MAC Mariah Carey: I'm That Chick You Like Eyeshadow x 4 Palette

Tomorrow, MAC will be launching their collaboration collection with Mariah Carey in stores (it launched online last Thursday and promptly sold out). It includes a total of 23 products, of which 20 are new and limited edition, two are re-promotes, and one is permanent and in special edition packaging. The Mariah Carey collection sees the launch of two new and limited edition eyeshadow quads. I'm That Chick You Like contains four new and limited edition shades. The palettes are housed in "luxurious packaging in silver glitter with champagne gold accents and Mariah's signature." Each palette contains 5.6 grams of product, and retails for $43.50.
Top: Whenever You Call and Can't Escape Me
Bottom: Golden Petals Scattering and How You Thrill Me
Whenever You Call, Can't Escape Me, Golden Petals Scattering, and How You Thrill Me

Whenever You Call is a light warm champagne gold in a Veluxe Pearl finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled, 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 darker and more yellow than Nylon, lighter and brighter than Ricepaper, and more yellow than Dazzlelight.

Can't Escape Me is a medium warm honey brown with a soft golden sheen in a Satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a firmer texture, but goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more yellow than Soft Brown, more orange than Soba, and darker than Arena.

Golden Petals Scattering is a medium-dark warm golden teak brown with golden shimmer-sheen and iridescent sparkle in a Frost finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled 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 sparkly than Tempting, darker and more sparkly than Bronze, and more golden and more sparkly than Havana Extra Dimension Eyeshadow.

How You Thrill Me is a deep dark neutral blackened coffee brown in a Satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled 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 darker and warmer than Brun, darker than Mystery, and darker and cooler than Embark.

I love that MAC and Mariah came out with two amazingly wearable eye palettes for all skintones — whether you're fair or dark, warm or cool, you won't look at either of them and think, "I could never wear that." Every single shadow in this collection is a workhorse shade that can be worn alone or in any combination within either palette to create gorgeous, cohesive looks. Whereas It's Everything leans more cool in general, I'm That Chick You Like is definitely all warm, with golden, bronzy tones (as opposed to orange or red). All four shades here are smooth, pigmented, and blendable; I didn't have any texture or colour pay-off issues (though I will note that Golden Petals Scattering does have some fall-out because of the sparkly finish). Like Mariah's own makeup aesthetic, both palettes are neutral with a healthy dose of shimmer that can be worn from day to night, and despite the fact that the gorgeous packaging and the special edition nature of the collaboration will already be enough grounds for many to buy these, I genuinely think both palettes will work in anyone's arsenal and are entirely worth getting — whether you're a Mariah fan or not.