MAC RiRi ♥ MAC Fall: Her Cocoa Eyeshadow Palette

This past week, MAC released a new collection in collaboration with Rihanna called RiRi ♥ MAC Fall. It is the second collection that was created by Rihanna for MAC, and is one of three colour collaboration collections (one collection was launched in the summer, and the last one will be launched in-stores for holiday). RiRi ♥ MAC Fall consists of 20 products, and sees the release of two new and limited edition eyeshadow palettes. Each palette consists of four shades of powder eyeshadow, and is housed in special edition metallic rose gold packaging featuring Rihanna's signature and logo in various shades of pink with matching secondary cardstock packaging. Each eyeshadow palette contains 5.6 grams of product, and retails for $52.50.
Her Cocoa
Her Cocoa

Her Cocoa #1 is a light-medium peachy gold with gold and copper sparkle in a Lustre finish. This is a new and limited edition 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 more orange-toned than Honey Lust, and darker and more golden than Gleam.

Her Cocoa #2 is a light peachy beige with subtle gold micro-shimmer in a Satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, silky texture, and 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 darker and more shimmery than Orb, and lighter and less orange-toned than Grain.

Her Cocoa #3 is a medium-dark warm golden bronze with golden shimmer-sheen in a Veluxe Pearl finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery 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 golden than Bronze, and much warmer than Woodwinked.

Her Cocoa #4 is a dark reddened bronze with golden-bronze shimmer-sheen in a Lustre finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery 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 less reddened than Antiqued, and slightly darker than Mulch.

Okay, upon looking at this palette, my first impression was, "Boooooring." MAC has released a ton of palettes like this before, and you can definitely build your own palette at a MAC Store with incredibly similar shades. That having been said, this is actually a really beautiful quad — all four shades have gorgeous textures that go on smoothly with full colour pay-off, and are all very easy to use. Moreover, they're incredibly wearable and look stunning on all skintones from fair to dark. The only thing I can complain about is that they're extremely dupeable shades, which makes this palette skippable if you have something similar (which you probably do, given the popularity of palettes like, say, Urban Decay's Naked). Oh, and all four shades have various amounts of shimmer, too, so if you prefer mattes, this won't necessarily appeal to you, either. Still, this is a palette I can see myself reaching for over and over again, because I know any combination I create with it is foolproof and also because it travels well.