MAC Mariah Carey: It's Everything 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. It's Everything contains three new and limited edition shades, and one permanent shade. 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: Diamond Butterfly and I'd Give My All
Bottom: Twinks and Images of Rapture
Diamond Butterfly, I'd Give My All, Twinks, and Images of Rapture

Diamond Butterfly is a light warm pinked beige with silver 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 warmer and more iridescent than Filament, lighter and more white than Last Dance Dazzleshadow, and lighter and warmer than She Sparkles Dazzleshadow.

I'd Give My All is a medium-dark warm taupe-brown in a Lustre 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 brown than Satin Taupe, warmer than Silver Dawn Extra Dimension Eyeshadow, and darker and more grey than Patina. 

Twinks is a medium-dark warm reddened mahogany brown in a Veluxe Pearl finish. This is a permanent 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 than Sable, redder than Mulch, and more brown than Star Violet. 

Images of Rapture is a deep dark cool blackened plum-brown in a Velvet 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 brown than Shadowy Lady, more plum than Mystery, and darker and more plum than Brun.

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. The addition of Twinks keeps It's Everything from leaning too cool, but that having been said, if you were looking for a straight-up cool neutral palette, then Twinks might be a deal-breaker for you because it does have red undertones that some people avoid. On that note, I do wish that MAC had included a non-permament shade, since all the other shades in both palettes are new and limited edition (and named after Mariah songs and lyrics!). That having been said, 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 Diamond Butterfly 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.