Today, MAC released their first Fall colour collection called Haute Dogs: "(Wo)man's best friend is barking up the right tree in a well-groomed collection of new canine-inspired hues from MAC... From aristocratic to collars-off cool, shades of every pooch are perched to prime your every mood." The collection includes a total of 33 products, and sees the launch of five new and limited edition shades of Mineralize Rich Lipstick, which is described as having "a luxurious formula and gorgeous colour, enhanced with a 77-Mineral Moist Complex that provides lips with nourishment and lasting hydration. The impact is instant — softer, smoother, more supple lips that are luminous and shiny." Each bullet is made larger at the base and is cut at a steeper angle to give the product more surface area which enables it to lay down more product in one swipe. Like all MAC lipsticks, they are vanilla-scented but taste-free. They are packaged in a black hourglass-shaped case with a magnetic closure. Each Mineralize Rich Lipstick comes with 3.6 grams of product, and retails for $27. These are not applicable for the Back to MAC recycling program.
Barking Gorgeous is a light warm peach-beige with a soft sheen and fine pearlized pigments in a creamy finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy with a lightweight consistency, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is lighter than Shy Girl, darker and more peach than Creme d'Nude, and more peach than Pure Zen.
Fashion Pack is a light warm pinked beige with a soft sheen and fine pearlized pigments in a creamy finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy with a lightweight consistency, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is slightly darker and more pink than Luxe Naturale, similar to Japanese Maple, and lighter than Creme Cup.
Rare Breed is a light-medium muted warm rosy beige with a soft sheen and fine pearlized pigments in a creamy finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy with a lightweight consistency, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is darker than Pure Pout, lighter and more pink than Posh Tone, more pigmented and less sparkly than Viva Glam V.
Nose for Style is a medium-dark muted warm claret red with a soft sheen and fine pearlized pigments in a creamy finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy with a lightweight consistency, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is more brown than All Out Gorgeous, more muted and more brown than Dare You, and lighter and more muted than Dubonnet.
Labradorable is a dark cool berry wine with a soft sheen and fine pearlized pigments in a creamy finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy with a lightweight consistency, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is darker than Lush Life, darker and less red than Hang-Up, and sheerer than Dark Side.
For fans of Mineralize Rich Lipstick, here are five shades that are perfect to bring you into Fall. Of course, there are three nude shades in this launch and they're suitable for wear all-year-round, but they go well with the colour story of this collection and with dark, smoky eyes that the Haute Dogs palettes are promoting. Barking Gorgeous is great for light to medium warm complexions, Fashion Pack is great for fair to light cool complexions, and Rare Breed is a great MLBB for fair to medium complexions and a lovely nude for medium-dark to dark complexions. Nose for Style and Labradorable are quite typical shades for launches this time of year, but I do think they're unique for the Mineralize Rich Lipstick range; Nose for Style is more muted and much warmer than the reds in the permanent range (great for fans of Dare You, Dubonnet, and Viva Glam I), and Labradorable marks the darkest, vampiest shade released in this formula so far (great for fans of Hang-Up, Dark Side, and Media). The Mineralize Rich Lipstick is meant to be MAC's "luxury lipstick" with its soft, lightweight gel-based formula, sleek magnetized tube, and higher price point. The moment you swipe this lipstick on, you immediately notice that it's whisper light, soft and creamy, and pigmented to boot. And for the duration of wear, lips actually feel soft and hydrated. Moreover, this formula has a very impressive wear time considering how light and creamy it is; I get an average of four to five hours of wear before needing to re-apply, with darker and brighter shades leaving a slight stain. Those looking for a lightweight, more hydrating lipstick from MAC should look into the Mineralize Rich formula.
EEEEEEEE DOGS. I love it already! That orange shade is gorgeous - you think it will be too odd to wear?
ReplyDeleteNot it all; it ends up looking more like a peachy nude rather than orange on the lips. :)
DeleteLove the last three but I think I already have near-dupes of all of them!
ReplyDeleteLol, you probably do. I probably have at least 10 dupes of each shade here, LOL.
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