MAC release a palette with these types of colours in a while. That having been said, these are shades that work well with more matte textures outside of the palette to create a more dimensional look; used together, I find that some of the combinations can look really muddied because there's a lot of shimmer going on. Weirdly enough, these aren't colours that I wear very often, but between the three, it's the one that I would call a must-have.
Damn, this palette is giving me the shivers. SO MUCH PRETTY.
ReplyDeleteRIGHT?! This is the only palette from the collection that made me go, "I HAVE TO HAVE IT." It's so rare to find a really good teal eyeshadow 'cause not a lot of companies make 'em. Even MAC doesn't have one that's permanent, 'cause they discontinued Minted a few years ago. I think the last true teal MAC released was Surf USA from the Surf, Baby! collection, so this palette was doubly exciting for me. :P
DeleteChecked it out in person last night and it was the best of the bunch by far. :)
DeleteI really loved the new Paint Pots too! Indianwood, Tailor Grey and this other nudish shade (forget the name). Will be making an order when someone freaking hires me.
Indianwood isn't new, but it's definitely one of my favourites, along with Rubenesque. :) There were a few nude-y shades that launched with the new Paint Pots -- Tailor Grey, Camel Coat, Layin' Low. I've been using Camel Coat on a lot of my clients recently!
DeleteAnd no worries, all these guys are permanent now, so no need to rush! :)